Against Me! Live Reviews

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EG
Against Me! - @ Camden Electric Ballroom

Steriogram - smile.gif smile.gif

I was not expecting much after only hearing the awful 'Walkie Talkie Man' but they were quite good, i enjoyed them and their lead singer looked like he should be in a shit heavy metal band instead.

Future of the Left sad.gif

For some reason the have quite a big following, but they were utter shit.

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Bearing in mind the last time I saw them was the best gig of my entire life I wasn't expecting much seeing as this venue was twice the size and the array of people that were there was entirely different from the Underworld gig in July.
But I was so excited by the time they hit the stage, came on with Up The Cuts, then straight into Cliche Guevara, then Pints... it was brilliant.

I had met Warren and Andrew walking down the Camden high street before and no one else seemed to notice them, and from the start of the gig i was on the barrier, and Warren kept looking at me like he recognized me and I shouted to him during the set to 'Play Baby!!' and he nodded and smiled at me, and what do they do for the encore 'Baby I'm an Anarchist!' then Reinventing Axl Rose and WeLaugh At Danger to end it, fucking quality.

Saw them on halloween last year in Birmingham.....

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First of all, I apologise for those interested in a review of Steriogram and Future of the Left. I did not get into the venue until after Steriogram had finished and I paid little attention to Future of the Left. I could certainly appreciate how people could like them, but as a band they did not interest me.

There were two things of interest during FOTL's performance however. Firstly, I met Warren (AM! drummer) as he was standing on a chair behind the merchandise table watching the performance. Surprisingly, he wasn't recognised by many people but he definitely seemed to be enjoying the band. Secondly, FOTL spent a lot of time moaning about how bad the audience were. To be fair, their musical style is notably different of Against Me!'s, so to expect the audience to be interested might be asking too much. They left the stage with "You've been a great audience. C+... and that's being generous" and not many new fans.

Against Me! Are a band who through label upgrades and musical style changes have managed to divide their fans. One thing fans can unanimously agree on, however, is the intensity of their live show.

They opened up with "New Wave" (which actually sounded better live) and never let go. I was disappointed that "Pints..." wasn't the opener and I worried that we weren't going to hear it. Thankfully, it was the second song and the crowd went suitably crazy.

Those who were disappointed with New Wave would have been similarly disappointed here. At least seven songs from it were played ("Borne on the FM Waves" wasn't and I can't remember "Up the Cuts" or "Piss and Vinegar") and they took up a large part of the set. Luckily, I happen to really like the album and I'm glad that more songs were played from New Wave than Searching for a Former Clarity.

However, it must be said that it's a shame that they no longer play as many of their 'classics.' As the Eternal Cowboy was quite well-represented and "Sink, Florida, Sink" stole the show as it usually does. Sadly, Reinventing Axl Rose was limited to just one main set song: "Pints."

AM! fans know that they are not famed for their crowd banter and here was no different; they whistled through their incredibly well-rehearsed set with no delay. It's apparent that considerable effort has been put into making the live show as good as possible and the only mistake was Tom messing up the lines on “The Ocean.”

After leaving the stage the band returned for the obligatory encore, I was incredibly annoyed that "Miami" was the first song they chose to play. Sure, it's a good song but there are at least 15 songs I would have rather that they'd played, with "Impact" being my personal choice. The final encore song was “We Laugh at Danger and Break All the Rules” -- a perfect song for an encore, its rousing sing-along vocals cannot help but put a smile on your face and leave you with the impression that you have just witnessed a special band.

Sure, they don't play all the songs we wish they would, but Against Me! Are still the band that captured imaginations when they first started. They have grown and matured but can still make you jump up and down with your fist in the air and believe that nothing else but that moment matters.

Cringed at some bits as I re-read this, the ending is particularly horrific

I've read that review before

I think I'll try do one for the show on wednesday. I'll never remember the whole setlist though, I'm bad at remembering song names, plus I'll be drinking. The alcohol won't be the life of the party though.

Haha nicely put.

Yeah any songs you can remember are always good, especially the ones that stand out
Is Wednesday the Sheffield date?

Yeah, that's right. I'm driving down from near Middlesborough, it's a good 2 hours :/

Commitment. Hope it's worth it.
Although I'm driving from Peterborough to London which is near 2 hours so I am also very committed. Go us!

Woo! *hi5*

Stalls_Standing wrote:

I've read that review before

I submitted it to punknews after the show.

That was it!

I'll do a similar one after tomorrow, although I do plan on drinking so it may not contain the full tracklist

Haha, Pints of Guiness make your memory bad

Haha, that actually made me laugh, wp

Who do you have for support? We have Canterbury and Kill Casino, neither of which I have heard before.

You don't have Canterbury anymore

They have been replaced with The Steal, who are pretty awesome
http://www.myspace.com/thesteal
All the dates have Kill Casino and The Steal i'm pretty sure

I sure hope so, I've heard they're pretty awesome.

That's why I was asking as I'd heard rumours about The Steal.

Nice, that'd be really really cool.

Yeah it says it on their myspace, the steal and kill casino

Against Me! in July last year had Gunrack? and World/Inferno
fucking brilliant
Then in November Steriogram and Future of the Left
terrible.

Yeah I had the misfortune of Steriogram and FOTL.

Didn't even bother getting there for Steriogram and FOTL were atrocious, which is weird as I'd heard good things.

Yeah, can't say I was massively impressed either.

Steriogram were quite entertaining, FOTL sucked an amazing amount of cock

This was on punktastic about the Bristol show:

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Bristol was Good, I really fucking hope they shut the academy 2 down soon though Sad

The Steal had some brilliant costumes, Against me! were pretty good, terrible shame that the venues sound could ruin even the best of bands


I second that!

Against Me! played pretty much most of New Wave along with pints of guiness, T.S.R, Energizer, Impact is all I can remember.

i saw that camden ballroom show in november, FOTL and Steriogram were awful. AM! were pretty good but animal and stop plus all the post-new wave fansmade me cringe a bit