Showed up a few hours late so I missed some of the earlier shows (The Ataris, Glassjaw) :(
The acts I watched...
+Andrew W.K. was great. Good music, got down in the crowd, played volleyball with the crowd...great pit during She is Beautiful and Party Hard
+I'm not a fan of The Dropkick Murphy's but must say they arent bad live.
-Simple Plan sucks
-AFI sucks
+Rancid kicked MAJOR ass, as always. Great pits during Timebomb and Ruby Soho, crowd sang more of the songs than they did...great show.
+Thrice was excellent... good non-circle pit (circle-pits suck). Great music, great performance.
+Mest was amazing... a few days after the lead singer OD'd, and about a week after he messed up his back (He's wheelchair-bound most of the time) they put on the most fun show out of anyone. Lead Singer called AFI Poison, got the crowd to yell "Fuck You" to AFI's fans, and later Simple Plan's fans (Simple Plan was setting up at the same stage AFI just finished up at). Played in the pit. Best part was, they got everyone to mosh-rush Simple Plan's crowd-in-waiting during the song who's chorus is "fuck you". Was like a stampede at a soccer match... classic
+Suicide Machines werent bad at all, even though I didnt know their music it was easy to get into it.
-Some of the skaters and bikers werent too good
+Some were
I recommend checking out the tour this year...especially if Pennywise is on at your stop (They didnt come to KC, Booo!)
check out your local dates if you havent already missed it
