Thursday, April 12, 2007

WHATS UP LOUIE-VILLE!!!


(The title of this blog refers to the pronounciation of an out-of-town band performing at Headliners, which will remain nameless.)
On Wednesday, April 11th, a local concert venue was rocking out with the performance of three young bands in the music scene.
Headliners hosted Gym Class Heroes along with opening acts Young Love and This Providence. The place was packed with girls under 18, but it was not the teeny bopper show you would have expected.
With the normal concert etiquette, the show, which was scheduled to start at 8, didn't start till 8:30, when this providence finally came out on stage. It was a good show by those guys. I had never heard of them. The vocals were a little intense. You couldn't really understand the lyrics because the lead singer was screaming into the microphone... but the music itself was catchy.
About 45 minutes later, Young Love came on, which seemed to be a pretty big crowd favorite. A lot of girls around me seemed to know the band pretty well, and were screaming in between songs to show it. They were pretty good. Better than the first band, probably because they seemed to have more experience. One thing was for sure though... the main event was still to come.
GCH (Gym Class Heroes) finally came out at about 10. In case none of you have heard their music, they are a unique band in the fact that they incorporate alternative music and hip hop into their music and lyrics. They've been out for a while now, but just recently hit radios with their first single, "Cupid's Chokehold."
The crowd was an obvious mix of old school GCH fans and new ones since their record was released to radio. The old schools knew all the lyrics of the first album, while the newbies sang loudest on Cupid's Chokehold.
The show was fantastic. Lots of energy and seemed as though they were feeding off the crowd. Made everyone want to get more into it. The band was called back out for a finale, during which the lead singer went up to the balcony and sang with the fans, before a round-the-bar trip to end the song.
Gym Class Heroes will be on tour heading into the summer. Their 3rd CD, As Cruel As School Children, is out in stores now.

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