Three reasons the Linkin Park concert didn't suck...and 20,001 reasons it did.

Last night I had the dubious 'pleasure' of attending Linkin Park's Arena Tour '08 (thanks Carol!). This is Linkin Park's first arena tour and it is a success. The Staples Center was the venue for this mega-bands show. The Staples Center is a beautiful facility and this was my second trip there. The first was for a Clippers' game and now Linkin Park. Both are things I couldn't care less about, but, when a friend offers you free concert tickets, you go (once again, thanks Carol!!!).

Now, I give you, three reasons the Linkin Park concert didn't suck:

1:
The Staples Center. The huge-ness of this venue for a concert is staggering. The sound was mind-blowing and the lights bounced and popped creating a visual masterpiece. The only thing that threw me was the fact that both opening acts had AMAZING light shows while Linkin Park put all their efforts into using 6 flying digital screens with iTunes visualizer programs attached. It was like watching those music screensavers with the trembling lines and shit...kinda lame.

Secondively:
The opening acts didn't suck. Chiodos and Coheed and Cambria were there as openers and both put on decent shows. Check out both bands as they are totally decent. Chiodos is a little more melodramatic, but have moments of greatness. Coheed and Cambria are rock and roll. Simple rock and roll.

3rd:
Linkin Park. Are you ready for this? Linkin Park's new album Minutes to Midnight is not that bad. I know this may scare you, it scared me, but it's true. Just to prove it I've included a sample track. Give it a listen, go ahead...push play.




See?

And of course, 20,001 reasons this concert sucked.

1-20,000:
The Fans. My God, the fans. Where do these people come from? I haven't seen so many backwards caps ever. Period. EVER! I was in line with Carol getting beers when we were called over to the second line, you know, one of those, "Can I help the next person" things. When we get there she directs back into our original line, cause she worked at the Staples Center, so she was just fucking with us (does anyone else feel like this?). So, we slide right back into line where we were, and the douchebag behind us grunts, "Were you in line before". Yeah, bro, we were. We've been in front of you for about 10 minutes now. He had no idea...

He basically looked like this guy:




20,001:
Linkin Park. Let's face it, it was still a Linkin Park concert, right?