Underoath, Live at the Tivoli, 30th September 2008
October 1st 2008 06:17
This concert had more trouble than any I've been to recently. Firstly I was never meant to be going, it was set to be on Thursday at the Arena. Then after some dude from Escape the Fate got his junk out at an all ages concert at the Arena recent the police decided not to approve all ages gigs there anymore.
Underoath then, somehow, manage to move the concert to the Tivoli, two days early. My mate who had tickets couldn't move his flight. To say the least he was pissed. On the upside for me I got to go.
For some bizzare reason (I've never really been to all ages concerts before so that may explain it) it started at 6pm and was designated to finish at 9.30. In time for me to go home for a nana nap. Re-fucking-diculous.
We got there are a bit after 8, deciding that more beers were better than unnamed support acts. Underoath had already started. That sucked. I don't know how much we missed, but they were still introducing themselves after the first song we heard. So maybe two songs??
Then they come out and say that their keyboardist (Chris I think his name was) got really sick in and missed their flight from Africa over, and only just got in.
Anyway, they were pretty good, they obviously enjoyed playing their newer (read: heavier) stuff than their older more emo/screamo stylings. They played stuff from all parts of their back catalogue. The newest two albums are by far their best, both musically and by the atmosphere. People, band members included, were going crazy. Fight dancing turned into straight up circle pitting. Good times.
But I'm not exactly sure what makes them such a good band. Their guitars aren't fantastic and the keyboard is virtually non-existant. The drumming and singing was cool though. I guess it's just one of those bands that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Then, the band finishes at 9.10. 20 freaking minutes early. That's just not cool. I've always heard that Underoath are really dedicated to their fans and will go out of their way to sign autographs and shit, but I mean a better fan treatment would be PLAYING AS LONG AS THE FUCKING TIMETABLE SAYS YOU WERE MEANT TO. Especially when its only 9pm.
And then as we were walking out I was overheard some kids talking about the Soundwave lineup. And I quote "There are some old school bands going, like Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Cooper". Alice in Cooper indeed! Learn some musical history, appreciate bands like Alice in Chains for their greatness and stop talking about Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. They actually suck
Aagh. Still Underoath were good, it was just a night that seemed like it was never meant to be.
Underoath then, somehow, manage to move the concert to the Tivoli, two days early. My mate who had tickets couldn't move his flight. To say the least he was pissed. On the upside for me I got to go.
For some bizzare reason (I've never really been to all ages concerts before so that may explain it) it started at 6pm and was designated to finish at 9.30. In time for me to go home for a nana nap. Re-fucking-diculous.
We got there are a bit after 8, deciding that more beers were better than unnamed support acts. Underoath had already started. That sucked. I don't know how much we missed, but they were still introducing themselves after the first song we heard. So maybe two songs??
Then they come out and say that their keyboardist (Chris I think his name was) got really sick in and missed their flight from Africa over, and only just got in.
from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underoath
Anyway, they were pretty good, they obviously enjoyed playing their newer (read: heavier) stuff than their older more emo/screamo stylings. They played stuff from all parts of their back catalogue. The newest two albums are by far their best, both musically and by the atmosphere. People, band members included, were going crazy. Fight dancing turned into straight up circle pitting. Good times.
But I'm not exactly sure what makes them such a good band. Their guitars aren't fantastic and the keyboard is virtually non-existant. The drumming and singing was cool though. I guess it's just one of those bands that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Then, the band finishes at 9.10. 20 freaking minutes early. That's just not cool. I've always heard that Underoath are really dedicated to their fans and will go out of their way to sign autographs and shit, but I mean a better fan treatment would be PLAYING AS LONG AS THE FUCKING TIMETABLE SAYS YOU WERE MEANT TO. Especially when its only 9pm.
And then as we were walking out I was overheard some kids talking about the Soundwave lineup. And I quote "There are some old school bands going, like Nine Inch Nails and Alice in Cooper". Alice in Cooper indeed! Learn some musical history, appreciate bands like Alice in Chains for their greatness and stop talking about Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. They actually suck
Aagh. Still Underoath were good, it was just a night that seemed like it was never meant to be.
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