As laser synths zip and bleep above the bubbling intro bass line of Obvious, Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell asks, "Hey! How's it sound?" without any apparent irony.
It's the fourth track of the gig and the band's just starting to cook. By the time they bounce into the trashy glam-funk exuberance of Been Caught Stealing, they're sounding pretty bloody good.
They're also obviously having a lot of fun as guitarist Dave Navarro fries his fretboard with a piercing solo as Farrell "doo-bops" over the top.
This live album, which sees the band playing the entirety of their alt-rock masterpiece Ritual De Lo Habitual before heading off on a blazing run through their biggest hits, is to celebrate the 25 years since the album's release.
The record is certainly deserving of such treatment. It's an ambitious, important, alt-rock album that's soaked in a druggie spirituality and an otherworldly profundity that comes together perfectly to celebrate the bohemian artistic lifestyle in all its messy, sprawling, non-conforming glory.
