symphony x, july 22nd, 07

well for me the show got off to a bad start because i got kind of lost trying to find the place.  it was at a club called the pearl room in mokena IL.  a really really tiny intamite venue.  there were maybe 600 people there.  i called the place that morning to ask what time they thought SX would take the stage and the guy told me 10.  so after getting lost i didn't get there until 9:20, but they started at 9, so i missed the first 2 songs.  after that they played mostly stuff off PL and Odyssey with smoke and mirrors and a few others thrown in.  I have to say after seeing dream theater and SX, i enjoyed seeing SX better because they are human.  not machines playing their songs.  Romeo really improvises a lot, and well, and he is a big fat, jolly man who shreds.  Russell has an amazing voice, and it is even better live.  overall it was a great show but they played nothing off of V, which was a little dissapointing.  the other SX post pretty much covers everything