{"id":6356,"date":"2015-04-21T13:40:17","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2015-04-21T13:54:21","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T20:54:21","slug":"crobot-at-the-viper-room-the-perfect-420-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2015\/04\/21\/crobot-at-the-viper-room-the-perfect-420-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Crobot At The Viper Room: The Perfect 420 Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n

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April 20th 2015, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: <\/strong>Hailing from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, stoner rock quartet Crobot started out in 2011 and within three years built themselves up towards a stellar debut full-length album ‘Something Supernatural’ released in 2014, and an unmistakably impressive live show to go with it. They successfully completed their first ever US West Coast headlining run last summer, including a high-octane gig at the Viper Room, and in the leadup to a massive spring 2015 North American run with Volbeat and Anthrax, they returned to the scene of the crime in West Hollywood for another headline show, this time aptly marking the 420 occasion and serving up not just free rolling papers but also a very heavy and hesher-friendly 60-minute set.<\/p>\n

They took the stage at 11 PM and played almost the entirety of ‘Something Supernatural’, along with a brand new tune. In comparison to the turnout here last summer, there was an appreciably larger number of people in attendance. This being an otherwise dead Monday night on the Sunset Strip meant that the crowd did not consist of any random walk-ins and was entirely comprised of Crobot fans, as was evident from the loud cheers and singalongs the band was receiving for chorus lines of almost every song. Frontman Brandon Yeagley was in his element, as were his band mates Chris Bishop on guitar, Jake Figueroa on bass and Paul Figueroa on drums in the band’s vintage four-piece setup. The energy was flowing through all layers of the sound, came from all parts of the stage, and knew no boundaries. The entirety of the set was filled to the brim with pure stoner rock gold, but ‘La Mano de Lucifer’ perhaps stood out as the highlight for possessing the most singable chorus. Crobot’s live show comes as the ideal companion for a beer-fueled, smoke-filled evening and is tailored to satiate headbangers to the fullest.<\/p>\n

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Crobot’s live show comes as the ideal companion for a beer-fueled, smoke-filled evening and is tailored to satiate headbangers to the fullest. It’s Clutch on crack, it’s the band Black Label Society would have been if they had a good singer and did not litter everything with pinch harmonics, but most importantly, it’s stoner rock done right. The hipster generation congregated at a different show this evening, but Crobot at the Viper Room was most definitely the real deal 420 celebration. <\/p>\n

One gets the feeling that they will be a much bigger band the next time they do a headline tour around these parts. They deserve to reach out to bigger audiences worlwide, but the only hope is they stick to their guns musically, and don’t do it through the radio rock route like the band they are about to open for. For now, they are as legit as they come in this genre. All hail Crobot.<\/p>\n

Links: website<\/a> | facebook<\/a> | twitter<\/a> | instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Set List:<\/strong>
\n01. Legend Of The Spaceborne Killer
\n02. Skull Of Geronimo
\n03. Night Of The Living Sacrifice
\n04. La Mano de Lucifer
\n05. Nowhere To Hide
\n06. Welcome To Fat City
\n07. The Necromancer
\n08. Upon A Pale Horse
\n09. Cloud Spiller
\n10. Weigh Me Down
\n11. Queen Of The Light
\n12. Back At The Blackwoods
\n13. Chupacabra
\n14. Fly On The Wall<\/p>\n

Crobot tour dates w\/ Volbeat & Anthrax: <\/strong>
\n4\/24 \u2014 Denver, Colo. \u2014 1STBANK Center
\n4\/25 \u2014 Rapid City, S.D. \u2014 Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
\n4\/27 \u2014 Spokane, Wash. \u2014 Spokane Arena
\n4\/28 \u2014 Missoula, Mont. \u2014 Adams Center
\n4\/29 \u2014 Seattle, Wash. \u2014 WaMu Theatre
\n5\/01 \u2014 Grande Prairie, Alberta \u2014 Revolution Place
\n5\/02 \u2014 Edmonton, Alberta \u2014 Rexall Place
\n5\/03 \u2014 Calgary, Alberta \u2014 Calgary Stampede Corral
\n5\/04 \u2014 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan \u2014 SaskTel Centre
\n5\/06 \u2014 Regina, Saskatchewan \u2014 Brandt Centre
\n5\/07 \u2014 Grand Forks, N.D. \u2014 Ralph Englestad Arena
\n5\/12 \u2014 Oshawa, Ontario \u2014 General Motors Centre
\n5\/13 \u2014 Ottawa, Ontario \u2014 TD Place
\n5\/14 \u2014 Quebec City, Quebec \u2014 Quebec Colisee Pepsi
\n5\/15 \u2014 Montreal, Quebec \u2014 CEPSUM Montreal
\n5\/18 \u2014 Saginaw, Mich. \u2014 Dow Events Center
\n5\/19 \u2014 Evansville, Ind. \u2014 Ford Center
\n5\/20 \u2014 Chicago, Ill. \u2014 Aragon Ballroom
\n5\/22 \u2014 Sioux City, Iowa \u2014 Tyson IBF Events Center
\n5\/27 \u2014 Dallas, Texas \u2014 Verizon Grand Prairie
\n5\/28 \u2014 Houston, Texas \u2014 Bayou Music Center
\n5\/31 \u2014 St. Louis, Mo. \u2014 Outdoors at Pop\u2019s
\n6\/02 \u2014 New York, N.Y. \u2014 Hammerstein Ballroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Andrew Bansal April 20th 2015, The Viper Room, West Hollywood CA: Hailing from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, stoner rock quartet Crobot started out in 2011 and within three years built themselves up towards a stellar debut full-length album ‘Something Supernatural’ released in 2014, and an unmistakably impressive live show to go with it. They successfully completed … <\/p>\n

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