Showing posts with label Breaking Benjamin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breaking Benjamin. Show all posts
Friday, February 25, 2022
Monday, February 21, 2022
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
12 for Sawyer
These are 12 tunes for Sawyer, my nephew.
- Skillet - It's Not Me It's You
- I Prevail - Blank Space (Taylor Swift Cover)
- From Ashes To New - Crazy
- Avenged Sevenfold - Bat Country
- Volbeat - A Warrior's Call
- Five Finger Death Punch - Gone Away
- Chevelle - Face to the Floor
- Pop Evil - Footsteps (Go Higher)
- Papa Roach - Help
- Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
- Godsmack - Moon Baby
- Shinedown - Enemies
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Seeing Three Good Concerts Through The Eyes of My Son
2020-02-21 Spicolli's in Waterloo, IA - Pop Evil Acoustic Playlist
2020-02-15 US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, IA - Breaking Benjamin and Korn Playlist
2019-07-19 Wooly's in Des Moines, IA - Pop Evil
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Nope
Received the email below about a festival in Lenox, MA, in July 2020. There's zero chance of me attempting to work out going to MA to see this show. It's an interesting poster - Breaking Benjamin is a "bigger" band than Quiet Riot, but it's Quiet Riot's graphic that dominates. That said, if this was being held in Des Moines or Moline or even Waterloo, I would consider going to it.
Since I'm curious, I dug around a bit and found this site - Riot & Rebels with Quiet Riot, Molly Hatchet and BLACKFOOT - which does not list Breaking Benjamin as a band on the bill. Who is wrong?
Since I'm curious, I dug around a bit and found this site - Riot & Rebels with Quiet Riot, Molly Hatchet and BLACKFOOT - which does not list Breaking Benjamin as a band on the bill. Who is wrong?
Sonic Octane will be performing withQuiet Riot, Molly Hatchet, BlackfootSaving Abel, Breaking BenjaminSaliva, Tantricand more!Eastover EstateLenox, Massachusetts
Thursday, July 11, 2019
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Tease
This is a tease for what I will eventually post on a separate page on this blog:
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| Alex & I at the Breaking Benjamin / Five Finger Death Punch / From Ashes to New concert |
Monday, September 10, 2018
Great Setlist for BB
I'm debating whether to attend the Five Finger Death Punch & Breaking Benjamin show on the Tuesday night after Thanksgiving in November. I like the BB set list:
Based upon their setlist, I'm fairly certain I've heard most of the songs I want to hear at a 5FDP show:
I suppose you could say the jury is still out.
Based upon their setlist, I'm fairly certain I've heard most of the songs I want to hear at a 5FDP show:
I suppose you could say the jury is still out.
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
14 Bands I Routinely Listen To
More and more, seeing Five Finger Death Punch with Breaking Benjamin & From Ashes to New on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, is becoming very appealing. I've been on a "modern rock" kick lately. These bands are routinely in my ears (listed in alphabetical order)
- Breaking Benjamin
- Chevelle
- Five Finger Death Punch - The 10 best Five Finger Death Punch songs, chosen by Zoltan Bathory
- Godsmack
- Papa Roach
- Shinedown
- AC-DC (the groove on "Givin the Dog a Bone" & "Shake A Leg" specifically have captured my attention)
- Judas Priest
- KISS
- Metallica
- Rush
- Bayside
- Bigwig
- Count the Stars
- Ten Foot Pole
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Thursday, October 5, 2017
4 months, 4 days Until....
I saw Avenged Sevenfold open for Metallica in June 2017 and I saw Breaking Benjamin open for Godsmack in 2006, but I've never seen Bullet for my Valentine in concert, though I have a MP3 of one of their live concerts - I'm actually listening to it now and I enjoy it. $55 for a GA ticket is not terrible, though I would be more inclined to get a reserved ticket in the lower bowl of the US Cellular Center. As for the "experiences" and "package" listed below, uh, there's no way I would do that.
I am not sure when, if ever, I will 'move' on trying to attend this show. If I hadn't just seen Avenged Sevenfold in June 2017, I would be more inclined to want to go. If I go, it would be exactly 8 months since the last time I had witnessed them live.
Avenged Sevenfold with special guests Breaking Benjamin & Bullet For My Valentine
Friday, February 9, 2018 | 6:25 pm
Presale on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 @ 10 am - 10 pm with code ANGELS . *** 6 TICKET MAXIMUM PURCHASE ***
Public on sale Friday, October 6 @ 10 am.
Reserved Tickets: $75, $55, $39, $25.
GA Floor Tickets: $55.
Hail to the King Experience: $352
- One (1) general admission floor ticket to see Avenged Sevenfold live
- Additional access to the 'Hail to the King' viewing area - a VIP-only elevated platform next to the soundboard for the Avenged Sevenfold performance
- One (1) official show setlist signed by Avenged Sevenfold
- Invitation to The Paradigm Lounge - an exclusive pre-show experience curated by A7X including:
- Admittance to 'The Stage' - an immersive experience offering the opportunity to play Avenged Sevenfold's instruments and take pictures with their memorabilia
- Complimentary snacks
- Private cash bar with one (1) drink ticket*
- One (1) copy of 'Unholy Confessions', an exclusive A7X tour book featuring a retrospective of the band's career including a collection of never-before-seen photos, with a foreword from Avenged Sevenfold
- Crowd free merchandise shopping opportunity before doors to the public
- One (1) commemorative laminate
- Dedicated venue entrance
- On-site experience host
A7X Experience: $192
- One (1) general admission floor ticket -OR- One (1) premium reserved ticket in the lower bowl to see Avenged Sevenfold live
- Invitation to The Paradigm Lounge - an exclusive pre-show lounge experience curated by A7X including:
- Admittance to 'The Stage' - an immersive experience offering the opportunity to play Avenged Sevenfold's instruments and take pictures with their memorabilia
- Complimentary snacks
- Private cash bar*
- One (1) copy of 'Unholy Confessions', an exclusive A7X tour book featuring a retrospective of the band's career including a collection of never-before-seen photos, with a foreword from Avenged Sevenfold
- Crowd free merchandise shopping opportunity before doors to the public
- One (1) commemorative laminate
- Dedicated venue entrance
- On-site experience host
“Higher” Seamless Package: $142
- One (1) general admission pit ticket -OR- One (1) premium reserved ticket in the lower bowl to see Avenged Sevenfold live
- One (1) copy of 'Unholy Confessions', an exclusive A7X tour book featuring a retrospective of the band's career including a collection of never-before-seen photos, with a foreword from Avenged Sevenfold
- Dedicated venue entrance
- On-site experience host
I am not sure when, if ever, I will 'move' on trying to attend this show. If I hadn't just seen Avenged Sevenfold in June 2017, I would be more inclined to want to go. If I go, it would be exactly 8 months since the last time I had witnessed them live.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Motionless in White
So, when Korn & Breaking Benjamin show up for their concert on 9/27 in Cedar Rapids, IA at the U.S. Cellular Center, they will have this band as one of the opening acts. I'm not super-duper familiar with their tunes and after listening to the video below, I'm not convinced I want to be, but I'm not convinced I wouldn't want to see them in concert. Alex, for his part, is super stoked about the possibility of seeing them in concert. I would be more interested in seeing Breaking Benjamin (at this point) than any of the other 3 bands (Silver Snakes is the 4th band that is on the bill and they opened for Bring Me the Horizon in Clive, IA, back in May).
All this to say the jury is still out.
All this to say the jury is still out.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Upcoming Incorrect
Bryan Adams is coming to Cedar Rapids, IA, for a concert at the US Cellular Center. I've never felt compelled to write about Bryan Adams on this blog, but I've always liked his tunes. I used to listen to "Cuts Like a Knife" on cassette repeatedly, though, there's been too many miles between then and now to cite a track on that release other than the title cut. I also liked the release "Reckless" but not because of the hit single "Summer of '69." I really liked the tune "Somebody." There was something magical about the guitar riff and even the guitar solo that speaks to me. I am humming the tune now (silently).
Set aside all of the above and look at the announcement I received through an email:
It's really close, but there's a problem with the date. As you can see below, September 18, 2016, is not a Monday - it's a Sunday. That makes a big difference as far as whether I'd be able to swing going to the show as far as scheduling and such.
As I sit here on a Wednesday in September, attending this show is unlikely to happen. I would rather see one or both of these shows instead:
I've never seen Korn, Motionless in White (Alex told me last night he likes their music), or REO Speedwagon in concert which means, yes, I've seen BB, Silver Snakes (they opened for Bring Me the Horizon in Clive when Alex and I went to see them last month), Def Leppard, and Tesla. When I saw Tesla, they were the HEADLINER and had Great White and Badlands open for them. Now they get the (crappy) opening slot on a 3 band bill. Meanwhile, yes, over in Moline, IL, there are at least three concerts I'd like to see:
"Make America Rock Again" is a multi-band concert with the following bands:
Set aside all of the above and look at the announcement I received through an email:
I've never seen Korn, Motionless in White (Alex told me last night he likes their music), or REO Speedwagon in concert which means, yes, I've seen BB, Silver Snakes (they opened for Bring Me the Horizon in Clive when Alex and I went to see them last month), Def Leppard, and Tesla. When I saw Tesla, they were the HEADLINER and had Great White and Badlands open for them. Now they get the (crappy) opening slot on a 3 band bill. Meanwhile, yes, over in Moline, IL, there are at least three concerts I'd like to see:
- DROWNING POOL
- TRAPT
- SALIVA
- SAVING ABEL
- ALIEN ANT FARM
- CRAZYTOWN
- 12 STONES
- TANTRIC
- More!
Friday, May 6, 2016
Unequal Pay is Good ... Sometimes
A professional wrestler in the WWE, Ryback, wrote a blog post about how WWE stars should receive equal pay, whether the wrestler is booked to win or lose. It's an interesting essay and, while there are clumsy phrases throughout, I concluded that Ryback is an intelligent man. I have the link below for your reading enjoyment. Ryback makes the case that there should be more equal pay for professional wrestlers in the WWE.
I know this may be a stretch in the logic Ryback uses, but I am taking his argument and applying it to the fictional situation where I am the booking agent for a music festival. Should I pay the 8 bands I'm going to book the same, meaning the very first band that plays should be paid the same as the headliner. Uh, no. Never. Look at this fictional dream lineup of a day-long music festival I would love to book at Kinnick Stadium. Here's the schedule:
12:00 Doors Open
02:10-02:45 From Ashes to New
03:00-03:40 We As Human
04:05-04:45 In This Moment
05:15-06:00 Pop Evil
06:30-07:15 Breaking Benjamin
07:45-09:00 Shinedown
09:30-11:00 Metallica
Editor's Note: Schedule was revised on 5/13/2016 to use the Rock'n Derby main stage schedule as a template. See below the link to Ryback's post for the bands that are playing at that festival.
Regardless of the amount of time a specific band was playing, there is a higher demand for Metallica than From Ashes to New, the same as there is more demand for Cena or The Rock than for Golddust or R Truth. That's the way it is. The only way a band like From Ashes to New or We As Human can move into the Metallica slot is to keep churning away, playing gigs upon gigs until, eventually, they headline their own tour. A great example is Shinedown. They were not in a good slot the first time I saw them at Memphis in May in 2003. While their single "45" was starting to run up the charts, they still played around 2 PM, which is not the best slot. When I saw them in 2008, Shinedown were sandwiched between Buck Cherry & Saving Abel. When I saw them twice in 2013, Shinedown was headlining their own tour with Three Days Grace & POD opening in February and then headlining the "Carnival of Madness" tour with Skillet & Papa Roach & In This Moment & We As Human opening.
So when Ryback says, "Why not pay the talent equally? The winners have more MERCH as it is or are supposed to anyways so they get that extra perk," he has answered his own question. MERCH is not a perk - it's a clear, tangible, & measurable way to determine whether the talent should be headlining a PPV or in the pre-show. Is it fair? Of course not. The WWE Universe is finnicky. It's hard to imagine this, but there was a time when The Rock was booed and was unpopular. Sometimes things work slowly. For example, The New Day started out as heels and the stable looked like it was going to be a bust. They were unpopular and booed often. Since their debut, they have found a way to connect with the crowd to the extent that on the May 2, 2016, episode of Monday Night Raw, they were faces and teamed up with Cass, another face. Sometimes things don't work at all. The League of Nations (Rusev, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, and Wade Barrett) never caught on as a stable. When they turned on each other a couple of weeks ago, I certainly didn't shed a tear.
Read Ryback's post here
I know this may be a stretch in the logic Ryback uses, but I am taking his argument and applying it to the fictional situation where I am the booking agent for a music festival. Should I pay the 8 bands I'm going to book the same, meaning the very first band that plays should be paid the same as the headliner. Uh, no. Never. Look at this fictional dream lineup of a day-long music festival I would love to book at Kinnick Stadium. Here's the schedule:
12:00 Doors Open
02:10-02:45 From Ashes to New
03:00-03:40 We As Human
04:05-04:45 In This Moment
05:15-06:00 Pop Evil
06:30-07:15 Breaking Benjamin
07:45-09:00 Shinedown
09:30-11:00 Metallica
Editor's Note: Schedule was revised on 5/13/2016 to use the Rock'n Derby main stage schedule as a template. See below the link to Ryback's post for the bands that are playing at that festival.
Regardless of the amount of time a specific band was playing, there is a higher demand for Metallica than From Ashes to New, the same as there is more demand for Cena or The Rock than for Golddust or R Truth. That's the way it is. The only way a band like From Ashes to New or We As Human can move into the Metallica slot is to keep churning away, playing gigs upon gigs until, eventually, they headline their own tour. A great example is Shinedown. They were not in a good slot the first time I saw them at Memphis in May in 2003. While their single "45" was starting to run up the charts, they still played around 2 PM, which is not the best slot. When I saw them in 2008, Shinedown were sandwiched between Buck Cherry & Saving Abel. When I saw them twice in 2013, Shinedown was headlining their own tour with Three Days Grace & POD opening in February and then headlining the "Carnival of Madness" tour with Skillet & Papa Roach & In This Moment & We As Human opening.
So when Ryback says, "Why not pay the talent equally? The winners have more MERCH as it is or are supposed to anyways so they get that extra perk," he has answered his own question. MERCH is not a perk - it's a clear, tangible, & measurable way to determine whether the talent should be headlining a PPV or in the pre-show. Is it fair? Of course not. The WWE Universe is finnicky. It's hard to imagine this, but there was a time when The Rock was booed and was unpopular. Sometimes things work slowly. For example, The New Day started out as heels and the stable looked like it was going to be a bust. They were unpopular and booed often. Since their debut, they have found a way to connect with the crowd to the extent that on the May 2, 2016, episode of Monday Night Raw, they were faces and teamed up with Cass, another face. Sometimes things don't work at all. The League of Nations (Rusev, Alberto Del Rio, Sheamus, and Wade Barrett) never caught on as a stable. When they turned on each other a couple of weeks ago, I certainly didn't shed a tear.
Read Ryback's post here
SATURDAY, MAY 21
A DAY TO REMEMBER 9:30 --- 11:00PM
HALESTORM 7:45 --- 9:00PM
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD 6:30 ---
7:15PM
STATE CHAMPS 5:15 ---
6:00PM
WE CAME AS ROMANS 4:05 --- 4:45PM
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE 3:00 ---
3:40PM
MISS MAY I 2:10 ---
2:45PM
Monday, February 29, 2016
Not Present
Jeremy took his daughter to see Shinedown & Breaking Benjamin & Sevendust in Cedar Rapids back in November - the concert I didn't take Alex to - and he shared the pictures he took at the concert. I didn't have any other place to store them so here they are:
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