MCR report, milwaukee april 13
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maevele
Going to go ahead and do this long and blog the whole trip, not just the show.
Riding down to milwaukee with other fangirl killjoys was ridonk awesome. Discussions of Gerardic Metaphorism ensued, and there was much squeeing and me not being able to shut the fuck up. We passed other cars of killjoys, complete with masks and rayguns, and more squeeing occured. We got kinda lost, and I wound up calling Z all "um, so about milwaukee? if we passed such and such a road, did we go too far?" and he went "you went the wrong way" but we still had plenty of time, and got to see the chartruese 26" rim car with 26" all over it 2 times this way. Parked, got part way in the building, and our group started getting separated, but no big.
Went and got a drink with falter, hung out on the roof, and went down when the opening act started. falter is all "let's go" and heels and all just divebombs her way through the packed as shit crowd, pulling me through when I get stuck and gets us halfway to the front during the first act. The Architects, who I had never heard before, gave a nice opening set, and I liked the guy's voice a lot, as far as I could tell with the fucking shit ass acoustics in the rave. Seriously, shows at the rave need to be UNDER amplified because of the dome. but whatever. So my attention is split between "hey, this band is good, shows are exciting!" and "oh fuck, where is AIR? Where are my feet?" used the set break to get further up, and then neon trees started, and the press started getting more intense, and we were working our way further and further front and center. And the Trees were pretty awesome, and falter is hardcore but my "where is AIR" had progressed into "oh shit, panic. can't die in the pit before I see mcr. not gonna die. omg, GONNA DIE I have to get OUT" right around the end of their set. So I was like, okay, I'll lose my spot in order to not die. Told the people around me I was gonna puke, and they parted like the red sea.
found air. got water from the sinks, splashed a bunch on my head. Between the splash and the sweat, my purple rinse eventually became streaks down my face. Wandered the periphery for set break, saw some guys with a pro video camera at the backstage fence, they saw me see them and waved me over and asked if I wanted to say anything thanking the band for playing here. well, yeah, so I did, but I didn't think it through and was just like "FUUUUUCK YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME FUCKIN THANK YOU FUCKYEAH! KILLJOYS!!"
Thought about fighting back up front, but realized that if I stayed side stage I could get close enough to see well without being crushed to death, and that I could work my way up anytime. Went up to the roof for more AIR. OMG I've typed so many words without even getting to the mcr part. lol. So I'm on the roof smoking and cooling down, and Look alive sunshine comes through the roof speakers and the crowd starts roaring, so I fly down the stairs and head stage frankward. and got a pretty prime spot, really close to the front but far enough to the side that it wasn't crushing, where I had a clear shot of frankie and sorta see pedicone the whole time, and could watch gee by ducking my head the other way past the guy in front of me, and mikey came in and out of my direct line of sight throughout, with his bad ass self. I couldn' see ray for shit without craning like woah, so I watched frank a lot.
The performance itself was really great, the setlist is in the link at the bottom. Gee has this gesture that i was not aware of, where he like claws at the air, and he did it a ton of times and i was just like "?" They fucking rocked OUT on Destroya, which is kind of my favorite ever, and between the moanings, and fucking feeling that rhythm through my whole body live, uuuuuurrrrngh. I really really wanted a proper mosh pit, with elbows and room to move for Vampire Money and the damned cover that they did, but I didn't want to leave my good view in hopes of finding moshing. They did house of wolves and I almost lost my shit, I swear to god. UNF GEE. YOU BASTARD. Also, that thing with his pants and how much he enjoys singing? yeaaaaah. It was distinct during I'm Not Okay.
I really was thrilled with their choices of which new material to play, we got summertime and bulletproof heart (as the finale, complete with totally rock star tantrum guitar busting from frankie, omg, i only saw the end of it with him bashing the headstock of the mickey guitar to death) and both Planetary and Destroya, which are SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THEM DO omfg. And only hope, which I'm sometimes blah on, but they brought it home live.
Out of the older stuff, yeah, mostly the singles, but they gave us Hang em high and give em hell, Wolves, as I mentioned, and vampires will never hurt you, which with the more singles rounded the set out nice. Normally I expect bands to be less enthused by playing the songs that have been their biggest hits and they HAVE to play, but I didn't get that sense from them at all. They seemed to be enjoying the SHIT out of Mama and Teenagers in particular, but that could have just been me.
I am an insensitive shit, so didn't care that they played cancer, other than the fact that that seems one of the moments that the audience should STFU and let the singer be heard, but I am old fashioned.
I have a few other complaints about the audience. Don't come up to the front of the stage with your camera, hold it in my way, and then act like an ass when people bump into you. Also, if you can't handle being up front in the crush and the action, don't be there. Don't complain that people are crashing into you and it hurts. Especially if you are on the fucking barrier, protecting your friend by making an elbow cage. Move if it hurts. Don't act like I am slamming into you on purpose when the crowd smashes me into you. If I was slamming into you on purpose, you would know it when you fall down. These people being assholes, and tall people with wide hair standing in front of me not moving at all, distracted me from the pure enjoyment of the show, so you should all get blisters.
Falter stayed hardcore, every time I saw her she was further up in the crush than I was. IN HEELS. wereduck was just behind me a bit for most of my chem, and looking like she was rocking out having an awesome time too.
I've never been to a rock show with that kind of gender split. I was crushed in a huge crowd, but because it wasn't mostly guys like every pit or metal show I have ever been to, I was less concerned about groping, not going to lie. It was a very hands on scene though, with lots of grabbing on to people for support, and helping people through, and not being concerned if your hand was on someone's ass. I was practically feeling Falter up at a couple of points to try to keep from losing her in the crowd. At least a couple of times an exhausted girl behind me would just use my shoulders as an armrest and lean on me, and one chick used me to stabilize her camera.
Other little bits: At one point I did that annoying ululating high pitched xena yell thing, and some teenage girl behind me was all "shit, that's TIGHT" and a few minutes later was trying it out herself. heh.
Frank did that thing where he spits in the air and catches it. I was like "EEEEWWW AWEEESOME!"
Someone threw a wis flag on stage with "contamination tour" up on it, and gee wore it like a cape for the end of the set.
they exitted stage frank, so ray had to hobble with his broken foot all the way off and on and back off with the encore, but a roadie carried pedicone off, and he wasn't even injured (to my knowledge)
http://community.livejournal.com/mcr_unofficial/106451.html
awesome pics here http://www.therave.com/concert_picture_gallery.asp?view=event&id=4290
Riding down to milwaukee with other fangirl killjoys was ridonk awesome. Discussions of Gerardic Metaphorism ensued, and there was much squeeing and me not being able to shut the fuck up. We passed other cars of killjoys, complete with masks and rayguns, and more squeeing occured. We got kinda lost, and I wound up calling Z all "um, so about milwaukee? if we passed such and such a road, did we go too far?" and he went "you went the wrong way" but we still had plenty of time, and got to see the chartruese 26" rim car with 26" all over it 2 times this way. Parked, got part way in the building, and our group started getting separated, but no big.
Went and got a drink with falter, hung out on the roof, and went down when the opening act started. falter is all "let's go" and heels and all just divebombs her way through the packed as shit crowd, pulling me through when I get stuck and gets us halfway to the front during the first act. The Architects, who I had never heard before, gave a nice opening set, and I liked the guy's voice a lot, as far as I could tell with the fucking shit ass acoustics in the rave. Seriously, shows at the rave need to be UNDER amplified because of the dome. but whatever. So my attention is split between "hey, this band is good, shows are exciting!" and "oh fuck, where is AIR? Where are my feet?" used the set break to get further up, and then neon trees started, and the press started getting more intense, and we were working our way further and further front and center. And the Trees were pretty awesome, and falter is hardcore but my "where is AIR" had progressed into "oh shit, panic. can't die in the pit before I see mcr. not gonna die. omg, GONNA DIE I have to get OUT" right around the end of their set. So I was like, okay, I'll lose my spot in order to not die. Told the people around me I was gonna puke, and they parted like the red sea.
found air. got water from the sinks, splashed a bunch on my head. Between the splash and the sweat, my purple rinse eventually became streaks down my face. Wandered the periphery for set break, saw some guys with a pro video camera at the backstage fence, they saw me see them and waved me over and asked if I wanted to say anything thanking the band for playing here. well, yeah, so I did, but I didn't think it through and was just like "FUUUUUCK YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME FUCKIN THANK YOU FUCKYEAH! KILLJOYS!!"
Thought about fighting back up front, but realized that if I stayed side stage I could get close enough to see well without being crushed to death, and that I could work my way up anytime. Went up to the roof for more AIR. OMG I've typed so many words without even getting to the mcr part. lol. So I'm on the roof smoking and cooling down, and Look alive sunshine comes through the roof speakers and the crowd starts roaring, so I fly down the stairs and head stage frankward. and got a pretty prime spot, really close to the front but far enough to the side that it wasn't crushing, where I had a clear shot of frankie and sorta see pedicone the whole time, and could watch gee by ducking my head the other way past the guy in front of me, and mikey came in and out of my direct line of sight throughout, with his bad ass self. I couldn' see ray for shit without craning like woah, so I watched frank a lot.
The performance itself was really great, the setlist is in the link at the bottom. Gee has this gesture that i was not aware of, where he like claws at the air, and he did it a ton of times and i was just like "?" They fucking rocked OUT on Destroya, which is kind of my favorite ever, and between the moanings, and fucking feeling that rhythm through my whole body live, uuuuuurrrrngh. I really really wanted a proper mosh pit, with elbows and room to move for Vampire Money and the damned cover that they did, but I didn't want to leave my good view in hopes of finding moshing. They did house of wolves and I almost lost my shit, I swear to god. UNF GEE. YOU BASTARD. Also, that thing with his pants and how much he enjoys singing? yeaaaaah. It was distinct during I'm Not Okay.
I really was thrilled with their choices of which new material to play, we got summertime and bulletproof heart (as the finale, complete with totally rock star tantrum guitar busting from frankie, omg, i only saw the end of it with him bashing the headstock of the mickey guitar to death) and both Planetary and Destroya, which are SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH THEM DO omfg. And only hope, which I'm sometimes blah on, but they brought it home live.
Out of the older stuff, yeah, mostly the singles, but they gave us Hang em high and give em hell, Wolves, as I mentioned, and vampires will never hurt you, which with the more singles rounded the set out nice. Normally I expect bands to be less enthused by playing the songs that have been their biggest hits and they HAVE to play, but I didn't get that sense from them at all. They seemed to be enjoying the SHIT out of Mama and Teenagers in particular, but that could have just been me.
I am an insensitive shit, so didn't care that they played cancer, other than the fact that that seems one of the moments that the audience should STFU and let the singer be heard, but I am old fashioned.
I have a few other complaints about the audience. Don't come up to the front of the stage with your camera, hold it in my way, and then act like an ass when people bump into you. Also, if you can't handle being up front in the crush and the action, don't be there. Don't complain that people are crashing into you and it hurts. Especially if you are on the fucking barrier, protecting your friend by making an elbow cage. Move if it hurts. Don't act like I am slamming into you on purpose when the crowd smashes me into you. If I was slamming into you on purpose, you would know it when you fall down. These people being assholes, and tall people with wide hair standing in front of me not moving at all, distracted me from the pure enjoyment of the show, so you should all get blisters.
Falter stayed hardcore, every time I saw her she was further up in the crush than I was. IN HEELS. wereduck was just behind me a bit for most of my chem, and looking like she was rocking out having an awesome time too.
I've never been to a rock show with that kind of gender split. I was crushed in a huge crowd, but because it wasn't mostly guys like every pit or metal show I have ever been to, I was less concerned about groping, not going to lie. It was a very hands on scene though, with lots of grabbing on to people for support, and helping people through, and not being concerned if your hand was on someone's ass. I was practically feeling Falter up at a couple of points to try to keep from losing her in the crowd. At least a couple of times an exhausted girl behind me would just use my shoulders as an armrest and lean on me, and one chick used me to stabilize her camera.
Other little bits: At one point I did that annoying ululating high pitched xena yell thing, and some teenage girl behind me was all "shit, that's TIGHT" and a few minutes later was trying it out herself. heh.
Frank did that thing where he spits in the air and catches it. I was like "EEEEWWW AWEEESOME!"
Someone threw a wis flag on stage with "contamination tour" up on it, and gee wore it like a cape for the end of the set.
they exitted stage frank, so ray had to hobble with his broken foot all the way off and on and back off with the encore, but a roadie carried pedicone off, and he wasn't even injured (to my knowledge)
http://community.livejournal.com/mcr_unofficial/106451.html
awesome pics here http://www.therave.com/concert_picture_gallery.asp?view=event&id=4290
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Date: 2011-04-15 01:56 pm (UTC)We need to hit more shows. You are an awesome concert buddy.
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Date: 2011-04-16 06:16 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-17 04:22 am (UTC)Can't do it myself.
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Date: 2011-04-17 04:36 am (UTC)(I never watched Xena.)
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