Ramfest, Cape Town, this year

nick_D01

hey guys

wanted to get a thread going for Ramfest this year ? . who of you guys are going ? ?

doc-phil

I'll be there in JHB.

Charlie4

UNDOUBTEDLY I'll be there, partying in CT. 8)

giggsy

Also going to JHB but just to watch Biffy

Psean

Will be at the JHB one. Keen for Biffy and Trivium ? Good lineup of local bands too ?

Chocklit_Thunda

Psean wrote: Will be at the JHB one. Keen for Biffy and Trivium ? Good lineup of local bands too ?

Giggsy wrote: Also going to JHB but just to watch Biffy

doc-phil wrote: I'll be there in JHB.

So I'll be seeing you all there?! ?

21Fretter

I'll be at CT Ramfest this weekend. I personally don't love the camping and sacrificing the whole weekend but the line-up is pretty killer and I think I bailed quite early the last Ramfest I attended (ages ago, I think it was the Pendulum year) so I've never experienced the full festival.

Shibbibilybob

Man I am so bleak to have to miss this one. Alas I am broke this month. Broke like I have not been since my student days.
It's bleak, I love Biffy Clyro, and I reckon they're the kind of band who would play a lot of old stuff, which in their case, is awesome.

Please could someone take note of whether they play "now the action is on fire" or not. ?

giggsy

Shibbibilybob wrote: Please could someone take note of whether they play "now the action is on fire" or not. ?

Got a few of their recent live albums but they didn't play that - a few other early ones (There is no such thing as a jaggy snake, Justboy, Glitter and trauma, Diary of always). Haven't been this excited to see a band in ages - even if there's rain...

And sound's good Choklit!

Shibbibilybob

Giggsy wrote:
Shibbibilybob wrote: Please could someone take note of whether they play "now the action is on fire" or not. ?
Got a few of their recent live albums but they didn't play that - a few other early ones (There is no such thing as a jaggy snake, Justboy, Glitter and trauma, Diary of always). Haven't been this excited to see a band in ages - even if there's rain...

And sound's good Choklit!

Yeah I know they didn't play it on their live at wembley album. I have some old eps (eradicate the doubt era) where they play that live, and also an amazing live version of 57...way better than the wembley one.

Ah man, Jaggysnake live, I have Fomo already dude. Imagine if they got up and played vertigo of bliss in its entirety. Ah now I'm just fantasising.

josh

I'm going to the Cape Town one ?
Can't wait to see Trivium and Killswitch Engage! \m/-_-\m/

eyesuc

So what are the thoughts/reviews of this years CT Ramfest?

doc-phil

I don't know about CT, but Biffy Clyro absolutely killed it in JHB. That was definitely one of the best live performances I have ever seen.

Trivium and Killswitch were decent too, but not quite on the same scale as Biffy.

21Fretter

Cape Town:

I had zero interest in Trivium, combination of their new material and bad sound (super treble). Killswitch Engage were awesome (one of the main bands I went for) but Foals and Biffy Clyro actually put on the best shows. I didn't love the vocals of Foals (simply a style thing) but their sound was awesome, they were tight and they have some "heavier" stuff which I liked. Biffy Clyro were awesome, they played longer than other bands it seems but they rocked pretty damn hard, I got a little tired though near the end so didn't mind it ending. Didn't realize how much material I hadn't heard by Biffy.

doc-phil

21Fretter wrote: Cape Town:

I had zero interest in Trivium, combination of their new material and bad sound (super treble). Killswitch Engage were awesome (one of the main bands I went for) but Foals and Biffy Clyro actually put on the best shows. I didn't love the vocals of Foals (simply a style thing) but their sound was awesome, they were tight and they have some "heavier" stuff which I liked. Biffy Clyro were awesome, they played longer than other bands it seems but they rocked pretty damn hard, I got a little tired though near the end so didn't mind it ending. Didn't realize how much material I hadn't heard by Biffy.

I found Trivium's sound wasn't bad at all.. I'm just really not a fan of the vocals.

I really didn't enjoy Foals. Maybe I just don't know their stuff, but I really wasn't impressed.

Biffy's latest album is 21 tracks or so... they had a lot of stuff to play! It seemed they played mostly tracks from Opposites and Only Revolutions.

Chocklit_Thunda

I was at the JHB one and Biffy and Foals made my life!! ? ? ? Can't say I gave a flying aardvark about Killswitch and Trivium though... Biffy and Foals were just too much! I am still reeling from how awesome they were

GuitarDoge

I thought Killswitch was the best, though Biffy was also very good just a bit long and tiring.
Trivium's sound wasn't bad at all at Joburg but I don't like some of their stuff. As for foals their tones are really unique and interesting and the drums sounded amazing but a lot of their songs don't go anywhere.

IMO overall it was an awesome show and worth the rain ?

giggsy

Joe Moore wrote: Apparently both Biffy Clyro and Trivium have recently been using Kempers in their live rigs ....
Can this be confirmed for this ZA tour ?

Yip ? And sounded great too

Chocklit_Thunda

Joe Moore wrote:
doc-phil wrote: I don't know about CT, but Biffy Clyro absolutely killed it in JHB. That was definitely one of the best live performances I have ever seen.

Trivium and Killswitch were decent too, but not quite on the same scale as Biffy.
Apparently both Biffy Clyro and Trivium have recently been using Kempers in their live rigs ....
Can this be confirmed for this ZA tour ?

I didn't see any Kemper's on stage but I did see that everyone on stage changed instruments for every song, which i thought was kinda cool

Psean

I saw a Fender Deville and a Peavey Delta Blues both into 4x12's mic'ed with e609's (I think) on Simon Neil's side. Dunno what the touring guitarist guy used though; he was kinda in the shadows. Choklit did they really change every song I don't seem to remember it being that often (although I was being blinded by one of the frikkin' stage lights most of the time >☹ ). They did change a lot though.

I was under the impression that Trivium were using the Fractal stuff so I'm interested to hear about the Kempers too.