Recent concerts

[sharkythesharkdogg]

So I saw Animals As Leaders, Intronaut, Last Chance To Reason, Evan Brewer, and and a few other groups wed night. Pretty good show. Animals As Leaders were of course awesome, but Brewer's bass playing and Intronaut both stole the show if you ask me.

Going to see The Contortionist, Scale the Summit and a few others tonight.

What shows are you excited for?

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Tonight's show was excellent. It was two opening bands then Structures, Volumes, Rings of Saturn, Scale the Summit, Conducting from the Grave, and The Contortionist. Not a bad line up for 10 bucks a ticket.

We arrived a little late because my friend had to work late. That meant we missed Structures which is incredibly disappointing. I really enjoy them, and people said they had great energy live.

We showed up just in time for Volumes. Definitely the most energy from any of the bands. I like their music as it's a combination of Veil of Maya and softer interludes. They were decent, but a little repetive.

Then came Rings of Saturn. I was excited to see them. It's the first tour for these guys, and even though they're young they put on a solid show. Their sound was solid, and they recreated their studio stuff pretty well. Laid back sense of humor on stage too. Good guys.

Scale the Summit was next, and of course, they stole the show. I hadn't had a chance to hear much off the new album before tonight, but man they sounded great and so did the new songs. The bass player really anchors the music more than you realize until you watch them. All those guys are pretty talented. They did NOT play "Glacial Planet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNdRkIR8QU0)" tonight which is suck, but oh well.

Conducting from the Grave are co-headlinging and they came on next. Awesome melodic riffs, thrashy parts, heavy heavy breakdowns, and lots of good ol' fashioned metal. What's not to love? If you like metal, go see these guys. They did NOT play "Hit the lights, Armageddon is Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L648gqB1erc)" which sucked again, but oh well.

The Contortionist rounded out the night with an excellent set of mostly new music from their new album. Their sound was almost album quality, and energy was good. If they were't up against the mighty Scale the Summit they would have been the best band of the night. They did not play "Apparitions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNzbGUt1jyg)" or "Predator (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPvnk7w8D1Y&feature=related)" but I'll live.

No one else has any concert reports? C'mon!!!!

[NorthernChaosGod]

You must tell me more about Tosin!

[sharkythesharkdogg]

You must tell me more about Tosin!

I spoke to him a little bit, and he's just a regular guy. Very nice, of course. I told him I was more excited about the next album because it will be a collaboration of all three members. This first album was just material he wrote with the help of Misha Mansoor(Periphery) and then he went and found two guys to help him play it and tour with. He's pretty excited about this next album too. He agrees that the next album will be a true Animals As Leaders album, and he sorta chuckled and agreed that the drummer Navene is probably the best member of the band and never gets noticed. I asked if he and Javier would be coming back to town with their other band T.R.A.M. anytime soon but it doesn't look like it. :(

Tram has both Animals As Leaders guitarists, Eric Moore the drummer from Suicidal Tendencies, and Adrian Terrazas the wood wind instrumentalist for The Mars Volta. If you haven't heard their stuff, you need to check it out. I think it'd be right up your alley.

They were actually recording some footage for the AAL DVD coming out soon so the crown had good energy. I just wish some of the mosh pits didn't happen. I mean a mosh pit for CAFO or Behaving Badly is expected, but moshing to On Impulse? No.

There also had some crazed dude that was way too into Tosin humping a pole, and trying to reach out and grab touch him during guitar solos. It was quite funny.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Lolol. Pole humping.

[Rebellious Eagle]

I've only ever been to two Maroon 5 concerts, which my dad won for free from a local radio station. I really want to go to some metal concerts but my dad thinks I'm gonna get trampled in the mosh pits. Fair enough.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Nah, I mean there WILL be a pit. Hell, get in the pit and dance it up. Chicks who throw down in the pit are awesome. Use some of that Tae kwon do. Especially if it's some hardcore/metalcore bands.

The shows are plenty loud enough though. Just stand behind the pit, or to the side of the stage. Or you can try to squeeze your way up to the first few rows, but that gets hot and cramped fast.

I would recommend bringing ear plugs. I always forget, and my ears ring for days. Don't wear glasses, wear comfortable shoes (something with steel toes is wise), no jewelry, no wallet or keys. Just some money, and a bottle of water if you can sneak it in.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I've only ever been to two Maroon 5 concerts, which my dad won for free from a local radio station. I really want to go to some metal concerts but my dad thinks I'm gonna get trampled in the mosh pits. Fair enough.
I can take you to a metal show. No that is not a euphemism.

I have to agree with sharky. It's awesome when there are chicks throwing down in the pit with all the guys. When I went to see Between the Buried and Me earlier this year it was kind of weird because I was surrounded by children.

[cloud_doll]

This was a couple years ago but I went to see Between the Buried and Me and Animals as Leaders opened for them and I thought they were 10x better than Between the Buried and Me. I really can't stand death metal (or any kind of metal) but my ex talked me into going. Yeah even so, I bought the Animals as Leaders album and I love it so much.

I hate concerts to be honest. My first show was The Tossers at an Irish Festival, then the metal shows I was dragged to (including Horse the Band which was awesomeee).

Duran Duran is playing across the street from my house in October!!

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Well cloud, if you like some instrumental stuff you should really check out Scale the Summit. They aren't quite as good as AAL, but they're still very talented. You might like them. Plus they now have 2 albums! :D

[Slayer1514]

Last time i went was 2 years ago after graduating high school, me and 3 friends took 10 day trip up and down the east coast. Ended the trip with seeing Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin, and Envy on the coast. Before that I went to Projekt Revolution with a few friends.

[Pete for President]

I shall see ARCADE FIRE tonight. I am as they say, HYPED!

I just hope they play a decent amount of Funeral and Neon Bible stuff.

[Madonna]

I went to a show a few weeks back for the band Girl in a Coma. They were awesome, it was fun, and the girl my wife and I took totally loved it, judging by how furious her butt was bouncing to the music. Which I, ah, was absolutely not watching other than peripherally.

[Pete for President]

Arcade Fire did not dissapoint me even if it was the fourth time I had seen them live. God I love Funeral en the live version of 'Month of May' has some much more fire to it than it is on the record. Chills down my spine.

[Hot Shot]

You're so lucky to have seen Arcade Fire Pete, they're awesome. I think I'll be going to see a Turkish rock band called Duman in October at the Islington Academy. It'll be a bit weird seeing as I'll be the only non-Turkish person therebut I don't care :D

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Glad to finally see I'm not the only person going to shows. I hope to see some more shows soon, but I have been pretty busy.

[Jiro]

Going (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQb-Kol--c) to see a band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_g2Pgf-C78) called Ball (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-Idh2KyWY) Park Music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbRUAAmZ9as) a few times because I love them and so do a few friends and they're only a young band and therefore the tickets are cheap. I have linked a few of the songs including one called iFly which stands for I fucking love you and another song in which the frontman smokes his own moustache.

[I Don't Need A Name]

Was at Reading Festival last weekend. Absolute blast. Architects put on a pretty killer set, despite the heavy rain, and The Blackout put on a set equally as good. Deftones were intense, and threw in a cover of Katy Perry - Firework for good measure. The Offspring was just a massive nostalgia party, and 30 Seconds To Mars put on the usual 'I'll make the crowd sing the entire show'. However, finally on the Friday was My Chemical Romance. Despite the hate, they put on a spectacular show, culminating in Brian May (Queen) joining them onstage to perform We Will Rock You and Welcome To The Black Parade.

The Saturday opened with a crazy set by The Joy Formidable, ending in an epic battle of guitar feedback. Pigeon Detectives put on a typically overindie set, but the frontman definately made up for it with his energy. Seasick Steve was killer, especially when joined by John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) on bass. Madness were awesome in the atmosphere they created around the Main Stage. Jimmy Eat World, despite the lukewarm crowd, played a solid and enjoyable set. Pulp put on an enjoyable set, with Jarvis being as camp but legendary as usually. The day ended with The Midnight Beast who put on an hilarious show.

Finally, Sunday opened with slow start. We Are The Ocean are far from my cup of tea, and Taking Back Sunday, hampered by bad sound mixing, put on a poor performance. However, the day picked up when Frank Turner took to the stage and wowed everyone with the amazing songs that many know and love (including me). Cage The Elephant's show was pretty mental, with the singer disappearing into the crowd for about 10 minutes, then proceeding to break the safety fencing. Enter Shikari caused the whole Main Stage area to be MENTAL. So so so many crowd surfers and security :') Warpaint put on a surprising brilliant melodic show and Panic! At The Disco followed with an equally as astounding set. The day closed with Interpol and Elbow doing what they do best: playing songs that never seem to go anywhere. However, the headliners made up for it. Muse's Origin Of Symmetry 10th Anniversary Set blew mine and everyone elses mind. 1 hour of the entire Origin album, and 1 hour of the usual singles. Truely impressive and a brilliant weekend of music. And yes, sorry, but my journalism skills suck

[demondude]

I am ridiculously jealous of you.

[Shoden]

Saw Judas Priest in July with Queensryche opening, was possibly the greatest show I've ever seen. Priest were on absolute fire, the showmanship, musical quality, energy. Bloody hell. The set too featured some very rare songs, Blood Red Skies, Nightcrawler, Starbreaker. They were amazing start to finish. Just a shame it didn't sell more.

I saw Iron Maiden 3 days later with Airbourne opening I was thoroughly disappointed, past the athletics and stage props was a very bored and tired band who only want to pimp the new album. Bruce Dickinson was out of key during the predictable classics shoved in and it was just, well, Airbourne upstaged them completely and actually really like Airbourne now from that gig so I didn't come out empty handed.

Then again, Judas Priest are superior in every way to Iron Maiden...