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San Francisco (San Francisco) is a city full of European art. This city is located on the peninsula of the San Francisco Bay. It breeds the cultural atmosphere of the entire West Coast. It has a strong cultural atmosphere comparable to New York and Boston on the East Coast. , which gave birth to technology centers like Silicon Valley (Silicon. Valley), and also gathered people from Italy and China. The cultures of various ethnic groups such as China, Spain, Japan, and South Asia make San Francisco unparalleled in tolerance.

Although New York, Los Angeles and other first-tier cities are also multi-ethnic and multi-cultural areas, San Francisco, which is bathed in sunshine, is different. The city's ability to accept immigrants is unprecedented, which makes the city Every corner of the city can see an intoxicating scene of cultural fusion.

It is this city that has injected colorful colors into American culture, the leather of the "Beat Generation" and "Hippie". Life, gay protests, and yuppies...Whether you like George. Byron or Frank. Sinatra, obsessed with ballet or prefer skateboarding, you can do it in this city Find your place here.

The cable car built at the end of the 19th century has become the city's most distinctive ancient craft. The old wooden cable car slowly passed through the city in the sunlight, slowly winding up the hillside, looking at the colors on both sides. The colorful ground floor building, enjoying the leisurely and comfortable afternoon time, breathing the aroma of coffee scattered in the air, the true meaning of life is probably like this.

Glory to the Dead chose San Francisco as the first stop of the band's road tour. On the one hand, because there are too many people in Los Angeles who know Hugo, it is easy to shift the focus; on the other hand, because San Francisco is a city with coffee flowing in its blood . The love of coffee in San Francisco is almost crazy. They tend to measure life by coffee spoons, and the center of every community is measured by coffee houses. The life of making friends, listening to poetry, and reading publications makes the city air. There is a sense of romance in it.

Market Street (Market. Street) is the center of the urban area. In the area south of this street, there are countless bars, clubs and artists. It is the most artistic area in the whole city, but it is interesting that, To the north of Bush Street, which is only three streets away from Market Street, is The. Tenderloin, the city's most impoverished district, where there are countless adult shops and movie theaters. You can often see drunks, Suck. Drugs and beggars, but also a breeding ground for all kinds of crimes. Just across the street, one side is a tourist area, a business area, and the other is a slum area. The difference in wealth is obviously amazing, which makes people marvel at the magic and horror of this world.

Glory to Death found a small stage between Bush Street and Market Street. It was said to be a stage, but it was actually a small flower bed. There was a small flea market not far away. A few pedestrians stopped to rest near the flower bed. , there is also a performance artist dressed as a witch standing on the street to perform.

Everyone helped Fujin to move the drum set out, then put the instruments in place, and began to adjust the instruments. After a period of running-in, the band already had a certain tacit understanding and was very familiar with the preparations. When everything was ready, Fokkin hit the drums, announcing the official start of the band's performance.

Today, the band started with the song "Lithium", which is different from the intermittent performance in Los Angeles, which is still mainly practice. From now on, every performance of the band is very complete, starting from the first song. From the beginning of the song to the end of the performance, there will be no active cut-off. The internal communication of the band will wait until the end of the performance to ensure the integrity of the performance. I also look forward to the band being able to continuously interact with the audience during the performance and make progress. .

Hugo has gradually adapted to the position of the lead singer. At present, in the configuration of the band, Fu Jin has shown the strength in line with his reputation, and Neil is not to be outdone and showed his profound skills. Both Pedro still need to continue to exercise. Overall, Glory to the Dead has enough strength at this stage to be in the forefront of the Los Angeles underground rock circle. It is definitely not weaker than the new day before the band before Fukukin.

The overall style of the live performance of Glory to Death is very active and has a violent impact. As the lead singer, Hugo is a singer with a strong appeal. He has a superior understanding of the lyrics and the melody. , so during the performance, Hugo's performance always has a sense of penetration, which can easily drive the audience's reaction. Hugo's voice does have great innate advantages. It has a wide range and can be high and low. Although the penetrating power is slightly insufficient, the mellow and warm voice is very penetrating for the understanding of the melody, which also makes Hugo in the singing process. , the whole emotion is very surging, full of tension.

The band's two guitarists, Neil and Alfonso, are active and quiet. As a rhythm guitarist, Neil's performance is very wild, and his sharp guitar style is very similar to Led Zeppelin. , The explosive guitar strumming seems to rub sparks in the air; Alfonso's guitar skills are very delicate, with a variety of tricks, maybe he may be slightly inferior to Hugo in terms of strumming speed, but Alfonso's guitar skills are very delicate and varied. The sense of rhythm and music is exceptional, and the understanding of the melody can often resonate with Hugo. The skills of the two guitarists complement each other, and at the same time they can echo each other, and their ability to understand and read the performance process is amazing.

As a bass player, Pedro has enormous pressure on his shoulders. Real professionals know that the bass player is the core factor that determines the basic level of a band, because the bass player needs to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the entire band. Pedro Bass's basic skills are very good, and he has absolute top ability. Even a solo performance is strong enough. The emotional bloom during the performance is very imaginative and has the style of the deep purple band. But his understanding of the melody tends to get disconnected, and that's where Pedro needs to keep improving, while also counting on Alfonso to give him more support.

As for Fu Jin, he is a drummer who is full of emotions but has stable technical movements. His skills are very comprehensive and top-notch, and his grasp of rhythm is very keen. The mood of the whole band injects a fresh domineering into the performance temperament of the whole band.

Overall, the performance style of Glory to Death is very infectious and impactful. This kind of band often bursts out with great energy due to the enthusiasm of the audience during live performances. In addition, the whole band is very young, so There is a youthful energy to their performances.

Of course, the band members are still in the running-in period, and the style presented now is just an atmosphere created by the technical movements of their respective members. The style with its own characteristics has not yet been formed. But it is foreseeable that this band does have great potential.

At this time, Hugo was singing "Nothing" with a softer style. This song is relatively simple in terms of chords, and emotional catharsis is the core of the song, but Hugo, who should concentrate at this time, is I had to give Pedro a look, because Pedro was obviously distracted just now and made several mistakes in a row.

As a melody performer, Hugo is sensitive to errors in the band's performance, which affect his intonation and performance. Of course, not only Hugo, but several other members of the band also looked at Pedro out of the corner of their eyes. The band is a whole, and any error in any link may cause problems in the performance of the entire band. Neil even borrowed As his body turned, he glared at Pedro, reminding him to focus on the melody.

Pedro also realized his mistake, and he repeatedly showed an apologetic smile, but at this time during the performance, he did not say anything further, but focused his attention on the performance again.

At this time, Pedro was indeed a little distracted. At present, the entire performance of Glory to Death has been going on for 30 minutes. It can be said that it has entered the climax of the performance. According to the previous experience in Los Angeles, there must be standing around at this time. There were a lot of spectators, even if it wasn't a huge crowd, a dozen or so spectators were indispensable, but the situation on the scene today shocked Pedro! Because there were only three spectators at the scene!

Three!

This is so rare. Moreover, this has nothing to do with the surrounding environment, because there are many pedestrians around this small flower bed, and at least a hundred people can be seen walking or sitting on the street within sight, but the glory to death is in the eyes of these people. It seems that it is just a bunch of flowers in a flower bed without any meaning. No one wants to stop their footsteps, and even the stop of their eyes is a little stingy, which is really frustrating.

Seeing such a situation, Pedro was inevitably a little distracted, and he couldn't help thinking: Is the band's performance really bad? No one wants to watch at all?

But after being reminded by his teammates, Pedro also knew that he was distracted, and quickly regained his attention, but unfortunately the effect was not great. Pedro was still in a state of slack, and it was impossible to lose his attention. control, which also made a big problem with the band's performance. It can be seen from this that the band of Glory to Death is still too young and prone to fluctuations, especially Pedro, who is the bassist, has a lively and jumpy personality, and the band's performance can easily be taken away from the original track.

In the last third of the song "Nothing", the whole performance turned into a mess of sand, which really made people shake their heads.

After the performance of the whole song, the band bowed to the three audience members to express their gratitude, but the audience obviously had no intention of responding. They just nodded slightly, and then left one after another, leaving only the five members of the Glory to Death band alone. stand in place.