I think they sold out Forest Hills, which is 5k-ish less than MSG. I don’t think they’ll sell it out (though announcing it like this def makes it a destination “show up to support your favorite band” type of event.)
I don’t think they’ve been selling amazingly well this last year. Lots of cheap tix available everywhere
I jumped on a ticket deal for the SLC show. I had a great time and they played well. Plus, it was great to attend another show at Saltair. However, I get tired of the endless guitar-led peaks. I think they could do so much more with their jams. There were a couple of adventurous moments at the SLC, but it all seems to end up the same. Plus, the keyboard player was doing this thing where he held onto the same notes for like 20 minutes on the organ. It was annoying.
That new song that closed the first set was the only real interesting thing / heat from SLC.
Was my first time at Saltair though - love that venue now
Also successfully snuck into a private box and had a sick view from directly above the band. Was kinda cool for a minute
Haha! Love it. Holy smokes the guitarist should have better tone with that pedal board spread!
lol holy Christ
Sultan-esque
Bet he was going too heavy on the droogs.
Yeah, that average white person crowd really got him hooked on cbd
As someone who doesn’t follow Goose closely, can you give me the tl;dr of what is going on with this band? Didn’t they lose another member recently?
their drummer, Ben Atkind, left the band last year. He was with the band since the beginning. There were rumors of him liking drugs too much and also him banging somebody’s GF rumors. nothing was ever confirmed.
Today their percussionist is stepping away from touring after four years on the goose train. r/goose has lots of posts saying they’re going to miss the gong so I’m wondering how much he actually contributes. Haven’t seen any speculation gain traction aside from legitimate mental health break and/or rehab.
r/goose was very exciting when Ben left.
happy to shoot off rumors - but i thought there was an issue with his former fiance banging others, but perhaps ben was doin’ the bangin’
Being a jamband percussionist or lighting director is the gift horse of the jam musiic scene. His mental health should be replenished every time he looks at his bank account and see’s that he get’s paid to hit fucking bongos on stage.
I saw this on IG years ago and DM’ed asking for nudes (for her to prove she was no longer with Ben) and I didn’t get a response.
Rick and Peter were on Frasco’s podcast and said that over the course of a few months they started thinking they were going in separate directions and they finally ripped the bandaid to audition for drummers.
sounds like it’s more of a Ricktatorship than a Goosocracy.
No joke, I’d have to be on the verge of suicide to step away from that meal ticket.
Putting on my conspiracy hat, it could be a situation where they no longer want to split the touring profits 5 ways and bought him out or told him to kick rocks (and let him save face with that post.)
I think he’s taking time off rather than leaving. At least their language in the posts makes me think so.
“step away from current touring”
“We are grateful for the community’s understanding as Jeff takes time for himself.”
New drummer is bringing in his own percussionist
Apparently Jeff threw a plate of CBD gummies at Rick, smashed a bottle of shnapps on the floor, ripped a nicotine vape and blew it in Peter’s face because somebody stepped on his Pit Vipers when they were raging to Sublime. Sad day.
These guys go hard
