shows

so i was at this show last night. the headline band , Coheed and Cambria were the only reason i was there.

on the way up i was wondering how long of a set they would play as it was a tour organized by someone that doesn't have anything to do with the bands, they just got the bands to play. it was alright as the played for just under an hour. they put on a good show, played from their new album and some older stuff. but after seeing that show i would say that a show that they are putting on themselves would be amazing. i think the Kerrang tour for them is a good idea so they can jump onto a bill and not have the worry that bands would have on tour, instead all the worry is on Kerrang!

back to the show. just got in before the end of circa survive. thankfully. not into it.
Fightstar were up next, i would not be a fan of Fightstar but i think i have seen them more than some of my favourite bands! they support everyone! they came across at this gig as heavy music by numbers. still lots of Deftones influence and our lad Charlie! wants to be a frontman and lose the guitar (to their Hugh Grant!! lookalike.) not so good, poor lad, he kept losing the mic and missing lines. this was the second show of the tour, and he's out of breath by the third song! they played their first single and messed it up! better luck next time guys!







madina lake. i had only heard the name, never check the music, didn't know what they were like or anything. they reminded me of saved by the bell. like as if the cast of saved by the bell had a band together and were trying to be a metal band they couldn't actually be that heavy. in fairness to madina lake they did put a good show on, wouldn't be into to them at all but they do give it socks. lead singer jumped off the speakers and back flipped into the crowd, the band figured that he'd be back before they end of the song and kept playing. until they came to the end of the song. guitarist asks for the crowd to push him up! after a couple of minutes he appears with less of a hoody than what he went into the crowd with! i would say it'll be a while before he jumps that far into a crowd again.

Coheed and Cambria, amazing. Claudio is huge!! he looks like he has the biggest hands ever! and so much hair. which have probably helped him in playing the guitar style he does. very talented musicians in the whole band, and every one of them giving so much energy to the set and the backing singers, haunting the songs along with Claudio.

but as i said earlier i think they would have to be a band that you need to see in their own set up, not in a support slot or as part of a tour/festival.







i know a good few people who said they wouldn't get out of bed for that line up and i think they were right. i wanted to see Coheed and Cambria. i really didn't want to be there for the wait for Coheed to hit the stage. but i was there and i watched all the bands with most of my attention. one thing that was taking my full attention away from the stage was the amount of people not watching the stage , running around the place just chatting away over the 120db of music to their mates.
it was €28.50 i think for tickets, i like to get my moneys worth for most stuff. i love going to gigs but when a band is on stage no matter how much i have paid, if i like them already or not, i will always give my full attention. thats the passion for music that the crowd screamed for when madina lake said that we are all here because of one thing, the passion for music. but not that crowd. Kerrang tour had projectors on either side of the screen and in between bands they would have "make some noise for..." and the bands name. this did only work before fightstar and before madina lake. it was strange hearing these really high pitched screams for madina lake and then pretty low screams for coheed directly after. while seeing the crowd around me i was thinking about all the gigs that i have been at in the ambassador and was i ever one of those kids! there is probably one maybe two gigs that i remember running around the place but i do remember that was IN BETWEEN the bands. the other thing is that it was an all ager so i can understand that its the first maybe second time some of the kids got out and there was just too much going on to keep them focused, thats fine but the rest of them, ugh!

basically strange gig, but enjoyable.



also this week seems to be gig week (dosen't help that i am super broke!!) was at this!! good show. unfortunately i got in before soul control so i missed first death and crowd control. but well enjoyed seeing soulcontrol, shipwreck and blacklisted. some strange people at the show but they were enjoying it so thats fine.

really good show and i hope the bands had a good time while they were here.














i going to see New Found Glory on Sunday. that is going to be great!. anyway.