17.30, I’m waking up with a blurred mind to realize it’s nearly the time
for the festival ‘Le Grand Incendie’
Within a second I’m off to Bron the concert’s venue: the Jack Jack
With deception, I realize I arrived too late for the Lyon folks
of Montcharge. These dudes are making such a powerful and quality
stoner, but if you don’t trust me here it’s a sample for you to decide
Just arrived in Lyon, Glowsun are running to the stage. Some tasty
stoner doom with a psych spice, we understand why these guys are the bosses of
the French stoner scene. The titles move fast, bringing the crowd higher and
higher in a catharsis state the great OM would not deny it.
Witchrider arrives. I have to admit I was not familiar with this band and they
surprised me. The Austrians are making stoner with a strong garage rock influence
or garage rock with a stoner influence, it’s up to you. The band has a strong
presence on stage, you can tell they have fun all together by watching the
gesture of raising ecoplastic beers screaming ‘ yeah man !!’ alone
with the crowd.
The band I was expecting and the one I was seeing for the first time in France was at last
coming on stage: We Hunt Buffalo. First and main point the
singer is coming with a Greenleaf shirt: good point!. What to say apart the conquered crowd with the
powerful strikes of Brandon Carter, the showman bass play of Brendan Simpson,
or the control singing of Ryan Forsythe. Magical ! Let’s not forget the encore
of the set with a good old Kyuss song (‘Thumb’ if I’m not
mistaken).
Everything was set up
for Truckfighters . The first thing that surprised me was the
size of the pedals set of Dango, well furnished. Truckfighters, if
it is mostly a matter of Ozo and Dango, the difference on stage between them
two is crazy enough. Where Dango is jumping, spinning, dancing in
every way possible Ozo will cheer the crowd or his drummer to give his
best. Two different schools. The set starts with Mind Control then Atomic. To
notice the coolness of Dango, he asks to a kid in the crow to finish his solo
by asking him to hit the cords. The concert runs so fast, the Swedish are
transporting the crowd and left us wondering where we are once the show is
over.
Personally, I would like to thank the guys of l’Oeil
de Néron for this first edition, bringing a high quality festival that we hope this edition will have a little sister for
next year!!
 - Le Grand Incendie (Truckfighters, Glowsun, We Hunt Buffalo,Witchrider, Montecharge) | Lyon 2016){kind=link}