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AFI Rocks The House
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Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa (Lake Tahoe, NV)
Concert Date: September 8th, 2006
Reviewer: jacob
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8.24
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Lovers of punk rock, young and old, pumped their fists in unison and screamed
A.F.I.’s song lyrics word for word during Tuesday’s show in Reno.
The signature scent of the evening? Sweat. The dress code? Pretty much anything
black, with emo hair to match.
Saosin and Tiger Army got the half-filled Lawlor Events Center crowd’s energy up
with a dose of tough, fast-paced punk tunes.
Tiger Army’s frontman, Nick 13, sounded reminiscent to Bad Religion’s vocalist
as he sang the band’s new song, “LunaTone,” with conviction and clarity. Jeff
Roffredo rocked his dark sunglasses on-stage, thumping the beats on the stand-up
bass. Nick 13’s pinstripe ensemble only added to Tiger Army’s take on old school
punk music with an updated edge. The kids in the mosh pit loudly chanted, “Never
Die!” as the band played the song of the same name.
As the audience awaited headliners A.F.I., some of the tweens in the front row
decided to crowd-surf despite the fact that there was no band performing. A boy,
who might have been only about eight or nine years old, looked the part of a
rock star with a spiky blond mohawk, slip-on Vans, and baggy camouflage cargo
shorts. Little puffs of smoke rose above the floor of the venue and lingered
about three feet over the crowd’s heads like whispy white clouds.
A.F.I. made its grand entrance with vocalist Davey Havok’s shadow illuminated by
white lights as he sang behind a sheer black curtain. Jumping right into an
hour-long set of rambunctious running, jumping, and twirling to entertain fans,
A.F.I. rarely took more than a few moments between songs.
In the opening chords of “Silver and Cold” from the 2003 album, “Sing the
Sorrow,” guitarist Jade Puget shrugged his shoulders and took his hands off of
his guitar when it suddenly became out of tune. Havok looked over at Puget and
kept on singing as he exchanged instruments.
A.F.I. has a legion of devoted fans, called “The Despair Faction,” and it seemed
as if they were out in full-force as the audience sung along with Havok and
chanted like rock cheerleaders the entire night. Havok let fans in the front
rows hold him up as he screamed into the microphone.
For the show’s finale, white confetti sprinkled down from the ceiling, adding to
the wintery ambiance of A.F.I.’s theme on its latest album,
“Decemberunderground.” It created an ethereal rock kind of mood.
The band closed the night with its hit “Miss Murder,” causing one last frenzy in
the mosh pit. The group took a bow and stuck around on stage for awhile to
acknowledge the droves of people who made it out to see them. Not many bands do
that anymore, and it was refreshing to see a band stay humble.
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