Bands: Thirty Second Pulse, Kamikaze Pilot Corporation, The Expendables
Venue:Webster Underground
The Lowdown: A friend and I had seen The Expendables open for Less Than Jake a few months back and we wanted to check them out again. I've downloaded like three of there songs since the first time I've seen them (I've since gotten a full album). We got there late because I had work and we also skipped out early because we wanted to hit up a party (chicks dude).
The Venue: Webster Underground
Score: 5
The Webster Underground doesn't have much to offer. It's small and cramped, beer is pricey ($4 for a bottle of bud light?) and often times bands don't sound good. However on the plus side, it's small so you can see the band from wherever. Also if the band manages to sound good, they sound great. The opening bands didn't sound good. The Expendables sounded GREAT.
Price: $12 before hand, $14 at the door.
Score: 3
Seriously? $14 for an Underground Show? You're lucky I liked the band.
The Chicks
Score: 1
That's exactly how many attractive girls there were there and even she only looked good because of everyone else there. Also she was there with some guy.
Jail bait
Score: 4 (1 being full of it and 10 being none at all)
Please don't flaunt something you don't have. k thnx.
The Crowd
Score: 4
A bunch of high schoolers, nothing to look at (see chicks), a few random dudes and an apparent crack whore in what was a crowd of maybe around 50. So I wouldn't hang with these people but at least they were decent once the music started in that they didn't distract me from the band.
Ganja Factor
Score: 7 (1 being I could have gotten a contact high, 10 being sXe)
Considering this is a ska/reggae influenced band I was really surprised I only got a whiff of the stuff once and only from one very smelly, dirty kid. Also the band played a song called "Bowl for Two" and claimed someone had brought them excellent weed called "Expendaberries." Still though for being there from 8:30 to 11:45 I only smelled the stuff for a minute.
Hilarity Factor
Score: 7
This show was pretty funny. Between a fat kid skanking and what looked like a skinny ass 14 year old girl who didn't know how to dance in the crowd to the singers of the Expendables eyebrows moving in every which way while he sang it was pretty laugh filled.
Douche Factor
Score: 7 (1 being full of douches, 10 being none at all)
Not a whole lot to complain here. There was one kid who started dancing like an idiot right in front of me, but he moved aside later. Then there were your typical "Omg Letz start a PIT" high schoolers who banged around each other. For the amount of people there it got to a pretty good size, but it was full of people I could easily toss aside so nothing to worry about.
The Opening Bands: Kamikaze Pilot Corporation, Thirty Second Pulse
Score: 3
Missed the first band Kamikaze Pilot Corp. Thirty Second Pulse sounded like a bad jam band/Dave Mathews band. Could have been worse though.
The Main Act:
Score: 7
There's a reason I went to the show and it's called the Expendables. Their recorded albums don't capture how good these guys are. The guitar player is pretty amazing, and seems to play the entire show with his eyes closed. The singer/guitarist is an excellent vocalist (and his eyebrows as previously mentioned are very entertaining). The Bass player looks like he just escaped from jail but he can lay it down and the drummer also sings which is impressive. I was expecting them to sound awful at the Webster but to my delight they sounded just as good as they did when I saw them at Toads Place which is saying something. Unfortunately they played my three favorite songs by them relatively early which made it pretty easy to skip out early. I didn't feel bad though because I still got to see them play for about an hour and fifteen minutes. I've definitely got to recommend this band to anyone who enjoys a reggae/rock/metal sound. Look up the songs "Down, down, down" (linked below) "Let Loose" and "War Cry" for a nice mix of what they're about.
Pic Taken from My Cellphone
Average Score: 4.8
Final Thoughts:
The Expendables were the only redeeming quality of this show, but then again I wasn't expecting much and they were the only reason I went. Definitely check the band out and try to catch them if they're opening for someone (they're currently on tour with 311). However a show at a dive like the Underground with 50 people isn't going to be all the great overall.
The Expendables - "Down, down, down"
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