The Even More Outta Control Tour was indeed, outta control—in the absolute best way possible.
On Sunday, Aug. 2, The Winchester in Lakewood, Ohio packed in a sold-out crowd to hear a lineup of live hard rock and nü-metal: Nonpoint, SOiL, Spineshank, (hed) p.e..
Well-known California rock-rap-raegaee fusion band (hed) p.e. opened the night with a lively 30-minute set of songs that included “I Got You,” “Waiting,” “Killing Time” and others.
Bassist Kurt Blankenship stood out with energetic, crowd engaging moves throughout the set while guitarist Nathan Javier was animated with facial expressions.
After closing the show with popular 26-year-old hit “Bartender” and a melodica intro, lead vocalist Jared Gomes gave a proud shout out to his college bound son and his young daughter.
Spineshank brought the house down and fired up the crowd with a heavy, intense set. The band reformed for festival performances last year and began touring after an absence of nearly a decade.
With a smile, lead vocalist Jonny Santos described themselves as degenerates from Los Angeles and declared: “We are back!” Santos mentioned he was down in the dumps due to the recent loss of a friend, but he kept his chin up for the show.
The 2004 Grammy nominated (Best Metal Performance) band stirred up a few mosh pits and crowd surfers during performances of “Smothered,” “New Disease,” “The Height Of Callousness,” “Synthetic,” and others.
Notably, Tommy Decker pounded his drums furiously with punk rock and thrash speed and he added frequent entertaining drumstick throws and catches.
Hard rock hitmakers SOiL put on a straightforward show with impressive brief guitar asides by Adam Zadel and physical bass twists, turns and overhead moves by tall Tim King.
Vocalist Ryan McCombs (also Drowning Pool vocals) sounded excellent. Between songs when the vocalist might normally say something, he told the crowd with a smile: “I’ve got nothin’. Just one of those days when you wake up and you’ve got nothing to say.”
The band performed “Redefine,” “Unreal,” “Pride,” “Black 7” and others.
After closing their set with crowd singalong 2001 hit “Halo,” McCombs expressed great gratitude to the crowd for showing up and supporting them for close to three decades. Concluding with a deep metal growl into the mic: “Thank You!”
Nonpoint consistently show up and bring the heat and the night was no different. All five band members actively worked the stage—aggressive spins, unison jumps, stomps and head-banging.
Signature sideways positioned drummer Robb Rivera sometimes stepped off the drum riser and paced around the stage between songs.
Lead vocalist Elias Soriano often hunched over with his dreads dropping down, but he glanced up and made direct eye contact with fans while rocking the mic.
Soriano connected with the crowd even moreso throughout the set by encouraging the audience to wave their hands high in the air. He also expressed the importance of buying band merch.
The Florida-based group of 29 years performed songs from some of their ten album catalogue, including: “What A Day,” “Bullet With A Name,” “Chaos And Earthquakes,” “Ruthless,” “Breaking Skin,” “Mindtrip” and others.
They also performed current single “Is It” (the song’s lyrics give a nod to the tour’s title: “Is this just another reason for me to be justified to be so outta control?”), and they performed recently released “Red Yeti” (featuring Sumo Cyco vocalist Skye Sweetnam)—both songs from Nonpoint’s upcoming album The Last Word, out Sept. 18.
The extensive not-to-miss Outta Control Tour that will easily create lifelong memories and welcomes rock-and-roll togetherness runs through early September.
Tour Dates
https://nonpoint.com/pages/tour-dates
NONPOINT
SOIL
SPINESHANK
HED PE
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