Been busy with work, vacation and enjoying another great Minnesota summer, so I haven't had time or content to blog about until now. Last week while I was having cable TV installed at home, I got an email from the Mill City Nights ticket service offering me free tickets to Thursday's Buckcherry concert. I didn't know about the concert until then, but it turned out to be a great kickoff to what's already been a fun weekend so far.
I got to downtown Minneapolis on Thursday night just in time to walk around a bit before the show. Shortly after 8 p.m. I made my way to the venue, finding a good vantage point on the corner of the railing closest to the stage. At 9 p.m. local rockers VIA hit the stage. They blasted through a half-dozen originals from their latest EP.
I enjoyed the sounds of VIA, but before I could try to remember all the song titles, the next group Pinwheel began their set. This group was kind of a mashup between classic rockers like Tom Petty and Bob Dylan with newer metal sounds harkening back to bands like Tool and early Alice in Chains. It was a good combination, one that left the crowd eagerly awaiting the headliner.
Before long, alternative rockers Buckcherry took the stage, starting off with the song "Lit Up" from their debut album. The group is releasing a new EP titled Fuck later this summer, so they also debuted several songs from that album - if you know the band's attitude, you can guess some of the song titles had to do with the EP's name.
I'd seen Buckcherry perform a few years ago at a casino in Walker, MN so I knew to expect an energetic, crowd-pleasing set and I was not disappointed. Before I knew it, an hour had elapsed and the band played an extended version of one of their biggest hits "Crazy Bitch." They came back for a two-song encore, capped off by the song "Too Drunk..." It was kind of amusing to see lead singer Josh Todd amble around the stage in mock drunkenness, knowing according to online articles that he's been clean and sober for several years now.
I was part of the crowd en masse departing the arena that night, happy I decided to go to the show. For a free show, I definitely got my money's worth!
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