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REVIEW: Atmosphere at the Fox Theatre

Atmosphere’s Slug took the stage looking solid and sounding solid, the confidence of a 39-year-old MC in a town that loves him as tangible as the sweaty shoulders the hundreds of fans packed like sardines in every corner of the Fox. Any musician approaching their 40s has a scrutinizing lens focused on their relevancy and energy, and rappers are easily the slowest targets. But if you heard anyone in Boulder today talking about how Atmosphere has lost it, you’ve found a bitter person who didn’t get a ticket to last night’s show at the Fox Theatre.

What an honor it was to catch Atmosphere on this night, in a venue much too small at the end of a string of “Family Sign” tour dates. The Fox was uncomfortably stacked with reverent fans who came to give their respect more visibly than to get a buzz and nod their heads. Slug was visibly exhausted but had that finish-line smile, and more importantly had the determination to give everything back to the crowd.

Atmosphere opened with “Guns and Cigarettes,” opening with the crowd-pleasing line “Is it okay if we do some old shit tonight?” that followed with a hungry roar stretching all the way to the bar. Slug stops moving for a moment to absorb it, smiling wryly. “Yeah, that sounds pretty nice.”

Understated: it sounded superb. The relatively new live-band format effortlessly recreated the music that spans nearly 15 years, and everyone knew the words to each song in the set. The live band thing really works for Atmosphere, and that’s not to say that producer Ant needs any more help than a modest crate of vinyls. Guitarist Nate Collis and keyboardist Erick Anderson are welcome additions to the family, and I hope they continue to stick around. With the live guitar and keyboard lines snapped tightly onto the essential booms and baps provided by Ant, it was a joy to hear and even better to see that many musicians could share the spotlight on what could easily be seen as “The Slug Show.”

Any excuse to put hands in the air were accepted with gusto, even if Slug caught a few people with the hilarious line, “Everybody put your hands in the air… (hands fly up) if you already masturbated today.” The group has little concept of taking anything too seriously. After a strobe-and-volume-heavy performance of “On and On,” Slug jokes that it is as loud as it can get.

“If I was a smarter rapper, I probably would have ended the set with that song. Actually, that’s a great fuckin’ idea, thanks, we’re called Atmosphere,” he said.

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They came with 2.0's. The 2.5's were never an option that was offered in there line up through the dealerships. That one could have been a custom one off. Redline has done a few custom things that I know of along the way. I actually own a black XL. Ron Awtry got the first two tone Riot as far as I know. There have been a few made since and I think Jetrench's XL has full sides just like a regular Revolt. Yes they changed the suspension by making custom pieces to narrow it to under 60 inches. From what I understand the shocks were retained. I think Redline was experiementing with the 2.5's on this Demo unit before they gave it HMF for the GNCC conversion/pimp job. The custom intake exhaust and fuel controller were also nice additions. I'm sure if they spent way over a grand on new shocks they would have listed that also as a selling point. I will call Hans @ HMF to verify my suspicions. He talked to me extensively about the limiting cables he added to all 4 of the shocks for weight transfer. He said they help prevent roll over by lifting the inside wheel thus planting the outside. Before the cables he said it would lean and lean more and then roll over in high speed cornering.

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