Venue sucked beyond understandable customer service; high priced drink, lack of knowledge on bar drinks, and the venue’s sound setup was below par but Tantric still put in a reasonable show. Furthermore the backup bands seemed to be having in-fights with the venue.

Awesome show. Love the small venue for up close and personal experience. All the band members were great and down to earth to hang out with. I had a blast and look forward to doing it again soon. Tribble 's was great as well with great staff. Thank you! Steven

I saw Tantric on their first tour, when they were one of the opening bands on Creed's Weathered tour. They were really good back then. Honestly, they were just as good this time around! With the personnel changes, I was worried that Hugo would get players that were maybe not quite equal to the task of playing the old songs, or that wanted to play the old songs their own way, but these were both put to test almost immediately. This band was tight and well worth the ticket price for the show! And I'm not just being a fan and saying that - I'm a musician myself and I tend to be rather critical, as friends and family would tell you. I took a friend who has been in several bands with me to the show so we could hang out for a while and he said even though he'd never heard them before (he listened to Breakdown when I was on the way to his house) he thoroughly enjoyed every single song. He really engaged the band after the show, telling them how impressed he was. He agreed with the FOH engineer's judgment that they really delivered a good show, unlike a lot of newer bands that just stand there high as a kite. My friend added that you could tell they all meant every note they played. They sold the sizzle. I was especially impressed that the 25 year old drummer was so well versed and played an excellent set using the house drum kit, which a lot of times can be a total POS. This was a very good sounding Gretsch Marquis kit. But what really impressed me the most about him was his attitude. He said he really tried to learn all the songs just the way they were originally played (and he did an excellent job!) because no one wants to go to a show and hear his interpretation of the drum part, or how he thinks it should have been played - they want to hear it like the version on their CD. Very mature guy and an excellent player. They played a lot of material from the first 2 albums, which I loved to hear, and seemed to please the crowd a lot. The guitarist played some really appropriate solos. He stuck to the recordings for a lot of them but when he had latitude to go longer, he really showed what he can do. The bassist was highly energetic and really pounded out the pulsing rhythm with the drummer the way a rock bassist should do. You could tell Hugo's voice was ragged out real bad when he talked with us afterwards, which made the fact that he sounded as good as he did very impressive. You can tell he really lives for the opportunity to share his music with people who appreciate it. If you like their music and you are wondering if it's worth your time and money to go see Tantric, buy your tickets now, without delay. You will not be disappointed!