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So many gigs at the moment. Which I'm not going to complain about because once they're over I have nothing planned for a very long time, and also can't afford anything either!
But yes, so obviously I saw the (nearly) always fantastic Placebo on Sunday. Then Tuesday night I saw Gallows with ETID supporting. Not only did I get to see Denni and Rach, who were as wonderful as ever, but I got to meet Rosie who id heard about but never met, and she was fairly awesome as well.
As for the bands...well. They played really well, but the crowd was utterly shit. I went in for all of ETID because I love them*, them and Cobra Starship (a wonderful combination I know) were the two bands I watched every single day on Warped Tour, and they played really well but the audience mainly just stood there and bopped a bit, which wasn't fun.
And then Gallows...they're the headlining band, people were supposed to be excited to see them play! As it is the first minute or so of each song there would be a bit of movement, but it fizzled out by the end of each song. We watched from the side for most of it because we were going out straight after, but I went in during Orchestra of Wolves, expecting it to be as crazy as it normally is for that song, and beyond an overabundance of drunk, underage girls, dancing really badly, it wasn't that great at all. So yes, Galllows and ETID = fantastic, the audience=a bit shit really.
And then there were the onstage antics! So first, during a song, Frank went a little bit crazy, as is his want, and started smashing up his mic really badly, and really randomly, and then he walked to the front of his stage and threw his busted up mic into the audience...and then his sound guy walked onto the stage, and I assumed he was going to fix up a new mic but no...he shoved Frank right off the stage in anger! A security guy caught Frank apparently, which is pretty funny and also, good reflexes! And I'm fairly sure Frank went to punch the guy because the next thing you know Stef Carter has leapt off the stage and is seen shoving Frank backstage as fast as possible. Let's be honest...even if you're not scared of the fact that Frank is quite likely to fuck you up for shoving him around, its a little bit unprofessional to shove the singer of the band hiring you offstage, even if he is smashing up his (own) mic!
And then when the band came back onto the stage Frank did a bit of talking and explaining, they start playing the next song, and thirty seconds in have to stop again because Lags knocked himself out with his own guitar...which was both impressive and also quite funny...
However! On Sunday I'm seeing ETID do a headlining show, for the first time ever as I've only ever seen them support or at festivals before, at Exeter, with the added bonus of visiting the wonderful Elly, so that'll be awesome, and then on Tuesday I'm seeing Gallows and ETID again in Portsmouth as Denni is that fond of my company that she's paying for me to go, because she's wonderful!
*Ironically, the first time I saw ETID live was way back in November 05, when they supported Chem the first time I saw Chem live, and I hadn't been into 'rock' music for very long, so thought they were far too loud, and they scared me a little bit! (A lot). This fact still makes me laugh, considering how much I love them these days!
But yes, so obviously I saw the (nearly) always fantastic Placebo on Sunday. Then Tuesday night I saw Gallows with ETID supporting. Not only did I get to see Denni and Rach, who were as wonderful as ever, but I got to meet Rosie who id heard about but never met, and she was fairly awesome as well.
As for the bands...well. They played really well, but the crowd was utterly shit. I went in for all of ETID because I love them*, them and Cobra Starship (a wonderful combination I know) were the two bands I watched every single day on Warped Tour, and they played really well but the audience mainly just stood there and bopped a bit, which wasn't fun.
And then Gallows...they're the headlining band, people were supposed to be excited to see them play! As it is the first minute or so of each song there would be a bit of movement, but it fizzled out by the end of each song. We watched from the side for most of it because we were going out straight after, but I went in during Orchestra of Wolves, expecting it to be as crazy as it normally is for that song, and beyond an overabundance of drunk, underage girls, dancing really badly, it wasn't that great at all. So yes, Galllows and ETID = fantastic, the audience=a bit shit really.
And then there were the onstage antics! So first, during a song, Frank went a little bit crazy, as is his want, and started smashing up his mic really badly, and really randomly, and then he walked to the front of his stage and threw his busted up mic into the audience...and then his sound guy walked onto the stage, and I assumed he was going to fix up a new mic but no...he shoved Frank right off the stage in anger! A security guy caught Frank apparently, which is pretty funny and also, good reflexes! And I'm fairly sure Frank went to punch the guy because the next thing you know Stef Carter has leapt off the stage and is seen shoving Frank backstage as fast as possible. Let's be honest...even if you're not scared of the fact that Frank is quite likely to fuck you up for shoving him around, its a little bit unprofessional to shove the singer of the band hiring you offstage, even if he is smashing up his (own) mic!
And then when the band came back onto the stage Frank did a bit of talking and explaining, they start playing the next song, and thirty seconds in have to stop again because Lags knocked himself out with his own guitar...which was both impressive and also quite funny...
However! On Sunday I'm seeing ETID do a headlining show, for the first time ever as I've only ever seen them support or at festivals before, at Exeter, with the added bonus of visiting the wonderful Elly, so that'll be awesome, and then on Tuesday I'm seeing Gallows and ETID again in Portsmouth as Denni is that fond of my company that she's paying for me to go, because she's wonderful!
*Ironically, the first time I saw ETID live was way back in November 05, when they supported Chem the first time I saw Chem live, and I hadn't been into 'rock' music for very long, so thought they were far too loud, and they scared me a little bit! (A lot). This fact still makes me laugh, considering how much I love them these days!