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Taste Of Chaos Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Sun 23 Oct  To
be honest, I learned some valuable lessons at this year's Taste Of
Chaos tour. Firstly, teenage girls scream far too often and far too
loud at the most random things. Secondly, punk and emo kids like black
clothing and hair dye: a lot. And thirdly, keep an open mind when
attending a show of this magnitude: bands you think you don't like
will surprise you, and bands you really think are awesome and look
up to can let you down in a very, very big way. But how can I even try to explain everything that happened? There simply isn't enough space on this page, so you'll forgive my short sentences and lack of details. I'm going on record as saying that, technically, local support The Hot Lies actually had the best mix of the entire night and sounded amazing, despite their short set. Having local bands provide acoustic performances was a great touch, despite certain closed minded individuals who decided to heckle the bands (come on people: would you honestly rather watch roadies set up? Stop trying to act so cool in front of your friends.) Story Of The Year sound far better on CD than they do live, but did an amazing job of getting the crowd really worked up with on-stage acrobatics and gratuitous amounts of crowd participation. Funeral For A Friend were great in both the musical and comedic sense, and Rise Against blew the crowd away and converted me into a fan; as did Killswitch Engage, who managed to whip the crowd into a frenzy (and vocalist Howard Jones just oozes stage presence). Headliners The Used were the obvious drawcard but judging by the response they received, they might have lost a few fans at this show. They played well (watching bassist Jeph Howard throw himself around the stage is never dull), but came across even more arrogant than I'd expected. Singer Burt McCracken put on all his best moves, but was hit square in the face with a shoe towards the end of their set and seemed to turn his back on the performance from then on. Howard from Killswitch joined the band for Sound Effects And Over Dramatics before the band left the stage without a goodbye and that was the end of that: there was no encore, but the crowd actually didn't seem all that upset. A good show, some good moments and with all good festival shows it's great to come away with a couple of new bands you're dying to check out more of. But was it honestly worth the wait and anticipation? Heck no.  |
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