starshipriot
Jedi Master
Hey fellas
Being 26 I think I am a bit younger than some of you other guys on here. But today we took my girlfriends neice to her first gig. Music is a huuuge part of my life and I have rode the line pretty well between being a geeky Star Wars collector and someone who loves music.
We took her to see Bring Me the Horizon, a band that were coming to fame back in 2006, and I remember reading a kerrang! article where the singer said " We're gonna be the next Metallica." I snorted to myself and shook my head. Well, a decade later and I am sat in the Hydro in Glasgow, a venue reserved for BIG bands like AC/DC and Metallica. So I could be wrong!
But watching their show, I'm real dissapointed. Maybe I am older than my years. But it seems so refined and stale. There are tons of little girls screaming at them and it's just not great. Halfway through, they asked "Who's pretty gutted about Trump?". I replied to my girfriend, "Me!". Their reply was, "Who doesn't give a ****!!?" before they broke into their next song. Cool. Just 'cos it doesn't interfere in your hectic rockstar lives too much, it doesn't mean it won't have an influemce on a lot of people. I don't care if you voted for or against Trump, it's naive to think it won't make a difference to a lot of people considering he has made it clear what he stands for.
I am a liberal person and am genuinely concerned with the way lately that society has geared towards certain viewpoints and decisions lately (in America and here). I know I am naive, but do accept what democracy is and that it has happened. Still think folk should care about other people like.
Anyway, I gone too political. I'm drunk. Excuse moi. But the gig was shite. Legit, best gig I been to was the North West Punk calling 2013 or 14 I think, in Manchester. It was the Damned and the UK subs headlining after a whole day of punk bands, like angelic upstarts etc. I was in a glam punk rock band at the time, and wore a a ton of makeup and scarves and **** to the gig and hit the moshpits and fractured my arm. The medical team tied my arm up in one of my scarves and I went back into the pits, not quite realising my arm was ****ed! There was an afterparty afterwards under the venue in a bar, and I met the UK subs and Captain Sensible from the Damned. I had a drink with the Subs and Charlie Harper gave me a harmonica lesson, and Captain sensible let me try his shades on. I'm friends with Alvin from the subs to this day and still play harmonica.
I ended up sleeping rough in manchester picadilly station that night which was proper shitty. Ended up getting into scraps with folks who objected to what I was wearing. But also met a bunch of ravers who rolled me three joints to kill the pain of my arm.
Anyway, it was such a fun gig! There are a few modern bands I like, but some seem so stagnant and boring and tonight was deffo that. Maybe I am just someone who thinks music from generations before was better, but tonight left a lot to be desired! The neice enjoyed it though in a 'meh' kinda way. :/
Being 26 I think I am a bit younger than some of you other guys on here. But today we took my girlfriends neice to her first gig. Music is a huuuge part of my life and I have rode the line pretty well between being a geeky Star Wars collector and someone who loves music.
We took her to see Bring Me the Horizon, a band that were coming to fame back in 2006, and I remember reading a kerrang! article where the singer said " We're gonna be the next Metallica." I snorted to myself and shook my head. Well, a decade later and I am sat in the Hydro in Glasgow, a venue reserved for BIG bands like AC/DC and Metallica. So I could be wrong!
But watching their show, I'm real dissapointed. Maybe I am older than my years. But it seems so refined and stale. There are tons of little girls screaming at them and it's just not great. Halfway through, they asked "Who's pretty gutted about Trump?". I replied to my girfriend, "Me!". Their reply was, "Who doesn't give a ****!!?" before they broke into their next song. Cool. Just 'cos it doesn't interfere in your hectic rockstar lives too much, it doesn't mean it won't have an influemce on a lot of people. I don't care if you voted for or against Trump, it's naive to think it won't make a difference to a lot of people considering he has made it clear what he stands for.
I am a liberal person and am genuinely concerned with the way lately that society has geared towards certain viewpoints and decisions lately (in America and here). I know I am naive, but do accept what democracy is and that it has happened. Still think folk should care about other people like.
Anyway, I gone too political. I'm drunk. Excuse moi. But the gig was shite. Legit, best gig I been to was the North West Punk calling 2013 or 14 I think, in Manchester. It was the Damned and the UK subs headlining after a whole day of punk bands, like angelic upstarts etc. I was in a glam punk rock band at the time, and wore a a ton of makeup and scarves and **** to the gig and hit the moshpits and fractured my arm. The medical team tied my arm up in one of my scarves and I went back into the pits, not quite realising my arm was ****ed! There was an afterparty afterwards under the venue in a bar, and I met the UK subs and Captain Sensible from the Damned. I had a drink with the Subs and Charlie Harper gave me a harmonica lesson, and Captain sensible let me try his shades on. I'm friends with Alvin from the subs to this day and still play harmonica.
I ended up sleeping rough in manchester picadilly station that night which was proper shitty. Ended up getting into scraps with folks who objected to what I was wearing. But also met a bunch of ravers who rolled me three joints to kill the pain of my arm.
Anyway, it was such a fun gig! There are a few modern bands I like, but some seem so stagnant and boring and tonight was deffo that. Maybe I am just someone who thinks music from generations before was better, but tonight left a lot to be desired! The neice enjoyed it though in a 'meh' kinda way. :/
