[QUOTE=Ska_Pirate]Nice pics. I can't wait til I see Flogging Molly. Still more then a month away though... :([/QUOTE]

i had tickets for 3 months i think, it was well worth the wait!

saying that i had my bad religon tickets for nearly 5 months, and that was amazing too. waiting for something's always good :)

I don't know if this is the place for it but anyways :

Gig diary of my bands first gig :

We started off sound testing with Lexicon Devil. We started the first song "No Time" which made the place erupt :chug:
The second song was me playing bass and just drums and i played the song about twice as fast as i should have... fúcking brilliant.
We kept playing and played a raggae song, punk song, ska song etc...
Got to the last songa nd during the drum solo ( the song is a really fast hardcore kind of song ) we fúcking started going crazy as we threw our guitars down and we trashed my amp leaving nothing together in it! It was smashed all over the pub! Then my guitarists guitar was out of tune so i had to play the rest of the song myself, then the place erupted worse than before.
The rest of the bands that played were to quote many of the people "shít compared to us" They were like indie bands! :rolleyes:
All in all it was probably one of the best first gigs ever played! We fúcking ruled

^^The pic of the Dead Pets singer is a good one

[B][SIZE=3]Friday, 30th April: The Filaments, London Garage[/SIZE][/B]

[B]Sonic Boom 6:[/B] Ska/rap sort of thing. I've seen them once before and they were much worse this time, pretty awful to be honest. The singer however is pretty fit.

[B]3/10[/B]
[B]
The Peacocks:[/B] They were on this co-headline tour with the Filaments, i think they alternated the dates they headlined on. They were quite impressive and put on a good show. They got a nice sound out of the double bass and he still managed to put a lot of energy into his performance despite carrying that massive thing. They had one real stand out song called I Can Do A Lot For My Size that was amazing live. And i got a good poster by them off the wall.
[B]7.5/10[/B]
[B]
The Filaments:[/B] Absolutely f'ucking quality as usual. This is the third time i've seen them and first time as headliner, and they were brilliant. Played all their classics including Punk Unity, zombie Jail Break, sick Joke, Nation etc as well as a lot of great sounding new tracks. Their energy was incredible, and the singer ended up playing solos whilst crowd surfing which looked great. They ended with the ever popular Bastard Coppers that went down a storm. Typically brilliant performance.

[B]9/10[/B]

[B]Mustard Plug w/ Something To Do + Local Bands[/B]

Only about 40-50 people showed up, but it was still amazing

Local Bands: There were some good ones, some bad ones. There was a skeemo band, and they brought along an entire row of fat chicks (who I think were their mommies) just to cheer for them and clap after every song, mainly becuase no one else would. An Oi! band played, and all of their stuff broke down and they all got pissed and the guitarist broke a bunch of stuff, so that may be the last time we use the venue.
overall: about 6/10

EDIT: While the skeemo band was playing, the singer said "You know guys, it's okay to jump around. It's cool to get into the music". Remembering this:
[url]http://www.nothingnice.com/index.php?pageNum_Recordset2=246&totalRows_Recordset2=249[/url]
I shouted "We're not dancing becuase you suck". They either didn't hear me or ignored me.

[B][URL=http://www.myspace.com/somethingtodo]Something To Do[/URL]:[/B] I honestly was not expecting much from them. However, as soon as they came on, the whole place exploded. The crowd had been dead therough all of the local bands except for one, and these guys really woke us up. They had some really awesome horn lines, and had the whole place skanking.
8/10

[B]Mustard Plug:[/B] I really hadn't heard a lot from them, maybe 4 or 5 songs. And they blew the entire place away. Everyone was just dancing or skanking, and singing along; it was an amazing atmosphere. I know they played: Brain on Ska, The Freshman, You, Everything Girl, Skank By Numbers, and they finished with Beer (song), which is the only one I knew the words to. They completely overwhelmed me, and I ope they come back sometime this year.
9/10

This show was a bit back but I made a review for it after it happened.

[B]Action/Defiance-Washington DC, Warehouse Next Door. March 27.2005[/B]

Thick as Thieves-Second time seeing them and they were pretty good. Oi!/Streetpunk styled locals. 7/10.

VPR-Good DC hardcore, also second time seeing them. 7/10.

Action-I mainly came to the show to see them. I thought they were very good and they played there songs well. Also very nice people. Played most songs from their self titled cd. However they did not play Warzone or Won't Stop Screaming. They played a cover and a new song. 9/10.

Defiance-Only stayed for 3 songs as I had to catch the metro home. Songs that I recognized were No Future No Hope and Anti-Social. Second time seeing them and they were pretty good but they seemed a bit drunk. 7/10.


EDIT: I made a review on this thread of the show before but this one is better.

saturday april 30th: misfits @ sonar lounge in baltimore

fishnet stalkers: okay opening local band. their singer was kinda queer and talked too much, which got a bunch of beers thrown at him. they basically got cussed off stage.

misfits: f***ing amazing. jerry only actually had good vocals. dez cadena played some awesome guitar, but not so good backup singing. and then there was the best part. good ol' marky ramone played drums perfectly and he was so cool. they did every song well and faster than on the cd. and they pumped up the audience well. like when jerry only screamed "you gotta sing your ****ing heads to this one this is i turned into a f***in martian!!" some of these things mite be obvious concert things but this was my first show so gimme a break.

[QUOTE=kingofthedrums22]saturday april 30th: misfits @ sonar lounge in baltimore

fishnet stalkers: okay opening local band. their singer was kinda queer and talked too much, which got a bunch of beers thrown at him. they basically got cussed off stage.
[/QUOTE]

Hahaha when I saw them, the singer came through the crowd and one guy I was with was like, "Oh look, he lost his needle."





Whatever, it was funnier then.

[SIZE=3][B]Sunday 1st May, Deconstruction Tour 2005, London Astoria [/B] [/SIZE]

[B]Tribute To Nothing-[/B] First i'd even heard of this band, and they seemed to realise this was the same for most people. Played a mixture of hard rock and hardcore, their music was awful. But, to their credit, they gave the performance absolutely everything they had. Guitars and mic stands were going everywhere, they were jumping around like nutters the whle time and so weren't too boring.
[B]5.5/10[/B]

[B]Captain everything-[/B] What a band. They are an amazing pop-punk band, and they were brilliant. Excellently received by the crowd which shows years of hard work has paid of for them. they have two charismatic and hilarious front men, and they played so fast it was unbeliveable. As always they left you wanting more, after playing classics such as Watford Pride, There's No 'i' In Scene, Picture Of You, Petrol Fumes etc etc. Superb.
[B]9/10[/B]

[B]Only Crime-[/B] This is the band formed by Russ Rankin of Good Riddance and Bill Stevenson of Descendents. They were very very good as well. I went into this after only hearing about 6 of their songs and left with the feeling that this is a band i need to hear more of. They had some excellent riffs in their songs, and Russ was as good a lead singer as i remembered from when i saw good riddance about a year ago.
[B]8/10[/B]

[B]Smoke or Fire-[/B] Missed them

[B]From Autumn To Ashes-[/B] Unfortunately caught the end of them

[B]Strike Anywhere-[/B] These guys were amazing. The guitarist was out on stage messing around during the sound check, and their desire to entertain continued right through their set. From the very first song, we had a singer in the audience and a bassist jumping of thge drums and this continued right through their performance. They played some excellent songs including Infrared and Blaze amongst others and were very well received.
[B]8.5/10 [/B]
[B]
Capdown-[/B] This was the band many in here had been waiting to see. They were good, and justified their reputation of being a great live band. They played their best songs includong An A Political Stand Of Reasons, Faith No More, Ska Wars etc and they went down a storm. Not my favourite band so the rating isn';t too high, but decent nonetheless.
[B]6.5/10[/B]

[B]Boysetsfire- [/B] I now hate this band, they bored the sh!t out of me when i was waiting for the mad caddies. The singer spent most of his time rything (sp?) around on the florr like a baby and they were nothing special to watch.
[B]1/10[/B]

[B]Mad Caddies-[/B] F'ucking brilliant as usual. It was the third time i've seen them and they never disappoint. Excellent tunes were in abundance from the opener Villains and other harder tracks like Bridges and Contraband, to pop-punk beauties Muchos Nachos and Mary Melody, to ska tunes like Popcorn and Road Rash, to joke tunes like Monkeys and Weird Beard. They are so fun live it's unbvelievable.
[B]9/10[/B]

So with just the band, not a bad deconstruction. It seemed a bit budget, especially as they had the Decon 2004 flag, with a '5' taped over the '4'!.

I bumped into the singer from Fireapple Red outside before it started and he said they were doing ok if anyone knows them.

And then i met Bill Stevenson!!!!!!- [url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7745403#post7745403[/url]

[QUOTE=IFlogMyMolly16]Hahaha when I saw them, the singer came through the crowd and one guy I was with was like, "Oh look, he lost his needle."





Whatever, it was funnier then.[/QUOTE]
Haha that band would never end! I was like get off the stage and let the Krays play.

[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