Finch, The Used, Movielife, My Chemical Romance
Irving Plaza
Thursday, February 6, 2003

This show was fucking packed. Loads of emo, pop-punk kids to scoop up all the latest screamo vibes. I was kind of looking forward to this show as I was curious to see several of the bands. I was shortly in for my first dose of reality.

My Chemical Romance was on by the time I got in. For the short time that I was subjected to this band I was in shear pain. Fucking horrendous. Bad metal riffs under wack ass, wannabe singing. If you’re going to throw down “The Metal” in any form, the least you could do is know good riffs from bad ones. The singer wore a leather jacket the entire set. Mad Corny. Whatever, people seemed to enjoy them.

Movielife were up next. They exploded on stage to the delight of the hometown crowd. Old songs mixed with some new ones. I wasn’t completely sold on the new stuff but this band never disappoints me so I’ll wait till I listen to the record before I pass any real judgment. They seemed a little out of it but pulled the show off.

The Used leapt on the stage and the place proceeded to go buckwild. A lot of their songs were much heavier than the shit you hear on the radio. Great stage presence by the entire band. Of course they played “Taste of Ink” and kids followed suit by throwing on their dancing shoes to rep for their peoples. The set grew to be a little boring after a while but impressive nonetheless.

Didn’t stick around for Finch because I just didn’t want to. Overall, a decent show.

Always remember to Guard Your Grill & Knuckle Up (especially at emo shows because they tend to get dangerous)…dominicanedge