Having made a conscious decision to arrive as late as possible (due to the gig being a sell out and the weather rather warm), we arrived about half way through Alkaline Trio's set. I have to say, they really were rather dull, though the crowd loved them. The only tune of theirs that really stays with me is 'I Wanna be a Warhol', everything else really is too bland and poptastic to care about. And Lame. Did I mention LAME!
I guess I've been waiting about fifteen years to see NOFX, ever since the days of Conscience and covering 'Dinosaurs Will Die'. As is the case with more than one punk band, they do like to waffle on and waste time when they could be playing more songs. NOFX waffled a lot, which was extra annoying as half the time we couldn't make out what the hell they were talking about.
It was a shame really because when they were actually playing they were great. They started with a cracking trio of '60%', 'Dinosaurs will Die' and 'Louise' (which I definitely wasn't expecting). They were also playing all the tracks from 'Punk in Drublic' though thankfully they were interspersed throughout the evening rather than in a lump.
Other tracks they played included: 'I'm Telling Tim', 'Bottles to the Ground', 'Eat the Meek', 'Leaving Jesusland', 'Seeing Double at the Triple-Rock', '72 Virgins', 'Ronnie and Mags', 'I Believe in Goddess' and 'Creeping Out Sara'.
Unexpectedly, Fat Mike decided to perform wearing a pink dress, which was admittedly quite funny.
The band had a lot of energy when they got on with it, but the constant stopping to waffle really sapped the flow... but they were still a million times more exciting that Alkaline Trio.
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