Orgy # 6 March 3, 2001 – Worcester, MA
Adrienne, Danielle and I woke up at Joe’s the next morning. We got ready to head to Worcester, and left around 2:30. The Palladium was easy to find, which was surprising. We had to wait outside for an hour, in the snow and cold. Stupid east coast winters. Doors were at 6, but they didn’t let us in until probably 6:30. We were frozen. They had the weirdest way of letting people in the venue. They picked people out of the crowd to go in, mostly from the front, but a few little kids with their parents were allowed in first. We got in, stood up front to wait through 3 bands blah. I hate openers.
We saw all of Tinfed this time. The crowd was rude as hell, telling them they sucked and to get off the stage. They aren’t bad. I don’t particularly think they fit in with an Orgy/Spineshank crowd, but whatever. They only play for a half hour or so, deal with it. Alien Ant Farm had microphone problems at first, then got settled. Crowd got rougher. Of the 3 shows, this crowd was the roughest… It was all little kids. I felt like a giant, because I was taller than everyone (except nomad girl next to/in front of Danielle). The little girl in front of me was probably 5 feet tall. I could rest my chin on her head (but that also meant, when she freaked out during Spineshank and Orgy, she could knock my teeth out). Spineshank was rough. It wasn’t too bad, because we were so squished, I didn’t really get hurt. Many more fans of them at this show than Albany. Same impression as before…The singer is hot, but still, the music is not my thing.
Orgy came on some time after that. This show was the best of the 3, but worst crowd. Little kids suck. The little girl in front of me, and her fat friend were really annoying. It was ok, since I could see over her head. But they freaked out when they got 2 of Amir’s picks. For some reason, they left with maybe 5 songs left. That was fine with me, because I got barrier for the rest of the show and the encore. Yes an encore this time. The set list was the same as the other 2 shows, except for the encore. They came back out and started Eva. Eva of all songs. I NEVER thought they’d do Eva live. It was awesome. After that they played Pantomime. It was way cool. I ended up with a pick Amir played with (half of the word “orgy” was rubbed off and its all chipped) and an Orgy condom ha ha. The whole show was just way cool. They seemed a lot happier than the night before, I guess Jay felt better. It was a lot cooler, because they’d open the doors of the theatre between each band to get the equipment out. Jay kissed Paige when they sang 107 together…um…there was just a bunch of way funny stuff they did.
Danielle had her Rough Cutt shirt on from 1984, and Amir saw it. He handed her a pick at one point. It would be an awesome show to have on video (so if you know of one, lemme know ha ha). During Blue Monday again, the Spineshank guy and Alien Ant Farm singer came on stage again. The Spineshank guy had a fur collared pimp coat on. After the show we stood around at the barrier again. The security was dumb about giving us stuff, saying they wouldn’t get the setlists for us. Whatever. We left after the show. We didn’t stick around for any of the shows because it’s too damn cold, and it’s really not that important for me to meet them. At least not that important that I’m willing to freeze to death. I was also getting sick at that point, blah. We drove back to Joe’s place, got back around 2, a lot earlier than we had thought, since doors were at 6, even with the encore the show was done earlier than the other 2.
Observations from the show
– Amir is so perfect. I noticed this at the other shows too, especially Albany. It was so hot but his makeup didn’t run, his hair was totally perfect even after the kept touching it to get it out of his face.
The weekend was awesome. Probably the best weekend of my life ha ha. How sad is that. It’s really weird that 5 people I don’t even know can make me so happy. Orgy is so addicting. People comment on the fact that they have the same setlist every night (which is technically not true). But every show is different, and they put on such a good show. I so need to see them again. YOU GUYS GOTTA COME BACK TO UPSTATE NEW YORK!
So in closing, thanks to Adrienne for agreeing to go (and you’re welcome for us converting you). Thanks to Joe for letting us stay with him in Troy. And thanks to Jay, Paige, Ryan, Amir and Bobby for making me so happy. Yeah yeah, sob sob, etc etc.