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not to sound like a total fanboy, but i've been to a lot of underworld gigs and though i've had my bitching session about certain tours not sounding as good as before, things have improved immensely since Pricey joined.

The 1994-96 gigs were incredible because the band could jam and explore every possibility of all the loops and melodies theyd put to disk in the studio, with the added freedom that the crowd werent there to hear "the hits".

Everything Everything which covers the live period between late 97 to mid 99 is an evolution of the earlier period while the jamming is sort of gone, it morphs from song to song and still includes the epic non-singles (e.g. juanita/cups/rowla/kittens). I think after that it was the end of the road for that setlist. When you combine new equipment, a band member leaving, and new material you have to re-think your whole live output. While I wasnt a big fan of the 2001-02-03 tours, listening back to them they sound a lot better than i remember, even if they are more stop-start.

With Price on board Rick can concentrate on things and overlap the tunes, or let Darren stick his own tunes on (which are damn good) while he sets up the next one. By the time the autumn of 2005 came along Pricey was very familiar with the setup as anyone who witnessed the two 013/Tilburg shows or the Luxembourg show the following day will confirm. Three hours each show with plenty of flow, plenty of new tunes and old ones dusted off, and a real happy feel on stage.

Right now the shows are as good as they have been since 99 for me, and I'm approaching 30 gigs since 1994. Nice post dave, but its borderline trolling and you need to come back and backup your claims.