Underoath
The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
12/5/2009

Spencer Chamberlain – lead vocals, additional guitars
Timothy McTague – lead guitar, backing vocals
Grant Brandell – bass guitar
James Smith – rhythm guitar
Christopher Dudley – keyboards, synthesizers, samplers
Aaron Gillespie – clean vocals, drums

The energy was alive at the Rave on Saturday night. It was heavy metal mayhem night in Milwaukee. For those who have never been to the Rave there are at least 5 stages in the venue and they were all packed with local bands. The bands were the crowd’s entertainment before openers Emery and August Burnsaed hit the mainstage. Since the Midwest is known for their crazy and incredibly loyal heavy metal, there were fans that drove from miles and hours to be at the Rave for Underoath.

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Paramore
House of Blues – Chicago, IL
October 10, 2009

“One time, we sold more records than Mariah Carey did,” lead singer Hayley Williams of Paramore proudly announced after performing new song “Turn It Off.” Before launching into the classic dance track “Here We Go Again,” Williams told fans, “We’re gonna play another old one for you.” The song is off the band’s debut album All We Know Is Falling and happens to be one of my personal favorites out of Paramore’s entire repertoire of music. Hearing the Franklin, Tennessee (near Nashville) fivesome play “Here We Go Again” live in concert is always a unique experience. This is because Paramore performs the song with an extended and/or alternate ending not heard on the original album recording. If you don’t know, or want to know, what I’m referring to, make sure you check out Paramore when they play a city near you on the ‘Brand New Eyes’ tour. The band always performs “Here We Go Again.” It is by far a staple of their live set.

More photos of Paramore after the jump!

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Relient K
House of Blues – Chicago, IL
November 2, 2008

Matthew Thiessen (lead vocals/piano/guitar)

Apparently, the Christian pop/rock music scene in Chicago is huge – bigger than I thought. When The Uncle Fest Tour rolled through Chicago last Sunday with headliners Relient K, the show SOLD OUT the House of Blues! I was completely shocked to say the least. For those of you who don’t know, Relient K is band of many genres, falling under the categories of alternative rock, piano rock, pop punk, and most notably Christian rock. This fivesome from Canton, Ohio is about as wholesome as you can get. Remember though, I am talking about the music here people – I don’t know the guys personally. My favorite Relient K song is called “Sadie Hawkins Dance” if that gives you any inclination as to the band’s lyrical subject matter and relative content. The best line of that song is by far “There’s nothing better than / Do you like my sweater?” LOVE it! I had just seen Relient K on this summer’s Vans Warped Tour headlining the main stage, but had no idea how popular they really are in Chicago until seeing the adoring fans smashed up against the barricade in the front row at the Chicago HOB show last weekend. On both the 2008 Vans Warped Tour and The Uncle Fest Tour, the boys of Relient K have been promoting their most recent album The Bird and the Bee Sides. I admit, I do not like all of the band’s music; however, I give them major props for sounding AMAZING live. Since there are five guys in the band, all the instruments are covered and the songs sound as good live as they do on the albums. Each song had some combination of drums, rhythm and lead guitars, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, bells, bass, and my favorite: the PIANO. There was no shortage of vocals, with Matthew Thiessen singing lead and John Warne, Jonathan Schneck, and Matthew Hoopes contributing the backing vocals.

More photos of the band members after the jump…

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Jars of Clay
Cricket Wireless Amphitheater – Chula Vista, CA
9/27/2008

Dan Haseltine – Vocals Stephen Mason – Lead Guitar
Matthew Odmark – Rhythm Guitar
Charlie Lowell – Piano J
Jeremy Lutito – Drums (Live Performer)
Gabe Ruschival – Bass ( Live Performer)

Jars of Clay kicked off the Music Build tour that stopped in San Diego on Saturday. The Music Builds Tour is a Christian Music tour that is traveling the country this summer through the fall. The tour has joined with The One Campaign to expose issues such as global poverty, hunger, and disease in efforts to fight such problems in the world’s poorest countries. They also teamed up to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity. One dollar of every ticket sold goes to charity, so this tour literally helps build.

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Here is the second song from the Underoath set at Mayhem in San Diego. If you need to see the first song it is here. I know that the video screen overlaps the right side a bit. I decided I didn’t want to compromise any more of the video quality. As mentioned before the video gallery is coming so all the videos will be in one place, so stay tuned.

UPDATE: Had to switch videoplayers…Sorry back to the Crappy Youtube vids until I can find a better player without paying hundreds of dollars an hour. I promise I’ll get a better HQ Videoplayer.

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This is the first of 2 videos from Underoath’s performance on the Rockstar Mayhem Tour in San Diego, CA. Look out for more Mayhem Videos and a Video Gallery coming your way.

UPDATE: Sorry, switched video players. I hated to do it. I’m on the hunt for a HQ Player online that won’t cost hundreds of dollars on my end to use. In other words, we are back to the crappy Youtube quality videos. Sorry, it kills me too!

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Rockstar Mayhem 2008
Underoath
Cricket Wireless – Chula Vista, CA
7/16/2008

Stage: Hot Topic @ 6:25pm (The times rotate at each Mayhem stop)

Aaron Gillespie – Drums/Vocals
Tim McTague – Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals
Spencer Chamberlain – Vocals
James Smith – Rhythm Guitar
Christopher Dudley – Keyboards/Synthesizers
Grant Brandell – Bass

Tim McTague

I caught up with lead guitarist Tim McTague to talk about life on Mayhem and touring. Underoath previously toured on Van’s Warped Tour, so right off the bat I asked how the Mayhem tour has been treating them. Tim says that it’s great with all new bands and meeting new fans. Underoath hasn’t jammed with any other bands on the Mayhem tour, but if he had the chance, Tim would like to jam with Chris Walla, Omar (Mars Volta), or Jim Atkins from Jimmy Eats World.

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