Concert Blog: Part2

Lets recap
Snow storm so no school Thursday and Friday.
Watched Advent Children and smashed out a lot of Melee at Jon's.
Warm up concert on Saturday but was bummed out cause Meg&Dia and Jonezetta couldn't drive their little ass vans through the snow. Still a really good show.
Bayside held it down. Bands I don't like listening to always impress me live.
Anberlin was amazing. Stephen has an awesome live voice.
Watched Advent Children again with Andy and crew after some Applebees. Applebees ran out of boneless buffalo wings that night. They fucked us.

Big day Sunday.
Went to Old Country Buffet with the gang for a good ass 1 o'clock breakfast.
Went back to Jon's house and cranked out some more Melee. Still sharp as ever. Watched the Sephiroth fight to inspire me again.
Got to the Myth and waited in line. People were amused with our Geek Squad shirts. Weather got colder as the sun went down.
Got into to Myth and was amazed at how nice it was. Bathrooms are bomb too. Walked down the stairs to get to the floor. Examined the Myth. Got a mean case of the bubble belly waiting for Armor for Sleep. Pre-rush started way to early and everyone was cramped for an unnecessary 10 minutes. Armor for Sleep came on and ROCKED the whole world. Amazing set. Was confused about why people didn't take a step back during the intermission because it was very cramped. Turned out okay because I met a amazingly beautiful lass. Small talk is stupid, don't do it. She was very funny. Underoath came on and the crowds motion took her away. I was sad, but couldn't be to sad because Underoath, the greatest band ever, was playing. Rock hard. Amazing how much energy Underoath plays with. Greatest show in the world. Went through the craziest most supernatural experience in my life.

This is where I will pick up.
If you haven't seen Underoath live yet, and you are into the same music scene as I am, PLEASE go see them. PLEASE! You owe it to me, to them and to yourself. Simply the most overwhelming thing you will ever experience. It honestly felt like they played for only 15 minutes, but they must have been out there for like 40. To put out that type of energy for 40 minutes, I think they must be possessed. Every single one of them and no exceptions. I don't understand how Chris (Keyboards) can keep his focus on the keys when he is jumping around the way he does. Tim, James and Grant (Guitar, Guitar, Bass, respectively) are amazing for being able to head bang and throw their bodies and guitars around the way they do and produce the intense sound that they always do. Spencer (singer) and Aaron (drums/vocals) are in a league of their own. Spencer is able to go from one side of the stage to the other jumping around, screaming at the top of his lungs and is still able to pump out focused notes. Aaron is the most intense drummer I have ever seen and plays to the crowd so amazingly. On top of that he does a lot of the singing. I don't understand how Aaron's drum set makes it through half the set because he hits his pieces so hard. I wonder how many sticks he goes through. The way Aaron sets up explosive parts in their songs is just how I envisioned it happening. I wish I could explain everything but can't. I can't wait til Warped Tour so I can see these guys again.
Underoath crowds always make it tough to keep your footing and breath since they are moving so much. During last years Warped performance I was tempted to leave the crowd because I didn't think I would make it, but I gutted it out and I am glad I did. This time around Jon wanted to leave and I made him stay for one more song before we left. I got to watch them from the back of the venue and it was still incredible. While in the crowd I kept looking to see if I would bump into the girl again but never did. Oh well. And while in the crowd something happened to me that I could never begin to explain, even though I tried to in my last blog. I was thinking about it and maybe I was hallucinating. There is smoking in the building and maybe I inhaled something prior to Underoath that tripped me out. I don't take any type of drugs for anything so my tolerance for a foreign chemical would probably be low (More on drugs and Western medicine in a later blog). I plan on doing some research on meditation and supernatural events over my spring break. I also want to learn how to speak Japanese and play the piano. Maybe I will start those projects over spring break too. Along with music. I wish there was someone I could talk my experience over with.
During the break between Underoath and Taking Back Sunday Jon and I went to the bathroom to get a drink and ran into Nick. We walked around for a while and drank a lot of water and stepped onto the floor to get our spots for Taking Back Sunday. Oh, while leaving Underoath, Jon and I made a quick circle pit stop. This guy from the other side just drills Jon so Jon charged up and got him back. Blasted the Mo Fo. Anyways, Taking Back Sunday. We were planning on maybe staying in the middle of the crowed for TBS but that plan quickly faded. We just naturally keep progressing up and up. While we were jumping around this guy in front of my turns around and it just happened to be Dean. I was pretty much shocked because I just figured I won't be seeing anyone but Jon the whole concert. TBS played a lot of their old songs from even before the Fred era. It was pretty neat. I was disappointed that they didn't play Photograph is Proof and I thought there was a chance for New American Classic to be played. By the end of the TBS set I was elbow length away and 3 smashed rows from the fence. Its pretty amazing that you can fit the body's in such a small space. It was probably the closest I have ever been to the stage if you don't count those little Warped Tour sets. Dean and Jon got a little fatigued but they managed to stay a few rows behind me. TBS finishes but they are the headliners and of course have to play an encore set. Adam comes out with an acoustic and an harmonica and strings out some tunes then is reunited with his band. Their encore was pretty long, but no one is complaining. Overall, the best concert I have ever been to. During the TBS set these two annoying kids were trying to request a song by singing at the top of their lungs and it got very fucking annoying. All the people around us were annoyed and if Adam actually heard them, he would'a been annoyed too. They have their songs already picked out you dummies! The show ends and the crowd begins to disappear. The floor was littered with shoes (Slip ons and flats haha) and random articles of clothing (Lots of bras). Dean, Jon and I caught our breath and tied our shoes before we started to look for the others. When we finished I had to give my two bros a pat on the back because I couldn't have scripted a better ending to the greatest show ever. The original gangsters fight through and in the end are left standing together. Glad I could share the experience with those two. We head towards the back and run into the rest of the guys. Mitch got a new TBS waffle shirt which is really nice and Nick got himself an awesome Underoath Tee. Mitch and Peter are completely dry which was nice for when we go outside. This is the first time I saw those two since the pre-rush. Nick hung in there with us for most part but now had a ripped up Geek Squad shirt and was pretty wet. Dean, Jon and I barter with the bartender and managed to snag a free cup to use in the bathroom. Leave into the cold night, got to the car and changed into my dry cloths (brilliant idea I thought of after Anberlin, I will do this for the rest of my winter concert days). Got home, showered, got ready to finish some homework and sleep at Dean's place. Leah got home shortly after I did and shared her backstage stories. Her connections got her back stage so she got to chill with Armor for Sleep and a couple of TBS members. She said they were all awesome, of course she would say that though. Oh! After Taking Back Sunday finished Dean showed us how he pissed his damn pants. Taking Back Sunday was so amazing Dean pissed his pants and I don't blame him. Good work.
I wish Sunday night didn't have to end. What could possibly follow up such an amazing night? Definitely not revising a Rock paper (at least it dealt with music though). But what do you do the next couple of weekends to make them not seem so empty. At least 300 opens up this weekend and I'm thinking after I see that I will have a lot of things on my mind I will want to talk about. And of course there is always Melee, and lately I've been clicking and I was to polish that skill so I can tap into at will. So this weekend doesn't look to bad and after the weekend my spring break kicks in. I have a lot of things planed so I shouldn't be bored either. But still, it was such an amazing night and I was I could go back. Its like longing for your youth, knowing you can't ever have it again. Oh well, at least Warped Tour is coming up.
Thank you to everyone that was there for being part of such an amazing night. I don't think I will forget it any time soon. Thank you to all the bands too.