A night of Red Heads

Nov 9th, a cold night, ended Hot and amazingly great. I was looking forward to the great line up that night which included, The Almost, The Starting Line, and Paramore! Located at the grove I situated myself in the second section in order to avoid being killed by the crowd and give more opportunity for me to just enjoy the great music presented to me. I was glad to see that the acoustics at The Grove of Anaheim had improved since I have previously been there in April. The First band to play was the Almost. I had heard much about the Underoath member who had formed his own band and went solo. Aaron Gillepsie is a musical man indeed emerging from behind the drumkit to front and center lead singer. They played a decent set and did a pretty good job for it only being their second night on the tour. After the Almost was The Starting Line whom I was particularly excited to see that night. Having had their newest single Island stuck in my head for a running few months hearing it live would be a fasinating opportunity. The Starting Line put on a great set that stirred the crowd up and excited everyone in the room. My favorite moment of the whole concert had to have been when Kenny sang The Best of Me and everyone in the crowd sang along to the words. The set ended beautifully when the band walked off stage and the crowd finished the song alcapella. It was one of those moments that proves just how powerful music can be.
It must have been a strange feeling for Kenny to have his fairly well-known band open for the newly and ever so popular Paramore, but nevertheless there is no denying Paramore's talent. They have made a huge leap of improvement since their previous record All We Know is Falling. My personal favorite "pressure" off of their first record will always have a special place in my heart. It is one of those addictive songs. My other personal favorite would be Decoy which didnt appear on the band's new record Riot! either but rather as a bonus track. It is a great song to hear live which I did that night. Paramore played an energetic set and played mostly new songs from Riot! but also a fairly decent amount from their previous record. They surprised the crowd by playing a cover of a Sunny Day Real Estate song which seemed to have some past meaning to the band. One of the coolest parts of their set was when Jeremy the bassist somehow managed to do a back flip over Josh who was playing guitar. I dont know how he did that but I can assure you it takes a great deal of talent to do a backflip while playing an instrument! The night at the grove was a proved a sucess.