Aaron Zide
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Punk Rock Ain’t Noise Pollution.
September 17th, 2007Who:
Rise Against, LagWagon, Strung Out, Comeback Kid and more…
When:
Saturday, September 15 2007, 8:30ish…
Where:
Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
“Sometimes you get booked in this giant venue, and you’re like, ‘What are we doing here? This is going to bomb. And when it doesn’t bomb, you’re like, ‘Whoa, what happened?’ ”  Rise Against’s Tim McIlrath.
With that in mind, I attended this show with no expectations due to the lack of press a band with this much passion contrives, and a venue asking so much of it’s headliner with a max capacity nearing seventeen thousand. But once again Rise Against blew me out of the water just like they did with their most recent album ” The Sufferer & The Witness.” LagWagon & Strung Out brought to the table exactly what they’re notorious for; loud fast, solid performances allowing just enough time to cheer, shout, maintain your breathing and dive head frist back into the darkness that is the pit.
And may I say this with as much passion as the band’s at this show, “LONG LIVE THE PIT!” A personal saying of mine, that always rings true when the music and stage presence of a band like RA take the stage. All the openers brought a great performance ( at least the two that mattered to me) and got the crowd only that much more roweled up for the main course. Rise brought it from start to finish with a truly amazing performance that had the same energy level from the first chord until the lights went out; and even through their slow songs in which they were accompanied by a full string section of what looked like a violin, cello and bass. It was truly a sight to be seen, when punk rock collaborates with classic instrumentation and it emphasizes the heartfelt music and lyrics that much more.
This show was a success and true testament to the fact that punk rock is alive and kicking! As Tim stated at the show, “They told us punk rock couldn’t fill the long beach arena. Well thanks to all of you we just proved that theory wrong!” And as long as there are bands this passionate about their music taht are talented enough to keep bringing it to this level, punk rock will keep kicking and screaming, all the way past it’s vacated grave.
Please visit: Rise Against, LagWagon, Strung Out to support their music and cause. Freedom of the mind is to beautiful of a thing to waste.
Check out this video from the show. This is live and the audio recording isn’t epic, but trust me they’re awesome live, as I’m about 20 yards diagonally to this gents right.
