Sorry for the delay.... here is what i took away from bamboozle...
I woke up early on Sunday because we played early in the day. I got up around noonish and i think we ended up playing around 1:45. As far as our show goes... I think we played pretty well... we had a few technical difficulties but our amazing crew sorted things out quickly and got us geared up for the show. The kids that were there were rowdy. It was hard to tell how many of the kids there had actually heard of us, and how many were just there waiting for the next band. The crowd was large though, and i saw several people singing to the non "singles." We did the show and it was cool... Thanks to everyone who watched us there. After the show, dave, hoopes, and i went to do an interview with purevolume.com while matt and john did stevens untitled rock show... I didnt get a chance to check out too many shows, but i will gladly give my two cents on the ones i did catch. First off, i did catch the Yellowcard show. I have a different view of yellowcard than most people do, because i never heard their first record until after the second record came out.... I had only heard the single. So with that in mind, i like the second record a lot better than the first one, so when they played a lot of tunes off of the sophmore disc, it was really cool. i saw them not too long ago in LA at a headline show, and they were great. They did just as well at bamboozle... the band sounded well rehearsed and dude sang right on pitch, and their energy was great. Very cool show. Thrice was another show that i saw for a few tunes. They sounded really good too. No real criticisms as far as performance goes... cool set. After that I got some dinner and headed to the bus just as RJA was finishing up... i did catch some of the taking back sunday set... i dont know if they would consider this a hometown show or not, but it was close enough that it seemed like they were partying with their homeys all day, because they seemed well partied by the time they took the stage.... its always hard to judge a band on a festival performance, but if i had to judge them solely on thie show, i would give them a "ish dont think so.... " ill try to check them out on a normal show before i count them out for the live show. As for the headliners of the night.... I watched the entire Wierd Al show, and it was AMAZING... talk about an experiece... i would love to see this show on a tour with full production, becuase at the festival level, he was great. his band was awesome, and his costumes and songs were right on... The "Al TV" commentary between songs was priceless... i definitely recommend this show! Linkin Park closed out the night.... Dont hate me, but i am a fan of this band.... they have been upgraded from guilty pleasure to fav.... Their live show was super spot on, and the production was out of control... Chester and Mike got the crowd super involved, and it was cool to see kids from all walks singing along to EVERY word of EVERY song they played... Thats all i have for now... sorry it was legnthy, and i am not going back to check for typos because it was so long, so please forgive me.... thanks for reading and stay tuned.... see youz.
js
