It was great to see Flogging Molly on their second night of the Green 17 countdown tour! There were 3 bands(1 of which I missed), and near 1000 rabid fans. Click Read More!
Also if you are wondering why I don't have pictures in the Photo Gallery please read the bottom passage...
Also if you are wondering why I don't have pictures in the Photo Gallery please read the bottom passage...
I unfortunately missed The Architects performance, but I heard from numerous people(including Flogging Molly) that it was a great set.
Frank Turner played an acoustic folky Irish music, that had a Punk attitude. He got the crowd chanting choruses through a few songs, and even had one crowd member come up to play a harmonica solo(Mike I think his name was). Both him and his band showed a great deal of energy on stage, constantly moving and blurring in most photos.
The audience was so eager to see Flogging Molly they began chanting(Flogg-ing Moll-y!). They even started a near mosh pit to AC/DC's Riff Raff, playing over the stereo.
Flogging Molly soon hit the stage to a roar of applause, starting off with "Requiem For A Dying Song", and "Drunken Lullabies". Cameras were flashing, People were jumping, raising their fists, and shouting every word with bit of might they had. They ripped through some faster songs like "The Man With No Country", and then announced that they were going to do a short acoustic set which featured "Worst Day Since Yesterday", "Float", "If I Ever Leave This World Alive", and more. They dedicated the song "Factory Girls", which featured Dave's wife joining the band, to Bob Schmidt's Grandmother, Mary, who had unfortunately passed away earlier that day. They didn't let the news bring down the show though, because as Dave said "We Irish, a bit like the Spanish, do not focus on death... We celebrate life!". They played a number of their fastest songs(one man was lucky enough to get handed Dennis's Guiness he had been drinking during this set): "Lightning Storm", "Rebels Of The Sacred Heart", "(No More) Paddy's Lament", and ended on "What's Left Of The Flag"... Until the crowd began to chant once again. Then Dave came back out to play "Black Friday Rule", and was joined by the rest of the band near the end of the song. After finishing the song, he introduced and described each member. He stopped to comment how Nathen was holding his Bass "like you're Bono or somethin!", and then mimicked the often said "We're a band from Dublin, Ireland...", as the rest the band began to play "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the background. They played a few more songs, and finally said good night by throwing: picks, waters, and giving out the set lists. By that time every single item on the "No moshing, crowd-surfing, etc. you be ejected" sign had been thoroughly broken and battered.
Frank Turner played an acoustic folky Irish music, that had a Punk attitude. He got the crowd chanting choruses through a few songs, and even had one crowd member come up to play a harmonica solo(Mike I think his name was). Both him and his band showed a great deal of energy on stage, constantly moving and blurring in most photos.
The audience was so eager to see Flogging Molly they began chanting(Flogg-ing Moll-y!). They even started a near mosh pit to AC/DC's Riff Raff, playing over the stereo.
Flogging Molly soon hit the stage to a roar of applause, starting off with "Requiem For A Dying Song", and "Drunken Lullabies". Cameras were flashing, People were jumping, raising their fists, and shouting every word with bit of might they had. They ripped through some faster songs like "The Man With No Country", and then announced that they were going to do a short acoustic set which featured "Worst Day Since Yesterday", "Float", "If I Ever Leave This World Alive", and more. They dedicated the song "Factory Girls", which featured Dave's wife joining the band, to Bob Schmidt's Grandmother, Mary, who had unfortunately passed away earlier that day. They didn't let the news bring down the show though, because as Dave said "We Irish, a bit like the Spanish, do not focus on death... We celebrate life!". They played a number of their fastest songs(one man was lucky enough to get handed Dennis's Guiness he had been drinking during this set): "Lightning Storm", "Rebels Of The Sacred Heart", "(No More) Paddy's Lament", and ended on "What's Left Of The Flag"... Until the crowd began to chant once again. Then Dave came back out to play "Black Friday Rule", and was joined by the rest of the band near the end of the song. After finishing the song, he introduced and described each member. He stopped to comment how Nathen was holding his Bass "like you're Bono or somethin!", and then mimicked the often said "We're a band from Dublin, Ireland...", as the rest the band began to play "Sunday Bloody Sunday" in the background. They played a few more songs, and finally said good night by throwing: picks, waters, and giving out the set lists. By that time every single item on the "No moshing, crowd-surfing, etc. you be ejected" sign had been thoroughly broken and battered.
Ok, so, right here is when I find a haphazard way to insert the phrase "Pictures!" and encourage all of you to go look at them. Well, there were tons of great photos(we were actually allowed as official Press), crowd shots, some even featuring Matt Hensley play a fan's accordion(along with a short video of the event), and Matt holding up a Tx Punk shirt.
But you nor I will never see these photos. At 12:00AM we stopped at gas station, off I-45 in Spring, only to come back and find the car window broken, and the camera gone...
So, I would like to apoligize to all the people I promised photos to including: The man who played Harmoica with Frank Turner, The bands, The man who had Matt Hansley play his accordion, along with the numerous people I gave flyers to, and to those I told that I had them in a crowd shot...
By the way, my Kodak is valued at somewhere less than $50... That gas station is across the road from a Porsche dealer.
But you nor I will never see these photos. At 12:00AM we stopped at gas station, off I-45 in Spring, only to come back and find the car window broken, and the camera gone...
So, I would like to apoligize to all the people I promised photos to including: The man who played Harmoica with Frank Turner, The bands, The man who had Matt Hansley play his accordion, along with the numerous people I gave flyers to, and to those I told that I had them in a crowd shot...
By the way, my Kodak is valued at somewhere less than $50... That gas station is across the road from a Porsche dealer.
