The Warriors II Tour with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, the Chariot, Pillar, and P.O.D. was explosive.
I met up with Michael, aka Michaelpi, and his brother, David, at Qdoba's. I got there a little late, even though I left before they did (they live in McKinney, and I live in Fort Worth), because of the traffic. There was a little bit of construction on the way there, and I also heard reports of an accident backing everything up, though I never saw it.
We left Qdoba's at about 5:30 and headed for the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom floor, where we waited in line for about 20 minutes to get in the door. There was a line of people stretching all the way down the sidewalk in both directions.
Once we got inside we headed straight to the merchandise where we found all kinds of cool gear, like a really cool leather keychain with 'Pillar' inscribed on it. The keychain is huge, and is the shape of an electric guitar. Michael and I both bought one. Michael also bought one Pillar t-shirt, and a bunch of stickers. I think he bought some stuff from the Maylene and Sons of Disaster table too.
The first band to open was Maylene; they were pretty good, but not great. They're a Christian band, and it was really neat hearing "God bless you guys, Jesus died for you" in probably a largely secular crowd.
The Chariot was next. This band was one I really didn't like. The lead singer looked like he came right out of the 50's, so it was really weird seeing him trying to rock out. Even if he would have been wearing different clothes I couldn't really see him as a rocker. Besides, he did a lot more screaming than anything else. Screaming is all you can do I guess if you don't know how to sing. I'm not a big screamer fan, and it seemed like that was all that the band was doing.
Next on stage came the band I was here to see: Pillar. As far as I was concerned, Pillar was the first warm-up band for P.O.D., because they're really the ones who started the whole show. They opened by playing an audio clip of someone telling about the story of Shadrak, Meshak, and Abendigo in Neb's fiery furnace. Silence. And then, a slow melodic strumming of the guitars, that we all knew was in the rhythm of 'Fireproof'. We all went wild. Pillar only played 7 songs total, including two from the new album they're working on right now. They played Hypnotized, Rewind, Bring Me Down, Everything, Tragedy, and then closed with a really good show of Frontline. Michael and I were yelling and cheering at the top of our lungs. It was crazy hearing the entire crowd in one voice screaming out, "stand beside or step aside, we're on the frontline!" I think Michael was louder than all of them.
P.O.D. came out on the stage, and by the time they were done playing it finally began to sink in to me as to why they were heading up this tour. They rocked, and they rocked hard. I'm not a big fan of P.O.D., and so you know I'm not exaggerating when I say I thought they had a great show, and a great show they had. I don't know exactly how many songs they played, but Michael was telling me they played for over an hour and a half. P.O.D. is probably one of the few bands that are more fun to watch live than they are to listen to on radio or something. Most bands I think are like an actual football game; it's not that much fun to watch in person and is more fun to watch on TV. You get better camera angles anyway. However, P.O.D. was like actually being a part of the game; like being in the game. It was a blast. I'm really glad I went to this concert, and I'm glad I stayed to watch all of it. P.O.D. played a lot of their more popular songs (duh), and they played a few from their 'Testify' album, including 'Roots in Stereo'. One of their closing songs was even 'Goodbye for Now', which I thought was really fitting. The very last song they played was awesome. I don't know they name of it, but they said it was old school. Michael will know what it is. Anyway, all the vocalists from all the bands came out and sung with Sonny for the last song. Rob was within just a few feet of me; I wish I could have taken a picture, but our phones had terrible quality because of the awkward lighting.
As we were leaving a bunch of volunteers were handing out flyers, promotionals, and basically just a bunch of junk that ends up in the trash. But then Michael and I spotted someone handing out Power FM stickers, so we snagged about 5 of them. For those of you who don't know, Power FM is a very popular Christian rock station here in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex. Power FM is an awesome radio station, so I suggest that if you like a 'younger' style of music (they play everything from hip-hop to punk to rock) that you tune your dial to them. You might even become a Club 3000 member by listening, which would be really cool.
Attached are some pictures. I'm going to warn you ahead of time, NONE of them are of the band members, so don't set your hopes high. Sorry, but our camera's just couldn't get a good picture of the stage.
Warrior's II Table
Pillar Stuff
Closeup of the display case
Pillar Guitar Keychain (This one's hard to see)
Power FM
I met up with Michael, aka Michaelpi, and his brother, David, at Qdoba's. I got there a little late, even though I left before they did (they live in McKinney, and I live in Fort Worth), because of the traffic. There was a little bit of construction on the way there, and I also heard reports of an accident backing everything up, though I never saw it.
We left Qdoba's at about 5:30 and headed for the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom floor, where we waited in line for about 20 minutes to get in the door. There was a line of people stretching all the way down the sidewalk in both directions.
Once we got inside we headed straight to the merchandise where we found all kinds of cool gear, like a really cool leather keychain with 'Pillar' inscribed on it. The keychain is huge, and is the shape of an electric guitar. Michael and I both bought one. Michael also bought one Pillar t-shirt, and a bunch of stickers. I think he bought some stuff from the Maylene and Sons of Disaster table too.
The first band to open was Maylene; they were pretty good, but not great. They're a Christian band, and it was really neat hearing "God bless you guys, Jesus died for you" in probably a largely secular crowd.
The Chariot was next. This band was one I really didn't like. The lead singer looked like he came right out of the 50's, so it was really weird seeing him trying to rock out. Even if he would have been wearing different clothes I couldn't really see him as a rocker. Besides, he did a lot more screaming than anything else. Screaming is all you can do I guess if you don't know how to sing. I'm not a big screamer fan, and it seemed like that was all that the band was doing.
Next on stage came the band I was here to see: Pillar. As far as I was concerned, Pillar was the first warm-up band for P.O.D., because they're really the ones who started the whole show. They opened by playing an audio clip of someone telling about the story of Shadrak, Meshak, and Abendigo in Neb's fiery furnace. Silence. And then, a slow melodic strumming of the guitars, that we all knew was in the rhythm of 'Fireproof'. We all went wild. Pillar only played 7 songs total, including two from the new album they're working on right now. They played Hypnotized, Rewind, Bring Me Down, Everything, Tragedy, and then closed with a really good show of Frontline. Michael and I were yelling and cheering at the top of our lungs. It was crazy hearing the entire crowd in one voice screaming out, "stand beside or step aside, we're on the frontline!" I think Michael was louder than all of them.
P.O.D. came out on the stage, and by the time they were done playing it finally began to sink in to me as to why they were heading up this tour. They rocked, and they rocked hard. I'm not a big fan of P.O.D., and so you know I'm not exaggerating when I say I thought they had a great show, and a great show they had. I don't know exactly how many songs they played, but Michael was telling me they played for over an hour and a half. P.O.D. is probably one of the few bands that are more fun to watch live than they are to listen to on radio or something. Most bands I think are like an actual football game; it's not that much fun to watch in person and is more fun to watch on TV. You get better camera angles anyway. However, P.O.D. was like actually being a part of the game; like being in the game. It was a blast. I'm really glad I went to this concert, and I'm glad I stayed to watch all of it. P.O.D. played a lot of their more popular songs (duh), and they played a few from their 'Testify' album, including 'Roots in Stereo'. One of their closing songs was even 'Goodbye for Now', which I thought was really fitting. The very last song they played was awesome. I don't know they name of it, but they said it was old school. Michael will know what it is. Anyway, all the vocalists from all the bands came out and sung with Sonny for the last song. Rob was within just a few feet of me; I wish I could have taken a picture, but our phones had terrible quality because of the awkward lighting.
As we were leaving a bunch of volunteers were handing out flyers, promotionals, and basically just a bunch of junk that ends up in the trash. But then Michael and I spotted someone handing out Power FM stickers, so we snagged about 5 of them. For those of you who don't know, Power FM is a very popular Christian rock station here in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex. Power FM is an awesome radio station, so I suggest that if you like a 'younger' style of music (they play everything from hip-hop to punk to rock) that you tune your dial to them. You might even become a Club 3000 member by listening, which would be really cool.
Attached are some pictures. I'm going to warn you ahead of time, NONE of them are of the band members, so don't set your hopes high. Sorry, but our camera's just couldn't get a good picture of the stage.
Warrior's II Table
Pillar Stuff
Closeup of the display case
Pillar Guitar Keychain (This one's hard to see)
Power FM
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