Tori Amos, Marilyn Manson among upcoming shows
Published 4:51 am Saturday, July 10, 2010
Tori Amos, who plays Seattle tonight, was one of the singers who gave modern rock radio its welcome oddity in the 1990s.
Her melodic, piano-driven sound had more in common with Joni Mitchell than Pearl Jam, but her bare lyrics, typified on hits like “Crucify” and “Silent All These Years,” put her in the same league as the grunge acts dominating MTV.
She grew experimental earlier this decade, releasing one album that found her adopting the personas of different Greek goddesses. However, Amos brought back her personal touch for “Abnormally Attracted to Sin,” which came out in May.
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival
Marilyn Manson, who headlines the Auburn date of this hard rock tour, has taken some shots to the chin recently.
The shock rocker has always aimed for maximum impact, singing into microphones shaped like knives or tearing up Bibles on stage.
His act has been increasingly leaning toward shtick, however, with Rolling Stone shrugging over his highly touted May album, “The High End of Low,” and his one-time mentor, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor, calling him a drug-addicted “dopey clown.”
The tour also includes Slayer and Killswitch Engage.
No Depression Music Festival
The inaugural No Depression Music Festival will take place this Saturday in Redmond, with the one-off show headlined by Gillian Welch and Iron &Wine.
Welch is often praised for her revivalist bent. The folk singer was introduced to a wider audience after she appeared on the multiplatinum soundtrack for “O Brother, Where Art Thou.”
Soundtracks also gave Iron &Wine, a band on Sub Pop Records, a boost. Frontman Samuel Beam’s whispered folk graced the soundtrack for “Garden State,” while his band won younger fans after “Flightless Bird, American Mouth,” played during a prom scene in the blockbuster, “Twilight.”
Counting Crows
This 1990s holdover doesn’t produce chart-topping hits such as “Mr. Jones” or “Round Here” anymore, but has kept hold of its fans.
Coldplay
Coldplay’s Saturday show at the Gorge may be sold out by today. Fans who didn’t get tickets to see the arena rock superstars can download the band’s free live album at www.coldplay.com/lrlrl/lr.html.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
This Boston ska-punk band is best known for its hit, “The Impression That I Get,” which reached No. 1 on Billboard’s modern rock chart in 1997. The eight-man group’s high-energy shows helped it win an audience beyond that radio success, however.
The Reverend Horton Heat
The long-running psychobilly trio hits Seattle for two shows. The group uses an upright bass, guitar and drums to barrel through its greaser brand of rock ‘n’ roll.
Steve Miller Band
The 1970s pop rocker’s greatest hits album, which includes the No. 1 songs “Rock’n Me” and “The Joker,” went platinum for the 13th time in 2003.
Tears for Fears
This 1980s band remains best known for its No. 1 hit from 1985, “Shout.”
Demi Lovato
This 16-year-old singer has starred in a movie with the Jonas Brothers, “Camp Rock,” and has had her album, “Don’t Forget,” debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Andy Rathbun: 425-339-3455, arathbun@heraldnet.com.
