Wed 18 Jul – Sleigh Bells, Class Actress, Jel

Jel:

Jel is a beat-machine master hailing from Chicago. Going into this show, I did not research or check out Jel as much as the other two bands on the ticket. As a result, I had difficulties getting enjoyment out of his performance. However with Jel being my very first live experience with instrumental hip-hop, he managed to put on a good show.

Class Actress:

Class Actress is a synthpop Brooklyn group. When researching and preparing myself for this concert, it took two spins of their debut album Rapprocher…

Pick 10 artists that you love before reading the questions.

1.Incubus
2.Against Me!
3.The Dead Weather
4.Queen
5.Screaming Females
6.Explosions in the Sky
7.The Strokes
8.Radiohead
9.The Killers
10. My Chemical Romance

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
- Your Hand In Mine

What is your favorite song of 8?
- Fake Plastic Tress

What kind of impact has 1 left on your life?
- An apocalyptic metor sized crater into my brain, heart, and life.

What are your favorite lyrics of 4?
- God gave you grace to purge this place and peace all around…

Wed 31 Aug – Incubus

From start to finish, this concert simply just blew my mind away. My opinion will be a bit biased since Incubus is my favorite band. So, I will try and make this review as objective as possible.

This was my second visit to Stage AE. There was one thing very different from this visit compared to the previous visit I made. It was held in the outside portion of the venue. I viewed this as having some advantages and disadvantages at the same time. The advantages were that it was less crammed and the outdoors…

Tue 31 May – Against Me!, Lemuria, Screaming Females
Coming into this show, I had a gut feeling that Against Me! was going make up for so-so Bullet For My Valentine concert I attended earlier this month. I had no idea that Against Me! would rip through their set list like it was no body's business. They had two opening acts: Lemuria and Screaming Females. Lemuria was the first one to take the stage at Mr. Smalls Theater. I thought they had a solid sound and their stage presence was good too. The only negative thing I picked up…

Sat 21 May – Bullet For My Valentine
Excluding the Iron Maiden show last summer, this was my first taste of a metal concert. It was very enlightening to say the least. I generally do not care for any kind metal-core bands that focus more on the speed, loudness, and distortion factor in their music. However, Bullet For My Valentine is very much a different breed of product from the metal factory. The Walsh quartet offers a refreshing twist on the musicality of the metal-core genre. For being still a relatively young band on the scene, they do a fantastic…

Wed 14 Jul – Iron Maiden, Dream Theater

So far, this concert has been the highlight of my summer . First Niagara Pavilion was decent, but it was not my favorite venue that I have been to. I prefer indoor concerts. You get better sound and pictures that way. Dream Theater was entertaining to see. They played a good variety of songs ranging from Pull Me Under to Constant Motion. They did not have much showmanship, but they made up for it with their technical skill. The highlight of their set for me was As I Am and Panic…

Wed 23 Jun – Bamboozle Roadshow
Despite the heat, lighting, thunder, and rain; I had a good time at the Bamboozle Roadshow. The first to play was Mercy Mercedes and they did a decent job. I have really never heard of them before hand, but they are worth a spot on my Zune. They looked like normal guys playing kinda emo-ish style of music. Above all, They didn't sound bad at all. The Second Band was Drive A. This band just freaking killed. I was totally into the set from start to finish. I wish I could say more,…

Wed 22 Jul – Green Day
This show was really great from start to finish. The opening band was alright. I think the guitar player could've had a little more stage presence to him. Green Day was really great. I did not expect them to put on a great show. They played new stuff and old school stuff all the way back from 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. Billie Joe got the crowd heavily involved in the show. He was just an amazing front man. Best concert I been too.

The artists you love most…List your top ten artists and then answer the following questions about them.

1. The Doors
2. Foo Fighters
3. AC/DC
4. Miles Davis
5. Guns N' Roses
6. Tesla
7. Metallica
8. The Beatles
9. Ramones
10. Led Zeppelin

1. How did you get into 10?
I heard about them for the first time back when I was like maybe in middle school. I bought a greatest hits collection and started to like them.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 2?
"Learn To Fly"

3. What's your favorite lyric by 3?…