Good show last night. We got there towards the end of Flyleaf's set as I'm really not a big fan of theirs. We did catch the only song by them I know, "I'm So Sick", and also the part of their show where they have a guy dressed like Jesus carrying a little stuffed lamb and telling the audience that Flyleaf is his favorite band. Somewhere I suspect Scott Stapp of Creed wept.
Breaking Benjamin came out next and although they're not flashy and had a pretty tame stage show, they rocked pretty good. I love lead singer Benjamin Burnley's vocals and think they have a really solid catalog of great tunes. They blasted through "I Will Not Bow", "Diary of Jane", "Polyamorous" and "So Cold" and a good half-dozen other tracks in their 45 minute straight-forward set. No big fancy guitar solos or drum solos, just banging out one power chord after another. Bottom line... if you like their music you'll love 'em live. If you don't they're probably not going to win you over. I'd also heard they normally play Aerosmith's "Dream On" as a video montage of dead rockers rolls behind them, but for whatever reason we didn't get that on this night.
Three Days Grace came out to the song "Break" and showed off a lot more pyro and such as they ripped through their list of hits. They also managed a few more guitar solos and a drum solo, plus lead singer Adam Gontier sat on a small platform for "I Don't Care". They played plenty more hits and a cover of Phil Collin's "In The Air Tonight" before wrapping it up. Another band whose strength is really in their music moreso than their live show, but they were hella entertaining I thought.
This tour (this was actually the last show on it I believe) is a good fun night of modern rock.
