i was 17 and i was a diiiiie hard fan. knew every word to every song, had the perfect spot near the stage, my best friend and i screamed into each other's face the whole time, and the band just fucking rocked. it was the closing show of my first 3-day festival experience which at the time had basically been the best weekend of my life. other notable acts that weekend were flume, childish gambino, lorde, odesza, sbtrkt...... truly like the perfect coming of age summer movie moment
my brother gave me burned copies of all their albums for my 16th birthday in December 2008. i started listening in earnest one week in the following spring and immediately fell in love. that same week, my dad took me and my friend to see Foo Fighters at the Key Arena. we got up to get a snack and i hear the muffled sounds of the opener working their way through the hall when it hit me: it was Minus the Bear and they were playing the intro to Knights. my friend and i did a 180 and ran back to our seats to see them play. just a great memory. (linked vid is from around the same time but a different show)
i saw ink at a big venue, but my friend and i were really close to the stage and got to sing our hearts out and jump around and dance, and it was amazing. the psychedelic furs were at pappy and harrietโs, a much smaller outdoor venue, and i went with my mum. we stood near the back and sang and absorbed the music, and it was also amazing.
