alright, i was jw, found a vid of all them, they all sound good live

Paramore
 

I've been to 4 paramore concerts already, they ALL kicked ***. Anyways they are going on their headlining tour with Hit The Lights, Cute Is What We Aim For and This Providence (all good bands) and presale tickets are still available. [URL="http://www.fueledbyramen.com/paramore/tour"]http://www.fueledbyramen.com/paramore/tour[/URL]
Check and see if they are coming to a city near you in Aug/Sept. Also, if you buy 4 tickets you get a meet and greet with paramore, which is cool cuz they are a great bunch of kids...

i saw against me! not long ago, they were amazing.

I was offered a free ticket to Ozzfest, so I decided to go. I only caught 6 bands, but I'm definitely glad I went.

[B]Black Label Society[/B]
I'd heard of this band, but never actually heard any of their music. They were actually quite good, though. They were really talented.

[B]Ozzy Osbourne[/B]
When I saw that Ozzy was playing, my first thought was "oh god", but he actually ended up being really good. I don't know much of his music, but his set was pretty cool. His guitarist was awesome.

[B]Dragonforce[/B]
These guys were pretty insane. Once again, I wasn't familiar with much of their music, but just watching these guys play their instruments was entertaining.

[B]Lacuna Coil[/B]
I had actually never heard of this band before. I wasn't really impressed, but I'd like to hear them outside of the Ozzfest setting.

[B]Hatebreed[/B]
So awesome. Definitely the highlight of the night.

WHAT I HAVE IN MY HEART
I'LL TAKE TO MY GRAVE

[B]Avenged Sevenfold[/B]
Surprisingly good. I didn't know a lot of what they played, but they weren't bad at all. Their set seemed really short though.


I had to leave after A7X, because my ride was leaving. It wasn't a huge deal, although I would have liked to see System Of A Down. The only other band I missed was Disturbed, which is no great loss.

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I have a busy couple weeks ahead of me as far as concerts go:

7/28 - And Then I Turned Seven
7/29 - Action Action
7/30 - Theory Of A Deadman (maybe...)
7/31 - Adolescents
8/1 - Warped Tour
8/2 - xTo This Dayx (maybe...)
8/3 - The Germs
8/4 - The Format
8/5 - Paramore
8/7 - Gorilla Biscuits

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Oh, and on Wednesday, I saw Murder By Death, which was awesome.

haha dragonforce, theyre crazy

ok...you guys have seemed to see some pretty cool bands, my list is no way near as exciting, but i've only started going to see bands since last november.
[B][U]Seen[/U][/B]
Alkaline Trio - 25th November 2005
Fightstar - 21st March 2006
Taking Back Sunday - 5th May 2006

[B][U]Going To[/U][/B]
AFI - 15th October 2006
New Found Glory - 27th November 2006

Oh and I'm boring...they've all been at Bristol Carling Academy.
(there has been some smaller bands, but not that interesting;])

Bands I've seen - Green Day, Taking Back Sunday, Alkaline Trio

Bands I'm going to see - the bands I see on Sunday at the Reading festival.

I'll leave a list of bands i've seen or going to see, but only the ones I care for.

[B][U]Seen[/U][/B]
Aiden
Angels And Airwaves
Bayside (wish I was into them at the time)
The Blackout
Lostprophets
Taking Back Sunday

[B][U]Seeing[/U][/B]
ALEXISONFIRE!
Taking Back Sunday
Underoath
The Blackout (hopefully)

I see no bands anymore.

I plan to give the most hellah detailed review of Bullet For My Valentine you'll ever see. I'll probably submit it for the newsletter too. :cool:

In the meantime though:

Hawthorne Heights: Actually, Hawthorne Heights weren't as bad as I figured they would be, but they still weren't too great. The music itself is bland, but the members nailed it pretty much without too much in mistakes. Singer JT was like an android, both when he talked to the crowd and singing. His voice was twenty times worse than on disc and this is exactly the only thing he said to the crowd, "Hey, how's it going? I'm having fun". <He said that about five times. At the end they played "Ohio Is For Lovers" and I was among some of the people in the front who gathered into JT's mic and sung, but I'm not a traitor, I was thinking of shooting him the whole time. ;) Overall it was decent, except for JT: 6/10

The last band I saw was Billy Talent and I spent the most part of the gig talking to the support band, they were really nice.

So, everyone listen to The Zico Chain :thumb:

[QUOTE=poprocks&coke]The last band I saw was Billy Talent and I spent the most part of the gig talking to the support band, they were really nice.

So, everyone listen to The Zico Chain :thumb:[/QUOTE]

*cough*recommendation thread*cough*

Yeah... but I'm talking about a concert I went to!!

[QUOTE=sid121]ok...you guys have seemed to see some pretty cool bands, my list is no way near as exciting, but i've only started going to see bands since last november.
[B][U]Seen[/U][/B]
Alkaline Trio - 25th November 2005
Fightstar - 21st March 2006
Taking Back Sunday - 5th May 2006

[B][U]Going To[/U][/B]
AFI - 15th October 2006
New Found Glory - 27th November 2006

Oh and I'm boring...they've all been at Bristol Carling Academy.
(there has been some smaller bands, but not that interesting;])[/QUOTE]

i saw afi a couple of months ago with DEP, and they put on the best performance i have EVER seen. they kick *** live. have a great time man :thumb:

I saw Oliver, Ozma, and The Rentals on Wednesday.

Oliver is a local pop rock band from Portland. Not half bad actually.

Ozma was awesome. They played Battlescars, and the Tetris Theme :eek: That was probably the best part of their set.

The Rentals blew me away. I wasnt sure what their live show would be like, but they brought down the place. Tons of energy, kept it fun, and they sounded amazing on top of that. They played one Weezer song, "I Just Threw Out The Love Of My Dreams"...that was my favorite part of the whole concert....Matt played bass for that song too.

Its definitely the best concert I've been to. I got to meet The Rentals, which means I got to meet Matt Sharp. I can die tomorrow and be happy.

Last night, I went to see the Reel Big Fish/MXPX tour. The show sold out, so the club was packed. Tickets were expensive ($20), but I get in free ,so it didn't matter.

[B]American Black Lung[/B]
These guys were alright. They reminded me a lot of the Bronx. Not many people were into them, though, and about half the crowd was still waiting in line when they started.

[B]Whole Wheat Bread[/B]
These guys always put on a fun show, no matter what. Last night was no different.

[B]Streetlight Manifesto[/B]
I'd been waiting so long to see these guys, so my expectations were quite high. Anway, they completely blew me away. Their whole set was AMAZING. Almost everyone was singing along, which was surprising.

The third song they played was "Point/Counterpoint". About halfway through the song, they transistioned into "Keasbey Nights", and then returned to the end of "Point/Counterpoint". It was possibly the single best song I've ever seen performed live.

Basically, one of the best bands I've ever seen.

[B]MXPX[/B]
I wasn't overly impressed with these guys, to be honest. I like their music, but their setlist was really strange. They played a couple covers, and when they asked for requests, people requested other covers. I think they ended up playing 3 or 4 covers, which was sort of disappointing.

They closed out their set with "Punk Rawk Show", which was cool.

[B]Reel Big Fish[/B]
Really good. I've seen them before, and they've been great both times. They played a really long time (1 and a half hours, or so.), and played basically every song I wanted to hear. A lot of fun.


:D :D

[QUOTE=poprocks&coke]The last band I saw was Billy Talent and I spent the most part of the gig talking to the support band, they were really nice.

So, everyone listen to The Zico Chain :thumb:[/QUOTE]
Is that the band with the crazy drummer? (well that's all I can really remember) If it is, I've seen 'em live. They were supporting Thursday not so long ago.

Bands I have seen:
Thursday (2)
Finch
Converge
Spitalfield
Christiansen
As I Lay Dying
Criteria
Beloved
Midtown
Murder by Death (2)
Thrice
Funeral for a Friend
Saosin
Death cab for Cutie
The Flaming Lips
Sonic Youth
She Wants Revenge
Secret Machines
Wolfmother
Saves The Day
Bouncing Souls
Armor For Sleep
Atreyu
Hawthorne heights
Shadows Fall
Stretch Arm Strong
Remembering Never
Himsa
Senses Fail
Anti Flag
Less Than Jake
Hopesfall
Matchbook Romance
Im getting tired of making a list

Just went to warped tour (8/11) most of the bands sucked.

i just went to warped last saturday - venue was alright, bands i wanted to see definately made me happy

theres few bands i wanna go see this fall, but i dont have the time to see em all nor do i have transportation

i wanna see dashboard confessional w/ brand new, HelloGoodbye w/ Reggie and the Full Effect, Rise Against w/ Thursday and The Early November (dunno who they're playing with)

i should go to a concert and then post in here

Bands I've seen-

Dream Theater (x2)
Thursday
Porcupine Tree
Thrice
Coheed (soon to be 2)
Biffy Clyro
Circa Survive
Joe Satriani

Bands I have seen:

Send More Paramedics
The Letters Organise
The Offspring
Bullets To Broadway
Boys Night Out
Less Than Jake
Juliette And The Licks
Angels and Airwaves
Queens of The Stone Age
Motorhead
Foo Fighters

And loads more at Leeds.

Im poor and mostly see local bands, so I'll try and name bands you would of heard of.

CHRIS MURRAY
Streetlight Manifesto
Catch 22
Whole Wheat Bread
mxpx ( ew)
Reel Big Fish
Voodoo Glow Skulls
mhm the flatliners?
The Fad, kindda popular? maybe
Highschool Football heroes

so yeah, i only see local bands you would have no idea who they are, but on that note, Iv seen the Johnstones live around 50 times, aswell and The heatskores. posssibly more.
This was the best show ever:
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some Local bands from your area maybe. we had alot of bands come out from the states to play the ontario ska fest.

Dream Theater
Alkaline Trio
Iron Maiden
Flogging Molly (x2)
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Children Of Bodom
36 Crazyfists
Backyard Babies
The Wildhearts
Therapy?
Poets Of The Fall
The Dead Pets
The Glitterati
Ben Harper
Eighteen Visions
The Briefs
Cradle Of Filth
Funeral For A Friend
Hot Water Music
New Found Glory



Soon to be added with AFI and Iron Maiden again.

Here's a review of the concert I went to last night (you will +rep me for this 10 paragraph review by God!).

So I've had my ticket for the Forte, Cellador, and Bullet For My Valentine for a couple weeks and I'm pumped, okay? Well, the venue it's being held at I'd never been to before because most national bands go to a different place. Well, The Hive is known for how rowdy it can get; a man was shot to death there not too long ago. I get there and it's obvious it could be like that night again...I probably stuck out as an untr00 metalhead since I was wearing a beloved Coheed & Cambria shirt, but I put on the skin head routine anyway. :p

I'm inside the venue now after getting patted down. It's unusual that I was though as I figured security wouldn't be that good. Cain's (the main venue in Tulsa) has the worst security there. Sometimes I don't even get patted down. This patting down was nothing short of rape let me tell you. But that was made up for by the fact I didn't get the 'minor' stamp, meaning I could buy beer. So I'm chilling after seeing some fellows I know waiting for the show to start, and finally it does.

The first band, Forte, was alright. Kind of death metal at some points, and prog metal at others. The bassist stole the show however. He's very talented and moved all over the fret board extremely fast. He'd switch his hand from playing under handed to over handed which is always cool, but he did it like it was child's play. In typical bassist fashion he didn't have a shirt on and his hair was all shaved except for a pony tail located on top of his head that was braided in to multiple tails. For the whole concert he'd swing his head while playing and it would be like a helicopter's blades spinning around. That was niftly. He did back up vocals too and sounded like Geddy Lee of Rush. I thought it was cool, but apparently I was the only one because everyone else would laugh at him and the lead singer who's vocals were a mix of death and Geddy Lee style. It kind of pissed me off because even if you don't like a band you shouldn't laugh at them in concert. I don't think they noticed at least. All in all, Forte was good, but not enough to make me want to buy anything from them.

Next up is Cellador. I had no clue who these guys were before they played, but I was blown away. One of the lead guitarists looks like Claudio Sanchez and that is alright by me. :) So they start playing and I'm just stunned. For a minute I thought Cellador had been replaced by Dragonforce, they're basically a carbon-copy of them, but the difference is I like Cellador quite a bit. One of my main thoughts during this set was, "speed metal at its finest". The mosh pit finally started up for the first time that night, it was sad seeing the lead singer of Forte saying, "where's the ****ing pit", three times that night with the crowd having a dazed look of boredom over their faces. I didn't get involved however because I was behind only one person from being right at the front and the person was short so it was a perfect spot. Halfway through someone threw beer at me and this skinhead next to me and he was rarin' to fight whoever it was. He said, "I've got to drive home after this sh*t". I'd have understood him if he hadn't been drinking and would end up being pulled over and have to go through a test, but he was drinking before and smelled of alchohal already....oh well. Before Cellador's final song they said this was the final stop on their two-and-a-half week tour and to help make this last song special. I didn't know it was the last concert for the whole tour and I thought that was cool. Cellador ended their set magnificently and I knew I'd be stopping by their merch booth later on.

After over a half an hour of waiting Bullet For My Valentine finally got on to play. The recorded intro to their debut full-length album played while the members waved to the crowd and through water on us, thank God because it was very, very hot there. The band commented that it was the hottest concert they ever played several times. So after the intro finished the started off with "Her Voice Resides". It was awesome because every single person, including me, started semi-moshing to the music. I was punching and stuff, but managed to stay in the same place for the whole thing, mostly. Then after that they continued to go in order of the record with "4 Words
(To Choke Upon)". Bullet For My Valentine is a lot better live than I thought they would be.

The lead guitarist, Moose, was right in front of me the whole time and it was cool to see him play. He'd stick his tongue out at us from time to time and do various, funny things. The band would pause quite a bit, or Matt would signal us to sing along and that was pretty bad a.ss. After a while it was pretty hot and I, along with a couple other people, yelled at the "security" in front of us for water. Usually the people will pour water from bottles down our mouths at concerts and do it a lot at the main concert venue in Tulsa, but the guy nearest was sitting there drinking from a water bottle and shook his head no. That fu.cker. The Hive has the wost security. When people would crowd surf they wouldn't even catch them and when the fell out of the crowd at the front is the only time security would get off their as.ses. They wouldn't even ask if the people were alright and just throw them back into the top of the crowd, or take them to the side roughly and get them out of their way of sleeping. >:-[

A little more than halfway through frontman Matt said, "This next song is for the beautiful women of Tulsa. Come talk to me after this show if you want to fu.ck me. This is "Tears Don't Fall". Usually it's not surprising for the members of a band to talk to women after the show and that would lead on to whatever, but it was the first time I saw a guy do that. :p

Finally, the band got off the stage and dispensed with the usual thanks for having us and stuff. Everyone was yelling one more song and the tech for the band said they're way in the back watching playboy and we'd have to yell real loud to get them to come back. I'm still at the very front of course and I could see them waiting right behind the makeshift stage (btw, it was just a really large table set up with a short steel fence keeping us from the stage). They came back for two songs. I think both were cover songs though because I didn't recognize the songs from "The Poison". The songs were good and I decided this was the time to truely mosh.

The concert was top notch stuff. I only wish that BFMV had played "Room 409", I think it was their only song they didn't play and that the crowd was polite to Forte. My favorite song for the whole concert was definitely "All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)" from BFMV. It was an epic performance with the crowd singing every lyric from the song. It was awesome and the band made the song heavier than it is on the recorded version.

For the merch booth I only went to Cellador and guess what? I met all five members of the band. :cool: I bought a shirt and their CD, which all five signed the cover of the booklet. I thought of telling the lead guitarist I liked his hair and it reminded me of Claudio Sanchez, but I decided not to. Then I went outside and waited for my ride. I actually waited besides the bus BFMV were using and lo and behold, Matt, the frontman is on the bus with, I thought, every member of the band, with a group of women. I got tired of waiting and spying through the window on them and went back inside. There I saw the lead guitarist of BFMV. I was surprised at first because I figured he'd be in the bus, but he was talking to fans instead and signing autographs at the merch booth. I didn't have anything for him to sign though and lost my ticket earlier so I gave him my shoe to sign. haha. Now I know why he wasn't on the bus because I looked at the liner notes and he's married.

All in all...4/5 concert. Forte was a 3/5 Cellador was a 4.5/5 and BFMV were a 4.5/5 as well. Very cool night.

I just saw Cellador and Bullet For My Valentine on Tuesday. Really good show.

I'd never heard Cellador before, but they were awesome.

Defintely. Was Forte at that show too?

No, just BFMV and Cellador.

Meh, only two bands? That sucks; they probably played a longer set, although since BFMV only has one record that's hard to imagine. Ah well, they are both the top two of the three bands anyway, obviously.

[QUOTE=Storm In A Teacup]Meh, only two bands? That sucks; they probably played a longer set, although since BFMV only has one record that's hard to imagine. Ah well, they are both the top two of the three bands anyway, obviously.[/QUOTE]
I think they may have let Cellador play longer than they usually would. They played about 40 minutes.

I thought they played that long here, but I could be wrong. That must be it.

I might be going to see UnderOath, Moneen, Silverstein, and He Is Legend in September.

Moneen and UnderOATH are cool. Well, new UnderOATH is cool at least. The older stuff sucks.

where is the show matt?

Kool Haus. But I'm not sure if I can go. I told my music teacher I last year that I would do dragonboat races with her, teachers and some other students, and it happens to be the same day. I need to know what time it ends at to see if I can make it to the concert. I would love to see all 4 of those bands, He Is Legend again.

kool haus is pretty nice. i was there for afi, and i'm going again (hopefully) for rancid. who are you going with?

A couple of friends, if they want to go with me that is...

if they're your friends they'll obviously want to go see band that they like

Well it's moreso if they can go. My mom won't care, as long as I have a ride there and back and it's not her driving, she's fat/lazy. But if I do this dragonboat thing, I have to travel another half hour because I will be further from Toronto. I might see if I can drop out of the race though...I was kinda suckered into it.

LOL your mom is fat. it sucks because i don't think the kool hause is on a bus route