Sunday 12 pm doors
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integrity
converge
guns up!
trash talk
death before dishonor
the wrongside
coa
bracewar
the carrier
the mongoloids
foundation
wrecking crew
title fight
the banner
fireworks
born from pain
free spirit
bad seed
rotting out
powertrip
free spirit: awesome energy to start out the show with. Lots of kids knew their words. Plus the floor, minutes after doors was full and moving.
rotting out: minor threat sounding hardcore, sign me up. This my be my new favorite band of the fest. Even more people and a core of dudes singing along in the front.
post by the_reverend at Sep 20,2009 2:52pm edited Sep 20,2009 3:50pm
fireworks: i would probably dig them a lot more if i knew their songs. Feels like i have seen them a bunch of times.
title fight: members of badseed. For a band that idk, the response was ridiculous. Similar set up on stage as fys, but this was on the other stage so no barricade. The sound dudes guarded their monitors like they were gold. Lots of stage diving too.
wrecking crew: im sure there are people in the audience that were born after wrecking crew broke up. The crowd might not even know these guys as a band they are suppose to put on their fb/ms and say they like though they have never heard them before. If they arent on your fb/ms and you front like you like hardcore this month, race home and add them. Even their negative approach cover only won over a few people.
powertrip: late 80's thrash mixed with hardcore. This lead the band with sweet riffs and songs about nukes. The singer looks just like what i remember the singer of no warning. He also had on a magical shirt that was red until i took a pic of it and then it turned black.
banner, the: no misfits cover, but it is good to see them playing in front of a hardcore crowd again. It was also hilarious watch the singer fumble and fail with the confoundingly simple mic chord knot around his foot. A failure like that is how someone ends up being dragged by horses or going down with the anchor in the movies.
foundation: their set was wicked powerful. Very glad to see them on the stage with out the barricade.
mongoloids, the: im always unsure of anyone in the band other than the singer. Still, they are always well received. The singer ended up enveloped by the crowd. Will have to look for him in the pictures.
bracewar: i think this is my first time seeing them. They are amazing. The crowd was singing along to every thing. Even though they were fairly powerviolencey.
carrier, the: just like they always are. The set was nothing short of epic. the kind of set that someone would lose a tooth in the front row and all the next day not even mention the tooth, but mention that they saw the carrier no fewer than 20 times.
the wrongside: those guys are a mixture of dudes from all the other bands... They are like the hirudinea-brothers of power violence. Why does the singer carry that broken, wrapped up hockey stick.
coa: 15 minutes, how many pictures? Still one of my favorite bands ever. They dragged on time the beginning but then killed it per usual. Im always excited to see these guys.
guns up!: this is the set that they should have played at the ICC. I would definitely now say that the guns are back. Sounded excellent and the crowd was extremely into it.
death before dishonor: so many people singing along so hard. They played only a couple new songs, but it was a great set. What else would you expect from them.
trash talk: how much punishment can one band take. Their set was the musical embodiment of a stagedive. At many points, i feared my face would get ruined. The drummer is a monster.
converge was m'eh. they played too short and a lot of new stuff which isnt a bad thing, but people just stood around. they has a 45 minute set list too. one of the new songs is a throwback to caring and killing.
People standing around for converge? That's surprising to say the least. I guess that the kids these days just don't view them as hardcore. Did they play saddest day or any other old songs?
that was the first time I was ever disappointed with a Converge set, not because they were bad, but they only played 2 songs pre-No Heroes, and no songs pre-Jane Doe
integrity's second song was rise. they could have turned around after finishing that song and said good night and I would have been pleased as punch.
No way. They played Vocal Test, Hollow, Systems overload, Abraxas Annihilation, Micha- Those who Fear tomorrow, In Contrast of sin, and To Die For. That's just off the top of my head. So good. I wish they had played for an hour.
integrity was fucking amazing. sucks i missed wrecking crew, i thought they would have played way later.
integrity also played sarin, diehard, and psychological warfare. i don't remember hearing any "to die for" material. i wish they could have played longer.
thats not a joke either...dwid had an infant out of nowhere and started fuvking it...a little overboard? Yes, but who cares? They're pushing the envelope
Surprised there weren't special guests at all after they were so hyped.
Wrecking Crew I thought would have a huge reaction.
A lot of bands didn't get the reactions I thought they would (Converge, Wrecking Crew, Reach The Sky) and then vice versa (Backtrack, Rival Mob for example had great sets).
Fun fest for sure though.
THE GREAT AMERICAN HARDCORE FEST - DAY 3
FEATURING....
INTEGRITY
CONVERGE
BORN FROM PAIN
TRASH TALK
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
GUNS UP!
COLIN OF ARABIA
THE WRONG SIDE
THE CARRIER
BRACEWAR
THE MONGOLOIDS
FOUNDATION
WRECKING CREW
TITLE FIGHT
FIREWORKS
THE BANNER
POWERTRIP
BAD SEED
ROTTING OUT
FREE SPIRIT
