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Next Big Thing 5 was fun ... but not awesome.
David & I got there around 11.30, during Motion City Soundtrack's set. We tried to hunt down my co-workers who were there, but it took a little while because the place was already pretty packed. Anberlin came on while we were in the beer line (mmm, beer). I think Anberlin was pretty good; I don't remember their performance that well though. The rest of the afternoon was kind of a blur, mostly because the bands tended towards the generic and/or lame (ie, Story of the Year, Our Lady Peace, Rise Against, err .... I can't remember any others). Alkaline Trio was pretty spectacular though. I'm digging it.
30 Seconds to Mars, on the other hand, was spectacuarly crappy. My co-worker Erika had been like, mmm, Jared Leto's like the top reason I'm going to the concert. Upon seeing him, she promptly vomited on the floor. Not really, but his greasy hair and raccoon eyes really gave one pause. I mean, his eyes were like Tammy Faye Bakker + Tara Reid. Nonetheless, they knew how to work the crowd ... of 12 year old prepubescent girls. And oops, that kinda stuff stops working on people after middle school.
Trapt came on around 5 or so and they gave a decent show. I slept through the first two songs that My Chemical Romance did. Wow, I really don't like that band.
And then around 8 or so (I gave up wearing a watch a couple months ago) was the best act of the night ... STAIND!! Damn that Aaron Lewis is hot ... in a fat old man kinda way.
Unfortunately, since Staind was the last act, we missed half of the set because we decided to leave early. Getting caught in a crush of 15K Hot Topic teens is not my idea of a good time.
Ugh. Hot Topic. PUKE.
Also, Tampa Bay <> Tampa. RRRG. How annoying was it for unwashed Jared Leto to be all like, WHATS UP TAMPA. Um, honey, you're in Clearwater. Performing in a concert put on by a radio station based in St Petersburg. NEITHER OF WHICH ARE TAMPA. Neither of which are in the SAME COUNTY AS TAMPA. Guh.
Categories: hate, music
David & I got there around 11.30, during Motion City Soundtrack's set. We tried to hunt down my co-workers who were there, but it took a little while because the place was already pretty packed. Anberlin came on while we were in the beer line (mmm, beer). I think Anberlin was pretty good; I don't remember their performance that well though. The rest of the afternoon was kind of a blur, mostly because the bands tended towards the generic and/or lame (ie, Story of the Year, Our Lady Peace, Rise Against, err .... I can't remember any others). Alkaline Trio was pretty spectacular though. I'm digging it.
30 Seconds to Mars, on the other hand, was spectacuarly crappy. My co-worker Erika had been like, mmm, Jared Leto's like the top reason I'm going to the concert. Upon seeing him, she promptly vomited on the floor. Not really, but his greasy hair and raccoon eyes really gave one pause. I mean, his eyes were like Tammy Faye Bakker + Tara Reid. Nonetheless, they knew how to work the crowd ... of 12 year old prepubescent girls. And oops, that kinda stuff stops working on people after middle school.
Trapt came on around 5 or so and they gave a decent show. I slept through the first two songs that My Chemical Romance did. Wow, I really don't like that band.
And then around 8 or so (I gave up wearing a watch a couple months ago) was the best act of the night ... STAIND!! Damn that Aaron Lewis is hot ... in a fat old man kinda way.
Unfortunately, since Staind was the last act, we missed half of the set because we decided to leave early. Getting caught in a crush of 15K Hot Topic teens is not my idea of a good time.
Ugh. Hot Topic. PUKE.
Also, Tampa Bay <> Tampa. RRRG. How annoying was it for unwashed Jared Leto to be all like, WHATS UP TAMPA. Um, honey, you're in Clearwater. Performing in a concert put on by a radio station based in St Petersburg. NEITHER OF WHICH ARE TAMPA. Neither of which are in the SAME COUNTY AS TAMPA. Guh.
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