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 | Good Charlotte + Day Of Contempt, The Bleeders Thebarton Theatre, Thurs 18 Feb Good Charlotte played a show: so, predictably, Thebarton Theatre was packed to the rafters with kids at an approximately 4:1 girl/boy ratio, which meant the minute anything happened on stage - particularly when the GC boys were about to appear - the air was cut with a thousand screams. Still, the show was amazing. I've only recently picked up The Bleeders' CD and knew they were going to be good, but they are infinitely better live than on disc; so much energy from all band members pacing around the stage. Equally impressive were local boys Day Of Contempt, who I haven't had the pleasure of seeing live for the longest time. Both bands easily won the crowd over, meaning the bands' show at Fowlers the following day would be getting a definite turn out. After a false start, Good Charlotte came out with all guns blazing and performed a really, really long set (no encore, but supposedly they finished their set a half hour after they were meant to) which surprisingly featured a lot of older songs (singer Joel Madden attributed this to the fact that only Australian kids bought their self titled debut so they figured they might as well throw a lot more old stuff our way instead). While new songs such as Walk Away (Maybe) and The World Is Black went down well, the crowd were really receptive to older songs such as Boys And Girls and Anthem. However, the band really stunned everybody with a short Silverchair-cover medley partway through their set. The band really do connect with their fans though, taking every opportunity to tell them stories, offer advice, and tell them how much the band appreciates having them around. Even better was Madden taking a banner some girls had made and dedicating Hold On to a friend they had lost, and to everyone else who had lost a friend. Long, entertaining and so very, very loud - how can you possibly fault a show like that?  | |
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