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Published on July 1st 2003
Let's dispense of the pretext - I came to see a rock show. You don't care about how I got there, or what shirt some girl was wearing, or what percentage of moisture on my body was being caused by the humidity. You want to read about the bands, so read about the bands you shall. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Yup! It was fun, and I'd have done it again if I had had cash friday... Oh wait, the bands on that bill weren't boring enough to make me peel stickers off of video game machines. wait a minute. were you also getting into the electrical shit? i think my friends may have been following you around during no motiv. No, I was the fuck who ripped a whole bunch of stickers off of the vending and video game machines and started wearing them during the emo bands because I was so bored and it really sucked. I remember the first time i saw the bandits, it was like almost 2 years ago, it was right when i started going to shows. They are one of the best bands ive seen in a long time. Ive seen them probably more than is healthy but they are one of the 2 good bands signed to drive thru and theres nothing wrong with it. Woah im going on way to long. I would have liked to hear about the shirt some girl was wearing though You forgot the songs sell you beautiful and gun in your hand, amongst others. But all in all the show kicked ass, i was one of the retards in front center thrashin out. hmm. god i dint really care to see any of the bands besides Chasing Link.. which i dint get to see anyway. since i couldnt go. ive never heard them tho and im not really into pop-punk. ilike that band Egans rats.. who plays at the pit often.. anyway UP THE PUNX i was on the right of the stage during the bandits set. i was wearing a green shirt with stripes. well they all didnt seem like posers to me? eh, but then again i dont care. no i didnt see the guy with the hearing aid, but i didnt like how no1 was skanking, don't get me a wrong there was a few, but it was kinda hard to skank with the mosh pit going and all, and matt clearly said SKANK PIT. i dont suppose you were the guy with the checkered hat? i was the girl with the red striped shirt and the glasses. Fairweather was on time at the MA show (Palladium, 6/12) and they only played four songs. Four. "Oh and fairweather was on time in KC and they only played 6 songs. only one of them was off of their first album. the rest were from alaska and Lusitania-which rules by the way." The PIT show was amazing, better than the one at the metro thats for sure. the drive to the pit was very long, and it was in the middle of no where, but i guess the whole vibe was good with the reggae in between sets and all. and it seemed as if the bandits enjoyed playing more at the pit than at the metro, and it was cool how the hung out the whole time, because at the metro they were no where to be found. and i am not sure if everyone at the pit show was from the rockford area or not, but they all seemed to be pretty nice people. Outside of the fact that id make babies with K8 (and only in like 5 years when she was old enough to know what making babies was) the RX Bandits are the nly decent band on this show. I would have gave it a 4. Everyone always overrates everythign here... You can stream song new songs at the end of http://www.drivethrurecords.com/rxbandits/ecard/movie.html to BSD below me. i'm assuming you are talking about the KC show. i thought it was great. and i think that the crowd was definitely there mostly for the bandits, though i was there for them and fairweather both. no motiv just didn't stick out. I saw this show last night... And it sucked. The crowd was mostly there to see No Motiv and Fairweather, but they stayed for the RX Bandits. The Fight were just plain funny, and nobody knew what the hell they were saying inbetween songs, but at least they weren't too boring. They are a lot better than most pop-punk MTV type bands, but not much. Oh yeah, and some guy was jacking off onto a speaker while watching K8 play, which was pretty weird and sick. No Motiv and Fairweather can be summed up in one phrase= bedtime music. Boring, boring, booooring crap. I don't care if they know how to play their instruments, they are boring and put half the people here to sleep. As the RX Bandits began playing, their lead vocalist said "hey guys, please no jock pits" which I thought was cool, since I think mosh pits are for the low mentality anyway. But when its all said and done, did he honestly think an entire crowd of Drive-Thru fans would be starting vicious pits? They were really energetic and super tight. Fun music. Then, right before their closing song, the singer said "you, you need to get the FUCK out of here" to some guy in the crowd, who I couldn't see. I was on the opposite end of the club (for lack of a better word). I dunno what he was doing, but it must have been pretty bad to get have gotten kicked out. And then they played their closer... And, because this was a fucking preppy crappy crowd, everyone just kinda walked away, even though the RX Bandits would have played an encore... No Motiv is a good band, but God do they kill their set with such slow, dull songs. To the one inquiring about the new Fairweather... Hey. I saw this show in Toronto awhile ago. Something like 12 days.. to be exact.. but whatever. Anywho, it was fun. Rx Bandits were pulling some of that freestylin' improvisation at the t. show aswell. Cool stuff. Nice review also. Bah, the RxBandits are fine without Rich and Franz, and whoever, although they were better with Rich, I rather like the addition of the sax again. Hey Scott, thanks for the review. i should be submitting a review of fairweather tonite. if mine's not posted i'm sure someone else's will be on friday Wow, you guys really got shitted out of some Rx Bandits, they played a good 1 1/2 hours here with a 3 song encore. Basically all of Progress, half of Halfway, and 3 new songs. Kick ass rock show. Too bad for No Motiv. I had seen them about a year ago in Pomona, and they fuckin rocked the house. Still one of the best shows I have been to. I hope there are at least some fans on the tour that can appreciate them. Hey can anyone post up some more detailed impressions of the new Fairweather? I'm looking at possibly picking it up after work. That tends to happen when nearly every single member of the band that appeared on a particular album is gone. God I fucking hate Rx Bandits now, seeing as that they don't even play "Wrong With Me", or "Walk Away" anymore. Christ this band has gone to shit lately. Wake up and realize you have a cd called "Halfway Between Here & There", and theres more than 1 or 2 songs on it. Shit. whos this cheap ass band who ripped off yellowcard? wheres the originality in music? ill tell you,,, the rxbandits are the only originals now Ryan-Or else your monitor is tiny... or your display is set to a low resolution. Either way, it's your problem. Sucks for you. Ryan T Murphy, your browser sucks. My score is for your shitty browser. "its either this show or thursday's current tour, both are playing near me today. I really want to see no motiv, but financially itll be cheaper for me to not drive and just see thursday. Fucking dammit." Score is for this problem: I cannot be the only one who can't see the first paragraph of a lot of these articles because the picture is covering it. Why is it doing this? It's annoying, I hate jumping into the article partway through, it's like watching a movie after you missed 15 minutes. It can still be entertaining but something is missing. its either this show or thursday's current tour, both are playing near me today. I really want to see no motiv, but financially itll be cheaper for me to not drive and just see thursday. Fucking dammit. yea, I agree with you... I think Kate is good-lookin too - i got clowned for that statement - plus, she's foreign. I'm pissed I missed them when they played here. But fuck it, I gotta say that I like that EP the Fight put out, whether anyone thinks it's unoriginal or not. fun shit. So what if it is my guilty pleasure? blow me. 1. agreed on k8...she was very hot the pit is a skate park. they're playing on a ramp, assuming the general layout of the venue hasn't changed since the last time i was there six years ago. Good review. Your picture has me curious, however. What type of venue did you see this in, an airplane hangar? i wish i would've seen them in rx at knitting factory but i just can't stand fairweather and steel train. oh well there's always next time. sounds good... i wish i had caught them in irving plaza... |
