I remember being at a Tesseract show many years ago in Montreal and the vocalist was pissed at the crowd and told us to wake up.
I was mostly there for ERRA myself and am pretty quiet at shows, but it's the first and only time this happened to me.
This was Brodie from the distillers here in Austin. She would tune her guitar for literally two minutes in between each song with the whole band quiet. After about the fifth time the crowd was also silent between songs. She then said something like “this crowd sucks, Houston was so rowdy last night”. I yelled back “hey tune your fucking guitar some more” and it was quiet enough to where she heard me. Then people started yelling for them to hurry up between songs during these long ass silences.
To be fair, I've seen a Houston crowd get rowdy between sets, but also, whether you said that or not its the funniest fricken thing I've read all night lmao
When we saw Bring Me the Horizon last year, Oli said he wanted to see the world's smallest wall of death, "I promise, it's literally impossible for it to hurt." Though I think he might have been shit talking the venue for having a tiny pit area, not the crowd cause he seemed like he was having a ton of fun lmao
I remember seeing Summersault 2000 (yes, i'm old) and in the middle of all the good bands (in between Finger Eleven and Foo Fighters) was this band called "The Catherine Wheel." The crowd absolutely did not care for them at all and wanted to see everyone else.
The only reason I remember them is they specifically said "Goodbye Halifax. You've been awful and we will never be back." It was marvelous.
This, sadly, sounds like the crowd when I Prevail and Pierce the Veil came a couple years ago. Fit For a King was opening, and was who I was there to see. Crowd literally started chanting "Pierce the Veil" as soon as FFAK finished their last song, while he was trying to do his closing crowd work.
Then like 5 people passed out during PTVs set because the PTV crowd didn't understand personal space and were cramming themselves together like sardines trying to get close to the stage because "omg King for a Day!" Then they all left before I Prevail. Fortunately I get to see FFAK and I Prevail again without the BS this August lol
The worst part for me was that USUALLY we have a great crowd. Aggressive in the pit, but if you fall, you get picked up, if you lose something you'll see someone with their phone flashlight on it trying to get your attention, like, we usually have super solid crowds, that one show was just the worst.
The next worse thing I've seen from our crowd has been a drink thrown at Andy Black when they came for Trinity and he basically just called the guy out and basically said something along the lines of "if you wanna do something come up here and do it instead of throwing shit," then he just carried on with the show. But outside that instance it was even a great crowd then.
I was at the DRUGS show a while back and was so stoked to do the 'Only thing you talk about' crowd chant.
But he didn't let us. He sang every word. Despite every live vid I watched he held the mic to the crowd
I felt personally attacked
Went to the show where Spiritbox opened for Papa Roach and Shinedown, and when she held the mic out during Circle With Me for "This could all be yours" I'd say less than half the people either knew the song or wanted to yell it out. I was ashamed. We didn't win best crowd for them that night.
SFTP in stuttgart. Pretty sure me and two others actually sang. Like 15 people in the pit maybe? Keep in mind this was a big venue. Like an arena without seats. Yeah. It was bad
I was at a 100% verified “best crowd of the tour” show once. It was the first show of the tour, so we won by default.
I’m sure it changed the next night. But for a solid 20 hours I held that title.
Nah man they ain't lying to you. They say the same shit to everyone, but your crowd is the only one where they ever really mean it. They're just lying to the rest of us to make us feel better.
I remember thinking all the fans who said a band saved their life was being overdramatic. Then it happened I was pinned under the rubble of a collapsed building when suddenly Telle of Word Alive pulled me out and did a backflip after. I'll tell you Word Alive did save my life.
Maybe I'm just a bitch but his banter turned me off from Counterparts big time. If the show is going great then I think the banter is funny but we were having technical difficulties to the point of having to skip songs and it just kinda felt like he was rubbing it in talking about how he was getting paid regardless and shit. Needless to say I've skipped CP every time they've came through since and haven't gone out of my way to listen to them since.
They're one of the best bands out there. You're missing out.
I've also had bad experiences with their live shows though. It was mostly sound mixing issues.
I saw all that remains supporting in flames ages ago, and Phil got super pissy with thr sound guy and threw a fit. They sounded fine to me , and even if it's his monitor he acted like a child.
I‘m living in a region with a political charged atmosphere and we‘re almost always getting the talk about shitty politics.
It’s meant in a good way I guess? But especially since those evenings are a bit getting away from reality having a happy time, it sucks.
„We‘re here for an evening, but you‘re always here bla bla shit“ …
I’d be happy if it was cheesesteak or some small cake our town is famous for 😂
I can't tell you how many times I have heard that they went to a sauna before the show and that it was the best thing they have experienced in their life
Went on a nationwide tour with a band and every city they said “This is our favorite city to play. You guys have been the best this whole tour”. Crazy to think me being there made every show so good but hey 🤷♂️
Seeing so many metalcore bands skip DC but play Baltimore/Richmond instead, I can only conclude that they didn't like us as a crowd too much lol.
On the flip side, when I lived in NYC, bands would tell us we were the best crowd all tour, and I believed them. I feel like a lot of bands take it to the next level at the NYC show even if they're phoning it in for shows in smaller cities.
Yeah I always laughed when going to shows there and they’d call it “Silver Springs”. Hell, I even have a shirt where it says that. Now I live in Worcester in Massachusetts and a few bands have called it “Worchester”
You can tell which bands actually give a shit in Australia depending on how they pronounce Brisbane (Briz-bin, not Briss-bayne) and Melbourne (Mel-bin, not Mel-born)
Cries in eastern NC. Practically every tour I want to see is Greensboro, NC to Richmond, VA. Both solid 3 hour drives for me. I feel happy whenever I see a VA Beach or Norfolk date but, those moments are rare.
Yea being in NYC, I actually tend to believe bands that say this. The NYC show is often the biggest venue on the tour, and is usually one of the sold out shows
That’s because the Fillmore kinda sucks.
Maybe I’m biased. The sound is never right there, there’s no good bars nearby to hang out at before or after the show, and drinks are way overpriced. It’s a Live Nation venue which also has weird monopoly bs like charging the bands for stupid shit. It’s usually better at Ram’s Head though, which is also a somewhat larger venue. Also I live in Baltimore so it’s an easy Lyft ride for me and I’m biased.
I’m in Rva and can confirm most of the metalcore bands I go see hit Maryland/DC and skip Richmond. It’s been like this for years now and it’s annoying. And don’t even get me started on when Blue Ridge was happening, they would skip the entire DelMarVa area completely. 🙄
Quite interesting bc I’m originally from DC and have been to metal shows in the city and at the Fillmore and the crowd is usually more energetic than Baltimore and Richmond (I’ve been to shows in both). My guess is bands do Baltimore instead because it’s cheaper. Bigger bands play DC.
Same thing in Worcester, where bands play at the Palladium bc it’s cheaper than playing in Boston, but the popular bands like Electric Callboy and Bad Omens play in Boston.
Baltimore’s weird. Some nights, the crowds are lame. Some nights, Crab Guy shows up and the pit doesn’t stop.
Maybe it’s Crab Guy. He’s the real reason the Bmore crowd goes wild.
I’ve never seen singers jump into the crowd with the same frequency they do at Baltimore Soundstage though, and it’s a very frequent stop for smaller bands. It’s a ton of fun!
FWIW, Ram’s Head is also larger than the Fillmore, one of the bigger venues short of a seated stadium, and it’s not a LiveNation venue either so a lot of big names show up.
when you go to multiple shows on the same tour and hear at every single one 'this is the best show of the tour so far' and you know it's a lie, cause the one you went to two days early was significantly better
I think a band that's somewhat honest with that is Trivium, at least at the next concerts. He will tell the crowd which one has been the best this tour so far and it is usually consistent and by the end you can tell which crowd he actually thought was the best of the tour.
Yeah he posts the rankings on his socials as well. It's a pretty good way to make the crowds go apeshit, so you try and make it on his list.
This isn't something exclusive to Trivium but I can say from experience: if you want to get a Montreal crowd hyped, just tell them Toronto was better.
AFI might be too. Saw them in two different cities in 2022. Davey Havok barely talks at all, but he did compliment the Pittsburgh crowd and not the Cleveland one.
Hey be thankful they’re not actually really honest. If they were they’d tell you that you guys are always way too rowdy and that they hate coming there because it gets way too fucking out of hand every single time.
Ive heard that more than a handful of times, the crowd usually just says fuck you and gets more intense.
Those guys definitely stick around if they were enjoying themselves. Garrett had people lining up to chat and he legit stayed an hour after to just hang with fans, take selfies, etc. got one with my son and him, son was so freaking stoked and Garret was an absolute joy about it even though he had been doing it for an hour by the time we got to him, like a Disney princess but shirtless. The other bands were also working the crowd well after the show.
Baltimore Sound Stage. It can be dead sometimes but the crowd often shows up and gets wild.
Protest The Hero said it best in Underbite:
So is everyone having a good time tonight?
Good, I’m glad (I couldn’t actually care less)
You guys are the best crowd that we’ve ever seen
Imma be honest
It’s never a lie, it’s that the adrenaline is so high every night that every night feels like it’s the best show ever
Like a dog getting excited every single time it’s time for walkies
In all seriousness, I've been to a handful of double/triple shows on the same tour but in different cities. And without fail Denver (my home city) always gets a shoutout for being the best and I swear they've said nothing in the other cities - SLC, Wichita, KC, FoCO, Springs, ABQ, Lubbock, OKC, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Vegas.
There's something special about playing in Denver and I think a lot of artists get that. And I know Red Rocks is a holy grail but it legit gets it's own setlists for a lot of artists who get the chance to play there.
I don't buy it when most bands say it, but I do think the crowds here in Phoenix have always gone pretty hard when Blessthefall has played here, because they're our locals. Like on the most recent Hollow Bodies anniversary tour, people went pretty hard.
This is true, but what makes my heart sing is when a band comes on and they say, "This is our first time playing in your country!" I went to Toronto back and forth for two concerts (TAA & ERRA) this past May and I kinda got giddy when Mugshot and Novelist both admitted it was their first time playing in Canada. But who knows, maybe they also lied about that? 🤣🤣
I've seen knocked loose live twice and I gotta say... Shit gets OLD. Their songs all sound way too similar. Hard to be excited for the same fuckin song for an hour+ 🤣 just my opinion, don't hate!
Not Metalcore, but the Foos. Dave straight up said: "We probably won't make it back this way because your city is small and out of the way, but we are going to play our asses off for you. Come tomorrow morning, you all will be tired, crusty, bitches." They played for nearly 3 hours.
no way... you WERE the best crowd, but then, when you saw them again, you really outdid yourself. honestly. I think it's you! good job. thank you for constantly upping morale for the bands.
I've been to a few true "best crowd in the tour" concerts because I've seen artists comment in later months/years about an experience at a certain show I attended.
And buddy I can tell you there's a night and day difference between a typical crowd and a ture "best crowd" show. I've been chasing the high of getting to be in one of those crowds again for years...
My friends and I always talk about this, and how hilarious it is. However, then I went to see Wage War and Nothing More in Indy last month, and Britton said that it was the most insane show he had ever had. I actually believed him this time, because out of the 150+ shows I've been to, I was in awe about how insane the crowd was. Maybe it was just the group that I was around, but it was nuts.
Never seen Wage War but Nothing More was fucking incredible. They had so much energy and the crowd was absolutely reacting to it. It’s a two-way street. The worst is when the band demands the crowd get hoppin over and over and they’re just tired or not feeling it. A little encouragement is fine, but it’s also on the band to make it a great show every time; that’s why we pay for tickets.
Being as an Ocean, Cold, Orgy, Silent Planet, etc their vocalists jumped into the crowds and got everyone hyped, was dangerous maybe, but also cool af.
Not metalcore but who cares - Jay Gordon (orgy) is almost fucking 60yo and was probably on coke idk but was having the time of his life. It really turned a band I hadn’t really listened much to in 20 years into an incredible night out.
Nothing More absolutely killed it. I hadnt seen them in awhile and thought it was odd they toured with Wage War and Veil of Maya, but they FED off the energy and killed it. I saw Being as an Ocean with The Amity Affliction for the This Could be Heartbreak tour, and Being as an Ocean made me a fan, super cool and jumped in the pit with us while singing. Super cool dudes.
I like when bands egg the crowd on sayin so and so city went hard last night so you better move and out do them. Only when the crowd *is* actually moving tho. Otherwise it just sounds like talkin shit
The most honest variation of this I've heard is Bert from The Used saying the Rave is one of his five favorite clubs in the US to play. When it's that specific, you know it's true lol
Last night the guitarist from all time low said that we were at his favorite amphitheatre to play because he could see everyone’s faces and because 10 years ago he threw up on stage there during warped tour
only time i've believed it was when i saw kublai khan 2 nights in a row in different cities, 1st night matt said we were disappointing and the next night we were the best crowd. it's also easier to believe in Aus because there's only like 5 shows in a tour
trivium is the only band you can trust when they say this, cause they hold literal contests for the best crowd.
side note: north carolina won best crowd of the tour like 3/4 in of the 2023 tour, and we all felt on top of the world till like PA or some shit took it a week later 😂 it was a crazy show though, there was not like 5 seconds that i would not have to watch for some dude surfing over my head, AMAZING SHOW!
More deathcore than metalcore, but when I saw Psychroptic last year they were heckling the dead audience half the set. Like I get it, it *was* pretty dead, but otoh it was Tuesday night in a tiny bar ¯\\\_ (ツ)_/¯
At one point the singer kinda gave up and offered the ultimatum of “I’ll stop bulling about standing like zombies for the next ## songs, but you HAVE to wake up and move for the last song” and that seemed to work. It was half-annoying bc my friends and I did want to participate more but were just so tired since we went straight from getting off work, but the guy was genuinely funny af about it at the same time.
Tbh it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of their themes about “fuck The Man” and do what you want/have fun up on stage, right in front of a crowd that had been “fucked by The Man” all day and just tryna recover enough to do it again the next day.
I kinda feel like they do mean it tho. Imagine how it would feel to go play to 1500 people screaming your music every single night. I don’t think it would ever get old and the shock of seeing a whole new group of people loving your music would be an amazing feeling every time.
Thy art is murder used to play at my local 3 times a year and one time the crowd was like maybe 15 people they just started playing limp bizkit covers haha it was great
Also hellions played a gig there too to about 15 people also, Dre the vocalist was just laughing kid song with the band and a kid kept filming him point blank in the face with a fish eye which made him laugh even harder.
Shame cos that local scene was bussin back in the day with northlane in heart wake and confession doing no monthly gigs for us
I saw Knocked Loose in Grand Rapids a couple years ago, and their set was LONG. After about 30-40 minutes, Bryan commented on how we looked tired and we needed to "pick it tf up!"
But the crowd never did. We were tired, and in between almost every song until their set was done he poked at the crowd for being lame 🤣 First time I've seen a headliner roast their crowd.
But hey, hard being excited for the same fuckin song for over an hour 🤷
It can't be, can it? We were a REALLY good crowd! We kicked the air, we punched the ground, we made a really big circle... no, we gotta be the best crowd. Bands wouldn't just throw that around all willy nilly.
Scientifically speaking every crowd is better than the last. So technically if you're in the first crowd of the tour you're the worst. But the last crowd of the tour? That is something special.
The only time I'm ever shocked is when they don't say it. You know you're a bad crowd when they don't even try to fake it lol
I forgot who, but around like 10 years ago a band I saw said “wow this crowd fucking sucks”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzt5omYIQwk&pp=ygUTd2FsbCBvZiBkZWF0aCBmYWlsIA%3D%3D If Alpha Wolf said the same thing after that fail or best crowd?
What’s funny is I saw them a few months later on the Motionless tour in Newport, Kentucky and the crowd was super energetic and band was loving it
holy shit lmao, that's horrible
I saw a live video of Famous Last Words, crowd looked like statues. Vocalist finished the songs and said something similar.
I remember being at a Tesseract show many years ago in Montreal and the vocalist was pissed at the crowd and told us to wake up. I was mostly there for ERRA myself and am pretty quiet at shows, but it's the first and only time this happened to me.
Ah that’s interesting. Do you remember whether it their current vocalist Dan or Ashe, their previous vocalist?
The newer one.
This was Brodie from the distillers here in Austin. She would tune her guitar for literally two minutes in between each song with the whole band quiet. After about the fifth time the crowd was also silent between songs. She then said something like “this crowd sucks, Houston was so rowdy last night”. I yelled back “hey tune your fucking guitar some more” and it was quiet enough to where she heard me. Then people started yelling for them to hurry up between songs during these long ass silences.
I don’t care if you actually said that or not, it made me grin.
To be fair, I've seen a Houston crowd get rowdy between sets, but also, whether you said that or not its the funniest fricken thing I've read all night lmao
Crystal lake in philly last month kept bitching about the crowd. It was honestly one of the worst crowds ive seen.
When we saw Bring Me the Horizon last year, Oli said he wanted to see the world's smallest wall of death, "I promise, it's literally impossible for it to hurt." Though I think he might have been shit talking the venue for having a tiny pit area, not the crowd cause he seemed like he was having a ton of fun lmao
brendan from counterparts
Haha yep! If the band isn't wanting to talk to the crowd then you all suck
I remember seeing Summersault 2000 (yes, i'm old) and in the middle of all the good bands (in between Finger Eleven and Foo Fighters) was this band called "The Catherine Wheel." The crowd absolutely did not care for them at all and wanted to see everyone else. The only reason I remember them is they specifically said "Goodbye Halifax. You've been awful and we will never be back." It was marvelous.
This, sadly, sounds like the crowd when I Prevail and Pierce the Veil came a couple years ago. Fit For a King was opening, and was who I was there to see. Crowd literally started chanting "Pierce the Veil" as soon as FFAK finished their last song, while he was trying to do his closing crowd work. Then like 5 people passed out during PTVs set because the PTV crowd didn't understand personal space and were cramming themselves together like sardines trying to get close to the stage because "omg King for a Day!" Then they all left before I Prevail. Fortunately I get to see FFAK and I Prevail again without the BS this August lol The worst part for me was that USUALLY we have a great crowd. Aggressive in the pit, but if you fall, you get picked up, if you lose something you'll see someone with their phone flashlight on it trying to get your attention, like, we usually have super solid crowds, that one show was just the worst. The next worse thing I've seen from our crowd has been a drink thrown at Andy Black when they came for Trinity and he basically just called the guy out and basically said something along the lines of "if you wanna do something come up here and do it instead of throwing shit," then he just carried on with the show. But outside that instance it was even a great crowd then.
All shows in Nashville
Went to see TRC in my hometown many many years ago and they said it was like being at a school disco 😅
I was at the DRUGS show a while back and was so stoked to do the 'Only thing you talk about' crowd chant. But he didn't let us. He sang every word. Despite every live vid I watched he held the mic to the crowd I felt personally attacked
Went to the show where Spiritbox opened for Papa Roach and Shinedown, and when she held the mic out during Circle With Me for "This could all be yours" I'd say less than half the people either knew the song or wanted to yell it out. I was ashamed. We didn't win best crowd for them that night.
That's so sad because Spiritbox are actually some of the nicest people I've ever met, and their music is just as good.
I like to think it was people who just hadn't discovered Spiritbox yet, and will know the lyrics next time.
Your crowd energy is bad and you should feel bad!
I saw Tool in LA. He definitely didn't say it.
Last time I saw bullet for my valentine they said “we thought this crowd was gonna suck but you guys are actually nuts”
SFTP in stuttgart. Pretty sure me and two others actually sang. Like 15 people in the pit maybe? Keep in mind this was a big venue. Like an arena without seats. Yeah. It was bad
I was at a 100% verified “best crowd of the tour” show once. It was the first show of the tour, so we won by default. I’m sure it changed the next night. But for a solid 20 hours I held that title.
You were also the worst crowd of the tour. 🫣
Nope! It was ABR and either Matt or JB said we were the best. Band specifically said it. I know you’re technically correct, but I’m ignoring it.
Technically correct is all that matters on reddit
Nah man they ain't lying to you. They say the same shit to everyone, but your crowd is the only one where they ever really mean it. They're just lying to the rest of us to make us feel better.
I remember thinking all the fans who said a band saved their life was being overdramatic. Then it happened I was pinned under the rubble of a collapsed building when suddenly Telle of Word Alive pulled me out and did a backflip after. I'll tell you Word Alive did save my life.
And then he said “Come on. Let’s The Word Alive this thing… together”
Goddamn I miss seeing those Telle backflips at warped tour
This did not happen lmao
It's literally just because of you. Every band in the scene dreams of the day patrhodmcjiggerson is spotted in the crowd.
> patrhodmcjiggerson I totally get it, because that's a name that just rolls off the tongue
When they skip your city the following year.. that's how you know your city truly was the best crowd of the previous tour.
Conversely, every time Brendan Murphy says your crowd sucks shit he’s correct.
so does that mean when he says he likes us it’s true? bc he seemed to like hartford last time they were here and i want to believe him
Brendan Murphy famously tells no lies. (For real though he probably did. Him *not* yapping on stage is bad.)
I was really surprised when he was actually happy with the crowd when I saw Counterparts lmao
Maybe I'm just a bitch but his banter turned me off from Counterparts big time. If the show is going great then I think the banter is funny but we were having technical difficulties to the point of having to skip songs and it just kinda felt like he was rubbing it in talking about how he was getting paid regardless and shit. Needless to say I've skipped CP every time they've came through since and haven't gone out of my way to listen to them since.
They're one of the best bands out there. You're missing out. I've also had bad experiences with their live shows though. It was mostly sound mixing issues.
I saw all that remains supporting in flames ages ago, and Phil got super pissy with thr sound guy and threw a fit. They sounded fine to me , and even if it's his monitor he acted like a child.
He just talks shit and you are being a bitch. It obviously wasn’t the crowds fault
Did you really perform in Philly if you didn’t mention eating a cheesesteak on that tour date to the crowd.
I’m in Yorkshire and Dead Poet Society did the exact same shit with Yorkshire puddings lmao
In Detroit, Sam Carter came out in a Red Wings jersey for the encore and the crowd went bananas. Sometimes it works!
I‘m living in a region with a political charged atmosphere and we‘re almost always getting the talk about shitty politics. It’s meant in a good way I guess? But especially since those evenings are a bit getting away from reality having a happy time, it sucks. „We‘re here for an evening, but you‘re always here bla bla shit“ … I’d be happy if it was cheesesteak or some small cake our town is famous for 😂
Any Wisconsin show and they'll talk about cheese curds. And if it's Killswitch, they'll talk about the beer and brats too
I can't tell you how many times I have heard that they went to a sauna before the show and that it was the best thing they have experienced in their life
Went on a nationwide tour with a band and every city they said “This is our favorite city to play. You guys have been the best this whole tour”. Crazy to think me being there made every show so good but hey 🤷♂️
Seeing so many metalcore bands skip DC but play Baltimore/Richmond instead, I can only conclude that they didn't like us as a crowd too much lol. On the flip side, when I lived in NYC, bands would tell us we were the best crowd all tour, and I believed them. I feel like a lot of bands take it to the next level at the NYC show even if they're phoning it in for shows in smaller cities.
They microdose on visiting DC by booking The Fillmore in Silver Spring
I think you mean “Silver Springs”
I love when they say it right at the start of the show and slowly star saying it plural by the end. Makes me feel seen
you can be my silver springs… blue green, colors flashing
Yeah I always laughed when going to shows there and they’d call it “Silver Springs”. Hell, I even have a shirt where it says that. Now I live in Worcester in Massachusetts and a few bands have called it “Worchester”
You can tell which bands actually give a shit in Australia depending on how they pronounce Brisbane (Briz-bin, not Briss-bayne) and Melbourne (Mel-bin, not Mel-born)
“SILVER SPRINGGGSSS” -Matty of “ for today” I use to have their FULL set from a tour there, on my iPod in high school 🏫!
As a Richmond resident I wish we got more shows. Everything is in Maryland or at Blue Ridge
Cries in eastern NC. Practically every tour I want to see is Greensboro, NC to Richmond, VA. Both solid 3 hour drives for me. I feel happy whenever I see a VA Beach or Norfolk date but, those moments are rare.
They all keep coming back to atl for the most part, only ever really get skipped when the entire region gets skipped
Yea being in NYC, I actually tend to believe bands that say this. The NYC show is often the biggest venue on the tour, and is usually one of the sold out shows
That’s because the Fillmore kinda sucks. Maybe I’m biased. The sound is never right there, there’s no good bars nearby to hang out at before or after the show, and drinks are way overpriced. It’s a Live Nation venue which also has weird monopoly bs like charging the bands for stupid shit. It’s usually better at Ram’s Head though, which is also a somewhat larger venue. Also I live in Baltimore so it’s an easy Lyft ride for me and I’m biased.
I’m in Rva and can confirm most of the metalcore bands I go see hit Maryland/DC and skip Richmond. It’s been like this for years now and it’s annoying. And don’t even get me started on when Blue Ridge was happening, they would skip the entire DelMarVa area completely. 🙄
u go last night to erra!? So pissed i got there late and freakin missed NOVELISTS!
Quite interesting bc I’m originally from DC and have been to metal shows in the city and at the Fillmore and the crowd is usually more energetic than Baltimore and Richmond (I’ve been to shows in both). My guess is bands do Baltimore instead because it’s cheaper. Bigger bands play DC. Same thing in Worcester, where bands play at the Palladium bc it’s cheaper than playing in Boston, but the popular bands like Electric Callboy and Bad Omens play in Boston.
Baltimore’s weird. Some nights, the crowds are lame. Some nights, Crab Guy shows up and the pit doesn’t stop. Maybe it’s Crab Guy. He’s the real reason the Bmore crowd goes wild. I’ve never seen singers jump into the crowd with the same frequency they do at Baltimore Soundstage though, and it’s a very frequent stop for smaller bands. It’s a ton of fun! FWIW, Ram’s Head is also larger than the Fillmore, one of the bigger venues short of a seated stadium, and it’s not a LiveNation venue either so a lot of big names show up.
I've never seen the Fillmore as wild as it was last week for Knocked Loose
That’s impossible cause we were told that we were way better than the other city from last night and that we crushed them. I think you’re mistaken
when you go to multiple shows on the same tour and hear at every single one 'this is the best show of the tour so far' and you know it's a lie, cause the one you went to two days early was significantly better
I think a band that's somewhat honest with that is Trivium, at least at the next concerts. He will tell the crowd which one has been the best this tour so far and it is usually consistent and by the end you can tell which crowd he actually thought was the best of the tour.
Yeah he posts the rankings on his socials as well. It's a pretty good way to make the crowds go apeshit, so you try and make it on his list. This isn't something exclusive to Trivium but I can say from experience: if you want to get a Montreal crowd hyped, just tell them Toronto was better.
AFI might be too. Saw them in two different cities in 2022. Davey Havok barely talks at all, but he did compliment the Pittsburgh crowd and not the Cleveland one.
You know you were *really* good if they make a social media post the next day saying so. If you’re sorta glossed over, you weren’t shit.
@ OKC from the Boundaries headliner. None of the bands said SHIT about that show. I don't even think the crowd wanted to be there
Hey be thankful they’re not actually really honest. If they were they’d tell you that you guys are always way too rowdy and that they hate coming there because it gets way too fucking out of hand every single time. Ive heard that more than a handful of times, the crowd usually just says fuck you and gets more intense.
Silent planet will definitely tweet out if the crowd sucked the night before lol
I saw Mitch say something about a crowd on this recent run with Dayseeker and I was like omg 🫣
Those guys definitely stick around if they were enjoying themselves. Garrett had people lining up to chat and he legit stayed an hour after to just hang with fans, take selfies, etc. got one with my son and him, son was so freaking stoked and Garret was an absolute joy about it even though he had been doing it for an hour by the time we got to him, like a Disney princess but shirtless. The other bands were also working the crowd well after the show. Baltimore Sound Stage. It can be dead sometimes but the crowd often shows up and gets wild.
Protest The Hero said it best in Underbite: So is everyone having a good time tonight? Good, I’m glad (I couldn’t actually care less) You guys are the best crowd that we’ve ever seen
Newfoundland truly won being the best crowd when the boys wrote Mist about us ❤️
*sleepy in St. Louis*
Must be talking about the Alpha Wolf show
Nah this is a reference to Silent Planet but I heard that crowd was lame too.
Wrong again Lauren
Only one I know was true was Alesana’s The Emptiness tour in 2022 at the last show in Denver, shit was wild
alternatively you have Garret from Silent planet calling the crowds cowards and sleepy
Imagine if front men were honest and said “this is the 13th best crowd of the tour, give it up everyone!!!”
The common denominator is you. Because YOU’RE the best. They just can’t say that out loud.
Imma be honest It’s never a lie, it’s that the adrenaline is so high every night that every night feels like it’s the best show ever Like a dog getting excited every single time it’s time for walkies
In all seriousness, I've been to a handful of double/triple shows on the same tour but in different cities. And without fail Denver (my home city) always gets a shoutout for being the best and I swear they've said nothing in the other cities - SLC, Wichita, KC, FoCO, Springs, ABQ, Lubbock, OKC, Santa Fe, Phoenix, Vegas. There's something special about playing in Denver and I think a lot of artists get that. And I know Red Rocks is a holy grail but it legit gets it's own setlists for a lot of artists who get the chance to play there.
If they say you are the bestest then you are the one.
Montreal is always the best show of the tour though, the French are built different.
But what about the Canadians?
The last time I went to a concert in Springfield they specifically told us we were a much better crowd than the one in Shelbyville.
I don't buy it when most bands say it, but I do think the crowds here in Phoenix have always gone pretty hard when Blessthefall has played here, because they're our locals. Like on the most recent Hollow Bodies anniversary tour, people went pretty hard.
I was at that show too, Arizona goes so fucking hard for blessthefall. Not metalcore but I also believe The Maine when they say it at Phoenix shows
Knocked Loose seemed to be pretty obviously not enjoying the Seattle crowd. They didn’t even bother to pretend we were the best 😡😂
This is true, but what makes my heart sing is when a band comes on and they say, "This is our first time playing in your country!" I went to Toronto back and forth for two concerts (TAA & ERRA) this past May and I kinda got giddy when Mugshot and Novelist both admitted it was their first time playing in Canada. But who knows, maybe they also lied about that? 🤣🤣
I would have believed it if Knocked Loose told Boston that we were the worst crowd on the tour lol. God the crowd was boring on Saturday!
I've seen knocked loose live twice and I gotta say... Shit gets OLD. Their songs all sound way too similar. Hard to be excited for the same fuckin song for an hour+ 🤣 just my opinion, don't hate!
Not Metalcore, but the Foos. Dave straight up said: "We probably won't make it back this way because your city is small and out of the way, but we are going to play our asses off for you. Come tomorrow morning, you all will be tired, crusty, bitches." They played for nearly 3 hours.
no way... you WERE the best crowd, but then, when you saw them again, you really outdid yourself. honestly. I think it's you! good job. thank you for constantly upping morale for the bands.
I've been to a few true "best crowd in the tour" concerts because I've seen artists comment in later months/years about an experience at a certain show I attended. And buddy I can tell you there's a night and day difference between a typical crowd and a ture "best crowd" show. I've been chasing the high of getting to be in one of those crowds again for years...
I don’t say it unless I mean it, promise
Shared in West London x
I got bad news bud... it doesn't actually happen to every guy.
Not metalcore but hard rock - I saw Red in Albany, NY in early 2023. Max of 200 people showed up and everyone just stood there. Worst crowd ever.
when I saw Trivium in Budapest Matt wanted to let us know that the best crowd on this tour... was in Lisbon Portugal 🤣🤣
It was all a DREAM 🤷🏻♂️ (I used to read Word Up magazine)
My friends and I always talk about this, and how hilarious it is. However, then I went to see Wage War and Nothing More in Indy last month, and Britton said that it was the most insane show he had ever had. I actually believed him this time, because out of the 150+ shows I've been to, I was in awe about how insane the crowd was. Maybe it was just the group that I was around, but it was nuts.
Never seen Wage War but Nothing More was fucking incredible. They had so much energy and the crowd was absolutely reacting to it. It’s a two-way street. The worst is when the band demands the crowd get hoppin over and over and they’re just tired or not feeling it. A little encouragement is fine, but it’s also on the band to make it a great show every time; that’s why we pay for tickets. Being as an Ocean, Cold, Orgy, Silent Planet, etc their vocalists jumped into the crowds and got everyone hyped, was dangerous maybe, but also cool af. Not metalcore but who cares - Jay Gordon (orgy) is almost fucking 60yo and was probably on coke idk but was having the time of his life. It really turned a band I hadn’t really listened much to in 20 years into an incredible night out.
Nothing More absolutely killed it. I hadnt seen them in awhile and thought it was odd they toured with Wage War and Veil of Maya, but they FED off the energy and killed it. I saw Being as an Ocean with The Amity Affliction for the This Could be Heartbreak tour, and Being as an Ocean made me a fan, super cool and jumped in the pit with us while singing. Super cool dudes.
I like when bands egg the crowd on sayin so and so city went hard last night so you better move and out do them. Only when the crowd *is* actually moving tho. Otherwise it just sounds like talkin shit
Unless it's Denver. Then it's usually really the best show of tour. I don't make the rules.
You're the best crowd they have had on that night.
The most honest variation of this I've heard is Bert from The Used saying the Rave is one of his five favorite clubs in the US to play. When it's that specific, you know it's true lol
Last night the guitarist from all time low said that we were at his favorite amphitheatre to play because he could see everyone’s faces and because 10 years ago he threw up on stage there during warped tour
Man .. just wait till you go to a strip club 🤣
I go to gigs in Birmingham, UK and every band is like "Black Sabbath, amiright!?"
Caligula's Horse told us this but France was the only country they didn't post in Instagram omg
When I saw Avenged Sevenfold they essentially called us a bad crowd
I’ve been to some shows in the Green Bay area where the bands straight up said it’s a shit crowd, so maybe they’re not lying.
Nah Springfield really is the rockingest damn town they've ever been to.
"Wildest Town in the whole damn world" https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxenRzO6TZP9HIEUjWfuReFFNtrGzLKw4C?si=QDOevFG5eVzlm0wD
😂😂😂
only time i've believed it was when i saw kublai khan 2 nights in a row in different cities, 1st night matt said we were disappointing and the next night we were the best crowd. it's also easier to believe in Aus because there's only like 5 shows in a tour
It's funny... they never say that in St.Louis lol
It’s just something they say to hype the crowd up lol
“TULLLLLSSSAAAAA!”
Because maybe the crowd impressed them more than the one before, so, it is true you’re in the real best one.
Thought EJ made his way into this sub for a minute there
Best crowd so far
trivium is the only band you can trust when they say this, cause they hold literal contests for the best crowd. side note: north carolina won best crowd of the tour like 3/4 in of the 2023 tour, and we all felt on top of the world till like PA or some shit took it a week later 😂 it was a crazy show though, there was not like 5 seconds that i would not have to watch for some dude surfing over my head, AMAZING SHOW!
Parkway drive has entered the chat
More deathcore than metalcore, but when I saw Psychroptic last year they were heckling the dead audience half the set. Like I get it, it *was* pretty dead, but otoh it was Tuesday night in a tiny bar ¯\\\_ (ツ)_/¯ At one point the singer kinda gave up and offered the ultimatum of “I’ll stop bulling about standing like zombies for the next ## songs, but you HAVE to wake up and move for the last song” and that seemed to work. It was half-annoying bc my friends and I did want to participate more but were just so tired since we went straight from getting off work, but the guy was genuinely funny af about it at the same time. Tbh it was interesting to see the juxtaposition of their themes about “fuck The Man” and do what you want/have fun up on stage, right in front of a crowd that had been “fucked by The Man” all day and just tryna recover enough to do it again the next day.
The only person I've ever believed this from is Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly. That man is a saint, he'd never lie.
Sleep Token fans are spared the anguish, seeing that they don’t talk to the audience at all.
It's why I appreciate Bring Me The Horizon, he called Sick New World "Shit New World" and said the audience was being garbage and he was NOT wrong 😅
Can confirm that Brendan from Counterparts and the folks in The Callous Daoboys will tell you if you all suck as an audience.
I kinda feel like they do mean it tho. Imagine how it would feel to go play to 1500 people screaming your music every single night. I don’t think it would ever get old and the shock of seeing a whole new group of people loving your music would be an amazing feeling every time.
Thy art is murder used to play at my local 3 times a year and one time the crowd was like maybe 15 people they just started playing limp bizkit covers haha it was great Also hellions played a gig there too to about 15 people also, Dre the vocalist was just laughing kid song with the band and a kid kept filming him point blank in the face with a fish eye which made him laugh even harder. Shame cos that local scene was bussin back in the day with northlane in heart wake and confession doing no monthly gigs for us
I saw Knocked Loose in Grand Rapids a couple years ago, and their set was LONG. After about 30-40 minutes, Bryan commented on how we looked tired and we needed to "pick it tf up!" But the crowd never did. We were tired, and in between almost every song until their set was done he poked at the crowd for being lame 🤣 First time I've seen a headliner roast their crowd. But hey, hard being excited for the same fuckin song for over an hour 🤷
It can't be, can it? We were a REALLY good crowd! We kicked the air, we punched the ground, we made a really big circle... no, we gotta be the best crowd. Bands wouldn't just throw that around all willy nilly.
Show me where the angels died
Yes. Metalcore is a hoax.
Maybe every show is slightly better than the one before it
Scientifically speaking every crowd is better than the last. So technically if you're in the first crowd of the tour you're the worst. But the last crowd of the tour? That is something special.
What?
It's science, clearly