The wife and I decided to catch the nickelback concert at the dome here. I was able to get tickets a few days before they went on sale to the general public, picked them up on Tuesday with a Citibank code I found on the Internet or something. If I was thinking I would have bought all I could then tried to resell them, the concert was sold out and 1 was going for as much as I paid for the pair.
Honestly, I wasn’t terribly stoked up for Nickelback, I like their music well enough but I was more interested in seeing Shinedown and Breaking Benjamin. All three bands play about the same kind of music.
The opening opening opening act was Sick Puppies. They played for about 25min or so and didn’t totally suck…they only kinda sucked. Over all they were O.K. but they didn’t quite know how to work the crowd like the bands that have toured more…it’ll come with experience I suppose.
Shinedown was up next. I had anticipated these guys more than anyone else. Some of their music is “tragic” but over all it’s pretty decent. It’s got a good beat, some decent guitar and an O.K. voice over. I went into this concert a Shinedown fan and came out liking them a little less. The band leader is nothing but flat gay. He was a pussy on stage with some of the things he said to the crowd “the women look so beautiful tonight…blah blah blah…” later on he said something about “i never had any brothers, and I’d like to apologize to (the other band members) because I’ve been a prick the past couple days…” dude seriously? This kind of shit doesn’t matter to me, I’m here to party…kick it in the ass and lets go. I wouldn’t pay to see these guys again.
Breaking Benjamin was up next. They looked like your clean cut midwestern rock band. There was nothing “bad ass” about these guys, they pretty much looked like the music they sing. I haven’t been a big fan of these guys and seeing them live didn’t really change that any.
Then came on Nickelback. They were loud…god damn loud. They had some decent pyrotechnics, lots of fire and firecrackers. They played the crowd really well, had a decent amount of banter and put on a generally good show. If you know their music you either love it or hate it…it seems like there are no middle ground fans for these guys. They sing the same type of song over and over again with slightly different words and roughly the same beat. Overall, I do like the style of music. I came out of this concert appreciating the show Nickelback puts on.
I think the money for this show was worth it. It got to be a little long, standing there with no sitting. We were packed in pretty good…constantly bumping in to sweaty people. I wasn’t a big fan of that, I think if I went to another concert I would get a seat instead of standing room. We’ll see, I like going to concerts…I think it’s a good value for my entertainment dollar.