Awesome Concert!

I took a vacation day from work yesterday to go see a concert at the Bryce Jordan Center. The concert was Seether, Three Days Grace, and Breaking Benjamin. Wow! What a show! I was very impressed by how clean the sound was. It was loud of course, but not so loud and distorted that it just sounded garbled. Sometimes when you go to a concert, it's very loud but yet you can't really "hear" anything but a bunch of noise.

A band called Neverset (who I'd never heard of before) from Dallas, TX actually opened the show. They played like four or five songs. The music was decent, but the singing IMO was horrendous. All that the guy basically did was scream. I don't think that I understood one word that he uttered the whole time.

After that, Seether came out. They were heavy, tight, and solid. Shaun Morgan's voice sounded incredible. They played about seven songs including Fake It, Jesus Christ, Rise Above This, Broken, Fine Again, and Remedy. I was totally impressed by them.

Next up was Three Days Grace. I actually saw all three of the bands from last night back in September, 2007 in Hershey along with Live and Collective Soul. I thought that all three were better last night than in September, but Three Days Grace displayed the greatest level of performance elevation. They put on a fantastic show. From the very first song, they sounded great, they had the crowd into it, and they had all kinds of flames and explosions erupting that added to the effect. They really blew me away. They put on the best performance of anyone last night. Their singer was really into it and he kept inciting the crowd to stand up, get loud, sing along, and generally just get crazy. It really pumped everyone up.

Breaking Benjamin headlined the show. They are my favorite band, and last night they reinforced my appreciation for their music. What can I say; they totally rocked. If you haven't ever heard Breaking Benjamin and are in any way a fan of hard rock, do yourself a favor and check them out. I think that the reason I like them so much is that they meet all of the criteria that I love in music. Ben Burnley has a great voice, there are heavy, crunching guitars, catchy riffs, and pounding drum beats. Their lyrics are thoughtful and intelligent and they mix in just the right amount of raw emotion and power.

All in all, it was a power-packed concert. My wife and I both had a great time. The Bryce Jordan Center is a really cool place to see a concert. We got right in to park and right out after the concert. Up there, they are accustomed to handling large numbers of people as they have to deal with the 100,000 plus that pack into Beaver Stadium six or seven times every Fall.

My next concert will probably be over the summer or in the Fall. I would really like to see Nickelback again, but I'm open to checking out almost any band that plays hard-hitting tunes.