Falling In Reverse headlines "The End is Here” tour. One of their final stops was at the Roseland Theater in Portland on Feb 9.
Headbangin’ at the Roseland
BY MARJORIE GUTTERY
A mixture o f pop punk, emo and m etal
surrounded the Roseland Theater on Feb.
9 just minutes after the doors opened.
Dead Girls Academy started playing the
opening for the 2017 “ The End is Here”
tour. This is com m on, but w hen I first
walked in, just by observation I had the
feeling the band wasn’t going to be great.
I was actually surprised when I sat down
and saw them perform. They were fun to
watch live and they were bringing back
the 2007 emo hair, w hich I am behind
100 percent.
Dangerkids caught me by surprise too.
I had never heard of them before and was
excited to see they had a girl drummer.
O ther than bringing girl power to this
tour, I th in k she added some spunk to
the band as well.
I also enjoyed that they had a screamer
and a singer. T his band seem ed very
sophisticated for only being an opener
and I’m excited to see what they come up
with when they come to Portland next.
I first saw Issues live at Warped Tour last
summer, and they killed it on an outdoor
stage, so I was excited to see them perform
on a smaller, more intimate indoor stage.
Like Dangerkids, they have a screamer
and a singer. Their band is diverse, just
like their sound which is a mixture of rock,
metal and Chinese guitar with a talented
singer and some rapping in the mix. I was
disappointed that they didn’ t play some
of their harder, older songs but they were
limited on time considering how many
bands were performing.
Motionless In White absolutely killed
it. I’ve heard o f them before and had seen
them perform at Warped Tour from afar
but didn’t pay too much attention, which
I w ill not do again.
Their sound is haunting and dark like
M arilyn M anson w ent p u n k , and the
band m em bers reflect th a t. Their set
was som ething you would see in a 90s
Halloween movie with jack -o -lan tern s
and a spooky house in the background.
During each song, a woman would be
dressed up in a cheerleader outfit or a
skeleton dress acting out what they were
singing about or even handing out candy.
Sometimes, a scary man with a gigantic
pumpkin head would make an appearance
as well. They put on an outstanding show
and I will admit that don’t think I have
ever head-banged so hard in m y life.
Falling In Reverse was headlining the
tour. I will admit, I like their music mainly
because I like Ronnie Radke’ s spunky
attitude and catchy lyrics.
Last tim e, I was disappointed when I
saw them perform and thought I would
give them another chance. Unfortunately^
Falling In Reverse sounds good live but
their stage is bare and Ronnie has a
tendency to only stay in one spot while
performing.
For the background, all they had were
lights that looked like they were taken
from an old arcade from the 80s, and the
picture wasn’t even clear. The one thing
that absolutely bothered m e was that
between each song they would turn o ff
the lights and make you wait a minute for
the next one. I started paying attention to
what they were doing in between songs
and all they did was stand in the back
and every once in a while, make a guitar
change. If they didn’t pause each tim e
they could’ve easily added a couple more
songs onto the set list.
Their set list wasn’t bad at all though.
They played their m ost popular songs,
along w ith some old ones and new ones.
I spoke to a m an nam ed Keegan and
we agreed that if M otionless In W hite
headlined the tour, it would prob acy get
better reviews.
O verall, I absolutely enjoyed m yself
and discovered new bands to listen to
and watch out for.
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