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Published on March 16th 2004 It's a cold Sunday night in Glasgow and there is a massive queue outside the Cathouse, which is Glasgow's premier "alternative" nightclub, and it's almost all girls. This is somewhat of a rarity in these parts and the only other time I've seen this many girls at a gig was the last time Something Corporate were here. This was not a good omen. However, it did mean that my friend and I got to jump the line cos guys and girls go in seperate and we got in out the cold relatively quickly. We arrived up the stairs to see that The Godawfuls were already in full swing. I'd love to tell you all about this band, but I was so bored I headed straight to the bar. They were playing totally pedestrian, straight up political punk rock, which is fine if you like that sort of thing but I only like it when it's really well done. The guitarist said the show was really special for him because all of his family were from Scotland. Just a shame the kids in attendance couldn't offer anything more than polite applause for him and his crew. Now, the main reason a lot of people were here for this show, and not at the Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, Matches & Zebrahead show that was happening 5 minutes up the road at the Barrowland was Fall Out Boy. Their album had only been available in this country for a few days before the show but a good portion of the audience knew every word and when they came onstage and burst into "Tell That Mick He Just Made My List Of Things To Do Today" the kids went mental. The song itself is fantastic and they played it really well and with a lot of energy - but the vocals were a little messed up. I don't know if Patrick was too close to the mic or what, but they just didn't sound that hot. It was also later revealed that he'd slowly been losing his voice and asked people to sing along...which was a mistake as the girls in the audience (especially near where I was) couldn't sing worth a damn. Mest later commented on this and could barely keep a straight face during their encore, but I digress. F.O.B. ran through almost all of their Take This To Your Grave cd and were so full of energy, especially their guitarist, who kept making stupid faces the whole time and looked like he should be in Hot Hot Heat with his crazy haircut. Best songs of their set were Grand Theft Autumn, which they played really early on and was the song everyone knew, and my personal favourite 'Chicago Was So Two Years Ago. Another nice touch was all the screaming the Bass player did - he was really good and while screaming is kinda cliched now it worked really well and added another dimension to their poppy sound. Headliners Mest, who I really am not a huge fan of (I was there for Fall Out Boy) were a reasonalby pleasant surprise. It wasn't until they played 'rooftops' three songs in that they actually got going and Tony looked like he wasn't having a great time. Neither was I really until 'Drawing Board' which was preceded by Tony saying how he'd rather be at the Goldfinger/ Reel Big Fish show and, if it wasn't for John Feldmann of Goldfinger his band'd be fucked. Halfway through the song Feldmann himself leapt onto the stage, having made the trip down the street from the Barrowland and sang the last verse of the song. It was an awesome moment and really made the show come to life. After that the crowd was hugely into it, going crazy for Jaded and any Good Charlotte reference - and they say Glasgow has the best audience in the world...they must have been at the other show cos these kids were fucking Good Charlotte fans...eww. The encore of 'Cadillac' was a blast, with Peter from Fall Out Boy coming on to sing some stuff and Tony's little brother playing guitar. It was just a great bit of fun - the crowd were going mad and everyone was smiling and laughing, especially Mest cos they were having a real laugh at the scots accents trying to sing. It's nice to see the band having as good a time as the crowd sometimes. All in all, I was quite glad I went to the show. Mest were never going to be amazing, but they came good after a slow start. My only real problem would be their stupid peurile stage banter about 'cuming on girls and their mums' and stuff. That shit is neve funny and makes you look like an ass. Or maybe I'm a snob, who knows. Fall Out Boy were pretty damn good too, getting through the sound problems and still putting on an awesome show.
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Hee Hee - I called Pete Wentz "Peter" in this review, I saw them again like two months later and he didn't come over for the tour and I didn't even notice. God bless the days I had no idea who Pete Wentz was...and din't see pictures of his penis. MEST IS FREAKIN AWESOME AND SO IS FALL OUT BOY. Mest I love the live show it sounds so great. Fall Out Boy I cant wait to see you live someday. Love yah all. Hey guys. I started a myspace group for the god awfuls. Feel free to join! I'm friends with their manager so I will have all the latest info. -Carla mest is terrible. thats all there is to it. why anyone would think this band's music is worth recording, let alone listening to, is beyond me. they make the most simple boring unintelligent "punk" music i ever heard. fuck em. score multiplied by 10 is for Forty What the hell are the God Awfuls doing on this Tour with Mest. I travelled to London to watch the God Awfuls (around 300 mile) and felt like i had gone to a Busted gig. it was like a youth club nite. If i had took a load of soda and chips (god bless em') i could have made a fortune selling them in the line for the gig. Seriously though, thanks to the God Awfuls for saving an otherwise sell out night. This score is for Pop-punk. i saw mest in manchester. they were good. and i liked it. This review is better if you picture it being read by Scrooge McDuck. 8th rate would imply that one was somehow better than the other. I prefer to believe they both suck equally. You rip on people for liking Good Charlotte, but you say you marginally enjoyed Mest, a 8th rate Good Charlotte? yea fuck scene points, i like gc's first album and saw them at a local small club in pittsburgh, laga, a few times before they really hit. hell i saw them w/ fenix tx and they had third billing at that time, nfg was more popular at that time as was fenix tx. gc shows were fun before they blew the fuck up and the guys are a hell of a lot nicer than some much smaller bands. but mest are dicks, tony's ego is huge. Shiiiiiiiit. where do I start...OK, I didn't like the Godawfuls, sorry but I just thought they were derivative. I do like straight up punk rock, Clash Dead Kennedy's are fucking awesome bands but I've heard that shit before and I don't need to hear it again. BSD: this score is for me not having genital warts after having sex with a prostitute The British scene (or what I've gathered of it from a month's stay in London): "You'd think people would learn that a concert full of girls is a one way ticket to preteen poonanny." this score is for john feldman and goldfiner for taking a flying leap off the ska bandwagon and taking a flying leap onto producing shitty bands and playing emo/pop punk. you used the arrogant alternative for 'line' and said queue. i stopped reading after that you pretentious british feces collector! score is for the singer of the fall out boy losing his voice I like the God Awfuls and hate the other bands. You'd think people would learn that a concert full of girls is a one way ticket to preteen poonanny. I'm pretty sure I stopped reading when you said you skipped RBF/Goldfinger/Zebrahead for this. Honestly, what the fuck were you thinking ? horrible. mest wrote "what's the dillio?". they should never be mentioned on this site again. "so this guy was in a white power band i hear? oh wacky, well in canada we certainly don't have different entrances, and i've been searched by both sexes at shows and yes, tony was in a white power band, theres a link to the story in the posts of their review for their new album. hmmm mr. reviewer, actually mest are snobs. i remember meeting tony a few years ago when they opened for gc on a club tour and he barely payed attention to me talking to him. and all they care about is getting laid so their banter makes sense. It's one year ago. You're Tony Lovato. You front the Maverick punk band Mest. Your girlfriend just broke up with you. You think: this score is for the Mest cd review on this site I was watching a video interview of the Lawrence Arms and they were talking about Chicago bands, and Mest came up, and Brendan and Chris were talking about them. Then their drummer came up and he was like "Mest? Wasn't that guy in some white power band?" and Brenden was like "Shhh! Dude, we don't talk about that." "They were playing totally pedestrian, straight up political punk rock, which is fine if you like that sort of thing but I only like it when it's really well done." so this guy was in a white power band i hear? scores for mest and the fact that you enjoyed their set. you fucking poser. Doesn't the first band pretty much sum up the rest of the show? Good review. Maybe they each go in seperate doors for security reasons, since they probably need a chick checking chicks and guys checking guys, like most do in the States. girls and guys go in seperately? i didnt know glasgow was riyadh/stuck in previous centuries. |
