311
Last Saturday Tyler, Nate, Matt, TeAnna, and I went to the 311 concert at the Waikiki Shell. For those who don't know the Waikiki Shell, its an outdoor amphitheater similar to the Hollywood Bowl.
Getting down there was challenging enough. Tyler and I were to meet the rest of the group down at Matt's house and drive from there to the Shell. Needless to say, things didn't go according to plan. After driving about 15 minutes down Kam Highway, the truck we were borrowing from Tyler's cousin broke down. Luckily, Tyler had another friend that was heading the same direction, who was only another 15 minutes down the road. Thankfully, he turned around and saved us from missing probably most of the concert, and were again on our way. The rest of the group had to take the bus down to the concert, but they were only about 20 minutes behind us, so they did well in getting there in a timely manner.
The concert started with Pepper, a local rock-reggae fusion band from Kona, who are now somewhat popular. I really like their music, but wasn't too impressed with their performance because they concentrating more on "rocking out" than playing their music clean. That's okay though, I didn't come for them.
311, on the other hand, was outstanding. I've been a longtime fan of this group, and so naturally I like their older music more than their new stuff. I think they understand this concept because a large majority of the music they played were that of their older material. It did manange to down pour on the concert right in the middle of their set, but no one was going anywhere. Everyone got soaked and a little muddy, but didn't lower the morale of the event. We eventually migrated up to the front and center row, where we enjoyed a majority of 311's set.
I was pleased with 311's level of performance and showmanship. They were a great group, with really good stage presence. They sounded awesome, played all the songs I wanted to hear, and took solos to really dig into the music. During a drum solo, the stage crew brought out four sets of auxiliary drums (toms, snares, etc), and all the members of the group did a drumline segment with the drummer of the group. You have to give them credit for creativity with that one! After seeing that, I was convinced they were a bunch of band geek friends in high school that formed a band. Just don't quote me on that.
We had a great time to say the least.
Coming Soon: Jazz Ensemble Concert
Getting down there was challenging enough. Tyler and I were to meet the rest of the group down at Matt's house and drive from there to the Shell. Needless to say, things didn't go according to plan. After driving about 15 minutes down Kam Highway, the truck we were borrowing from Tyler's cousin broke down. Luckily, Tyler had another friend that was heading the same direction, who was only another 15 minutes down the road. Thankfully, he turned around and saved us from missing probably most of the concert, and were again on our way. The rest of the group had to take the bus down to the concert, but they were only about 20 minutes behind us, so they did well in getting there in a timely manner.
The concert started with Pepper, a local rock-reggae fusion band from Kona, who are now somewhat popular. I really like their music, but wasn't too impressed with their performance because they concentrating more on "rocking out" than playing their music clean. That's okay though, I didn't come for them.
311, on the other hand, was outstanding. I've been a longtime fan of this group, and so naturally I like their older music more than their new stuff. I think they understand this concept because a large majority of the music they played were that of their older material. It did manange to down pour on the concert right in the middle of their set, but no one was going anywhere. Everyone got soaked and a little muddy, but didn't lower the morale of the event. We eventually migrated up to the front and center row, where we enjoyed a majority of 311's set.
I was pleased with 311's level of performance and showmanship. They were a great group, with really good stage presence. They sounded awesome, played all the songs I wanted to hear, and took solos to really dig into the music. During a drum solo, the stage crew brought out four sets of auxiliary drums (toms, snares, etc), and all the members of the group did a drumline segment with the drummer of the group. You have to give them credit for creativity with that one! After seeing that, I was convinced they were a bunch of band geek friends in high school that formed a band. Just don't quote me on that.
Getting Soaked:
311:
Matt and Me:
Crowd shot:
We had a great time to say the least.
Coming Soon: Jazz Ensemble Concert
posted by William at 12:04 PM
2 Comments:
Looks like the concert was a lot of fun. It also looks like I missed out on some urban kayaking. Great job on the blog, it looks pretty dope. Take care.
You look great, Matt looks terrible. I wonder what the pic on Matt's blog would be.
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