Just got back from the face to face Australia tour. It was a great chance to see Australia and if I get the chance, I will certainly go back. We had a bit of a snag in that Scott became very ill right before we left so he was unable to do the trip. Luckily for us, Roger from Less Than Jake filled in he was great. Along with being a great bass player, Roger is a great human and was a blast to hang with. I hope I get to work with him in the future. I got a chance to see a few cool bands while there such as The Alkaline trio, Lamb of God, NIN, Less than Jake...There were about 40 bands on the bill and the major majority of them were sucky emo/screamo bands with stupid hair and cut off tight jean shorts ( Jorts) Whats with all the new music? Most of it just sucks!! The trio was great and were great guys to hang out with and although I am not a big fan of NFG, they were super cool dudes...The metal stage was the coolest area of the festival and it was HUGE!! Metal is alive and well world wide!!! Its a bummer but there is very little support for and new punk bands. Not these kid bands that get lumped into that category but any type of real punk or anything even close. And I'm talking to the punk rock community when I say this. Having a love for the Nostalgic bands is fine ( Bad Religion, Dickies, Ceircle Jerks, exploited etc etc..) but eventually all those bands will be gone and there will be no new punk bands. I don't believe that there just aren't any new bands that are good. I know there are good new punk bands out there. Let's support those bands and build the scene and community like it used to be. That is one reason metal is so huge. Don't get me wrong. I like metal and have huge respect for those bands but I'd sure like to se some movement in the punk scene..Now I must go because I need to take my super tight girl jeans and cut them into jorts, grow some facial hair, comb my bangs over my face and cry like a baby...
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