While large festival aren’t my typical cup of tea, as I like to see bands in much intimate settings, I’ve managed to attend Bamboozle at the Meadowlands Sports Complex for three years. This year I would venture with Greg, Gery, and Gabby for a delightfully fun time.
Our first stop to the big bubble where we saw Anthony Raneri of Bayside acoustic. It was good to chill out. I calmed down after missing The Sleeping. Raneri played “Sorrow,” “Landing Feet First,” and “Devotion and Desire.” Streetlight were fun. RJA were okay, they played a Foo Fighter cover which was pretty neat. As Tall As Lions were really good acoustic, it was awesome to see them stripped down. They played “Love, Love, Love,” “Ghost of York,” “Maybe I’m Just Tired.” A Day to Remember were fun as always. The Bravery were amazing. I had a great time hearing “Believe” and “An Honest Mistake.” Paramore were intense, got in the crowd and held onto the three G’s as we pushed our way to the front. I had to get out of the crowd at the end. Heard Jimmy Eat World play the songs I knew, sounded great. Snoop Dogg was…an experience. It was weird seeing rock kids so into Snoop. My friends loved his set and he played 30 minutes more than expected. I recognized tracks, I didn’t even know were his, ha. “Jim and Juice” was classic. He was all about presenting himself as a ganster and the whole sex, drugs, alcohol thang. Good times.
In a brief:
2:00-2:30 Anthony Raneri- Bamboozle TV Studio- sweet
2:30-3 Streetlight Manifesto- Nowhat.com Stage- fun
3:00-3:30 The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Asbury Park Stage- okay
3:30-4:00 Vinnie Caruna of the Movie Life- Nokia Ticket Rush Stage- good
4:00-4:30 Snake Milk (MAE)- Rebel Youth Records Stage- alright
4:15-4:45 As Tall As Lions (Acoustic)- Bamboozle TV Studio- sexy
5:40-6:10 Ludo- The Aquarian Stage- interesting
6:15- 6:45 A Day to Remember- The 5 Gum Stage- hardcore
6:20- 6:50 Saves the Day- Nowwhat.com Stage- nice
6:45 - 7:15 Kill Hannah- dancey
6:50-7:25 Jacks Mannequin- Asbury Park Stage- blah
7:25- 8:00 The Bravery- Nowhat.com Stage- catchy
8:00-8:45 Paramore- Asbury Park Stage- whoa
8:45-9:30 Jimmy Eat World - great
8:55-9:30 Del Jugo- Linc Star Records Break Stage- short
9:15-9:45 Alesana- The 5 Gum Stage- ouch
9:30-11:00 Snoop Dogg- off the hizzle
(Jax) awesome show!
ReplyDeleteI was at Del Jugo's set too. I can't believe I didn't see you considering the area was so small (and there weren't many people there at that point). Their singer's voice sounded fantastic. It's good to see you checked out Ludo! :)
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