Meshuggah Live - COMPLETE SHOW - Columbus, OH, USA (August 3rd 2002) Polaris Amphitheater [2-CAM]
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- Meshuggah
Columbus, OH, USA
August 3rd 2002
Polaris Amphitheater
Second Stage
Ozzfest
Sane
Sickening
New Millennium Cyanide Christ
Soul Burn
Future Breed Machine
Filmed By: Brad Nolan (onstage) / Ryan Flaugher (center)
Angles: Onstage/Center
Transfer: Hi8 Master Tape Transfer
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Fredrik Thordendal - lead guitar, backing vocals (1987-present; on hiatus since 2017), synthesizers (1992-2001), bass (2001-2004)
Jens Kidman - lead vocals (1987-present), rhythm guitar (1987-1993)
Tomas Haake - drums, spoken vocals (1989-present)
Mårten Hagström - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1993-present)
Dick Lövgren - bass (2004-present)
This band was beyond their time.
Meshuggah created time...
@@colins7771 Meshuggah is what time.gov uses to stay on track
Ahead. I think they still are.
For some reason I'm scared of Jens Kidman
@@vinodkumaraug I'm only scared of Michael Gira 😂 early Swans were ahead of their time too and heavy af
1:03 Sane
5:01 Sickening
10:40 New Millenium Cyanide Christ
15:47 Soul Burn
22:45 Future Breed Machine
Thank you
Thanks 👍😘🇸🇪
You're a real one bro
Tus tak
What a fucking set list
Imagine being someone just walking around Ozzfest and stumbling across this - mind blown
That's exactly how is discovered them.
Edit: actually 8 days after this was filmed.
They were fairly well known at this time but definitely not at the elevated level they are now at. I went to this very show for the purpose of seeing them primarily. They signed autographs afterward, I still have my cd of Nothing signed by Thomas, Fredrick, and Jens. Talked with them for a minute or so and they were cool dudes.
your comment made me laugh out loud
I was standing behind Tomas.. too many people, the stage fright is STRONG in this chick 🤦♀️
The only thing that sucks, I wasn't even remotely familiar, nor ready, for what I was right in the middle of 😳 and that's ONSTAGE! Sadly, to me it sounded like... ... well, noise 🤷♀️ so incredibly complex and off time, but perfectly timed. It took forever, years, to try and air drum and I STILL screw up air drumming! He could explain it repeatedly and it still wouldn't quite click.
Tomas, I adore you, you're a dear friend, but brother, you are not from this planet. I mean that in the most complimentary way possible, but... you still blow my mind, Fredrik too, STILL, 20 years later.
Miss you guys 🖤 give Jens our love
I had been a fan since mid 90s and finally saw them at ozzfest 2002. The energy they give live is unmatched. They command and control. That whole fucking second stage was moving. It’s an amazing band to see live.
14:35 Fredrik's scream in the back, I felt that. He's like 2m from the mic and it still picked it up.
Amazing catch
one of the heaviest things i've ever seen
holy shit
Holy shit can’t believe you caught that
15:14 he does also at here
That final riff of New Millenium Cyanide Christ is the sickest riff EVER.
Agreed.
double agree
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14:48
Damn fucken right it is
13:00 i love how Jens is pulsing with his pointer finger to keep time lol
Seen that in so many live videos including their own DVDs. It's cool and odd. Not many singers do this to my knowledge.
@@IceKoldKilla It's fucking meshuggah afterall lol
Ever since Jens lost his hair he needed to find a way to keep time without headbanging/moving much. Probably helps him focus too
The BPM on Future Breed Machine is insane.
the craziest thing about Future Breed Machine is that Tomas plays all the kicks in the 2nd riff after the intro riff with one foot, while keeping time with the hihat. Makes sense why they have been playing FBM at a slower tempo live for some years now...
Sure glad they have that 1 desk fan on stage
"These men have a heat sink problem. There's sweat stains at the outset already. We should've insisted on shirtlessness for everyone onstage but goddam it who in their right mind would insist on such a thing!"
@@thwiftlythwept7023Me
@@thwiftlythwept7023jens apparently lol
Well written, dude
To whomever shot this.
To whomever uploaded this.
I love you. Endlessly.
...as do I. Thank you.
I will never get over the fact of Jens continously giving away their water to the crowd in heat. So warm. Absolutely loving them with every passing second.
Speaking of the heat, Mårten had to be sweating his ass off wearing that huge jersey lol
i was at this show, i stood to the left side of the stage directly in front of the guitarist! amazing show, was really surprised when this just randomly popped up in my recommended feed! thanks algorithm!
@abdunasar5551 i already knew them, my friend had given me the chaosphere cd a few years before, and i probably had downloaded the rest of their discography that existed at the time!
So cool to watch this today knowing how colossal they've become.
Yeah now with the otherworldly light show. Fuckin legends
you mean ... Kolossal.. 😎
@@ArtGuitarLTX ha ah 🤣🤘
I picked up Contradictions Collapse in 7th grade 1997. Never looked back. That changed my life. Got the rest of the albums in order and as they came out over time. Still my favorite metal band to the day.
That’s gotta be their most underrated album
you mean you never looked down right? lol
@@BedroomripsREAL
Jens stance is so majestic I freaking love this guy
kidman
A punk fan friend of mine gave me this CD back when it came out. He said "Im not into this but I think this is right up your alley. You can have it." Oh boy was he right! I nearly snapped my neck off on the ride home that day.🙂
Awesome man!
I'm sure he did hate this! Since punk people have groove and like their music to sound like shit!
That's great
@@PallahDaOracle loool yep...he hated anything I liked. He had that punk "no mainstream attitude BUT years later I found out he was into TOOL and Deftones 🤣🤣
Ha! That's practically my story in 1995 . . .
Friend at work at a Video Game Studio, we used to go to "Lou's Records" in Encinitas Calif.. But he came back from lunch (he was a Industrial Metal fan) and came-up to me and said; "This isn't really my thing (Destroy Erase Improve in his hand), but if you don't like it, I'll take it back and get something else", It took 2 minutes of "Future Breed Machine" and I was done . . . .
I became a Meshuggahner for life. DEI is still my fave album, and Fredriks "Special Defects" album is almost equally awesome \m/.
Future Breed Machine one of the best songs Meshuggah ever made
10:52 One of the sickest song introductions ever. Insane when the rest of the band kicks in as well. Meshuggah are a force of nature.
26:28 .... just beautiful
They must have sounded like alien music next to the other bands in Ozzfest back then.
No they fit right in,you gotta think Ozfest us where most of the bands you probably listen got their first exposure to the real tour scene,you can thank Jack Osbourne for it,he helped bring ALOT of bands into the light, using stage 2 at The Fest(there's two sometimes 3 can stages if you've never been) . ANYONE who has ever been to Ozfest knows stage 2 is where it's at,that's where you got turned on to the new shit,the shit you'd turn your friends on to. FLAW,KITTIE,PITCH SHIFTER, the deadlights (killer band) SLIPKNOT, Otep all played stage 2,you shoulda been at Ozfest 2003 I think it was when Slipknot did their first fest,they where nuts, out in full masks and suits in 100 degree weather ( here in Pittsburgh) ,clown beating his head off the kegs ,that was something outta this world to see for the first time. I could go on all day with awesome stuff I've seen,I went to EVERY OZFEST from 1996 all the way till the last full tour in 2015or 16 I think it was. Their all one big party in my head now,lol
@@aarondavis4341 my high school graduation present was getting to go to Ozzfest summer 2003. Drove down to Dallas for the show. Me and two buddies. Got to see Killswitch Engage, Marilyn Manson, Korn, Chevelle, Cradle of Filth, Shadows Fall and Nothingface.
I also went to Warped Tour several times. I liked Warped Tour more because it was more cost friendly lol. Ozzfest was expensive, bit also very cool because I for to see some legends like Sabbath and Slayer at the 2004 date.
@@creekandseminole expensive it was 5$ for a cup of nacho cheese is outrageous,lol It would be a right of passage for me every year to eat a bunch of acid,and trip my nuts off,now's it's all like one big concert,I met SOOO MANY artists,I met Jamey from Hatebreed found out his oldest daughter and my oldest daughter have the same name (Madison and their bdays are a day apart March 29th and 30th,did shots Jagr of with Dave Williams from Drowning pool. ...those where the days man,kids just don't know they really don't🤘
Consural pretty much 😀🤘🏻
I saw them at Ozzfest in 2003. Had no idea who they were and they blew my fucking mind. I was like 15 and I had never heard anything like that before. I immediately came home and looked for more of their music.
Holy hell I was at this show!! This was the first time I'd ever heard of Meshuggah! Absolutely changed my life haha
So sick...even back in 2002 they were ahead of their time!
Actually even better, every song on the setlist is from 1991, 1995, 1997, and 1998 ;)
(Mostly 1995 ;))
Bone Zone Jones 95 set list was even crazier 🤘🏽🤘🏽
@rasánudbA Is that to say that they all came too early, birth-wise? Quite a coincidence if it's so, but I buy it.
@@hastobe303 Its not that they came early, world just was not ready for the music !!
They said the same of allan holdsworth in 70s who they took a lot of infuence from.
Sickening is one of their most underrated tracks. One of my favorites with them!
None EP is underrated
A very unique, gnarly sound for sure! It's like they've got all these different riffs and rhythmic patters going on at the same time, yet it never goes off the rails.
I love the bald guy with glasses in the back having the time of his life
Is that not Biohazards frontman?
That's Otep's bass player.
History of Legends! MeshuggaH will always be the best, ever!
This is the coolest Meshuggah setlist.
I'd hadn't heard much Mesh until I got Nothing when it came it out. Mind blown. Stayed blown ever since. Saw them live first time in 05. Mind blown. Stayed blown every time since.
Tour for the Violent Sleep of Reason, brought a friend to see them in Dublin who was not into metal at all, it blew his fucking mind so much hes been a flat out metal head ever since, Meshuggah for fucking life
10:09 Jens still got that same "thank you" after all those years haha
Hahah this makes me laugh in a good way because it’s true!
My buddy and I were at the MA stop on the 02 Ozzfest run. We watched Meshuggah from the back of the crowd standing right next to Andrew WK, who had played earlier. He went off to sign CD’s right before Down came on.
Nearly 20 years ago. Still 20 years ahead of today.
Mumetal me had no idea what hit him the first time I listened through Chaosphere. I listened several times to finally wrap my head around it.
Obzen came just 5 years after this. Fuck
Headbanging at a Meshuggah concert is a math equation
Lame
I wouldn't call headbanging in 4/4 a math equation tho
I understood your comment 😂. I agree! Hard to workout to this as i am constantly thinking of the meter changes and riffs 😂.
@@Vb98765 lighten up
😂
The switch from NMCC to Soul Burn was absolutely insane
Still blows my mind that Nothing is from 2002. so ahead of it's time.
I was at this show!! I loved it
hands down one of my favorite bands ever, saw them on tour with tool they were awesome
me too, 2003 in Virginia
@@Sturmbro629 UMASS Amherst must have been the same tour.
Saw them open up for Tool in Oklahoma City 2002. That entire show is here on TH-cam. One of the best Tool live bootlegs ever.
2:42 tomas is beating the shit out of those drums there, those stops sound incredible on this live
Sickening is such a badass song.
Jens at the end: "wwwwwwwwwrrrrrrRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH"...."Okay guys, take care"
damn, in 20 days after this show I would be born
Never getting tired of the Otep bassist having the time o his life.
I can’t blame him. The groove of that intro riff on “Sickening” is top-tier.
God, that guitar tone is causing a catastrophic devastating tremor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Almost 20 years ago... Holy shit!
Such a milestone for modern metal, this short show... Amazing.
Man I loved it when they used to play Future Breed Machine a tad quicker live, it gave it that added urgency and drive. No click tracks
27:10 I like how the guy in the bottom right with a blue hat just disappears from headbanging so low
wow what a piece of history right there!
Didn't even have actual 8-strings yet, I love this
They were eight strings, those swedish prototypes that they used on Nothing, but all the songs in this set is seven-strings only. I guess they didn't have time to rehearse the Nothing-material since they were rushing to get on this tour as they were not that big yet.
@@Alexander_Tronstad the nevborn 8s had tuning and intonation issues so they used their nevborn 7s downtuned to F. They rarely used the nevborn 8s but for a couple of shows. Even the nothing album was recorded on downtuned ibanez 7s. Apparently the nevborn 8 bridge was super shitty and uncomfortable, just straight up unreliable.
I believe I read somewhere that they mixed Nothing in a matter of days to go on this tour?
Nevborn 8 strings !
@BiRDiEMusic actually Dino from Fear factory was going down to drop G and F around 98 on a 7 string for a couple B side songs but he was the only one. What's even crazier is meshuggahs nevborn 7s were 26.5 scale and held that tuning pretty decently. I actually own a Nevborn also. I love it.
12:25 soundman "do you need to come down?" Pointing at rhythm
12:33 Tomas "shit idk he aint paying attention to you sounds good to me"
Lol i like how he tiptoes out as if anyone could possibly hear him coming.
Ah, the good ol days. I was there that day. I remember the guitarist wearing that jersey. Great set.
MESHUGGAH Changed the game after OZZfest
Such a fun ozzfest. Went to it in Gorge, WA. Hatebreed and Down played after them.
Those were the days! Fucking Polaris Amphitheater! I was at this Ozzfest show... and a hand full of others! Was this the year the fence was torn down, set on fire although it was raining, and we all played SlipNSlide down the frigging hill (which happened to be the only "seats" I could afford at the time)?
Jens ''The WaterCooler'' Kidman
Lol I’m pretty sure Jens caused a drought when they toured the US that year
Can't get enough of this. 😍
Best metal band in history.
Meshuggah being given 25 minutes in the middle of the day is wild.
I got to see them at Ozzfest 2002 in San Antonio, they were amazing! It rained badly that weekend but the show still went on.
My favourite band. 🤘🏻
2:55 Fredrik in the first solo asks for the sound guy to turn him down a bit. It actually sounds louder in this part and Marten is clearly not happy XD
Its amazing just how much they have progressed since then
But always ahead of their time
That Nevborn-guitars era, if you know what im talking about)
Just bought a nevborn. Supposedly previously owned by Fredrik which is a good possibility because there are only a few nevborns out there. Its the greatest guitar I've ever played.
Future breed machine sounds enormously beefy.
It is like two planets hitting one another
I smiled a genuine smile at 21:55 when Jens announced the then-imminent release of "Nothing". I don't know if they knew what an impact "Nothing" would make on metal and beyond.
The GOATs
whether 12 or 33, im still showing "friends" clips of meshuggah, trying to convince them that life exists
Did you succeed in turning any of your friends to them ?
This was my first time seeing one of my favorite bands live. I remember this being one of the hottest days of my whole life, I parked myself right in the front where fredrik was playing and having to endure hour after hour of shitty bands to hear these guys. Over twenty years of sticking to their guns and doing something truly unique with metal and I still love this band
2002?
Yep
Gustaf was still in the band at the time and nothing had just come out I think but they hadn’t worked any of those songs into their live set yet
So cool, really good sound on this recording, for being so old. so cool. This gotta be the beast metal band all categoreis.
15:36 for the mc ride pose
*Mc Ride does the Jens pose
mc ride must've picked some influence from jens, I mean their stage presence is so similar
@@YoLpIsBest they're also both bald and yell a lot
What a great video, eyes glued to them the whole performance. Holy shit
I want their Nothing backdrop. Love this vid relic
This band is legendary
1:20 that snare sounds like someone hammering a nail to a wall listening to Meshuggah
Det är synd att Mårten håller på modo. Annars så hade det här giget varit perfekt!
I was there, that day was hot as fuck but we knew we were seeing something special
i fucking love this channel
Sane is a such a sick track to open with from a legendary album too
Meshuggah has always been and will be best metal band ever until the end.
This was 4 days before i was born
Their intro to the store alone is gutwrenching. That's real fukn entertainment. 🤘🏼
Oh man I saw Meshuggah on the NOTHING tour back around this time. It wasn't during Ozzfest but I saw them headline with openers Strapping Young Lad and it was amazing.
I went to that same tour. They came to Oklahoma City and a tornado had just blown through town and maybe 30 showed up to the gig. It was still awesome though.
@@creekandseminole Yeah they played in this crappy little venue that used to be a church in Pontiac Michigan, it was amazing.
Wow man! Never seen this. 3 days before Nothing came out. Had the banner up. Seen them months later on the Nothing tour. 1st time seeing them was like seeing beings from another universe.
When I saw this show at the gorge on the second stage I was blown away that he used a joystick mounted on a mic stand while he was playing a solo. Fucking awesome I love these guys. Got to meet them and shit. Super cool
26:13 is by far one of my favourite moments in any live show i've seen
The fact that New Millenium Cyanide Christ came out in 98 blows my mind.
Can we just noticed how pissed they are at 3:07 at how loud the guitar was
this is so primitively beautiful.
INSANE!
12:27 chaos chaos. Theres a feed! Look at Haake hahaha thats the calmest anyone could ever be!
First broken nose, first Meshuggah pit, Ozzfest Alpine Valley WI that year!!!
thank you
Cool upload. Thanks.
Thomas' hair being blown by the fan...he looks like a model in a pop video with that constant perfect quiff!!! It would take litres of hair gel to maintain that sort of perfection other than by use of a fan!
At least he took advantage while he could...as another hair-thinning man, I know...
In 2002 Meshuggah was already well established in the metal scene for being kings of extreme fast metal along with having unmatched technical ability. And just imagine. Tommy Lee and P.O.D. were on the "main" stage lol.
Hey 20 years ago! Almost to the day.
...and that's how you run through a case of water in 30min
Hah yea it coulda been 100° that day, Jens taking care of his people hahaha
Got to meet Jens on the St louis date of this ozzfest and tell him how badass nothing was. As if he didnt know. Nice guy. But probably bc he had no idea what i was saying
*What a happy bunch of cyborg vikings!*