Haha I can relate to that experience with that bitchy chick. Every time Chevelle comes to Lupo's it sells out and the crowd gets crazy pushing and whatnot, but last time there was this middle aged couple in front of me on the rail. Before Chevelle came on she turned around and loudly stated "you better stay the fuck off of my back". I just sort of blankly stared at her and her husband even turned and was like "yeah she doesn't know what she's talking about". Once the band came on they got off the rail.
Parkway isn't here. TWA headlines with VoM as support. First date of the tour is in San Diego tomorrow. This is just a pre'tour date. Only one though :-bd
We got there just before the last local went on. Holy shit they were horrible. They CLOSED with a cover of Walk, in which they replaced almost every word with "FIGHT" so the song would go "FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! .... WHADIDYASAY?!?!??!" and the crowd just ate it up. Pain in testicles.
Veil of Maya - So good, so so good. Front row the whole time. No Dark Passenger, but I'm glad in a way because they've played that each time I've seen them and I appreciate switching it up. Wish they would have put Martyrs in there somewhere. But I got to sing part of INSTST \m/ 11/10
The Word Alive - Not the worst but far from great. They get a good response because they're from here but I can't imagine they go over that well everywhere they go. 4/10
As we arrived to Ybor City I realized we still had 45 minutes to kill so we went to the McDonalds for some deliciousness right near the venue and once we finished we headed to the Ritz Ybor. Once we got there we headed around back to meet up with Colin from Circa Survive for an interview, which we ended up having to do twice because my camera man i guess forgot to press record the first time Lol, but Colin was a very cool guy, and he was nice enough to redo to the interview for us, and after taking a couple pictures with us we got our tickets and headed inside for the sold out show.
Now, Now - Pretty much no one in the entire crowd knew who they were, they reminded me of Tegan & Sara but with a similar Circa Survive sound to it, the crowd seemed to really enjoyed them and so did I for the most part, an overall good opener to the tour. - 7/10
Minus The Bear - My favorite band of the night, these guys are good ol' bluesy rock n' roll, which is far from what they sound like on record. The singer looked like Zach Galifianakis' skinner younger brother, which was slightly amusing to the crowd, it was also a little funny when the guitarist did an Irish Jig a couple times when there were no guitar parts. I'm probably the only person in the crowd who enjoyed them more than CS, but I'm very big into blues rock. Anyways, a great performance from a great band, go check them out if you haven't already. - 9/10
Circa Survive - I've never been a massive fan but I do enjoy a lot of their music, Anthony Green is such an incredible vocalist, and even more so live, his vocals are so incredibly haunting and melodic, I honestly can't think of anyone who sounds exactly like he does. The surprising part was there was a huge pit for 80% of their set, also Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath was in the crowd next to me and I was knocked into him once or twice in the pit. This was all in all an amazing lineup and a very memorable show, if you even remotely like any of these bands, go see this tour if it comes near you. - 9/10 -- Circa Survive
1)Glass Arrows 2)In Fear And Faith 3)Stop The Fuckin' Car 4)Brother Song 5)Birth Of The Economic Hitman 6)Sharp Practice 7)Semi Constructive Criticism 8)Living Together 9)Suitcase 10)House Of Leaves 11)Your Friends Are Gone 12)The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is in The Dose 13)Get Out
Minus The Bear
1)Steel And Blood 2)The Fix 3)Secret Country 4)My Time 5)Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse 6)Knights 7)Diamond Lightning 8)Toska 9)Into The Mirror 10)Listing 11)Double Vision Quest 12)Pachuca Sunrise 13)Drilling
Now, Now
1)Prehistoric 2)Wolf 3)Oh, Hi 4)Lucie Too 5)Roommates 6)Magnet 7)Thread
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It was from Smash Mouth doe :-S
inb4thatmeanstwothings
Oh well. Cant win em all.
But yeah, Veil is much better than The Word Alive. Glad you enjoyed it!
Tucson, AZ 3/28/13
We got there just before the last local went on. Holy shit they were horrible. They CLOSED with a cover of Walk, in which they replaced almost every word with "FIGHT" so the song would go
"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! .... WHADIDYASAY?!?!??!" and the crowd just ate it up. Pain in testicles.
Veil of Maya - So good, so so good. Front row the whole time. No Dark Passenger, but I'm glad in a way because they've played that each time I've seen them and I appreciate switching it up. Wish they would have put Martyrs in there somewhere. But I got to sing part of INSTST \m/ 11/10
The Word Alive - Not the worst but far from great. They get a good response because they're from here but I can't imagine they go over that well everywhere they go. 4/10
Now, Now - Pretty much no one in the entire crowd knew who they were, they reminded me of Tegan & Sara but with a similar Circa Survive sound to it, the crowd seemed to really enjoyed them and so did I for the most part, an overall good opener to the tour. - 7/10
Minus The Bear - My favorite band of the night, these guys are good ol' bluesy rock n' roll, which is far from what they sound like on record. The singer looked like Zach Galifianakis' skinner younger brother, which was slightly amusing to the crowd, it was also a little funny when the guitarist did an Irish Jig a couple times when there were no guitar parts. I'm probably the only person in the crowd who enjoyed them more than CS, but I'm very big into blues rock. Anyways, a great performance from a great band, go check them out if you haven't already. - 9/10
Circa Survive - I've never been a massive fan but I do enjoy a lot of their music, Anthony Green is such an incredible vocalist, and even more so live, his vocals are so incredibly haunting and melodic, I honestly can't think of anyone who sounds exactly like he does. The surprising part was there was a huge pit for 80% of their set, also Spencer Chamberlain from Underoath was in the crowd next to me and I was knocked into him once or twice in the pit. This was all in all an amazing lineup and a very memorable show, if you even remotely like any of these bands, go see this tour if it comes near you. - 9/10
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Circa Survive
1)Glass Arrows
2)In Fear And Faith
3)Stop The Fuckin' Car
4)Brother Song
5)Birth Of The Economic Hitman
6)Sharp Practice
7)Semi Constructive Criticism
8)Living Together
9)Suitcase
10)House Of Leaves
11)Your Friends Are Gone
12)The Difference Between Medicine And Poison Is in The Dose
13)Get Out
Minus The Bear
1)Steel And Blood
2)The Fix
3)Secret Country
4)My Time
5)Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse
6)Knights
7)Diamond Lightning
8)Toska
9)Into The Mirror
10)Listing
11)Double Vision Quest
12)Pachuca Sunrise
13)Drilling
Now, Now
1)Prehistoric
2)Wolf
3)Oh, Hi
4)Lucie Too
5)Roommates
6)Magnet
7)Thread