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''With the heat, the massive crowds, the beer, and the free unrestricted access by the public, it wasnt too suprising that things got progressively rowdier as the day went on into the night.'' | ''With the heat, the massive crowds, the beer, and the free unrestricted access by the public, it wasnt too suprising that things got progressively rowdier as the day went on into the night.'' | ||
''The first band up was a local band who are getting airplay on local stations, Second Shift, who got things started properly including a cover of David Bowie's 'Suffragette City'. Then came Liverpool, England's Dead 60's, who killed it with their Clash-like flavors ranging from aggro punk to dubbed out reggae. Nice! Then came The Bravery, rising stars of alt-rock, who thrilled their many fans in the audience. During the Bravery's set the skies finally burst open as they had been threatening to do all day and a wild thunderstorm moved through. But just as suddenly as it started, it was over, ans while lightning would flash over the crowd for the rest of the night, no more rain fell.'' | ''The first band up was a local band who are getting airplay on local stations, Second Shift, who got things started properly including a cover of David Bowie's 'Suffragette City'. Then came Liverpool, England's Dead 60's, who killed it with their [[The Clash|Clash]]-like flavors ranging from aggro punk to dubbed out reggae. Nice! Then came The Bravery, rising stars of alt-rock, who thrilled their many fans in the audience. During the Bravery's set the skies finally burst open as they had been threatening to do all day and a wild thunderstorm moved through. But just as suddenly as it started, it was over, ans while lightning would flash over the crowd for the rest of the night, no more rain fell.'' | ||
''By the time weezer took the stage, things were getting crazy out in the crowd, which had swelled to somewhere in the neighbrohood of 20,000 people, who took to watching from as far as 3 blocks away on rooftops and parking garages. There was an alarming amount of shoving and rowdyness going down, plus stuff being thrown, streetlights and other unclimbables being climbed and in general a party like atmosphere took over, which was fun for many but unfortunately was at the expense of some peoples good times, who were crushed by crowdsurfers or otherwise had their mellows harshed. This is the thing with free shows - theres really no 'kicking someone out' for misbehaving - its on the streets and only the police have real jurisdiction, and without a more sophisticated barricade system, people will tend to glom to the center area and get stuck there. Well, the show was rad but the EMTs had their hands full with passed out fans and cuts and bruises. Its really amazing actually that there weren't more serious injuries, what with the high drunkenness quotient, people hanging off lightposts and the threat of lightning in the air, but perhaps the power of the weez kept things from getting ugly.'' | ''By the time weezer took the stage, things were getting crazy out in the crowd, which had swelled to somewhere in the neighbrohood of 20,000 people, who took to watching from as far as 3 blocks away on rooftops and parking garages. There was an alarming amount of shoving and rowdyness going down, plus stuff being thrown, streetlights and other unclimbables being climbed and in general a party like atmosphere took over, which was fun for many but unfortunately was at the expense of some peoples good times, who were crushed by crowdsurfers or otherwise had their mellows harshed. This is the thing with free shows - theres really no 'kicking someone out' for misbehaving - its on the streets and only the police have real jurisdiction, and without a more sophisticated barricade system, people will tend to glom to the center area and get stuck there. Well, the show was rad but the EMTs had their hands full with passed out fans and cuts and bruises. Its really amazing actually that there weren't more serious injuries, what with the high drunkenness quotient, people hanging off lightposts and the threat of lightning in the air, but perhaps the power of the weez kept things from getting ugly.'' | ||