After we ate our pizza we walked to the venue Arrows. We were faced by a line of punk-rock teenagers that laced around the building with a line that continued on for what felt like forever, into a tiny, scary looking alleyway. So that's where we were left standing for about half an hour before the line began to move, once it was moving it went quite fast and my excitement was growing more and more with each step closer to the entrance.
Finally we got to the entrance and made our way into the building. We walked down a few stairs as the venue was underground to prevent loud noise disturbing the suburban area. As soon as we got down the stairs we were hit with an unbearable stench of sweaty teenagers, which wasn't very pleasant. Once we all got over the fact that it stunk so much, my best friend and I made our way over to the merch tables to see what they had. We got a couple of t-shirts each and then realised we hadn't bought bags to put them in, so I put mine over my clothes which later on I discovered was a terrible mistake, because it made me incredibly hot while in the mosh pit, and my best friend left hers with my dad and uncle as they weren't overly keen on getting into a crowd of sweaty teenagers.
The first band had already started before we walked in the door so we only saw two of their songs. The band was called Storm the Sky, I found that they sounded kind of similar to Memphis May Fire. I'll be honest and say I didn't particularly like this band but then after listening to them after the concert I began to appreciate them more. After Storm the Sky, Beartooth came on. Beartooth were one of the main reasons my best friend and I even got tickets to the concert so we made sure to get in amongst the crowd. We were right next to a speaker at the front of the stage, the crowd was incredibly hot to be in for so long without a bottle of water. So if I can give you any advice for mosh pits, take some water with you. Half way through Beartooth's set the guitarist climbed up onto the speaker we were standing next to and then jumped off onto us. A week before the concert I had just had my tragus pierced so with my luck, when the guitarist jumped down his guitar hit me in the head and then as he moved he kicked my ear and my new piercing started to bleed all down the side of my face. I didn't notice until Beartooth finished their set and I went to see my dad to tell him I basically got crushed by the guitarist while my best friend caught him and had to hold his butt the whole time.
While telling my dad, I saw the guitarist at the merch table, so my best friend and I went and got a photo with him and he was the one who pointed out there was blood on me, which was kinda funny as it was his fault. After buying a bottle of water each, we then joined the mosh pit again while we waited for We Came As Romans. I hadn't listened to many of their songs before seeing them live, from memory I think Hope and their Punk Goes Pop covers were the only songs i'd actually heard. Since then I've made an effort to listen to everyone of their songs. It's so much more fun actually knowing the songs before seeing a band, so if you get the time always make sure to listen to the band first, unlike what I did.
We bounced around in the crowd until their song Hope came on and the two of us looked at each other and I screamed to my best friend "I'm gonna go up!" She was shocked at how quickly I had asked someone to lift me up and then throw my body on top of the crowd. One second I was screaming at her and the next I was in the air, crowd surfing. I made it right to the front with hands all over me, and just as the security guard went to pull me over the fence I was dropped, did a backflip and whacked my face on the fence. So my first ever time crowd surfing was a bit of a fail but a great story to tell. We Came As Roman's set was quite long and I really enjoyed them. They're definitely worth seeing live if you haven't already.
After they were finished it was then time for the band basically everyone had come to see, Australian metal core band: In Hearts Wake. I'd loved this band for a quite a while before seeing them so being in their presence and seeing them play live was amazing for me. I attempted to crowd surf during many of their songs and definitely got most of my injuries while watching them. I wanted to make the most of seeing them as I knew I probably would't get the opportunity any time soon.
The skydancer tour was one of my favourite concerts i've been to and I'd definitely recommend seeing any of the four bands mentioned above if you get the chance because they all put on a really great performance.
Yours truly,
whothefuckiseh?
xoxo
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