Part Two consists of Wavorly & Flatfoot56's performances.
Wavorly was the second band to play. They put on a fairly good show, but for the most part, we were standing and watching. Their biggest hit, "Praise and Adore," is not really a "concerty" song, so they didn't play it. They also didn't play my favorite song of theirs, "A Summer's Song." Since they only have one album, this left them with very few choices. They played 3 or 4 songs from their upcoming album, and probably the same amount that most of the crowd knew. The girl standing in front of us was hardcore OBSESSED with Wavorly... they recognized her as "the chick that tweets us all the time." It was a pretty good set, I probably would have enjoyed it more if I knew their music, but that's my fault. I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Flatfoot 56 was the next band to perform. We knew there were some hardcore fans in the crowd, because we had seen several large (muscular, not fat) men in kilts throughout the evening. Flatfoot came on stage (their lead singer is INCREDIBLY tall, but I'm sure this is common knowledge to everyone but me) and the crowd went CRAZY. At this point, Bry and I were in the front row, center stage- pretty much the best spot in the place. When Flatfoot56 kicked into "Loaded Gun," however, the crowd went even more wild... and began to MOSH.
Now, I was pulled SLIGHTLY into the pit at the Underoath show- but it was nothing like this. Those were mostly small emo boys; these were HUGE bikers in kilts... they could have killed me if I wanted to. For about the first two minutes, I thought it was kinda fun, I pushed some people back, thought "Hey, I could get into this." Then it started getting a little more violent, I fell into the girl in front of me, knocked her, down, picked her back up, and promptly knocked her back down again. I then looked at Bry, who looked like she might die, and pointed toward the back of the room. The large men in kilts were all too happy to let us go further back (they got our spots).
From the back of the room, F56 put on an INCREDIBLE show. I did feel slightly more retarded jumping and fist pumping when I actually had room to breathe, but when a LIGHT fell onto a man's HEAD and he started BLEEDING, we knew we had made the right choice. Loaded Gun was a highlight, as was "The Rotten Hand" (my favorite Flatfoot song), and "Amazing Grace." (Who knew you could mosh to Amazing Grace?)
One of the more amusing parts of Flatfoot56's show was their "battle scene." As Bry and I cowered along the back wall, they directed everyone to line up on opposite sides of the room. As the very tall man counted to eight, each person was to pick an opponent. When Tall Man reached "eight," the band started playing and everyone ran and took down their "opponent." It was hilarious to watch.
Part 3 tomorrow: Project86
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