Show f Cypress House Hill Of Pain Put on Hardcore H Show Concert Review r l' I L John IN times of economic hardships concert packages become more and more common None of which are as controversial or hard hitting as the Soul Assassins tour that visited visited visited vis vis- vis- vis Salt Lake City on Friday Oct 22 Soul Assassins is an all rap all ethnic tour package that promotes promote and raps about the legalization of marijuana V This five five-b five band nd concert conceit started off with a group that will remain a mystery to most of the patrons because the security was so tight The use of metal detectors and frisking frisking frisk frisk- V ing goers concert-goers before entry kept the warm warm-up band a steady beat from the parking parking parking park park- ing lot Obviously the crowd was there to hear the headliners because the next two bands played for only 20 minutes The put on a short set then closed with their new single Put Your Hands in inthe inthe inthe the Air y Next the group made their attempt to get ge the crowd excited with songs like Bow Wow Wow that encouraged encouraged encouraged aged crowd participation tion and had the floor moving They ended their part of the show with their hemp marijuana plant promotion promotion promotion promo promo- tion song Aint N othin Like The Doobie After a set change hange the first headliner House Of Pain the Irish contribution came on stage Pains Pain's opener was Put Your Head Out which was familiar to the listeners and got the crowd hectic hec ic This was followed with some unreleased songs from their upcoming album which somewhat somewhat some some- what drained the e energy ergy that tl the e crowd had a 1 r H iJ i iG R S 'S G y vr 4 n f c V t td d V 2 4 yr 1 V L F V v q G worked up I Toward the middle of their performance they threw in their MTV hits Jump Around and Shamrocks and Shenanigans which the jumping from the frenzied I fans Then they continued and finished with more sounds from their upcoming album It seemed most of the crowd had come for only one reason to hear the unique and hard sound of Cypress Hill this was confirmed confirmed con con- firmed fumed immediately when they took stage How I Could Just Kill a Man and Hand on n th the Pump were ere their openers I I I I The set was was' heavy with tracks from their newest album Black Sunday such as their latest single I Aint Going Out Like That and their tribute to the hemp-cause hemp I Want To Get High While these songs were going on out came a foot 3 plastic finger holding a huge but fake joint After being lit it continued continued continued con con- to bum burn until another attraction came out Luther Wright of the Utah Jazz joined them on stage After Wrights Wright's att attempt at dancing they broke into Cock the Ham Ham- mer B Real B-Real Real the head man of Cypress Hill with the most recognizable voice since Bob Dylan stated his standing on the le legalization legalization legalization le- le issue saying Everyone must get stoned V The show closed with all members of the tour on stage including Wright with Hills Hill's Insane in the Brain The performance performance performance mance of Cypress Hill and company was was- funky freaky heavy and hard on stage Black Sunday can be found on Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia Records |