the free stuff! i should've gotten more. :(
i came there hoping for an awesome show, and i got what i wanted. well... i started off by going around, looking at some merchandise. awesome. i bought a Vagrant shirt for $10, not bad - just to get a hold on one of those plastic bags, just in case you know, the "push & shove" happens. more on that later. i met up with a friend and his friend right after. we hung out near one of the minor stages - god i feel so guilty just saying it out loud. but it couldn't have been avoided, surely there were going to be some acts that were fit for the more intimate stages.
merch, merch.
SAOSIN. fucking a! it was my VERY FIRST time to experience a "push & shove." my friends and i went as near to the stage as possible one band before saosin. the vandals (awesome, they sang Oi To The World! :D) was playing in the other stage, so we were camping right on time. but as soon as the vandals ended and saosin grabbed their gear, EVERYONE gave a huge push from the back! i saw throwing elbows and sweat and blood, and i myself had my own share of tiny pockets of suffocation. they played a new song first, and then Voices. it was great. some people were body surfing too, and that was also my first time to see that kind of stuff. me and my damaged lungs were still there to survive the show - regardless of how high the sun was yesterday in irvine. they played a bunch of news and olds, but more on their new stuff. honestly, i was quite disappointed with saosin's set. their stage mixing was off. cove was pretty cool, i didn't know he had dreadlocks.
THE USED. ah, here's the dark horse. remember the time when we were all singing our hearts out with songs from their self-titled album? that was around junior year in high school. and then the used broke our hearts, coming out with an album with really silly songs, which somehow we felt like bert mccracken wasn't so comfortable with. this time around, i was really hoping to see how the used has been with their music. i mean of course, i was pretty sure they were working on some new stuff. but for bamboozle, they played a medley of All That I've Got, Taste of Ink, Buried Myself Alive, and then some. that was an awesome medley of their oldies (except for All That I've Got). their last song was Box Of Sharp Objects. how could they fucking go wrong with that?! solid, solid set. i must say, i had fun, and they proved me wrong. the used will always be the used. we all know how it'll never be the same again, but what lives in my heart is who the used was, once in our lives.
THRICE played right after. they were awesome but too bad i didn't know much of their songs.
TAKING BACK SUNDAY! now this is a band i love, love, love. at this point in time, the girls all started to come out and play. there was this one girl... more on that later. honestly i didn't feel so bad about that because the crowd became less hostile, at least from where i was. my friend said that there were people fighting in the front. ANYWAY. tbs, tbs, tbs. before watching the show, i wasn't expecting so much from their new guitarist. as we all know, fred mascherino has departed from tbs to start his solo career with The Color Fred. i think taking back sunday isn't taking it so well - they were even selling shirts saying, "I USED TO BE FROM TAKING BACK SUNDAY," or something to that effect. the new guy, matt fazzi, was very impressive. his chemistry with the band is tight. -- on with the show. they started out with You Know How I Do. i did not think they would do that. i mean, it was an old song. but it was a perfect fit, i loved it. they played for 50 minutes i think - their set included classics like You're So Last Summer, Cute Without the E, What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost, Liar, A Decade Under the Influence (where adam sang the line "if you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it" hahahaha), and AWESOME new songs from their upcoming album, New Again. their set was coming to an end as i shouted from the back of the crowd, "MAKE DAMN SUUUURE!" some people agreed by screaming "YEAH!" they were down to their last song. i would've been disappointed if they didn't play make.damn.sure... BUT THEY DID!!! :D i was so happy HAHAHA. grabe. i was so contented with their set, and i was so happy. taking back sunday, i love you!
DEFTONES. i was very tired from the TBS show, but as the imagination stage was ready for some legendary shit, i was walking towards the deftones direction. exactly when i settled for a decent, breahte-able spot, deftones played My Own Summer. fucking chino moreno is god. his growls were solid and haunting, almost spiritually captivating. their stage presence was off the hook. they had their own lights department to really set the tone. they played most of their old songs (i was thinking, maybe they didn't have much new material since the chi cheng incident). i love the part where chino moreno shouted "this is for my brother, my best friend," and started chanting "CHI CHENG!" fuck man that was holy! they played Digital Bath, Elite (FUCKING WILD!), Change In The House of Flies, and many more, i'm just too tired to remember. i noticed, they didn't play Minerva or any of their new stuff from Saturday Night Wrist, correct me if i'm wrong. for the record, i will say this and you can quote me here- DEFTONES ATE ALL OF THE OTHER BANDS ALIVE. tangina they were so intense. i couldn't describe it, i just couldn't. i can't say much about deftones because it was a felt experience that's so hard to write about. HAY basta. fucking ACE.
50 CENT... :|
anyway! i know that a show is good when it inspires me, and the bamboozle left surely made it to my heart. everything was worth it - from the candy-throwing to the girl in glasses to the emo-killing and all that stuff. the bamboozle left experience is something that i'd cherish for life. i loved it!
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