‘Adelitas Way’ grow
from strength to strength as they witness a bigger fan base crying back their songs
back to them at this Sunday night show.
This was not only my first time seeing the headline band, but it was the first time we had checked
out The Annex venue in Madison, a nice little venue, with a good atmosphere,
sound and viewing area. As we entered the venue confronted by merch stands, I
saw a guy I had not seen in almost 8 years and the reason I was here tonight! The
dude (Chris) was from the band ‘Taking Dawn’, these guys spawned up in about
2010 with a great debut album and toured the world countless times with big
names, including ‘Kiss’. Whilst on this big journey, they toured the UK a few
times; where I got to meet and see them a handful of times. They were always
friendly down to earth guys that had a real passion for doing what they loved.
Back to the show at
hand, opening band, ‘Static Signal’ from Rockford, IL, are an active young band
new on the scene. I managed to speak with them post show, about recent shows
and playing with bigger venues, the full interview can be listened to on my
next podcast. Their live show was great and certainly entertaining, I would pin
these guys as ones to watch out for as their sound and fan base develop. Next
support act was ‘Taking Dawn’ and according to them they have been cursed on
this tour with multiple problems at every stage or show. Tonight is no
different as his wireless guitar device would not work, along with poor sound
from the monitors. With that said, they did put on a professional rock show,
high energy with lots of sing-along moments for me in particular.Third support
of the night, ‘Sons Of Texas’ are defiantly taking a page out of, ‘Five Finger
Death Punch’s book by taking no prisoners in this brutal show of high energy.
Looking forward to seeing these guys again as the mosh pit was rowdier than the
playboy mansion.
Next it was time for
headliners, ‘Adelitas Way’ to grace a Madison stage once again. Not knowing the
band from before, I thought I originally stumbled into a ‘Maroon Five’ show
with the lead singers persona and voice echoing that of ‘Adam Levine’, however this
opinion quickly changed as that heavy rock rhythms rang out. The band were confident
and powerful as they made the little show feel like a sold out stadium tour. What
was strange to me, was whilst watching the band set up I noticed the bass
player looked a lot like the old bass player of ‘Taking Dawn’ and low and
behold it was him, looks like he joined another Vegas band after TD took a
break. Back to the music, as well as playing stand out hit songs like
Invincible and Notorious, they stripped it back and did a mellow acoustic session.
It is clear that this band have a lot to give
live and on record, they even promised new music and EP’s real soon, “it makes
no sense to sit on music; we want to get it out to you guys as soon possible.” After
an hour the band left the stage with the fans waiting more and although they
didn’t get it this time am sure they will be round again. Make sure you get there
and witness a fun rock ‘n’ roll show for anyone up for a good time.
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