Monday, November 28, 2005

0036: Words cannot describe this show, but I'll still try my best here.
Four combined hours of drving and four hours of live music made up one of the best nights of my life, even though I almost died from it, lol.

Tremont Music Hall is like a giant two room garage that can hold about 1500 people. One room is the bar, pool tables, and band merchandise; while the other room is the stage, pit, and bleachers.

I was with Brad and Alyssa right up the front. They managed to stay in one spot, while I got pulled back behind one of the pits. As A Life Once Lost was finishing up, I pushed through a few rows of people and handed Alyssa my camera to put in her purse, there was no way I could take pictures.

Madball sucked, stupid Nu-Metal. They seemed to have a large crowd of people who liked them, but there were just as manypeople there who thought they sucked. I got pushed way over to the left side and completely lost where Brad and Alyssa were.

Norma Jean was simply the best performance I have ever... ever... ever seen. They played exactly what I felt that they should play, except for a personal favorite of mine. The only thing I hated was the fact that the entire pit turned into an ocean of people. All 1500 people were packed into one room and were pushing eachother back and forth and up and down. There was eventually some unevenness in the "waves" and people started falling down, I got knocked down by one of these people and fell into the mosh pit. My head got stepped on and whoever stepped on me got tripped and fell on top of me, and then it just became a pile of people tripping on eachother. Still, I wouldn't have it any other way.

As I Lay Dying was last. They put on an amazing set. I thought it was weird how they sounded almost exactly like their cd's. In the middle of the set, the drummer did a three minute drum solo. It was insane. At least the crowd was nice and worn out after Norma Jean, it was just a lot of head banging and rock on gestures.

I bought myself a Norma Jean shirt and A Life Once Lost's cd. Both are really cool. I was really considering getting my mom a Norma Jean bag/purse thing. I didn't.

If this tour is coming in your area (check As I Lay Dying's website) please do yourself a favor and go see it. It is simply one of the best experiences I've had.

I actually missed school today, I felt like shit when I woke up and I still feel really week. My legs are really sore and I have to lean on the walls to get around the house, so my parents let me stay home today. I can't go to anymore concerts on school nights now, but it was worth it. It's not like there's going to be another show that good on a school night in another year and a half, so yeah...

Best show ever.
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