[QUOTE=Nihilism'99]Haha that band would never end! I was like get off the stage and let the Krays play.[/QUOTE]
Haha yeah I remember the crowd was getting mad at them for taking so long. Everyone kept screaming at them and they said some s[SIZE=2]h[/SIZE]it back.

Haha, yeah my brother liked them because he thought their guitarist was good.

the lead singer from the fishnet stalkers was like "well we need money for plastic surgery and ***** extentions" and everyone yelled f@g and pu$$y and then he was like "better a pu$$y then a dikhed motherf***er, dont make me come down there and f*** you" and then he was abt to come down but the bouncer stopped it

Haha, good stuff.

[B][SIZE=3]Rise Against, Highbury Islington Academy, London- 4th May[/SIZE][/B]

This venue is weird, but quite nice. It's just slapped in the middle of a shopping centre. It's fairly big, with an upstairs area where you can basically look right down on the band playing from about 6 rows into the audience.

[B]Redlightsflash-[/B] Missed them, i've seen them before and they are boring.

[B]Alexisonfire-[/B] I saw some of this band last year at reading festival and they were bad. And they haven't changed much. I wacthed them from the upstairs area andalthough they put a lot of energy in they just didn't impress musically. However the singer decided to climb up some scafolding to the upper balcony in the intro to their last song, and sung from upstairs. Unfortunately he ignored the crowd asking him to 'JUMP!'.
[B]2/10[/B]

[B]Rise Against- [/B] The band i came for! Like the rest i've seen them before and they were exactly how i remembered them- full of energy and passion. Played through all their classics including Heaven Knows, Dead Ringer, Broken English, torches, Give It All, State Of Thr Union, 1000 Good Intentions, BLood To Bleed etc etc.

Apparently Tim had lost his voice the night before and had to cancel for the first time in 5 years. Still, it didn't show tonight and he was excellent, whether he was just singing or playing guitar as well. A number of hiccups didn't affect either, and the band stormed through the problems of Tim breaking a string in Heaven Knows and no sound coming from the amp when he played the acoustic Swing Life Away as the first song of the encore (which was, Tim said, the first time he had played that song outside the US).

And to cap an excellent night for me, I got to sing into the mic the chorus of the song Heaven Knows, and then grab a setlist at the end. Brilliant, a great night!
[B]9/10[/B]

[SIZE=4]Deconstruction tour 2005 Winterthur Eishalle Deutweg May 7th[/SIZE]
[B]Smoke or fire[/B]-missed half of their show but from what I heard they weren’t as bad as I expected. 5/10

[B]Only crime[/B]-A bit disappointing. I didn't really like the singer's voice. The guitar riffs were quite cool though. Standout songs were Sedated, Doomsday beach and to the nines.5,5/10

[B]Capdown[/B]-Second best band of the night. They really were the ones that opened it up. The singer showed a lot of energy, although he had a few problems with his sax so the guitarist had to fill in on the vocals at some part. They started off with Jnr NBC and also played their best songs like cousin cleotis and ska wars. I was in the front and at some point the singer came off the stage and started throwing water at the crowd. At the end there was a circle pit and I got asked 5 times who this band was so I guess they made a lot of new fans. Great band, even better live, 9/10

[B]Mad sin[/B]- When this band came onto stage, people were wondering: who the hell are these ugly bastards? They started with revenge, and as their set went longer, more and more people got into their music. This was probably the biggest crowd they’ve played in front of, so they really gave everything. Both vocalists were amazing and their set was very entertaining. Köfte(lead singer) kept telling jokes to the crowd in german, he keeped kicking the bassist and the mic-stand(it eventually broke, so some technician had to come repair it) and he kept hitting the cymbal with his head. The lead had an amazing solo, and he started playing on his knees, and then on his back, then Köpfe came and lay beside him, and the bassist stood on both of them and kept on playing. Near the end of their set, some weird psycho came on stage and started breathing fire. At the end of the 30 minutes of greatness, the bassist was holding and playing his stand-up bass over his head, then slammed it on the ground while Köfte was furiously hitting his head against the cymbal. It was hilarious. I’ve seen them before, but they weren’t as good as this. AWESOME performance. 9,5/10

[B]Strike anywhere[/B]- I wasn’t looking to forward to seeing them, but they were very energetic. To the world was definitely the best song of their set, and the singer also let the crowd sing into the mic. They impressed me, although they aren’t my favorite band. 8/10
[B]
Banda bassoti[/B]- I was outside while they were playing, but it sounded like like most of their songs sounded exactly the same. Their songs were ''sing-along ska'' and they had 9 members. They were kind of weird. 5/10
[B]
FATA[/B]- horrible, I won’t even comment on it. 1/10
[B]
Strung out[/B]- They were in all very good, and well received by the crowd. They played a lot of good old songs such as ultimate devotion and too close too see, but also some of their new and more metal ones. I’d say Bring out your dead was their best song. They seemed to have a few technical problems though, the guitars were way too loud and we could hardly hear the vocals 8,5/10

[B]Boysetsfire[/B]- I didn’t like them. Their music wasn’t very good, and there was hardly any entertainment except the singer rolling around. 2/10

[B]Mad caddies[/B]-Very good. They started with villains and ended with macho nuchos, then got called back by the crowd and they played some more of their songs. They basically played all the songs I was expecting them to play, and even if they’re not my favourite band on CD, they were amazing. I think anyone in the public would agree on that as they were all dancing 9,5/10


Although the skaters sucked, the venue was hard to find, the sound in the arena wasn’t very good, the weather was bad and the beer was probably the cheapest they could get, it was a very good show. I got some posters for and a capdown T-shirt

sounds alright, you had a much better line up than in london, with strung out and mad sin. Mad Caddies are great live.

Boysetsfire are awful, one of the worst bands i've ever seen

Yeah, same here, along with FATA

Brand new, Taking back Sunday are emo

[QUOTE=led77zep]Brand new, Taking back Sunday are emo[/QUOTE]
1. Wrong thread.
2. Neither of those bands are emo.

May 13th- Rise Against, Alexisonfire, Red Lights Flash

Red Lights Flash-
I love these guys. Their music is awsome and they were incredibly energetic. The people that showed up early enough to see them got very into them very quickly, as they kicked serious ***. 5/5

Alexisonfire-
I've never really liked Alexisonfire too much. As they got on stage, all I could notice is that the lead guitarist (Dallas?) had his guitar turned waaaaaaay too loud. They sounded better as I went further away from the stage. OVerall, not bad. 4/5

Rise Against-
SImply amazing. Kick *** band. Tim's vocals ar more incredible live. Very fast.
5/5
Great show

Venue: Roxy, nice place.

Murpheys Law-
Awsome. The singer was drinking yeagermister on stage. They were funny as hell. 9/10

Supersuckers-
Also awsome. I got the guitar pick.There was a drunken cowboy next to me, he was really funny. 9/10

Reverand Horton Heat-
They were great, bassist stood up on his bass. It was great 9/10

They were all really great, one of the best shows ive ever seen if not the best, and to top it off we went to Fillinis and krispy cream! Oh there is so much more I could type about this night, but im not going to, ill just say it was awsome.

[QUOTE=thepoweroflard]
the lead guitarist (Dallas?) had his guitar turned waaaaaaay too loud. They sounded better as I went further away from the stage. OVerall, not bad. 4/5[/QUOTE]
I thought the lead singer was George and that he didnt play guitar.maybe I'm wrong though

18th May: Howards Alias / 22nd May: Ska Cubano
 

[SIZE=3][B]Howards Alias/Chief Libido/Nagatha Krusti/Floating Face Down[/B] [/SIZE]

I've seen the first two bands before and neither were very good so I missed them.

[url=http://www.purevolume.com/chieflibido]Chief Libido[/url]: A skemo band. Musically competent but they lost me with the lyrics "Red wine like blood flowing from my wrists" Clichemo with horns is still clichemo. 3/10

[url=http://www.householdnamerecords.co.uk/media/howardsalias.html]Howards Alias[/url]: Featuring Jesus the tramp on lead vocals and guitar. They played well. Nothing special but the crowd was more into it and there was even a mini-mosh pit at the end. 7/10

[SIZE=3][B]Ska Cubano[/B] [/SIZE]

[url=http://www.linea1.com/ska/listen.htm]Ska Cubano[/url]: I read a review of their CD ages ago and I couldn't find it anywhere until I spotted it whilst browsing my local independent record shop last Autumn. The guy in shop told me how he was trying to book them for my local club so I've been looking forward to this gig for awhile and they didn't dissapoint. The place was packed when I got there at nine. There was some cool DJing from the likes of DJ Derek (60something dude from Bristol playing hardcore Ska and Ragga) before the band came on at 9:30. They were great. They played all my favourite songs by them. Natty Bo and Benny Billy (the singers) were great even if the only English Benny knew was "I LIKE YOU!" and all the musicians (all eight of them) were great especially the drummer (who looked about 80 but still rocked really hard) and the alto-saxophonist (who busted out an amazing solo in the penultimate song which included playing behind her back). All in all they were absolutely excellent. One of the best bands I've ever seen. The highlights (although most of the set was a highlight) were Revolutionary Ska, Ska Cubano and Chango. The only bad thing is that I was too skint to buy their second album which isn't in the shops for a month. 10/10

June 8th Eyeliners, Lost City Angels, Social Distortion
Eyeliners- God awful. Only about 4 people were into them, and unfortuantely they had an extra long set because the Lost City Angels didn't show. I had to give props to the Guitarist though.
LCA-Like I said, a no show.
Social D- ****ing incredible, opened up with Mommy's little Monster, and the crowd was into them the whole time. I moshed about 2/3 of the time, and then they finally ended with Story of My Life as usual. Oh yeah, and I say Dolemite in the pit.

june 5 05

i saw willie nelson and bob dylan play in birmingham alabama
willie was suprisingly very good i am not a willie nelson fan but it was amazing and he did a cover of texas flood where is son played lead guitar and sang his son did an alright job he didn't have a low enough voice for the song but it wasn't bad.
bob dylan i am glad i got to see him his band was really good i cound't understand anything he sang. the only songs i recognized were like a rolling stone and don't think twice it's alright.he jsut sat behind a keyboard the entire time but on occasion he woudl come out for a harmonica solo but nothing to impressive. i am glad i saw him before he died. but if you get the chance to see willie nelson i would take it he is very good live and you will meet some interesting people young and old.

june 5 05

i saw willie nelson and bob dylan play in birmingham alabama
willie was suprisingly very good i am not a willie nelson fan but it was amazing and he did a cover of texas flood where is son played lead guitar and sang his son did an alright job he didn't have a low enough voice for the song but it wasn't bad.
bob dylan i am glad i got to see him his band was really good i cound't understand anything he sang. the only songs i recognized were like a rolling stone and don't think twice it's alright.he jsut sat behind a keyboard the entire time but on occasion he woudl come out for a harmonica solo but nothing to impressive. i am glad i saw him before he died. but if you get the chance to see willie nelson i would take it he is very good live and you will meet some interesting people young and old.

I'd love to see Bob.

well ****, this is an awsome thread and no one EVER posts in it. so here we go.

[B]THE ADICTS plus others, JULY 10th 2005, THE CONTINENTAL, NYC[/B]

Woke up at around 11, got ready, walked to the bus station and got on the bus at around 1. I arrived at the Hoboken Terminal around 2, cos the bus had to wait for like a half hour at one stop cos of some fire going on. Then I got on the PATH train to 9th Street and walked aimlessly around up and down St. Marks drunk. Since the London bombings, police have been around everywhere, so drinking wass sketchy but it was done. Then i walked to the Continental, and saw the first two bands play.

This is the highlight of the night ~ during the second bands set, the singer decided to be a total jerk and said,

Singer: you know what i think, i think we should take down all these pictures on the wall and put up a picture of ME and make it say JESUS cos im gonna save this fuc[B]k[/B]ing punk scene thats going down the shi[B]t[/B]ter because of all these faggot posers with mohawks. Especially YOU" *points to some random kid with a mohawk

14 year old kid with mohawk: "shut up faggot!"

Singer: Come here and say it to my face!

Kid: *walks up towards the stage and repeats what he says

Singer *kicks kid in the face repeatedly, jumps off stage

crowd breaks off in to a brawl, pure chaos for 5 minutes, band vs crowd/crowd vs crowd, while im in the back with a few friends watching in awe. I then looked over to jake casualty whos like,"mehmeh i need some beers".

well after all that, everyone waited around for about a half hour. it was ****ing hot inside, the venue was packed as hell. i couldnt go outside cos they wouldnt let me back in, so i just toughed it up and waited inside. i went downstairs to take a piss, and met the guitarist and drummer of the adicts. after talking to them, i went back upstairs and waited yet even longer. finally the road crew came out to tune evrything, and everyone cheeered cos they thought it was the adicts. stupid cunts. then FINALLY the lights went out, and the bouncer guy was pushing everyone back, and a spotlight went towards the stairs where the adicts were coming from. everyone cheered like an idiot again, and the drummer yelled out "shut up we havent even come out yet" in a funny accent. then they came out, in true fashion while beethoven's ode was playing. monkey was dressed up and had all his make up on, all of which fell off midway through the show. everyone went crazy, so packed it was hard to move around, but all in all, twas a fun show. [B]i give it a 9/10[/B] cos the fight was funny and the show was awsome, but the venue was hot as hell and wayyyy too packed. *which is a great way to touch some gyrlz*

This all probably didnt come out right, since im still sorta drunk and i probably missed a few things, which i will remeber later

^^^sounds like a sick show

GBH/The God Awfuls @ The Recher Theater in Baltimore on July 10

I'll make this brief because there is no reason for me to write a book about the show... It was my first time at the venue and it was a pretty ****ty place considering the other venues in the area. The tickets were expensive, they charged an additional $3 at the door if you were under 21, and there were bouncers everywhere. Other than that the show was incredible. The God Awfuls were decent but nothing great. On the otherhand, GBH was ****ing fantastic. They played classics all night including Manic, No Survivors, Sick Boy, Give Me Fire, City Baby and Revenge, Generals, Big Women, and Alcohol among others. The show ended (and started) very early as I left the place just after 11. That's about it and Don't miss GBH's East Coast tour.

[QUOTE=mole]

[B]THE ADICTS plus others, JULY 10th 2005, THE CONTINENTAL, NYC[/B]
[/QUOTE]

What songs do you remember them playing?

I had to miss it, it was 2 hours a way and i had no ride, sounds like an awesome show.

i had the set list with me, but someone stole it from me. but they played Viva La Revolution first and last. they also played a bunch of stuff of every album like Chinese Takeaway, Johnny was a Soldier, Steamroller, that one "Cheese" song, a couple new songs, Naughty Girl, Troubadour, Joker in a Pack, etc.etc. I left midway for about 15 minutes cos it was so ****ing hot inside.

Oh and BTW to Culture Shock i got in for free at GBH hahaha sucks for you

Well you saved a nice amount of money. How were you able to get in? Did you suck one of the bouncers off?

haha the show was 22 bucks, but the bouncer, seeing as i was already drunk, let me in. i just explained to him how i had no money and only enough to get home by bus.

nice, try it at the ottobar next weekend for the subhumans/leftover crack show.

[B]Against Me! with William Whitmore and The Exit, September 6th, Repectable Cafe, West Palm Beach, Florida, Against Me!'s Album release show[/B]

I've never really been to a show like this.

When I got there, walking down the sidewalk the first person I see is Warren Oakes, the drummer for Against Me!. Now, I can be a little girl about this band, you know. I tried to play it cool, though. I yelled "Warren! You guys are f'ucking great!" He responded, "f'uck yes."

I also saw Andrew, the bassist, and we introduced ourselves and had a chit chat, and he asked where I was from (Miami), and he told me he liked my Minutemen shirt. I then waited in line.

The show started with William Whitmore. He's a guy who plays banjo, stomps to keep tempo, and prefers swigs of beers instead of water in between songs. He was f'ucking great. Great folk songs, with sincere, personal lyrics.

Next up was the exit. First just one guy came out with a harmonica and acoustic guitar. He played a nice song. Then the drummer and guitarist came out. This band is really talented. The guitarist looked just like Lenny Cravitz. I spelled his name wrong. Anyways, they rocked hard, they were kind of Indie rock/punk. All the band members were really into it. The drummer even pulled out a maraca in one of the songs. Very cool performance.

But no one was there to see those guys.

Against Me! came on and the crowd started yelling. The band just started playing; no fancy introduction. Here's all the songs they played in no order except for the first and last songs:
T.S.R.
From Her Lips To God's Ears (The Energizer)
Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong
Sink Florida Sink
Rice And Bread
You Look Like I Need A Drink
Those Anarcho Punks Are Mysterious
Miami
Turn Those Clapping Hands Into Angry Balled Fists
Even At Our Worst We're Still Better Than Most (The Roller)
Problems
Don't Lose Touch
We Laugh At Danger (And Break All The Rules)

Even the annoying as h'ell crowd surfers couldn't ruin it. I was smiling and screaming the lyrics the whole time. It was the best time I've ever had. A bunch of people including me got on stage during the last part of We Laugh At Danger and sang along. It was incredible.

After the show, I got to say hi and thanks to all the guys from the band, and talk more with Warren and Andrew. All of them are such down to earth guys. There was no "please visit [url]www.againstme.net[/url] and www.myspace.com/againstme" or "we have our new album for sale at the table over there." They got on and off stage without a word, and said thank you in between one of the songs.

It was seriously the best experience in my life, and this band has had such a huge impact on me, it was incredible being able to talk to them and thank them again and again, and having them thank me in return. Unbelievable people.

Goddam'n right 10/10.

They didn't play Cliche Guevara?

[QUOTE=SactoUnited]They didn't play Cliche Guevara?[/QUOTE]

Nope. I was suprised they didn't, I heard they play that one a lot.

Suicide Machines - with Lost City Angels and Bullets to Broadway

August 4th, 2005

Craziest show i've ever been to.
It was in this little *** building that used to be a gymnastics place.
There were about 30 people.
Funniest circle pit ever
All three bands were outstanding.
Afterwards me and some of my droogs got to chat with the lost city angels and Jason and uhhh **** i forget the bassists name (of the suicide machines...)
i snorted a condom up my nose and out my mouth for them...

[QUOTE=RockThe40oz!]
i snorted a condom up my nose and out my mouth for them...[/QUOTE]

WTF!!!

The Business/Kings of Nuthin'/Freaks Union/Neck/The Dead Pets
 

[b]The Dead Pets[/b]
F[u]u[/u]cking awesome as always even though there wasn't many people there. They kept complaining they didn't get any free beer. Sweeney was great and fu[u]u[/u]cking hilarious. They started play at 6PM. They should've been on later. I can't wait to see them on the 12th. 9/10

[b]Neck[/b]
Good band with some cool tunes. Very similar to Flogging Molly. The violinist was hot. 7/10

[b]Freaks Union[/b]
Good but nothing special. 6/10

[b]Kings of Nuthin'[/b]
Great band. They played just about all my favourite songs. The pit was f[u]u[/u]cking insane. I got punched and elbowed so many times. It was full of f[u]u[/u]cking massive skinhead who were all built like brick s[u]h[/u]ithouses. I'm not a small guy (6'2", 14st) but I was just about the smallest guy in there. I managed to grab a setlist at the end. 8/10

[b]The Business[/b]
I'm not a big fan but they played great. Another (not quite as) insane pit with more huge skinheads. 8/10


It was a great gig. I got a free badge from the Dead Pets guy and found a fiver on the floor at the end. There was also some black dude with an acoustic guitar playing Ska on the way home which was cool. I also swear I saw Stumpy (or someone who looked a lot like him). Does anyone know if he's still in Wales or not?

Drop Kick Murphy's/ Lost City Angels/ Gang Green/ Some Ska Band (good band)
 

was on oct 21 in edmonton.

during The Warriors Code Tour. awesome. me and my freind got drunk before the concert and did soem damage. my freind lit a smoke in the mosh and got picked up by the bouncer by his hair! the two best band there wer DKM ( of course) and Lost City Angels. I met most of the people that were on stage that night including Ken Casey and Scruffy as well as talked with the guitarist from Lost City angels. he gave me my money back on most of the merch that i bought. i will remember that for the rest of my llife. DKM had the best setlist i have ever heard them play. this chich undid her freinds tubetop in the middle of the set:naughty: . Gang green was not that bad but waskinda thrashy and repetitive. the ska band ( i think they were called Manic Mustard or something like taht) did a good job too. the solo they did on one of thier songs was so beautifully pulled off. i almost died from dehydration i was in the mosh for so long.

Sketchyjoe, you saw The Business???? I envy you. They're one of my favorite Oi! bands.

12/12: The Horrorpops/Left Alone/The Dead Pets
 

[b]The Dead Pets:[/b]
Amazing as usual. They should be headlining gigs like this. They played (from what I can remember) The Revenge of the Village Idiots, Never Never, If It Sells It Sells, Mother's Ruin, Great Balls of Fire, Headbanging, Reprogrammed, Dreams For A Crook, We're Coming Back. Pretty similar to last time but who cares? IT'S THE DEAD FOOKIN' PETS! 9/10

[b]Left Alone:[/b]
Average Rancid wannabes. Typical Hellcat fare. Some ska songs, some punk songs. They weren't bad, they weren't good. Meh. 6/10

[b]The Horrorpops:[/b]
I'm not a fan but they played well and the pit was brilliant. Not too big and not too small. They had some catchy tunes. The dancers were weirdly hot in a sort of corpse-nurse-goth-cheerleader kind of way. I managed to grab a drumstick. It was enlivened by the fact that the guitarist looks just like Kramer from Seinfeld. Pretty good but I wouldn't buy an album.7/10

It was a good gig. As last time it would've benefited from the Dead Pets playing later. The bouncers were real c[u]un[/u]ts to anyone who got on stage too.

Yeah, the Horrorpops' dancers are pretty hot. And Nekroman does kinda look like Kramer. He's a lot cooler when he's playing in the Nekromantix though. And Geoffe Kresge was a lot cooler when he was in Tiger Army. The Horrorpops are just meh but they have some cool members.

07/01/06: The Dead Pets etc
 

[b]Catch-It Kebabs:[/b]
An above average ska-punk band. Pretty cool. 7/10

[b]The Junglists:[/b]
Like a more ska, more emo Gogol Bordello but worse than that sounds. They had a few good songs, notably the final one with its riff ripped off from the Vanilla Muffins' Gimme Some Sugar Oi! The Violinist frontman seemed like a twat and the keyboardist was wearing a pink necktie. Hmmmm. 5/10

[b]$up:[/b]
Suck. 2/10

[b]The Dead Pets:[/b]
Just about one of the best sets I've ever experienced. They played a crapload of great songs, were just as entertaining as usual and the crowd was properly into them as opposed to last time. I stage-dived twice at the end and sang along with Sweeney for a bit of We're Coming Back which ended in a stage invasion. Legendary. 10/10


Jesse James were playing too but me and my mate decided as they obviously weren't going to top the Dead Pets we couldn't be bothered and so we left.

I saw some guy, Emilyn Brodsky, Guignol, and Erik Petersen today at the Rotunda. That's at 40th in Walnut in beautiful, frigid Philadelphia. It was a hell of a show.

Pictures:
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Those two are both of the first guy. He was pretty funny and had good music too.

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There's Emilyn Brodsky. She messed up her own songs, and seemed kind of boring and depressing. Meh.


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There's Guignol. They were very good. Circus punk, minus vocals. They has an accordian player, clarinet, tuba, and drummer.


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And there, ladies and gentlemen, is Erik Petersen. I nearly fainted like girls in videos of Beatles concerts.



I had an awesome day. A girl even tried to sell me weed at the show. She wasn't discrete about it either. She said she was trying to sell her last bag so she had money for a ride home. I felt bad when I didn't purchase. Ah well.

What songs did he play?