Thread: Concerts Of 2k12 Thread

Originally Posted by ucsdguy1

strung out is an enigma. Those two albums pretty much typify the fat wreck meets a tinge of hardcore/metal solos, but more on the "epi-fat" side. Twisted By Design was a "holy crap, this is a fat wreck chord band who can really play and wants to rock the **** out" type album. Too Close to See is such a good album (and show) opener.
A few albums later saw them try to go a bit more on the metal side, but without losing the streamline melodies jason cruz always maintains. They seemed to have gone back to the old style on the most recent album, but those two are still by far and away my favorite.

how was mxpx

haha, ya, the friend i went to see mxpx with was telling me that twisted and suburban are the only 2 strung out albums worth listening to. he sounded stoked about the tour when i mentioned it though.
the mxpx show was alright. they had an extra guitarist with them, which was kind of weird since i've always just seen them as a trio. they played a really drawn out chick magnet, which was meh... for serious, i walked across the venue, took a wizz, bought a drink and walked back to my friends and it still wasn't over by the time i got back. then they closed with responsibility before mike came on to do a solo set of 3 songs. honestly, the solo set kind of blew. it was just boring. nothing like that acoustic set with kris roe, which i did like. then they came back and played another song or two and that was it so that's also what was kind of weird about the solo intermission. this was probably one of the longest sets i or anyone else in my group have seen mxpx play before though and most of the show was good, actually. oh ya, he called benji madden from good charlotte up to guest on a song and that was also one of the lower points. mostly because i don't care about good charlotte and benji talked too much. they also played a cover of the clash's "should i stay or should i go" which was boner kill. i absolutely love the clash but that's probably one of my least favorites and i know mxpx has better covers.
oh and they showed a mini movie on a big projector screen before their set that was of them reflecting upon the past 20 years and that was pretty nice.
there was a guy who probably only looked about 5 yrs older than me with his two kids there. one of them was a 13-15 yr old girl and a 10-12 yr old boy. that was awesome! and the dad was singing along to all the mxpx songs. haha. i wanna be that parent...

set your goals was surprisingly good live. i went in with low expectations. they do have a weird stage presence though because one of the vocalists is big and pudgy and the other is really tiny and scrawny, haha. neither of them play an instrument so there's all these people on stage, too. i liked them though.

i can't remember much more, the only thing i had for dinner was beer and whiskey...

thankfully, we managed to miss mest and rufio. it was totally funny, some guy near us asked if mest had already played and we were all like "ya... i think mxpx is next BUT we just got here like a half hour ago so..." he looked so bummed, HAHA. then when mxpx was asking the crowd to give it up for mest and everyone in my group was like "blegh!", the guy near us looked so disappointed, he had to leave our presence, HAHAHAHA. who knew there were big time mest fans out there? lulz.

lastly, big time concert no no = wearing a concert tee of the band you are currently seeing. i saw too many people acting like n00bs at this show, ha.