Tasting the Chaos
Last night I attended the Australian (Perth) leg of Taste of Chaos . The line up read like this Parkway Drive , Senses Fail , Underoath , Anti Flag , Thursday , Saoisin and Taking Back Sunday . Okay depending on your music tastes you would have loved to have been there or else you would have been bored to tears. I was somewhere in between .
To begin with the location was an issue. Half of the stadium was not even full . The seating plans were thrown out as obviously ticket sales were poor. Compared to last years event , which was over sold . The Burswood Dome , is not a good place to hold such a small stage as the sound quality in the building is lacking in acoustics . This is my personal opinion , but anyone would be able to pick up on it as soon as you enter. So enough of the venue .
We arrived half way through Parkway Drive .Who are a up and coming Australian Screamo band. Let's just say they were not something I would go out of my way to see. Every word which left the bands mouth was screamed loud enough to shatter our eardrums. The lack of momentum in the music. It really left for a boring 10 minutes of which we were forced to listen music we have no intention of ever buying .
Next up was Senses Fails . Thank god for them . They were a band that I had heard of in the past . Their hit Buried a Lie was the highlight . This maybe because it was one of the only songs I knew . With that aside . This band can put on an awesome punk rock show . Minus their moments of screamo . As you can tell I a not a fan of the style . Overall I think this band has incredibly solid performance and have a great sense of humor.
One word Underoath. !! Enough said. They were one of the worst bands I have seen . I have never been more bored in my life . They were the epitome of metal hard rock crossed with screamo. Don't ge time wrong I know fans of the band would have been impressed , but I for one was not . From here I learnt my lesson of never going to a concert with a blind eye to bands on the line up.
Anti-flag followed with a great show. I had read an article about this band in the paper a few weeks ago. This was of course about their political views against George Bush . This was their main theme through out their performance. They constantly asked the audience to look after one another whether any race religion , sexual orientation . This was something which is not really known in the punk rock genre. But these guys know how to work a crowd and this was the main factor as to why I enjoyed there music .
Thursday were next up and I had high hopes for this band . I had heard such great things and also listened to a few of their songs. They did not disappoint , they were so energetic and their songs were so similar sounding to the record. A bonus for the band was their announcement of allowing people to download their songs , if the record was to expensive to buy. The highlight of their time on stage was their performance of the hit song 4,3,2,1 counting . I love it . This band were the instigators for the momentum change of the night . I was suddenly excited to see the other bands still to come.
Suprisingly one of the most anticipated bands Saosin were performing on the side stage. I don't know why this was , but all I can say is I am a FAN . This band rocked they punk rocked their way through the set . The lead singer was amazing working the crowd and constantly thanking the people of Perth for their support. It came across as though they did not know they were so popular down under . But after the show I am sure they had gained an even larger following. The highlight of this was Sleeper a new song from their new self titled album . All I can say is if you get a chance to see this band do it . They are going to be huge next year HUGE .
Now the finale Taking Back Sunday . The band everyone came to the show to see . I love this band even more then when I went in to the gig . They were working the stage better then any of the others. The crowd was going insane . They kind of reminded me of My Chemical Romance , which was a little weird. But who cares when you are in the presence of this band . I left the gig singing Make Damn Sure and they did just that . They made damn sure that everyone left as happy customers. So like Saosin go see this band if you can . You will not be disappointed . Also go out and buy their record " Louder Now "
Overall the tour was good. They should have got rid of some of the earlier bands. Or else start from the headline acts to the others. I know that is harsh , but I am being honest. The ticket to the gig was a present , which I am thank ful for . But if I did pay for it I would be a little annoyed , only because I did not do my research before going .
posted by Veg aka Lavina @ 9:38 PM
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