The Mass's 2003 Concert & Tour History

The Mass's 2003 Concert History

"The barrier between metal and jazz has been pierced again. Like Chicago's Yakuza, the Bay Area thrash outfit The Mass augment their high-speed, staccato riffing with fluid, almost (dare I say it) harmolodic saxophone lines from vocalist Matt Walters. There are times when Walters launches into screeching, post-Ayler solos, in the manner of Steve Mackay on the Stooges' Fun House or Bruce Lamont on Yakuza's Way Of The Dead; the just-under-90-second "Gas Pipe" is the most extreme track on the disc, from this angle.

Date	Concert	Venue	Location
May 31, 2003	400 Blows / The Mass / Lower Forty-eight / Replicator Mission Creek Music Festival Noiserock Night Photos	Edinburgh Castle Pub	San Francisco, California, United States
Feb 22, 2003	The Mass / Caesura	Hemlock Tavern	San Francisco, California, United States
Jan 17, 2003	Impaled / ominum / The Mass / Old Grandad Photos	40th Street Warehouse	Oakland, California, United States