GALLOWS WAS AMAZING. One of the best shows I have been to in ages.
HIGHLIGHTS REEL INCLUDES:
- Being front and center at the stage with Holly! I am never actually at the front unless it's someone well safe like.. Interpol. I can totally deal with stage divers and pile ups now. So fun. So bruised.
- Storyline Hero playing Beastie Boys, getting to sing with that. I can't wait until they play London in April. Such a good live band! Sort of reminiscent of Hot Damn-era ETID.
- Singing with Liam during Cancer Bats and being punched in the eye while it happened. Now it's swollen. Yes, this is funny.
- Jaye from the Bats joining Gallows on vocals for a Black Flag cover (Nervous Breakdown!!). The first second he's out he basically jumped head first into the speaker in front of us and landed on us. There was a shy attempt at trying to put the speaker back but he just fucking jumped on it/us again and wouldn't quit. Haha.
- Scott from the Bats joining Gallows for a 3-guitar duet at the end of Rolling With the Punches! It was intense!
- Frank running into the crowd, where he actually managed to get a hold of Sarah who was innocently standing at the back/side. He then tried to make his own circle pit. Then he disappeared for a few minutes and no one could find him. He suddenly popped up and crawled back onto the stage complaining that he had lost ten dollars.
- LIAM joining for ORCHESTRA OF WOLVES! My favourite Gallows song!! I was so happy they played it let alone have both Liam and Frank singing. One of the most insane things I've ever been involved in. Liam basically let me sing it the whole time, and when this guy tried to crowd surf in he pushed him out the way of my head and just kept going. It was so brilliant. A MILLION times greater live. Especially during the ending, ahh.
To sum it up: Shortline Hero were brilliant and a much suited replacement for This Is Hell. Cancer Bats were a party as they always are. Gallows were so much better than I could have hoped and imagined. Frank is hilarious, and it's sort of funny that he said he was only "putting on half the show" he could because he had a back injury. I can hardly believe that, he was amazing anyway.
I am waiting for photos/videos to surface and I will post them here! I can't imagine they'll be too flattering, I don't really care though. I was covered in buckets of beer and sweat and half the time there were huge dudes on my back. I am surprised I didn't pass out, too. Also, a hood does amazing things for protecting your head.
