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| The Sainte Catherines / No Triggerlive in New York2006 live show  Review by: GreatStoryOfApathy See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on April 14th 2006
Why do people care so much when a band signs to a major label? As more and more bands make the jump, more and more people are offended. Well, at this show, I think I found the answer. Not only for that question, but also why some people don't care at all. For once it felt like the bands needed me, more than I needed them.
Their set ended and I got another set list and we apologized again. We got the same response. Set list: (I guess I don't know enough about their songs / song titles because some of the songs listed are unknown to me. However, I only didn't know one or two songs when they played.)
Basically, I wrote this review to talk about two great bands. But also to show that being in a band is rough at times. If No Trigger or the Sainte Catherines were to sign to a major label tomorrow I would have mixed emotions. I'd be happy because they will never have to face this type of thing again, but mad because the band that needed me will suddenly not. It's like having a best friend who suddenly becomes popular and makes lots of new friends. You consequently become disposable even though you were always there. To close this review, I want to ask a favor. The last thing the guitarist of No Trigger said to me was “spread the word.” So go out, buy No Trigger's Canyoneer, the Sainte Catherines' Dancing for Decadence, and when they come to your town, be ready. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
Good review, crowds are funky, what the hell. No Trigger is such a hard working and professional band. This band has a star overhead. Be ready....you bet your ass be ready. nevermind. this was the same day as the show i booked with the flaming tsunamis, btmi!, dgw, stackers, etc. about 80 kids showed up. that surprised me a bit, but only hearing that about 15 kids showed up for a band on fatwreck is even more surprising. what day was this show? This is probably the best review I've read yet. Unlike most of them (including mine) it isn't just a cursory "this record is good" or "the show was fun", but rather a piece with actual emotional depth and a real story to tell. It really, for me, at least, humanized the whole "selling out sucks!" mentality that I pointlessly throw around quite a bit. It gives an actual face, not just to the bands, but to their "true" fans. Very, very good. Punk isn't just Warped Tour crap (even if these bands do end up on the Tour), it still has some emotional core to it. me and some friends drove down to gainesville for this show, the sainte catherines were soo good, except for the little amp blowing up issue, they were soo good and really energetic thier new lp is definitely in my top of 2006, the new mexican disaster squad were also on fire, their new songs were amazing. definitely a top of 2006 as well,no trigger were excellent as well too bad people prefer drinking beers and didnt get to into them. Definitely is! love that book! pretty good review. saw no trigger for the first time in march with marathon, and they were really good live, as i'd expected. i hope they come back through soon. guy under me, is your username a reference to diary? I saw them up in Jersey at Club Deep (both bands) and it was the saaame exact scenario. Almost all of the 40 people left after the opening bands and my girlfriend and I were the only ones left singing along w/ the merch guys! What was even more freaky was that the singer of the Sainte Catherines even said the same line about wanting to fuck the opening bands (eh, must be a joke he repeats every show, lol) I took a bunch of pictures and some videos too since their wasn't any1 there to make the camera shakey. You should check em at at my site since it was basically the same show Bad guess on my part, you're right. Note to the reviewer: its not "lets start a circle pit" the line is "Its fucking tough within this Arctic Circle pit" "While i do agree, you're all forgetting something. Great show, all the bands gave it their all and there was a pretty solid turnout in Pittsburgh. Well obviously if they are playing in the Tap Bar they aren't going to draw a huge crowd. But going into the show I was hoping for MAYBE 20-30 people. I didn't expect 500 at all, but I did expect much more than what I got. While i do agree, you're all forgetting something. Evildeadalive- Whoever made the comment about A Wilhelm Scream brought up a good point. I actually said the same thing after the show. However, No Trigger was not the headliner and TSC was. TSC have, I believe, 2 or 3 full lengths which is a legit amount to be headlining a tour. I would have loved to have been at this show. Two of my favourite new (to me anyways..) bands. 3 years from this, when these bands are playing huge ass shows (relatively speaking, this is punk rock after all...) you will be able to say I saw these guys back in '06 with like 10 other people. I can say that about a lot of bands (as I'm sure almost all of us can...), and I look back at those as some of the best shows I've ever seen. Final example in conjunction with my comment below: a year ago I booked This Is Hell to headline a show, and a little less than 30 people came. I'm almost positive considering their current label, I would get a ton more people if I were to book them again now. A year makes a difference. I'm betting a year from now, No Trigger will have a ton of fans who kicked themselves that they were not at this show. I was at this show too (I'm one of the friends the reviewer was talking about) and I can assure you... like Brian InAGreendase below, I knew about 5 people who wanted to go but could not get off work. Also, think of this: a co-headlining tour by two bands whom have not yet gained a broad fanbase. Plus, it happened to be pouring rain this day too. There were many reasons why shows like these attract next to no people that have nothing to do with bands playing "crappy, boring music". If that were the case and people did not go see bands that play "crappy, boring music", Taking Back Sunday would not be selling out crowds. I saw these two bands put on excellent performances in Gainesville but No Trigger played first and the Ste. Catherines played second and some of the crowd missed them seeing as how most people in that town arrive late and pay as much attention to their drinking as the bands. and i forget to mention i saw the lawrence arms open for tsunami bomb about 5 months later in richmond. about 13 people were into their set, and i brought six of them to the show. anyways they were amazing and brendan was cool enought to chat for about awhile before the show. and sean nader is a drunk. i saw the lawrence arms, bayside, and the cardinal sin in bmore about 3 years ago and about 30 people were there and about 15 gave a shit, still one of the best lawrence arms sets ive ever seen, they played every song off greatest story except like 2 i believe Here's my take. Was there hype for No Trigger? Oh hell yea. I think they should have done way more supporting shows like A Wilhelm Scream. I mean, AWS has done one headlining tour, the rest all supporting. Now that they have the fanbase they're going to do another headlining tour. I think maybe No Trigger should have done something similar. Even thought they're on Nitro, they just don't have the fanbase yet. No, that's just boring crappy music with marketing behind it. Actually it seems the more boring and crappy the music is, the more fans it gets. Look around and tell me that's not true. And if all your favorite bands have huge crowds every night, then you're probably one of those morons that goes out and buys bullshit like The Blood Brothers and Brand New and thinks it's punk rock. Maybe the reason no-one went to see these bands is because they play crappy, boring music. I saw them in Jacksonville the other night, and it was the same thing, just me and a couple other kids singing along. There were a lot more kids there to see the 2nd opening band then for every other band. It was so bad that like 1/3 of the people up front were members of the other bands watching. Nonetheless it was a great show. Go see them if you get a chance. i remember reading an interview with Cedric from ATDI/Mars Volta talking about the first tiem ATDi played in NYC. they played the continental and there were like 3 people there. from what i've seen online of their live show that had to be a strange thing to see. i found out about this show like 20 minutes after it had ended, i talked to the no trigger guys when they were loading shit into the van and they seemed really nice. i wish the show i was at before this ended sooner so i coulda cought some of this I'm seeing this tonight in Pittsburgh. 2 great bands. Too intellectual and fresh for kids these days though. When myspace or MTV tells them No Trigger is cool, then they will listen to them. Great show review and you really hit the nail on the head. I've been to way too many shows where I was one of the few people who actually bothered to stand and watch the band and get into their set. And this was in a backyard show. If people can't get into a show that's in their own backyards then they never will. Person below, you missed the point. I was speaking hypothetically because I remember hearing a lot of people saying when Against Me! signed to a major that "they had seen them in basements with 5 people etc." So I decided to throw in the part about major labels because the show made me sympathize with bands who make the jump. So which one of these bands signed to a major? Can anyone help me out with the songs in the Sainte Catherines set list I didn't know? It's really bothering me. Saw them both in Jacksonville with NMDS, and Crime in Stereo. Score is for the new NMDS. I got hold of Canyoneer the other day - suprised me, pretty good lp. I have the same problem. If your ever at a show in Toronto, or the surrounding area the only thing kids respond to are songs with 3 minute breakdowns... its sad. i saw ignite a few weeks ago, there was about 15 kids really into them, out of i'm guessing 300. It was a pretty good. Like seeing 2 awesome bands for 4 bucks apiece. No Trigger, to me, was the highlight of the show. They really had an awesome live stage presence where lead singer Tom tried very hard to interact with an otherwise dead crowd of 25-30 people. I'm not knocking the Sainte Catherines because they were also pretty tight on their set. However, by the time this Montreal band took stage, the crowd diminished to about 15-20 kids. I had a similar experience last summer with the Lawrence Arms. Yes, that's right. The fucking Lawrence Arms. There were maybe 6 people at most that knew the words to the songs and were into them. God, I hate where I live... damn, i wanted to go to this so badly. I did really want to go to this, too, but couldn't wiggle out of work. I would've been NT's one big dumb fanboy there too. |
