12/29/2013 Clutch, Into Another (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Monday, December 30th, 2013[Lionize was on the bill, didn’t see them.] Clutch was always one of those bands that I knew existed, knew were pretty good, and probably should have gotten into but never did (ala Helmet). Considering they’ve been around for 20 years, just put out what many consider to be the best album of their career […]
12/06/2013 Zach Myers and Zack Mack (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Saturday, December 7th, 2013[Methanol, Eyesalve opened. So did Michele Sestito, Adam Clark, who I missed.] I didn’t quite know what to expect walking into this one, other than the fact that it was the guitar player from Shinedown, playing acoustically. I had zero realization that Zach had been a blues guitar prodigy as a teenager, and that being […]
11/05/2013 Chris Cornell (Buffalo, NY @ SUNY Buffalo Center for the Arts)
Monday, November 18th, 2013[Bhi Bhiman was the opener, didn’t see him.] I managed to score front row tickets for this one! A complete throwback and trip down memory lane, as I also got to see CC on the Euphoria Morning tour back in 2000. Obviously, 13 years on, there’s a bunch more material to choose from, and the […]
10/12/2013 Pearl Jam (Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center)
Thursday, October 31st, 2013It’s a Pearl Jam show, with no opener. How much better could it get? Michaela and I had seats up in the moon (304 to be exact), but we could see and hear perfectly. This was the 2nd show of the first leg of the Lightning Bolt tour, so the band was still feeling out […]
08/24/2013 Chimaira, The Browning, Threat Signal, Dark Sermon (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Sunday, September 1st, 2013[Vanity Strikes, Beneath Hells Sky and Into the Harbor on the bill, didn’t see them.] Didn’t really see much of Dark Sermon, however Threat Signal was a pretty worthy opener. I didn’t realize they were from Hamilton either. Essentially metalcore, they held their own for their half-hour or so set. The direct support was The […]
06/18/2013 Filter (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013[Ghostfeeder, Violet Mary and a couple other bands were on the bill as well.] Another night, another late arrival. This time because the always-unpredictable first week of volleyball threw us an unannounced 7:40 and 8:30 doubleheader. Where the first opponent never showed up. Got done with game #2 in a reasonable amount of time, and […]
06/15/2013 Drowning Pool, Eye Empire (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Monday, June 17th, 2013[Exilia, Even The Dead Love A Parade, Agressive Betty, AFR, and One Sweet Lie were also on the bill.] Usually, shows at the Montage are completely slanted towards “later”. The locals usually go until 9:00-10:00 or so, then the national acts take over and play until midnight or later. So naturally, the one night we’re […]
06/13/2013 Lamb Of God, Decapitated (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
Monday, June 17th, 2013[The Acacia Strain opened, missed them.] As per usual, I arrived after putting Nate to bed, so I missed The Acacia Strain, but got there just as Decapitated was starting up. I don’t know what it is about Poland, but they crank out some super-heavy metal bands (see Behemoth). These guys weren’t as theatrical as […]
06/07/2013 Fuel, Laura Wilde, Melia, Starlight Cities (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Monday, June 10th, 2013[One Sweet Lie was on the bill also, didn’t arrive in time to see them.] I arrived as Starlight Cities came on. They’re a Rochester-based pop-rock band, and were pretty good. A perfect fit to open for Fuel for sure. Not too heavy, not too light, band sounded good, the singer could sing; I’d definitely […]
05/24/2013 Hollywood Undead, American Fangs (Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory)
Friday, May 31st, 2013[Stellar Corpses, Beware of Darkness also on the bill, didn’t see them.] I’m not the world’s biggest Hollywood Undead fan, but I like them well enough, had the time and energy on the Friday night of a long weekend to go, so I said “what the hell”. I was taken quite aback as I rolled […]
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