{"id":1885,"date":"2005-06-05T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2005-06-05T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1885"},"modified":"2015-10-20T14:27:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T14:27:34","slug":"collective-soul-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2005\/06\/05\/collective-soul-verizon-wireless-theater-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Soul – Verizon Wireless Theater – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Eddie Ferranti <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jun 05, 2005 at 12:00 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"As part of the Road To Vegas Tour, Collective Soul came to town to rock the people who crammed into the Verizon\u2019s Club V setup. With showgirls on hand and various attractions to see, the show was a little more fun that most concerts, however, that may have had something to do with the performance of Collective Soul.Opening with Counting the Days<\/em>, the band opened the flood gate of quality songs and nonstop energy that made the set fly by way too quickly. With a barrage of old favorites that even the casual fan would know right off the bat, the band finally introduced themselves and kicked into a new song, Him<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Ed Roland comes off like a cross between David Lee Roth, Mick Jagger, Robert Plant and Frank Zappa, the guitarists have a dualing quality reminiscent of the Scorpions and the songs have withstood the test of time. I remember seeing them open for Van Halen 10 years ago and they have grown up big time.<\/p>\n

Home<\/em> was a standout new tune that the band dedicated to their tour manager, who is a big Houston fan. The energy and charisma shown by the band on their newer songs showed how much they still loved being a rock n\u2019 roll band after 13 years.<\/p>\n

Right around 11, the band kicked into their song that put them on the map, Shine<\/em>, providing a nice cap to the evening and bringing the progression of sound back to its starting point. Showgirls and all aside, this band made the night something special and the 1400-plus fans who made it out walked away with some good memories.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Eddie Ferranti Jun 05, 2005 at 12:00 AM As part of the Road To Vegas Tour, Collective Soul came to town to rock the people who crammed into the Verizon\u2019s Club V setup. With showgirls on hand and various attractions to see, the show was a little more fun that most concerts, however,… <\/p>\n

Read More<\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concert-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1886,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1885\/revisions\/1886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}