crossfade, no address, april sixth (5.4.05) @ the quest)
wow! what a show, sort of. for $15 i got to see a band i had wanted to see for awhile... crossfade. in addtion to the headliner, lil' bro and i also saw two lesser known bands, the more notable being the more sh*tty!
the show began with a line around the corner and halfway down the block, so basically a 1 block line at the door if you want to do the math. we could tell from the beginning that this show might suck because they were letting females in the door with priority (usually not a good sign for my type of music). after having a smoke, we were being frisked by a gigantic black guy... neither of us was packing heat (i left mine in the car). as we were entering, april sixth was on stage, i'm not sure how many songs we missed, but they weren't too bad... their website doesn't do them justice. they rocked harder than they let off... i can't really be too specific, but overall, i'd give them a 5 out of 10.
next up was matchbox 20 wanna be no address. they have been receiving airtime on 93x lately and i was excited to see what they had to offer. after seeing them, i deleted that song from my computer and ipod as soon as i got home. what a bunch of sh*t! their lead singer (ben lauren) was more interested in imitating that horrible group matchbox 20 and their distinctly annoying lead singer rob thomas. i hope the cops followed him around afterward too because i guarantee that he wasn't "hanging out" with anyone over the age of 14. basically, he loved the sound of his own voice, whether it was singing or, by his own preference, talking. at one point i was so fed up with him that i yelled "wrap it up!" while he was taking a drink of his beer, which drew an embarrassed laugh from the terrible face of no address. one guy who shared my views of no address said "he's a horrible singer with a great band." my bro and i would tend to disagree. the guitarist pretended to be in a trance during his solos to make up for his less-than-impressive abilities. their drummer was ok, i think, but i was so pissed off at this point that i didn't care. overall, i would give them 0.5 out of 10, meaning that B! from minneapolis is better than them... ouch!!!
finally, the headliner... crossfade. i had hoped to see their acoustic show in the past year, but i couldn't get lucky and win tickets to that one, which was the only way in the door. crossfade i thought was great! they played several of my favorites, but the highlights for me were Starless, Cold, and Colors... Colors being the best of them all. although it is the most mellow, its my favorite track of theirs at the moment. actually, the highlight of the night was probably when the band called for all ladies to show their tits on three as a joke. over the next five minutes there were several sets of exposed breasts which increased in frequency with the addition of a video camera on stage. thanks crossfade!!! wait... this is supposed to be about music?! anyway, lead singer ed sloan has a hell of a voice... he sets the tone for what is all-in-all a great band. my one complaint, and little bro noticed too, was the dead weight supposed "vocals/turntables/sampler" expert tony byroads. basically all this guy does is try and steal the spotlight from the other three stars of the group. lets not end a bad note though. overall, crossfade was great! i would see them again when their next album comes out because this material is a year old if not older. overall, i would rate crossfade a 7 out of 10 (not as great as nonpoint, but still a great performance).
thanks for reading my opinions, but i am waiting for you to weigh in... i know people visit this site, trust me... i know. so please contribute your opinion to this or other opinions. check out crossfade here. keep watching for the next podcast on eck.1afm.com and stay classy mpls
the show began with a line around the corner and halfway down the block, so basically a 1 block line at the door if you want to do the math. we could tell from the beginning that this show might suck because they were letting females in the door with priority (usually not a good sign for my type of music). after having a smoke, we were being frisked by a gigantic black guy... neither of us was packing heat (i left mine in the car). as we were entering, april sixth was on stage, i'm not sure how many songs we missed, but they weren't too bad... their website doesn't do them justice. they rocked harder than they let off... i can't really be too specific, but overall, i'd give them a 5 out of 10.
next up was matchbox 20 wanna be no address. they have been receiving airtime on 93x lately and i was excited to see what they had to offer. after seeing them, i deleted that song from my computer and ipod as soon as i got home. what a bunch of sh*t! their lead singer (ben lauren) was more interested in imitating that horrible group matchbox 20 and their distinctly annoying lead singer rob thomas. i hope the cops followed him around afterward too because i guarantee that he wasn't "hanging out" with anyone over the age of 14. basically, he loved the sound of his own voice, whether it was singing or, by his own preference, talking. at one point i was so fed up with him that i yelled "wrap it up!" while he was taking a drink of his beer, which drew an embarrassed laugh from the terrible face of no address. one guy who shared my views of no address said "he's a horrible singer with a great band." my bro and i would tend to disagree. the guitarist pretended to be in a trance during his solos to make up for his less-than-impressive abilities. their drummer was ok, i think, but i was so pissed off at this point that i didn't care. overall, i would give them 0.5 out of 10, meaning that B! from minneapolis is better than them... ouch!!!
finally, the headliner... crossfade. i had hoped to see their acoustic show in the past year, but i couldn't get lucky and win tickets to that one, which was the only way in the door. crossfade i thought was great! they played several of my favorites, but the highlights for me were Starless, Cold, and Colors... Colors being the best of them all. although it is the most mellow, its my favorite track of theirs at the moment. actually, the highlight of the night was probably when the band called for all ladies to show their tits on three as a joke. over the next five minutes there were several sets of exposed breasts which increased in frequency with the addition of a video camera on stage. thanks crossfade!!! wait... this is supposed to be about music?! anyway, lead singer ed sloan has a hell of a voice... he sets the tone for what is all-in-all a great band. my one complaint, and little bro noticed too, was the dead weight supposed "vocals/turntables/sampler" expert tony byroads. basically all this guy does is try and steal the spotlight from the other three stars of the group. lets not end a bad note though. overall, crossfade was great! i would see them again when their next album comes out because this material is a year old if not older. overall, i would rate crossfade a 7 out of 10 (not as great as nonpoint, but still a great performance).
thanks for reading my opinions, but i am waiting for you to weigh in... i know people visit this site, trust me... i know. so please contribute your opinion to this or other opinions. check out crossfade here. keep watching for the next podcast on eck.1afm.com and stay classy mpls
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