Avatar was mentioned quite a few times whenever I had stumbled across something asking people about favorite bands they had seen live though I had never even heard Avatar save for a few tracks Bob sent my way. I then learned about an ambitious four part live stream to take place four consecutive Saturdays in January and thought this would be the perfect time to see what all the fuss was about. 

All of the paid streams I have witnessed thus far have given a 72-hour timeframe after the stream to watch if the original “live” time was missed or to re-watch the stream. It took me all of the 72 hours just to get through the hour and forty minute stream once. Maybe I’m just an old cranky bastard who has seen too many great bands but almost immediately the synchronized head twirling ala Butcher Babies and the contrived nature of the whole thing just turned me off and thus I turned the stream off after about 15 minutes. I understand the unified visual theme of black, red and white ala the White Stripes but the band kept moving from one “room” to another on a soundstage and overall the entire performance just felt a little too “places everyone” for my liking. The makeup clad singer looked and played the role of ringmaster with more than a slight resemblance to Marilyn Manson due to being tall and skinny but was missing the tattoos and dangerous demeanor. The band is musically talented but just not my cup of tea.