I want your salvation
Dehydrated, beat-up and bedraggled was a good answer to the question 'How are you?' last night after attending my first Rancid concert in almost three years. But every bit of the pain is worth it.
My roommate and I took off from Columbia right after work at 5, and made good time to stl, landing at Mississippi Nights before doors even opened (which was a little after 7). The line outside Miss. Nights was packed and upon seeing the building my roommate commented, "man, with all these people the building might collapse." I responded: "Well, better to die seeing Rancid than Great White at least, right?" He concurred and we walked into the venue.
The show began at a little after 8, or maybe right at 8, I'm not sure; I had left my cell phone in the car and no longer wear a watch (my last one was exploded while seeing Dropkick Murphys about 3 years ago).
The first band, named Ultraman (I believe), didn't have much going for it ... they didn't control the stage well and lacked any kind of connection with the fans in the audience.
The second band, The Unseen, is a great hardcore band I saw once before. They played a pretty decent set, but I didn't know most of the songs because I only own their first album. I had a few drinks by this point so I hit the pit during "What are you gonna do?" and "Are we dead Yet?" two of their pretty well-known songs. After this, I was dead. I felt sick to my stomach and on the verge of heat exhaustion because it was so hot in the club. So I ran back to the bar and immediately began drinking glass after glass of ice water, intermittantly going to the bathroom and dunking my head in the sink. Luckily, it paid off and by the time the lights went off for Rancid to start playing, I was back to the land of the living.
While I have to admit I haven't been as big of a Rancid fan since Indestructible came out and Tim formed Transplants, the set they played was amazing. Starting with Roots Radicals, the band blazed through roughly 20 songs which included Hooligans, Gunshot, Rigged on a Fix, Reconciliation and several Operation Ivy songs: Soundsytem, Junkie's Runnin' dry and Knowledge.
The encore was good, with the band slowing the pace and playing a few accoustic songs, which I gather they do most shows, and then ending with, what else, Radio. The band was even accompanied by Davey Havok of the now-horrible AFI for the song, but Havok did a good job with the guest vocals.
I made it into the pit after about 5 songs, and hung around the periphery most of the set, stopping to get drinks as the situation necessitated.
Luckily for my roommate and I, our ears weren't ringing when we hit the streets after the show. Drenched in our and other people's sweat and sore, we loaded back into his car and headed to his parents' place to shower. We then met up with his fiance and my cousin, which is the start of another story I will divulge later.
until next time...
(paul)
My roommate and I took off from Columbia right after work at 5, and made good time to stl, landing at Mississippi Nights before doors even opened (which was a little after 7). The line outside Miss. Nights was packed and upon seeing the building my roommate commented, "man, with all these people the building might collapse." I responded: "Well, better to die seeing Rancid than Great White at least, right?" He concurred and we walked into the venue.
The show began at a little after 8, or maybe right at 8, I'm not sure; I had left my cell phone in the car and no longer wear a watch (my last one was exploded while seeing Dropkick Murphys about 3 years ago).
The first band, named Ultraman (I believe), didn't have much going for it ... they didn't control the stage well and lacked any kind of connection with the fans in the audience.
The second band, The Unseen, is a great hardcore band I saw once before. They played a pretty decent set, but I didn't know most of the songs because I only own their first album. I had a few drinks by this point so I hit the pit during "What are you gonna do?" and "Are we dead Yet?" two of their pretty well-known songs. After this, I was dead. I felt sick to my stomach and on the verge of heat exhaustion because it was so hot in the club. So I ran back to the bar and immediately began drinking glass after glass of ice water, intermittantly going to the bathroom and dunking my head in the sink. Luckily, it paid off and by the time the lights went off for Rancid to start playing, I was back to the land of the living.
While I have to admit I haven't been as big of a Rancid fan since Indestructible came out and Tim formed Transplants, the set they played was amazing. Starting with Roots Radicals, the band blazed through roughly 20 songs which included Hooligans, Gunshot, Rigged on a Fix, Reconciliation and several Operation Ivy songs: Soundsytem, Junkie's Runnin' dry and Knowledge.
The encore was good, with the band slowing the pace and playing a few accoustic songs, which I gather they do most shows, and then ending with, what else, Radio. The band was even accompanied by Davey Havok of the now-horrible AFI for the song, but Havok did a good job with the guest vocals.
I made it into the pit after about 5 songs, and hung around the periphery most of the set, stopping to get drinks as the situation necessitated.
Luckily for my roommate and I, our ears weren't ringing when we hit the streets after the show. Drenched in our and other people's sweat and sore, we loaded back into his car and headed to his parents' place to shower. We then met up with his fiance and my cousin, which is the start of another story I will divulge later.
until next time...
(paul)
posted by Monique Mendoza at 7/30/2006 04:39:00 PM
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