Live music.

OK, so in the past three days, I've seen two incredible shows, both with my friend Lis, who is awesome. The first was on Wednesday - Opeth and Nevermore. Nevermore was solid, but I still don't really like their singer, and their music is a little cheesy for me, or something. I was headbanging for most of their set, though. Opeth, on the other hand, are a very unique band, and one of my favorites. They sound fucking HUGE live! The singer was being a dick in a hilarious way, cause some people in the audience were being assholes. I like him a lot - he reminds me of Jason Webley, for some reason.

Anyway, they closed with Deliverance and Blackwater Park, which are two of my favorite songs, and I nearly broke my freakin' neck. I love the band because their music combines the really heavy shit with haunting melodies, GREAT guitar riffs, and killer solos. Plus, the singer sounds like a lion when he screams, and has an awesome regular voice as well! They all give the vibe that they really love what they play, and that's just awesome to watch.


Tonight, I saw Converge, Darkest Hour, and The Red Chord. Aaron Kennedy got me into Converge about six months ago, probly, and they always get me totally amped whenever I listen to their recorded stuff, and they sure as hell don't disappoint live! Lis and I were at the very front of the pit, pressed against the stage, so close to the band that I hit my head on the singer's knee at one point, and had him crouching or standing about two inches away from us too many times to count. They are INTENSE! I love their drummer - he looks completely insane the entire time he's playing - he's got this manic grin on his face, and evil eyebrows - gotta love it!

Jacob Bannon (singer) has a lot of interesting things to say - he writes great lyrics (although they're not actually intelligible when he sings them) and he was really sincere about thanking us for coming out, supporting them, supporting the scene. In fact, the whole night I was watching people in the pit clap each other on the back and be really friendly. It was awesome! I've never been to any hardcore shows in Seattle, so I don't know if it's like that back home, but it was really cool. Jacob lost the mic in the crowd a bunch of times during the night, but always reeled it back in just in time for the next verse. Rad! I bought a t-shirt with the Jane Doe face on it for $10 - very reasonable compared to the $30 Opeth shirts (what the fuck!?). After the show, we were starving, so Lis and I headed to Bombers for some delicious burrito goodness.


My brain was bouncing around in my skull a lot tonight, so I think I'm gonna give it a rest and hit the sack, but it's been a great couple of days!

p.s. quote from Lis, while in her room listening to Otep: "If I were sexually assaulted, I could sing like that."

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Dig:

Converge - Jane Doe