[Live Cold Open - 150 BPM; feedback, razor pick slide, signature riff, twin guitars, tom barrage, roaring Forum crowd] [Crowd - foreground chant] Riot! Riot! Riot! Riot! [High gritty nasal rock tenor - over hammering band] LOS ANGELES! Management sent me a note: "Please leave the Forum exactly how you found it." [Crowd - boos] BOOOOO! [Frontman] Anybody remember how we found it? [Crowd] HELL NO! [Frontman] Perfect. [Frontman] “They also wrote- No more drums." [Drum Counterattack break - solo drum pounding kick, snare, crashes, tom barrage] (Big Stadium drum roll) [Frontman] Drummer didn't get the note. And guitar - they said kill the amps. [Guitar Counterattack break- razor pick slide, feedback dive, riff punches, rapid climb] [Frontman] Neither did he. L.A. - WHAT DO YOU CALL THIS” [Crowd - deafening unison] A FUCKING RIOT! [Frontman] “THEN START ONE!” [Full-Band Launch - tom run, razor pick slide, twin-guitar attack] [Verse 1 - same high tenor; pounding drums and guitar answers] White lights - SNAP! Last chord still rings. Suit at stage left waves both hands. Road cases rolling? Roll 'em back. Drummer kicks four. Guitar attacks. Stagehands reach. Crowd climbs chairs. Snare cracks hard. Twin guitars flare. He points at the clock. We point at the crowd. Los Angeles - DROWN HIM OUT! [Pre-Chorus - frontman calls over hammering band; crowd answers] THEY SAY GO! [Crowd] HELL NO! [Frontman] CAN THEY CUT US OFF? [Crowd] FUCK NO! [Frontman] WHAT IS THIS? [Crowd] A RIOT! [Tom Descent and Three Riff Punches] [Chorus - crowd and gang vocals; wall of drums and guitars] Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! L.A.! GET LOUD! Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! WE ARE THE P.A. NOW! Raise the house lights - WE'LL TAKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING OUTSIDE! If you want the Forum back - THROW! US! OUT! [Riff Riot - nonstop drums, hammering hook, lead scrapes, squeals, fills, crowd chant] [Verse 2 - same high tenor; crash-heavy drums and dueling guitars] Lobby doors slam. Red ropes fly. Kick drum on a road case rolling outside. Poster glass rattles. Programs rain. Floor tom at the ticket booth starts it up again. Manchester Boulevard - tailgates drop. Guitar on a road case rips the parking lot. Car horns answer. Boots pound concrete. Management screams, "CLEAR THE LOT!" We point toward Sunset - BRING THE WHOLE DAMN STREET! [Parking Crowd Work - frontman calls over pounding band; crowd answers] THEY GOT US OUT OF THE FORUM! [Crowd] SO WHAT! [Frontman] DID THEY STOP THE SHOW? [Crowd] HELL NO! [Frontman] WHERE ARE WE GOING? [Crowd] RIOT HOUSE! [Frontman] WHO'S PAYING? [Crowd] PUT IT ON THE TOUR! [Chorus - crowd and gang vocals; band hits harder] Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! L.A.! GET LOUD! Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! WE ARE THE P.A. NOW! Raise the house lights - WE'LL TAKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING OUTSIDE! If you want the Forum back - THROW! US! OUT! [High gritty nasal rock tenor - over riff] DRUMS - BEAT THE DOORS OFF! [Drum Assault - kick barrage, snare flams, crashes, tom rolls] [Frontman] GUITAR - TEAR UP SUNSET! [Guitar Assault - razor pick slide, bends, feedback dive, rapid picking, pinch harmonics] [Frontman] L.A. - WHO WON? [Crowd] DO IT AGAIN! [Drum-Guitar Brawl - four-bar trades, twin leads, nonstop tom fills, crowd screams] [Verse 3 - same high tenor; band and crowd peak] Tour buses take the valet. Cabs stack three deep. Bell carts race the lobby - one loses a wheel. One suite gets the drum kit. Three floors get the crowd. Guitar from the balcony makes Sunset look up. Room-service trays line both sides of the hall. Elevator opens - another floor gets involved. Daylight hits the register. Paper rolls across the tile. Every zero circled twice. Manager quits smiling. We turn the amps back up - ADD ANOTHER NIGHT! [Hotel Crowd Work - frontman calls over pounding band; crowd answers] THE FRONT DESK SAYS: KEEP IT DOWN! [Crowd] TURN IT UP! [Frontman] HOW MANY FLOORS? [Crowd] ALL OF 'EM! [Frontman] WHEN THEY WANT US OUT? [Crowd] GOOD! FUCKING! LUCK! [Final Launch - kick barrage, tom roll, whammy dive, riff punches] [Final Chorus - lead, gangs and full crowd; maximum attack] Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! L.A.! GET LOUD! Riot! Riot! Riot at the Forum! WE ARE THE P.A. NOW! Raise the house lights - WE'LL TAKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING OUTSIDE! If you want the Forum back - THROW! US! OUT! [Final Chorus - entire arena; twin leads over hammering drums] Riot! Riot! FROM THE FORUM TO THE RIOT HOUSE! LOS ANGELES - STILL LOUD! HOUSE LIGHTS TO DAYLIGHT - WE TOOK THE WHOLE DAMN THING OUTSIDE! If you want your city back - THROW! US! OUT! [Live Outro - tom assault, signature riff, twin leads, overwhelming crowd] [Crowd] Riot! Riot! Riot! Riot! [High gritty nasal rock tenor] L.A. - WHO'S STILL IN? [Crowd] COUNT! ME! IN! [Final Demolition - riff once; full band twice with kick barrages, crashes, feedback and twin-guitar squeals; hard chord, high YEA-A-A-AH, massive L.A. crowd]
