Filter: Sioux Falls, SD 6-17-08

So me and some friends went to Sioux Falls, SD this past Tuesday to go see Filter at the Sioux Falls Expo Building.

The show was really good...the crowd, we felt, was surprisingly small... I would guess 500 people. Filter still put on a really good show...they played all their hits (IE: Head Like A Hole, Take A Picture, Welcome To The Fold) and had a good mix of new songs from their latest album. Filter could have easily gone 'dark' and slow if they wanted too, but instead, played mostly high energy, heavy rocking songs. The drummer that is with Filter right now was really whaling on the drums and he really put on a show.

The Richard Patrick - lead singer/Filter - mentioned at the end of the show that maybe next time the promoter will get it right and get a decent pa for them. The pa did seem small...the upside...my ears weren't ringing at the end of the show.

As we were walking into the show, about 45 minutes before Filter was to play, we walked by Filter's bus to see the guys throwing orange cones for fun and just as we were passing, Richard Patrick came out and greeted one of our buddies that was wearing a Clutch T-Shirt saying that Clutch is one of his favorite bands too. Brush with greatness it was...

Here are some videos taken with my cell phone... so they suck... but it's something....