Graham made his way onstage
first as usual and began to attack the crowd with sounds from
them sweet pedals whilst the rest joined him onstage, my
fingers were tightly crossed, praying the crowd would like
them, praying the equipment would be fine and praying the
sound would be good.
The kids all moved
forward as the 'Free Reign' started things off and they
were wild, this was no mosh before my eyes this was full on
energy release, they flung themselves into each other, it all
seemed friendly though, no hatred on display just raw immature
boys enjoying themselves which was cool and all but they
werent there for the music and it hurt so much upfront.
I got impaled against
the railings, my knees got compressed against the railing by
the heads of the fallen, I had to keep checking over my
shoulder and by the time 'Sustained Reaction got played
I decided to really enjoy the show I would have to just stand
at the back, did I mention the floor was bouncing too.
The sound in the venue
was good which was cool considering the only soundcheck they
got was just before they went on, I enjoyed the rest of the
show from the back and just watched as the boys piled into one
another, total and utter chaos unfolding before my eyes, it
reminded me somewhat of the crowd in the 'Smells Like Teen
Spirit' video.
'Fits Like That' was
going to end the set, my cue to leave and return to the merch
in the hoe that people would be buying tshirts and asking
after Miocene when the music ended, the sound upstairs was
just as good as downstairs, I closed my eyes and pictured the
pit going on as the song drew to a close, lots of aches of
pains for the boys in that pit tonight.