But can you swing dance?

I'll cover UnderOATH briefly. Showed up late due to my mother's birthday and the Spaghetti Factory's slow service. Walked up to the door as soon as Maylene finished "Caution, Dangerous Curves Ahead," which is my absolute favorite song by them. Sat on the balcony, we had an okay view. Poison The Well was... lame and boring. Every Time I Die was exactly how I imagined. They were fun, they played well, and they were wasted. ETID really did make my night. I met Jordan, he was super nice. UnderOATH really did put on a good show, they sounded great. However, their performance lacked passion and so did Spencer. It made me really upset, but I knew it was going to happen. All in all the night was a bust. I'm over it.

Now for Chiodos. The crowd, insane. The bands, amazing. The day leading up to the show, br00t4l. So my day starts off with a headache, great. Next thing I know I can't get ahold of my bestfriend who has my ticket along with Mandi's. Hmph. Getting a little bit angry. Give up on that around 2:30 and decide just to buy my ticket. Go get Mandi, I need gas so I stop by the gas station you know. Who knew getting gas was a half and hour experience. I thought pumping gas was supposed to take like five minutes, not in Fairmont. The pump I was at was broken or something, and they didn't care to post it. I was enraged by this point. I finally get my gas after having to deal with two different idiots. and we're on the road. We show up at Pop's and the box office isn't open yet. Then after waiting for three hours and dealing with a mess of different people, most of them extremely annoying, we go inside.
I had decided on staying on the floor, after about three minutes I changed my mind. I knew it was going to be ridiculous. So, I go up to the balcony. I hated half the people I was around, but hey it's a show, it's expected. First band is The Devil Wears Prada, they set the show off right. I had never really given them a chance considering a few of the kids that I don't have any respect for, worship them. They proved me an idiot. TDWP was my number two of the night, and that's saying something since they were the only band I hadn't listened to before. Following up was SKSK, pft. They played two old songs, and of course they closed with My Darkest Hour. I was disappointed. Emery was okay, they didn't play the one song I like. Their performance was good though. Chiodos gets a seperate paragraph.
By this point in the show I was very upset. To the point where I wanted to leave, but I had to give my boys in Chiodos a chance; hoping they wouldn't leave an impression similar to that of UnderOATH. They didn't. Craig Owens brought a smile to my face unlike anything else has in a long time. When he spoke, his words were true. When he sang, it was with passion. The whole band had an energy about them that was amazing. Add that to the fact that they played an equal amount of new and old songs, along with an acoustic set. I mean c'mon, they brought it and they brought it big. I just wish it could have lasted longer. I would have stayed there all night if they would have kept playing. I haven't been to a show that inspirational since last school year. Knowing that they are as big as they are and that they're still that real, wow. Also, the crowd was so active. Having that much crowd response to a cd you released two months ago is an amazing feat. Then to not let it go to your head, astounding. I'm still in awe, I'm going to be thinking about this show for a long time. Not only becuase it was amaizng, but also because it gave me a lot of time to think and lots to think about. I think I want to be a psychiatrist, or something like that. Really.

Amanda Gelso.

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