A METALSUCKS MANIAC REPORTS ON GOD FORBID WITH WICKLUND, TRIVIUM WITH DOC
Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 3:00pm by Axl RosenbergAfter last week’s announcement that ex-Himsa axeman Matt Wicklund would be playing with God Forbid on this summer’s Mayhem Fest and that God Forbid’s Doc Coyle would be filling in on bass for Trivium for at least one show, I expressed interest in hearing from any readers who caught the gig.
Well, one of you, Ryan Wineman, did indeed e-mail me over the weekend. Here’s his report:
Axl,
As an attendee of the Mayhem show in Sacramento and a reader of your request to see how Wicklund’s live debut with God Forbid went, as well as how Doc filling in on bass for Trivium went, I decided to respond.
Wicklund on stage seemed a little awkward, but it was his first time on stage with them, so I assumed it was just going to take a little bit of time for him and the rest of the band to find their groove on stage. Byron introduced him as a new member, and he got a big cheer from the crowd, so he is getting props from the listeners at least. I’ve seen God Forbid 3 times, once with Dallas, Norris, and now with Wicklund, and of the two replacements, I think Wicklund fit in with the band better than Norris did.
As for Doc and Trivium, I don’t think it could have gone much better. Doc just rocked it on stage, and even gave a little boost to the stage presence. Doc looked like he was having a fantastic time, and he did an awesome job on bass. While this 2 line little blurb on his performance may seem short, but I really don’t think too much more is necessary, ’cause he fuckin rocked it.
Ryan
So, there ya have it. It seems to be all good in the GF camp.
I am curious about Byron introducing Wicklund as a “new member.” Is Wicklund in for good? I guess we’ll see what the future holds…
-AR
Why isn’t Paolo playing Mayhemfest with Trivium? Is he hurt?
I believe he had his wisdom teeth pulled. Would be out for a show or two.
Wineman, are you a Jew? Cuz Axl don’t like no Jews.
He’s no jew
You’d be surprised how often I get that
Kris Norris a talented guitar player but he lacks stage presence.
Agreed.
Wicklund still rocked, although he did look awkward at first. He seemed to get into his groove before the end of the show.
Doc did great with Trivium, despite all their technical problems (amps not working, guitars not working), he fucking thrashed pretty hard throughout all their songs. And they didn’t play anithing from the fucking crusade, thank god.
Also, why is the jager stage smaller than the hot topic stage, yet the ‘bigger’ bands are on it. That was weird, although I’m not one to bitch, I was up front for most of God Forbid, ATR, Trivium. I watched Skinlab from a distance though, since the rockstar tent was givng away free drinks, and in a venue with $5 water and $7 beer, you better fucking believe I was shotgunning those things.
Wut up guys, I was at the second show in Frisco, Paulo was there for that show, and trivium rocked our asses off. I’m not gonna lie though I had rather seen Dallas there with God Forbid then Wicklund, I’m not saying that wicklund didnt do a good job, he just seemed stiff on stage, but it was good to see Doc running around on stage…