Clutch

Cluth is a band that is able to cover many diverse styles. They can tear up the place with their heavy metal music, or they can get you hooked on their funky-blues style. Whatever kind of music Clutch tries to mix together they end up doing a fantastic job and their live performances hit you with a punch. Lead singer, Neil Fallon, has a really interesting presence as the front man of the band. He often sings in a howling voice that is reminiscent to the blues legend, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, and at other times he sings in a swamp rock kind of style that seems similar to John Fogerty with a deeper voice. The guitar player, Tim Sult, uses much vibrato on his distorted guitar that produces an unstable resonance that has a bluesy psychedelic sound. He also produces deep, fuzzy, sludgy sounds with his guitar creating a vibe that is similar to the stoner rock genre. The drums are often played at a slow, steady pace, but they are loud and deep with the drummer banging on the floor tom and bass drum.
Neil Fallon is very enthusiastic about his music when he performs. When he is not playing guitar he is strutting around stage with his microphone and making hand gestures as he is passionately belting out his lyrics. The crowd loves every bit of the performance, rocking their heads back and forth to the music, and occasionally starting up mosh pits to the more heavy songs. Their stage props are very engaging with bright colorful lights flashing over the stage creating a unique atmosphere. Clutch’s setlist is long and diverse. The audience is sure to hear all the hits they have come to hear as well as some deep cuts.
When going to a Clutch concert you can be sure that you will be fully invigorated by their intense performance and energetic delivery. All of the crowd will be sure to go insane when they perform the hard-hitting song, “Electric Worry”.

As usual Clutch killed it!
It was a little bit of a slow start because the crowd was not super active, but I'm going to chalk that up to the House of Blues changing a lot over the last ten years.
There's an absolute ban on mosh pits which make the crowd pretty nervous to dance around or move at all for fear of being thrown out. After a while few in the crowd tested it and found the venue accepted level of tolerated activity and the crowd AND band heated up a bit.
It was nice to see Clutch crush such a good show in spite of the limits on the energy they were getting from the crowd.
The only other thing that bummed me out was that it seemed just short of full blown mayhem. Once I saw the decibel meter in the sound booth I realized why the sound was a little lower than I was used to at a Clutch show.
None of this ruined the show, but to be honest, if I can see Clutch at a different venue again in the future I'll just go somewhere else.
House of Blues is not nearly as rad for shows now as it was in the 90's.

Interesting show. Hadn't seen them before but I dig their music. The lead singer and the drummer were very animated and full of energy, which kept me interested. However, the guitarist and bassist behaved in a way that made me feel they were just stand in studio musicians that were brought on tour out of necessity. They really didn't add much to the show and might as well have been standing of to the side of the stage. Hey but who am I to criticize. Just my opinion of what I saw. I'd definitely see them again but I think their show is better suited for a smaller more intimate venue.

Sound was great and the show was fun. Red Rocks is a fantastic place to see a show. Just don't expect a pit for the harder shows, there isn't one. The amphitheater offers great views of the show from any seat position. Closer seats are still better and with a general admission section reserved in the first 25 rows you definitely get rewarded with a great seat if you show up earlier.

B+

The show opened with The Wexford School of Rock kids who were fantastic. They covered 4 or 5 popular metal songs including one of Clutch's in which Neil Fallon came out to help them sing.
Next came Kyng, a metal band out of L.A.. I was not familiar with the band, but they were clearly a very tight 3 piece. Their music was good and sound.
Zakk Wylde's cover band, Zakk Sabbath, followed up Kyng. If you enjoy Sabbath, and I love Sabbath, then you should definitely see this group before they return to their normal jobs.
If you've never seen Clutch. This is one of the great acts of this generation, both studio and live. Their music appeals to all types of rock and metal fans, and it is all well comprised. I've seen them twice and I will see them every time they come around.

Well last night show was one of the best I've seen in a very long time, it's nice to actually see a showman like Zack Wylde perform and melt your face off as my buddy Daniel would say. He showed us how it was done last night, even got an up close (meaning he was standing 3' from us) solo from the crowd during Warpigs.
Then Clutch comes like the powerhouse that they are and blew the roof off the place. Total energy from start to finish.
But I will not forget to mention Kyng either, a great band from the LA metal scene. Opened the show in fine fashion with some heavy riffs, phenomenal vocals, and a true sense of how to get a crowd going. If you have a chance to catch this tour, I HIGHLY recommend you do!!!!!

Great as always. Great music, great texts and atmosphere. The only complain I can have is a quality of the sound, it appears to me that the last time they were in essigfabrik the sound was better. This time due to the dense crowd I was standing further from the stage so maybe it is just my perception. Neil Fallon was throwing himself from one side of the stage to the other even more than usual and generally he appears to be in a good shape. That is a nice surprise knowing that they have to cancel some tour dates recently due to his health problems. In the era of pitch correcting software and other trickery this band sounds much better live than on any record. If you have not seen them live it is your own fault!

Great band live, superb riffs and not bad interaction with the fans.
The downside was too much bass for most of the gig. All you could hear on the floor was this low sound with guitar hardly getting through. Vocals are great but again a bit muffled by bass.
Pretty active mosh which was a great bonus.
Planet of Zeus (support) were amazing. Great with the audience, very tight crew, good tunes. Highly recommend them to anyone. Big plus of the night.
Tijuana Bibles (local band which went in first) were ok but I think the psychedelic songs and the singer clearly intoxicated they did not hit the spot at that particular part of the night. Maybe later, after a few they would have sounded a bit better? :)

Clutch was amazing as always. They are professional rock and rollers and it shows every time they take the stage. The crowd loved them as always. Very high energy, everyone taking care of each other in the pit, no fights that I saw. All around an amazing experience. I see Clutch perform 3-4 times a year, and while the set lists have become somewhat the same, they never dissapoint. I would like to see them break things up a bit more and give us some deep cuts like they did back in the day, but all in all a great concert. I'd go see them, tonight, right now, only 24 hours later and I'd be just as stoaked!

Clutch is my favorite stoner rock band. They never disappoint. It was great to see them as the headliner as they played stuff that I haven't heard them play before when they were the support group. The only issue was a group of ten or twelve people who felt that half of the hall was for them only and slammed dance or just were general assholes. I mean slam dancing for Clutch makes no sense.

I love Clutch and you can tell that they love their fans and love is returned. Please come to the Bay Area as often as possible.

Great show. Sound quality at venue was great considering it was an old stripe mall(good balance vocals/guitar/drums lacking on bass, no feed back or cutout). Setlist was new songs from psychic warfare but they did a good mix of older. Even a few from name sake album...spacegrass(guest guitar Pepper from COC) and the house that peterbilt. Surprise guest band Valkyrie...that was a bonus! they rocked. Corrosion of Conformity killed it. Nailed there setlist...crowd represented. Clutch has perfected there craft. Most see tour.