EpsilonX
06-27-2011, 03:07 PM
I usually don't review shows, but this one is worth it.
So, last night me and my friends went to see Bomb the Music Industry!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9HnyftaRWs
ska punk.
So we get there, and theres a bunch of people in punk shirts and stuff, cute girl wearing an operation ivy shirt, guy with a beard and a fedora wearing an extreme noise terror shirt, some descendants shirts, etc. so what was to come was a surprise. So, while we're looking through the merch of the bands, one of the merch guys was wearing a brand new shirt, had thick rimmed glasses and skinny jeans. i had looked up that band before the show, they're indie rock, so i figured "okay, one of the bands is an indie rock band, but thats not too bad."
first band comes on, punk rock with a bit of an indie tinge. They weren't too bad, but weren't amazing. Decent opener. Second band comes on, and they setup the drum set on the floor. I thought "okay, anti flag did that for the last 3 or so songs too, its kinda cool" we were outside for a bit, when we went back in the entire band looked indie has heck and were playing on the floor. Apparantly playing on the stage is too mainsteam. Now, let me make it clear, im not particularly fond of indie. I mean, one or 2 indie kids is fine, but i dont like the style of music most often associated with "indie" and I certainly did not want to be at an indie show. We didnt like that band, so me and 2 of my friends went back to the car and sat around and ate swedish fish. My other friend stayed in the place and watched. We came back for like the last few songs and they were still pretty bad. According to my friend that actually watched, after we left they got good and once we came back they started to suck again. i guess we have terrible timing.
Third band we had no hope for. They were called Joyce Manor, and their merch consisted of 1. a vinyl that has blurry pictures of people on the front, 2. a 7" that has a guy playing a guitar but half of him is cut off cuz he's on the side, the rest was just like an open field, and 3. a magazine style thing full of artsy kid style drawings and a guy wearing an artsy looking mask holding a sign on the front. Indie kid heaven. We didn't even bother with them, but what we heard of them was pretty unenjoyable. Now, i'm sure some of you like indie, but we were expecting it to be a punk show.
Forth band was the one I knew was gonna be an indie band, and was the one with the merch guy. They weren't -terrible- but I didn't want to listen to them, i wanted some punk.. i was up on this mini balcony thing on the side, and my friend was a few feet away with some large girls dancing like they were on drugs in front of him, he looked over to me and just had this horrified look on his face. he then texted me a picture of a hairy butt and said "this is what these bands remind me of" which made me rofl hard.
At this point, I was a little scared that BTMI! would be super indie sounding live and would be disappointed. However, after the 4th band ended and the last band was setting up, all the thick rimmed glasses disappeared and the punk kids started appearing. Germs shirt, Descendents shirt, Operation Ivy shirt, Extreme Noise Terror shirt, etc. The crowd and atmosphere of the place changed completely, and the band came on and were awesome. One of the things I really enjoyed was that...some dude randomly shouted out a song name, and the guitarist was like YES! and they played that song. And then somebody else shouted a song name and the guy said "me and him were talking earlier, and i said 'why do we always play that song' and he said 'its a hit everybody loves it' 'ive never heard anybody shout for that song ever'" so they decided not to play it that night. but the first night they decide not to play it, somebody shouts for it and they were like "now we have to play it" normally bands just ignore what people shout out.
all in all, the last band made it worth going, but next time im going to look up all the opening bands and if i don't like them im not seeing em lol
So, last night me and my friends went to see Bomb the Music Industry!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9HnyftaRWs
ska punk.
So we get there, and theres a bunch of people in punk shirts and stuff, cute girl wearing an operation ivy shirt, guy with a beard and a fedora wearing an extreme noise terror shirt, some descendants shirts, etc. so what was to come was a surprise. So, while we're looking through the merch of the bands, one of the merch guys was wearing a brand new shirt, had thick rimmed glasses and skinny jeans. i had looked up that band before the show, they're indie rock, so i figured "okay, one of the bands is an indie rock band, but thats not too bad."
first band comes on, punk rock with a bit of an indie tinge. They weren't too bad, but weren't amazing. Decent opener. Second band comes on, and they setup the drum set on the floor. I thought "okay, anti flag did that for the last 3 or so songs too, its kinda cool" we were outside for a bit, when we went back in the entire band looked indie has heck and were playing on the floor. Apparantly playing on the stage is too mainsteam. Now, let me make it clear, im not particularly fond of indie. I mean, one or 2 indie kids is fine, but i dont like the style of music most often associated with "indie" and I certainly did not want to be at an indie show. We didnt like that band, so me and 2 of my friends went back to the car and sat around and ate swedish fish. My other friend stayed in the place and watched. We came back for like the last few songs and they were still pretty bad. According to my friend that actually watched, after we left they got good and once we came back they started to suck again. i guess we have terrible timing.
Third band we had no hope for. They were called Joyce Manor, and their merch consisted of 1. a vinyl that has blurry pictures of people on the front, 2. a 7" that has a guy playing a guitar but half of him is cut off cuz he's on the side, the rest was just like an open field, and 3. a magazine style thing full of artsy kid style drawings and a guy wearing an artsy looking mask holding a sign on the front. Indie kid heaven. We didn't even bother with them, but what we heard of them was pretty unenjoyable. Now, i'm sure some of you like indie, but we were expecting it to be a punk show.
Forth band was the one I knew was gonna be an indie band, and was the one with the merch guy. They weren't -terrible- but I didn't want to listen to them, i wanted some punk.. i was up on this mini balcony thing on the side, and my friend was a few feet away with some large girls dancing like they were on drugs in front of him, he looked over to me and just had this horrified look on his face. he then texted me a picture of a hairy butt and said "this is what these bands remind me of" which made me rofl hard.
At this point, I was a little scared that BTMI! would be super indie sounding live and would be disappointed. However, after the 4th band ended and the last band was setting up, all the thick rimmed glasses disappeared and the punk kids started appearing. Germs shirt, Descendents shirt, Operation Ivy shirt, Extreme Noise Terror shirt, etc. The crowd and atmosphere of the place changed completely, and the band came on and were awesome. One of the things I really enjoyed was that...some dude randomly shouted out a song name, and the guitarist was like YES! and they played that song. And then somebody else shouted a song name and the guy said "me and him were talking earlier, and i said 'why do we always play that song' and he said 'its a hit everybody loves it' 'ive never heard anybody shout for that song ever'" so they decided not to play it that night. but the first night they decide not to play it, somebody shouts for it and they were like "now we have to play it" normally bands just ignore what people shout out.
all in all, the last band made it worth going, but next time im going to look up all the opening bands and if i don't like them im not seeing em lol