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They waited about 45 minutes after listed door time to actually open the doors. This sucked hot donkey balls because I really had to go to the bathroom. I could feel the pee enter my lungs like I was drowning. I tried going to Dunkin Donuts, but they lock their bathroom at 6. I finally did get in the door, almost knocking someone over on my way to the bathroom, but I was eventually able to relieve myself.
The Blue Bloods opened the show with a song that was god, but went on for a bit too long. The crowd was relatively small at first, but more people showed up as their set went on. They play a style of Boston street punk that seems to be making a comeback recently (good!). They were pretty good, full of both anger and melody, but the sound took away from the vocals. These guys are worth checking out, especially their cover of "Glue" by SSD.
Goat Island used to be called Never, which I think was a much better name, but what do I know. Their style has changed a lot since the one time I saw them, morphing from a melodic hardcore band to a slow, melodic stoner rock hardcore band that found a riff they like and played it for about five minutes. They weren't bad, but the songs all lost something when the vocals chimed in, which I found odd because their signer had a good voice. They are at their best when they lay down a heavy groove and stick to it. Their red lighting and smoke machine added a cool effect to their live show.
I guess Colin of Arabia showed up and played instead of Outbreak. I was kind of bummed that a fifth band was playing because I was hoping that the show would end early. Colin of Arabia sounded a lot better than the only time I saw them over a year ago, but they were still pretty sloppy. They sometimes have good parts, but it seems like everybody is doing their own thing most of the time and not caring if it fits with what the other guys are doing. There are times when they sound like a mess (which was the majority of their set), but I do hear some promise, which wasn't present a year ago.
Weerd Science had a funny sound check. The singer kept checking the vocals over the musch by repeatedly saying "check." It reminded me of the Dave Chappelle skit with the rapper who's songs consisted of him telling the engineer to turn his headphones up because he couldn't hear out of one ear. This, unlike the skit, got annoying real quick.
I liked their honesty in saying that people won't like them, because they're not that great. I think this was the first time I saw a rap group onstage, and it was pretty odd seeing guys run around the stage without instruments. I'm not a huge fan of rap, so I spent the majority of their set playing Bejeweled with Sarah.
Weerd Science's set completely wiped me out, making me want to leave before Bane took the stage. I knew that doing that would be a stupid move on my part, so I stayed, fighting sleep. They finally did take the stage and sounded really good, but I could feel the tiredness in my body explode. I kept wanting to leave, but Bane would play a song that I love, forcing me to listen to it. I finally left during one of their songs that I wasn't all that crazy about. Bane had a lot of energy, but I didn't.
The ride home was scary. I ate some donuts in hopes that the sugar would keep me awake just long enough to lay my head on my pillow. The sugar seemed to run out when I still had about 15 minutes of driving left, but I pressed on, flipping through the radio stations and listening to Sean Hannity ask people on the street what a filibuster is (his point was that the American public doesn't really know what it is, but he didn't take the time to explain it because he's a fucking asshole). I finally did make it home, and woke up the next day upset with myself for being ready to fall asleep at midnight.
Written by: RF