ADTR is a passionate band with Steve running 10 of the powerful hybrid effect lights through their paces as specials on the hard-driving show. "We took the band and put them in a national park environment and then, as we do, make it jocular and surreal," Steve states of the show's tongue-in-cheek yet highly entertaining set theme that has each Sniper representing a band member's eye in the set's large Mt. Rushmore-inspired backdrop.
"It's more like a cosmic circus of sorts with lots of sounds and staccato noise. For the eyeballs in our set piece we needed something that looked like a laser without actually having lasers and the Sniper stepped in perfectly. We're breaking the Sniper ribbon so to speak and are very excited to have a very new product out on our tour."
Powered by the new 132W Philips™ MSD Platinum lamp, the Sniper delivers an intense 45,010 lux @ 16.4' (5m) and gives designers 14 dichroic colours and 17 static gobos to choose from. "It's a perfect little fixture, it's compact, it's not very hot and it's bright," Steve says. "And it has all the laser dance floor effects that are exactly what we were looking for on this show.
"The most surprising thing though was how bright it is. I have 1200-watt lights in the rig, key lighting as well as lighting behind it, and other lights, and it plays along with everybody in holding up its weight. Also, heat was prohibitive with some of the other fixtures but the Sniper keeps cool."
(Jim Evans)
