11/12/2011 Chimaira, Skeletonwitch, Molotov Solution, A Thousand Shades of Cold (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Friday, January 6th, 2012Back to the Montage for a second night, with a hell of a lot more people in attendance this time around. I got there in time to catch the local openers, one of my favorite Rochester bands, A Thousand Shades of Cold. A solid set of stuff from Darkenthedaylight, and a new song as their […]
11/11/2011 Black Tusk, Thou, MonstrO (Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall)
Saturday, November 12th, 2011Talk about going on a whim… after the Amerks game it was too early to go home, and from a quick description Black Tusk sounded like a band worth checking out, so I shot over the three blocks or so from Blue Cross Arena to the Montage, paid my $12, and became one of about […]
09/16/2011 Rock Allegiance / Rock The Cans: Papa Roach, Buckcherry, Puddle of Mudd, P.O.D., Red, Crossfade (Rochester, NY @ Genesee Brewery)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011[Drive A was the first band on the bill, but I didn’t get there in time to see them.] Genesee Brewery’s annual Rock The Cans show brought the Rock Allegiance Tour to town with a pretty decent bill. I got in, found Aimee and Dave and found a beer. I also found out that I […]
09/10/2011 Rockstar Uproar Tour: Avenged Sevenfold, Three Days Grace, Seether, Bullet For My Valentine, Escape The Fate, Sevendust, Art Of Dying (Darien, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011[Black Tide, Hell or Highwater, and Cry To The Blind were also on the bill, but we didn’t see them.] Year two of Uproar for Darien Lake, and also for us! Pete and Jerry met up at my place, and away we went. Tailgated at the place across the street again, which was far emptier […]
09/09/2011 Carnival of Madness: Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge (Big Flats, NY @ Tag’s Summer Stage)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Due to the flooding in Binghamton and points north and east, Emphatic, Adelita’s Way, and Black Stone Cherry never made it to Big Flats. I’m betting a good chunk of the crowd didn’t make it either. Thus, it was a bit of a strange night at Tag’s. Essentially, you could turn your ticket in for […]
08/26/2011 B.B. King, Buddy Guy (Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC)
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011All these years later and my first real concert with my parents! Dad’s been a blues fan for quite awhile, and I figured this would be the perfect show to hang out with the folks and do it up. I scored 6th row seats, so they got a real nice experience for the show. Buddy […]
08/12/2011 Sponge (Rochester, NY @ East End Music Festival)
Sunday, August 14th, 2011We’ve been coming to the annual East End Fest for about 4 years now, and this was one of the few times a band of national import was playing. It’s usually the best and brightest of Rochester (and Buffalo) spread out over the 5 or 6 stages. On this night, however, the organizers landed Sponge […]
07/22/2011 The Tea Party, The Etchings, Son of the Son (Lockport, NY @ Ulrich City Centre)
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Ah, the Lockport Canal Concert Series, which saw the return of Our Lady Peace to the area (for me anyway) in 2009, and this year brought back another all-time Canadian favorite, The Tea Party. I came straight from work, so I arrived just as The Etchings were starting. I confess I really wasn’t paying too […]
07/02/2011 Soundgarden, Coheed and Cambria (Toronto, ONT @ Molson Ampitheatre)
Friday, July 8th, 2011This show was announced back in April, and the tickets through the fan club went on sale not soon after. I suffered through a two-hour website outage, but persevered and got my pair of tickets for the GA pit down front. Karl and Kelley made a weekend out of this with Tiff and I, so […]
05/20/2011 Cake (Lewiston, NY @ Artpark)
Monday, May 30th, 2011A fun Friday night show at Artpark, and there probably isn’t a more perfect venue in which to see Cake. Especially when you’re close, like 5th row close. Tiff and I had aisle seats, just left of center, so we had a little more room. Actually, every one else that we personally knew at the […]
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