04/26/2000 Our Lady Peace, Buzz Poets (Erie, PA @ Gannon University)
Wednesday, April 26th, 2000A little bit of a road trip for this one down to Erie, PA. After almost getting a speeding ticket on the way down (got pulled over, got a ticket for “obstructed vision” due to my high school tassel hanging from the rear view mirror, but no speeding ticket!), Mary and I pulled into Gannon […]
03/24/2000 Korn, Staind, Mindless Self Indulgence (Buffalo, NY @ Marine Midland Arena)
Friday, March 24th, 2000We had a pretty big group that headed down for this show, as Staind were starting to get big, and Korn was at the height of their powers on Issues. They called it the Sick and Twisted Tour, and I remember walking in half-way through Mindless Self Indulgence’s set, and being glad it wasn’t the […]
03/17/2000 Snapcase, Boysetsfire, Turmoil, Bughouse (Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall)
Friday, March 17th, 2000Not that I was ever the biggest hardcore fan, but I knew enough to go see Snapcase when they came down the Thruway. It was only $10 to get in, and it’s not like we could legally drink in the bars yet, so it being St. Patrick’s Day didn’t matter much (we celebrated that later […]
02/19/2000 Chris Cornell (Rochester, NY @ Harro East Ballroom)
Saturday, February 19th, 2000[Original post] Mary was even more excited than me about this one… CC played an amazing set, almost everything off of Euphoria Morning, Sunshower, Seasons, Fell on Black Days, Like Suicide, Boot Camp, and even All Night Thing! Some dude with an amazing Badmotorfinger tattoo proposed to his girlfriend, and CC invited them backstage after […]
02/01/2000 Our Lady Peace, Stereophonics (Toronto, ONT @ Air Canada Center)
Tuesday, February 1st, 2000I recall being super hyped for this show, especially after all of the stories about the Maple Leaf Gardens show in 1997. Mary and I drove into Buffalo and picked up our Clumsy Congress friend Niki, and headed up to Toronto. We got to the arena way, way, way too early, finally got in and […]
12/20/1999 Splender, 5head (Rochester, NY @ Milestones)
Monday, December 20th, 1999Much like with the Watchmen, after seeing Splender at Edgefest and buying the CD, we got to see them in a tiny club in Rochester. This was a charity show as well; we brought a couple cans of soup for the food bank. Local ska-ish band 5head was on first, and they put on an […]
12/07/1999 Oleander, Staind, Shelia Divine (Buffalo, NY @ Sideshow Music Hall)
Tuesday, December 7th, 1999Two Edge charity shows in a row! This show was roughly a month after the infamous OLP “turkey show”, and while there was a donation involved with getting these tickets as well, the story wasn’t nearly as involved… Mary and I simply donated to Toys for Tots and got our tickets that way. This show […]
11/17/1999 Our Lady Peace, Velour (Buffalo, NY @ Showplace Theater)
Wednesday, November 17th, 1999This show is one of my all-time favorite concert stories, and it has much more to do with obtaining the tickets, rather than the show itself. And the show was nothing to sneeze at! So in order to get tickets to this one, the Edge was asking people donate turkeys to the food pantry by […]
10/08/1999 Creed, Our Lady Peace, Oleander (Syracuse, NY @ The OnCenter)
Friday, October 8th, 1999This show was a huge triple threat for us at the time. Mary and I were nuts for OLP, we really liked the Oleander album a lot, and Creed had just put out Human Clay and were one of the biggest bands in the country (and Scott Stapp hadn’t alienated everyone yet!). As college students […]
10/01/1999 The Watchmen, Caroline’s Spine (Rochester, NY @ Milestones)
Friday, October 1st, 1999After seeing them at Edgefest, and subsequently obtaining Silent Radar, Mary and I figured we should probably go see The Watchmen since they were playing a tiny place in Rochester. Starting things off, Caroline’s Spine impressed the hell out out of us! We had never even heard of them, and we were captivated for their […]
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