So I almost forgot about this whole journal deal so now I'm gonna recap on it a bit. Last wednesday was Jamie Riddle's birthday. He drums for Death Threat and the show line up was originally Death Threat, Living Hell, Shoot To Kill, Revenge, Can't Heal, Reckless, and Vexed. Living Hell ended up cancelling because some members couldn't make it or something. I attended this show with my friend Jake Miller and Steve Pokal. It was a Waterfront show and it was a wednesday so half of me figured a lot of kids wouldn't show, but it was Death Threat and Revenge and I thought a lot of people from out of town would go. It was a decent turnout anyway. A main draw for me was seeing my friends in Vexed since they are from Cape Cod and my other band did a weekend with those dudes a couple months back. I had to come support. They played, though not a lot of people were there at the time, and they fucking killed it. Seriously, they were tight as hell and the songs were great and they even dedicated a Strife cover to me which ruled. Reckless was next and they were cool. Can't Heal I wasn't into like at all. Revenge was next and as usual they killed it. They even covered Burn - Shall Be Judged which was cool, though that is a vegetarian song - oh well. Shoot To Kill were great as well and Death Threat was sweet. In terms of heavier hardcore, I don't get that involved where I move around or anything, but it's cool stuff. I prefer 90s kinda metal -influenced vegan animal/civil rights shit you know like Strife, Green Rage, Torn Apart, Snapcase, Earth Crisis, etc stuff like that, but I also like thrash influenced shit and somewhat heavy NYHC stuff. Too many damn categories... but the show overall was long as hell, but ultimately fun. Good times.
Fast forward to saturday aka Awesome Providence Weekend 2010. In the morning I got my backpack together and headed to the bus terminal to take the Peter Pan bus into Providence. I got in around 1:30 ish and my friend Cooper from the Cape (Cod) met me there. We went on this street that was a strip of stores/restaurants called Thayer Street and walked down a bit then ended up going to Providence Place where we met his friend whose name I forgot already, but then headed back to Thayer to get Cooper some shorts and to get some pizza from Nice Slice. Nice Slice was a pizza place with a lot of cool vegan options. They even have a pizza called the Earth Crisis which was awesome. There we met up with Ian Adams who drove from NJ, Tim, Jon Cen, and some other cool dudes I ended up meeting. We ate there and then went to the park for a couple hours because the weather was so damn good. There my friend Felicia and Charlie met up with us and we hung out for another 30 minutes or so before heading back to Nice Slice. There I met up with Mike Puffer, Kara, Chelsea, Shawn, Bobby, Shana, and these other two kids whose name I forgot my bad. We ate some pizza then broke up with Mike and Kara and went to some Cafe. Then after that me and Cooper went back to Nice Slice (again) and saw Craig and Dan from Waste Management. Talked to them for some minutes then headed to the show. On the way we almost died because Cooper's GPS told us to turn down a one way and we did and there were a lot of cars coming towards us.
We got to the show and it was a cool environment. A lot of people were hanging out outside and there were a lot of familiar faces. Too many people I can't even begin to name but it was a great time and I'll go through my reviews of the bands and their sets.
First band was Tabernackle, and earlier in the park and at Nice Slice I hung out with their drummer, Jeff, who turned out to be a cool dude. Tabernackle was pretty awesome and gave me a 90s kinda vibe. One that I like a lot and kinda reminded me of early Trial a little bit. They also covered Project X - Straight Edge Revenge which is a cover that's done a lot, but I always lose my shit to. Wolf Whistle and Free Spirit both had to drop and the members of Neon Bitches weren't all there so Waste Management was next and their set was pretty fucking awesome. A lot of cramped moshing and singing along. Very fun times. Next up was fucking RAMPAGE and I haven't seen them before up until this point and I had been listening to the LP and the 7" a lot the week before so I was amped. They were fucking great and kids went apeshit. It was also discovered that they would start playing more shows and only didn't play more shows because no one asked them to play. Haha. Rival Mob went on after and as usual they killed it. Brendan even crowd surfed (mind you the ceiling of the basement was inches above my head and I'm 6' 4) He also ended up chewing on the insulation that was on the ceiling. Fun fucking times. The aftershow we all hung out outside for a bit and talked about this and that and said our goodbyes to a lot of people. I was gonna head to Worcester with Puffer and Kara so we all went to Nice Slice one last time for some hangouts. Almost saw a chick fight but didn't, which was a bummer. Then we headed to Worcester and went to bed. The next morning was Easter and I just went home. Overall the weekend ruled. I love hardcore and all my friends. Sounds cheesey as fuck, but it couldn't be more true.
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