08/08/2015 Coal Chamber, Fear Factory, Jasta (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
Monday, August 10th, 2015This was a fun one, and a show I was looking forward to for quite awhile. A chance to see Jamey Jasta do some solo stuff, another chance to see Fear Factory (this time with Dino), and while I was never a big fan, get my nu-metal on and see Coal Chamber for the first […]
08/02/2015 Incubus, Deftones (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015Just a few days after the big Slipknot / Lamb of God show, I was right back at Darien Lake for another twin bill. Instead of 50/50, however, this was about a 95/5 in favor of the Deftones. There was an opening band [The Bots], but I didn’t see them, making it into the venue […]
07/29/2015 Slipknot, Lamb Of God, Bullet For My Valentine, Motionless In White (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
Thursday, July 30th, 2015This was the show of the summer. Hands down. Billed as the “Summer’s Last Stand” tour, it lived up to the name. I sprung for pit, as I’m way too antsy to see Slipknot and LoG in seats. The pit section was fairly empty as Motionless in White came on, but everyone that was there […]
07/22/2015 10 Years, Nonpoint, The Family Ruin (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Thursday, July 23rd, 2015[A Vintage Year and Awaken The Empire were also on the bill, but I missed them.] I had this date circled on the calendar for a little bit, as Nonpoint is always a good show (and I’m certainly biased from meeting them back in December at this very venue!), and I became a 10 Years […]
07/16/2015 The Tea Party, Big Wreck (Lewiston, NY @ Artpark)
Monday, July 20th, 2015Ah yes, another Tea Party show, another instance of getting “our” band back together as well. Mostly. As we had all assumed that there would be lawn seats available, no one bought tickets right away. So naturally, Artpark *didn’t* sell lawn for this one, meaning we all had to get seats. Due to my own […]
07/07/2015 Powerman 5000, SOiL, Without Regret (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015As an unabashed nu-metal kid, one would think a show like this would be a must-see for me, but truthfully neither SOiL nor Powerman were ever super-high on my list. I liked the singles well enough, but that was about it. However, when the show is practically in your backyard, and there’s nothing else doing […]
07/04/2015 The Tragically Hip (Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC)
Monday, July 6th, 2015Hip show number 10! Not sure whose idea it was to book the quintessential Canadian band in the US on 4th of July (and a 4th on a Saturday no less), but there we were. “We” being about a half-of-capacity CMAC, so it was pretty much all die-hards. The Buffalo-Fort Erie Friendship Festival this certainly […]
06/05/2015 Will Hoge, Ashton Hollow (Buffalo, NY @ Buffalo Iron Works)
Saturday, June 6th, 2015It had been seven long years since Tiffany and I had seen Will Hoge last, so it goes without saying that both of us were excited for this show. While I’d been to Buffalo Iron Works a couple of times just to hang out, I’d never been there for a proper show (seeing a Pearl […]
06/02/2015 Flaw, Seasons After, Oblivious Signal, Setiva (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015If the Tantric show a couple of days prior was sort-of a blast from the past, this show was a full on nostalgia trip. Back in the nu-metal heyday, Flaw’s “Through The Eyes” was a staple in my CD player, and I’d actually seen them twice on that album cycle, first with Cold, and then […]
05/29/2015 Tantric, While She Waits, Aggressive Betty, Seeking Monte (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Saturday, May 30th, 2015I wasn’t sure what kind of crowd to expect for this show. Tantric had a couple of modern rock radio staples, but nothing in the last couple of years that’s made an impact. There turned out not to be much of a crowd at all. If the place topped out at 75 people (including the […]
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