Floyd Factor |
Ivy James |
JK Mantis |
Hot Rocks |
Hot Rocks |
The setlist consisted of Stones staples and played out like this:
Satisfaction
Get Off My Cloud
Shattered
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Wild Horses
Under My Thumb
Sympathy For The Devil
Paint it Black
Gimme Shelter
It’s Only Rock and Roll
Jumping Jack Flash
Miss You
Beast Of Burden
Honky Tong Woman
Start Me Up
Brown Sugar
Like A Rolling Stone
Hot Rocks |
As you can see from above there really are alot of hits in the Stones arsenal and everyone in attendence know every song being played. Very impressive versions of You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Gimme Shelter and Brown Sugar ensured that the audience was hopping. Despite some sound issues, Hot Rocks really delivered a blistering set and truly kicked ass.
Floyd Factor |
A great night up till now and one that in most other places would have been a full night. A couple of openers and a headliner – over 3 hours of music – quite impressive. Hold on for the ride because at The Rockpile things just got even better with a Pink Floyd tribute band known as Floyd Factor. We had high expectations for this band and let me get right down to it, they blew our expectations away. Before the show we were able to interview guitarist/vocalist Andre Fillipetti here (he is 3rd from the left on the picture above). As the band kicked off with smoke machine and a double bass rendition of One Of These Days, everyone in the place took notice. This was the real deal!
Floyd Factor |
Typically Floyd bands dont get into the longer more complex cuts from the Animals album until later on into the set but Floyd Factor took the gloves off and went right into Pigs. The only thing their rendition was lacking was a flying pig above the Rockpile audience, truly one of the best renditions we have heard (and we have seen many Floyd tribute bands – including the Roger Waters shows). As an aside is going to see Roger Waters perform The Wall considered the same thing as seeing a Pink Floyd tribute band? Probably but if you get to see David Gilmour on The Wall like we did here in London you really would’t care if they called themselves Nickelbieber. But I digress.
Floyd Factor |
The set continued with a couple of cuts from the Wish You Were Here album and The Wall but the reason why this show was happening was to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the greatest rock and roll album of all time Dark Side Of The Moon. The masterpiece was to be presented in it’s entirety and Floyd Factor nailed it. From the opening samples of Breathe, to the spine tingling female vocals on Great Gig In The Sky, and to the epic Us and Them, the band was firing on all cylinders. The coolest thing to see was how much fun they were all having up there – I love seeing a band smile at each other on stage. A very special guest joined the band for Us and Them and it was a rock legend. Terry Watkinson who was the keyboardist of Max Webster donned a white lab coat and strolled onstage holding a saxophone. He played the Dick Parry part perfectly and it was a treat to have a rock legend on stage for this performance. You can see the video of Us and Them below (advice – watch it in 1080p in full screen, its a beauty)
After the full Dark Side Of The Moon was presented the band ended the night with a 1-2 blow of Run Like Hell and Comfortably Numb – both of which were exceptional performances.
Setlist:
One Of These Days
Pigs
Wish You Were Here
Have A Cigar
Happiest Days
Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Young Lust
Breathe
On The Run
Time (Breathe Reprise)
Great Gig In The Sky
Money
Us and Them
Any Colour You Like
Brain Damage
Eclipse
Run Like Hell
Comfortably Numb
Floyd Factor |
Floyd Factor |
Floyd Factor |
Floyd Factor |
Floyd Factor |
Floyd Factor |
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