bybob's Full Review: Zebrahead - The Show Must Go Off! Live At The Hous...
Episode twelve of The Show Must Go Off is now here; and it is none other then the energetic quintet from Orange County known as Zebrahead. Recorded in Anaheim, the show was also serving as a CD release show for their third album, MFZB; and the band was ready for it. They played a set lasting around an hour and a half with songs from their entire career. A lot of the songs were from MFZB, and surprisingly, the crowd already know most of the words.
During their 22 song set they played songs like Playmate Of The Year, The Hell That Is My Life, Type A, Dear You, Rescue Me, Hello Tomorrow, F*** F*** F***, Blur, The Set Up, I'm Money, and much more. For those of you who don't know who Zebrahead is, they are a pop-punk band that experiments with amazing guitar distortions and rap like vocals. Its hard hitting, catchy and just amazing.
Having had the chance to see Zebrahead live once before, I knew they could put on a good show. This time, they were the headliners, so I knew it would be even better. And once again, they put on an amazing show. Justin Mauriello came all dressed up for the special event in his grand mother's moo-moo while Ali Tabatabaee throws off his shirt half way through the set, much to the pleasure of teenage girls everywhere. They kept the crowd entertained with jokes and gimmicks throughout and even jumped into the pit to sing Jag Off. Surprisingly, it took a while before the crowd really got into it, for the first couple songs they didn't really do anything other then just stand there; which is something you rarely see for a headlining band. But Zebrahead didn't let that distract them, they continued on, harder then ever, getting the crowd to finally start moving and jumping.
Of course, the DVD isn't perfect. Justin's vocals were a little weak and sounded tired at times; but you rarely notice that. The cameras seemed to only be focused on Ali and Justin, only hitting Ed Udhus (drums), Ben Osmundson (bass), and Greg Bergdorf (who had some amazing solos on guitar) a few times. And after having tons of special features for the eleventh Show Must Go Off!! DVD, Goldfinger: Live At The House Of Blues, they barely put anything in this one. Of course, they had the band commentary that they always have, and some really good photos in the picture gallery; but that's really all that gets noticed. The extra footage is less then 10 minutes long and really doesn't show anything or have much of real value. But don't let that get you down, the live show itself makes up for it. It is one that I will be able to go back and watch over and over again.
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