The Boxer Rebellion held a drawing for tickets to their
short set at the Belly Up, and I won! The
Sunset Sessions are the evening entertainment from a music industry 3 day
event(?) held at La Costa resort. It’s
invite only at the La Costa (my invite must have been lost in the mail???), but
the free tix worked out well.
A total of 7 bands were to take the stage Saturday night. Boxer Rebellion were to be first so anything
afterwards was a bonus. I perused the
other bands on YouTube and their websites to get familiar.
Typical Belly Up. "No,
the first act (preceding Boxer Rebellion) was industry only" (read: not me) but I
could come back at 8:45 for Boxer Rebellion.
Hmmm. My ticket said doors open
at 7:45 for 8pm show. So at 7:45 I walked
to Belly up. I met Mike, the lead
singer/guitarist for Acidic (another band playing). He was surprised I knew who he was (the research
paid off). At 7:52 I walked in to get
within 4 feet of the stage and Boxer Rebellion started at 8pm.
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| The Boxer Rebellion |
Any band with only 40 minutes of stage time brings high
energy. And Boxer Rebellion brought
it. Tight vocals, wall of sound, and
soaring vocals. Wow, what a show.
This write-up needs to pause while I fire up Pandora on the
Boxer Rebellion station. Yes, I recall
that guitar work.
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| Boxer Rebellion set list |
Follow-up band was at thrash hard-core band from Queens,
NY. No mistaking they were from Queens
as the lead singer screamed it m-a-n-y times.
That doesn’t go over well in SoCal buddy.
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| Eve to Adam |
Acidic came on.
Michael warmed up the crowd pre-band entrance by walking thru the crowd
encouraging everyone to move forward. He
knows how to work the crowd. Good show,
reminded me of Green Day. I got high-fived
by Michael – check another off the bucket list (getting high-fived by a lead
singer at a concert). Actually he singled me out. My claim to fame for the evening.
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| Michael from Acidic |
The next act, Dig the Kid, is from the Bay Area. Certain pockets of the crowd were over the
top for them – they were related to the band members and had come to SoCal just
for the show. I joined in with the Fam
to go overboard for Dig the Kid.
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| Dig the Kid - great guitar work |
