Once again, another show I went to in order to promote for the Alternative Press Street Team. I attended the tour on Nov. 14, 2010 at the Cabooze in Minneapolis, MN. I had listened to Attack Attack! for a short period of time which is why I wanted to go to the show in the first place, but my excitement went a little down hill over the past few weeks. Then after the departure of Johnny Franck, I really had lost a lot of excitement to see Attack Attack!. I have been listening to a little of Of Mice & Men over the past two weeks so there was some excitement to go to the show.
The show that I attended did not feature Emmure, who will be a on few dates later on the tour. I also was late for the show as I had other reporting that had to be done earlier that afternoon for an article I am writing; life as a journalist. Because I was late I missed In Fear and Faith, but I was told that the band was missing their vocalist for personal reasons.
The first band I saw was Of Mice & Men, who I mentioned I have been listening to. The guys were very energetic. Shayley Bourget, the singer/guitarist had an amazing voice live that closely resembled what it is like on the album, which I was pleasantly surprised by. After the first song, Bourget had to change a string on his guitar and the touring bass player Dane Poppin of A Static Lullaby and drummer, Valentino Arteaga, kept the crowd entertained with a few solos. Also in the middle of their set, the guys randomly, simultaneously fell onto the stage and kept performing (I will have a video posted on the APMinneapolis YouTube page later this week). It was different and made for good entertainment. Overall, they were a good band live.
The co-headliner was Pierce The Veil. While I am not a fan of Pierce The Veil I have seen them before and they do create good music. Their set was all that I thought it would and then some. Their drummer, Mike Fuentes, played a tambourine and then threw off the stage. It flew right in front of me and I briefly had it in my hands, but their tour manager or road crew quickly took it away from me, but it made for a good effect. The singer/guitarist, Vic Fuentes, has amazing vocals as well and the girls in the crowd seemed to float toward him. He also used a blow horn during the last song which I liked very much. Plus their guitarist, Tony Perry, is extremely energetic, and at one point I thought he was going to hit the security guard in the head with his guitar. They were very good live and if you are a fan of the band then they will certainly not disappoint.
Finally Attack Attack! came out for their performance. It began quietly, with a lot of smoke, with their guitarist playing soft riffs before the rest of the guys coming out on stage and beginning with loud and heavy breakdowns. Shortly into the set, Caleb Shomo, the bands vocalists, requested that the crowd have chicken fight during the song Dr. Shavargo Pt. 3; one girl remained on someone's shoulder's at the end of the song (this will also be posted on YouTube). Eventually, Shomo did address Franck's departure from the band in a short speech. He also mentioned that Sean Mackowski from My Ticket Home, who I interviewed last weekend, was filling in for Franck for the tour. That gave me a little giggle. Overall, the guys said they were happy with no hard feelings to Franck and they would continue making music, but their stage presence did have a lack of energy. That is to be expected, however, when you lose a band member and friend.
While it is too bad that Attack Attack! lost Johnny Franck I give them major credit for continuing with their headling tour with pride. I give the tour a 4 out of 5. The crowd seemed to be having an awesome time and for not being a huge fan of any of the bands, I was greatly entertained.
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