Modern Minstrels

BFD 2005

On Friday Nick and I went to Live 105's BFD concert at the Shorline Amphitheater in Mountain View. Unfortunately, due to some stuff I needed to do at work I missed two bands I really wanted to see MxPx and to a lesser extent Senses Fail. I got to the show around 4:30 and made it to the stage just in time to catch Alkaline Trio's set. This was the first time I've seen them live, and they played a good set. A couple older songs, some songs from Good Mourning, and a couple from their album which just came out, Crimson. They ended with Time to Waste which is one of my favorite songs from Crimson.

The next band on that stage was Hot Hot Heat who I had actually heard at BFD two years ago when I was out here as an Intern at Apple. They sounded pretty good, I should check out some of their stuff in the future. After that Nick and I made our way over to the main stage. The first band was The Lovemakers who were introduced as "The greatest local band in the world"....only they weren't. Next up were Kasabian, who were alright but I didn't really get into them.

Then came Jimmy Eat World who was another band I was looking forward to seeing (even though I saw them just a couple weeks ago). They played a lot of songs from Bleed American, as well as a few from Clarity, and a few from Futures (woo "nickel and dimed").

Social Distortion followed them and I actually enjoyed their set. I had heard of them before, but wasn't really familiar with any of their songs. They played some good straight up guitar rock though.

Last up were the headliners, The Foo Fighters. They also headlined when I was at BFD two years ago, but I had ridden my bike and had to leave before they played. We stayed for a little over half of their set and then decided to leave lest we get stuck in the sure to be insane traffic jam. Though we should have waited for two more songs, because as we were walking in the parking lot, we could hear them playing Everlong which is one of my favorite songs by them.

All in all, it wasn't the strongest lineup of bands from my point of view, but for $12 it was definitely worth it. It was nice getting to spend time outside and hear to some good music.