Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.

June 02, 2004

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. | Live at the Abbey Pub Chicago |Alien8 | Japan

You never hear Acid Mothers Temple mentioned in the same breath as Stateside bands like Phish and String Cheese Incident. But they should be. Because AMT are a hippie jam band. They're the first to admit it. In fact, everything about them screams it. Their show last Friday at Chicago's Abbey had all the fixins: endless guitar wanking, cultish fans, dutiful concert tapers and--for the non-fanatic--that nagging question that manages to overpower the high stage volume: "Am I missing something?"