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Showing posts with label Beartooth. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Polar Opposite of Below


https://blabbermouth.net/news/caleb-shomo-beartooths-upcoming-the-surface-album-is-the-polar-opposite-of-below - CALEB SHOMO: BEARTOOTH's Upcoming 'The Surface' Album Is 'The Polar Opposite' Of 'Below' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET

I don't know if I want to listen to "the polar opposite of "Below"" because I happen to think that "Below" is a great album! It's the album that gave me "The Past is Dead" and "Skin"
The Past is Dead

Skin

Full Album Playlist

28:56 start 30:10 - 33:20 The Past is dead 33:50 - 36:58 Skin 37:20 - 40:26 Hated

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

ADTR IP and B

If Alex were not at UNI in Cedar Falls, I'm 100% sure we'd be at this concert two weeks from today. Instead, this is the concert I'm not going to but wish I was going to with Alex two weeks from today:

A Day To Remember The Degenerates Tour
Featuring special guests I Prevail and Beartooth
Wed 10/30/2019

Some other time...

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Gasoline

I Prevail is a band that Alex likes. They are one of the opening bands for a A Day to Remember concert in Des Moines, IA, along with another of Alex's favorite bands, Beartooth. Alex has seen both I Prevail and Beartooth at Gabes in downtown Iowa City, IA. I took Alex to Clive, IA, to see I Prevail with two other bands - Pierce the Veil and ... it'll come to me later today probably - and I thought they were good. I have a picture of the I Prevail drummer, Alex, me, and the I Prevail guitarist.

The tune below is from their latest album. I was initially turned off by it and still am, in some respects, because the theme of "Burn it all down" is a theme that feels prevalent in other tunes by other bands - it doesn't feel original. The fact that the singer uses the word "f*ck" with all of its variations each time they arrive at the chorus doesn't help me like the tune either.

Thus, the video below is for a tune that I wish I liked better. I do think the storyline of the character is interesting and probably is aligned with the struggles that people in that situation endure. I feel blessed I have not gone through what the main character goes through in any shape in my own life; I have not felt like the main character feels.

In summary, I like the storyline of the video but am not a huge fan of the actual music. I think I Prevail can probably do better. I will probably listen to them today as I do my final preparation for the IT Audit next week, on Thursday, September 19, 2019.

As aforementioned, if you do not like adult words, the video below is probably not for you.


Friday, September 7, 2018

Two Tours Skipping Iowa

Beartooth On Tour:

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9/28 Ft Wayne IN @ The Clyde Theatre
9/29 Detroit MI @ Self Help Festival
10/01 Chicago IL @ House of Blues
10/03 Indianapolis IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
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11/10 Denver CO @ Oriental Theater
11/12 Lawrence KS @ Granada Theater
11/13 Omaha NE @ Sokol Auditorium
11/14 Minneapolis MN @ Varsity Theater
11/15 Sauget IL @ Pop’s Concert Venue
11/17 Columbus OH @ Express Live!

JEREMY ZUCKER’S ANYTHING, ANYWHERE TOUR:

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September 27 Ann Arbor, MI The Blind Pig
September 28 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen*
September 29 Minneapolis, MN Chop Shop*
October 3 Omaha, NE Slowdown Front Room*
October 4 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge*
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* Sold Out

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Alex's Favorite Band Dives Deep

From a press release I received via email:

(May 25, 2017)- Today, Beartooth is pleased and proud to share the official video for their single ‘Sick Of Me.’ Directed by Marc Klasfeld (Twenty One Pilots, Fun., Katy Perry), the documentary style video for ‘Sick Of Me’ follows the stories of four individuals struggling with depression and how each has channeled their energy into something positive to overcome it. “It’s rare that I am able to create a music video that allows other people to get their story across with such a positive message,” notes Klasfeld. “I really hope it can help anyone afflicted with depression in some way.” Watch the powerful video here.

Frontman Caleb Shomo comments on his own battle with the disease, “Depression and anxiety isn’t something you just get away from. It’s just inside you. For me it’s just always in my brain churning. It’s about fighting it and overcoming it, you can’t run away from it. You have to deal with it. This song is a big way to help. At least for me, music has been implanted in my body and what I’ve connected with. When I go on stage everything goes away. If you can choose that you will not let depression and anxiety run your life, you’re going to make it. It’s your body and your life and your choice.”



Powerful message.
Then this video came up:



And THEN.... I saw Metallica playing "Hang Up the Phone"



Thursday, March 23, 2017

Literally Going Around the World

Beartooth is one of Alex's favorite band. They are from OH and their song "Hated" is one that has been growing upon me - videos embedded below. Alex saw Beartooth in concert at Gabe's Oasis in April 2016. This was prior to "Hated" being released to radio and I wasn't ready to see them. Alex recorded the following videos of that Gabe's Oasis show:







Shortly after the concert, Alex began calling Ned, a cool Rock 108 DJ, and requesting Beartooth and, day after day, Ned would say that he couldn't play them. Well, now Rock 108 is blasting "Hated" fairly often.


Beartooth now have concert dates on a tour with Bring Me the Horizon and Underoath. These are some of their upcoming tour dates and I only mention it because they are literally going around the world. The following is not all of their concerts, but just meant to show what April 2017 - June 2017 is going to be like for them. They go from the Western US (4/1 - 4/8) to the Eastern US (4/28 - 5/7), play in their home state of OH at Rock on the Range, (which has Metallica in the lineup) then leave 8 days later for England, Netherlands, Germany, France, then back to Germany (5/27 - 6/03), then have 2 weeks off before they play in Australia (6/18 - 6/24), then are back in the US to join the Warped tour (6/28 - 7/1 are shown below but the tour goes on beyond that).

4/1 Seattle, WA @ WaMu Theater**
4/3 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre**
4/6 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Expo Hall**
4/7 Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre**
4/8 Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint**
4/28 Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena
4/29 Fort Myers, FL @ JetBlue Park
4/30 Jacksonville, FL @ Metropolitan Park
5/07 Concord, NC @ Charlotte Motor Speedway
5/19 Columbus, OH @ Mapfre Stadium
5/27 Birmingham, UK @ The NEC
5/28 Leeds, UK @ City Centre
5/29 Hertfordshire, UK @ The Forum
5/30 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Dynamo
5/31 Hannover, Germany @ Musikzentrum
6/01 Savigny Le Temple, France @ Empreinte
6/02 Nurburg, Germany @ Rock Am Ring
6/03 Nurburg, Germany @ Rock Am Ring
6/17 Adelaide, Australia @ Thebarton Theatre
6/18 Melbourne, Australia @ Festival Hall
6/22 Moore Park, Australia @ Hordern Pavillion
6/24 Brisbane, Australia @ Riverstage
6/28 New Orleans, LA @Port Of New Orleans ^
6/29 Atlanta, GA @ Aaron’s Amphitheatre @Lakewood ^
6/30 Orlando, FL @ Tinker Field ^
7/01 St. Petersburg, FL @ Vinoy Park ^

The thing that is so crazy is that Alex saw them at Gabe's Oasis in Iowa City in April 2016 and now, in April 2017, they are out touring with Bring Me the Horizon & Underoath. Then, they will tour the world.

Literally.

If I were them, I would take the two weeks between Germany and Australia to see other countries 'on that side' of the world. I wouldn't want to come back to the US, deal with the time zone changes, and then go from, say, OH to Australia. Since I've never traveled to 'the other side of the world' in my life (and doubt I ever will be able to), I am speculating that shifting time zones frequently is not good for your body, but I can't be certain.

Speaking of the Warped Tour, of course Alex wants to see one of their dates (listed below) in the Central US. I wonder - when did going to Chicago Open Air 2017 not enough??!?

7/18 Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center ^
7/19 Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend Music Center ^
7/20 Indianapolis, IN @ Klipsch Music Center ^
7/21 Detroit, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills ^
7/22 Chicago, IL @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ^
7/23 Shakopee, MN @ Canterbury Park ^
7/24 Milwaukee, WI @ Marcus Amphitheatre ^
7/26 St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino ^
7/27 Bonners Spring, KS @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre^

Here are some more versions of Beartooth's "Hated" tune: