Gin Blossoms at Mt. Saint Joseph College??

[Zach]

Anyone know anything about this? Wondering if its legit and/or students only.

http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=Artist&Content=gin+blossoms

[Bronzetree]

Looks like it's open to the public. I'm all over it.

[The Wanderer]

Wow, first Toad is back and now the Gins! I gotta make it to this show, if anyone gets tix, post here how you did?

Im guessing just call Mt St Joes?

[Ol-One-Eye]

I'm sooooooo there also!!!

[Zach]

someone on their email list said its a student only show. I'm not sure if this is true or not. Has anyone been able to buy tickets??

Zach

[Bronzetree]

For all the checking I've done, yes, it looks like a student only show. My earlier assumptions were incorrect. That sucks. I don't know anyone that goes to MSJ, so I'm shit out of luck there.

But they'll be here again for Ribfest, so at least we have that.

[Zach]

Originally posted by Bronzetree
But they'll be here again for Ribfest, so at least we have that.

Actually, Cincinnati is no longer listed on Ribamerica.com. I'm assuming that is has been canceled for this city.

However, according to the Gin Blossoms website, they are still coming in June but the show will be at Jillian's in Covington. What sucks about this is now it might not be a free show. :(

Zach

[mobyoctopad]

my mom graduated from "the mount". maybe i could get tickets through her.

[Bronzetree]

SHIT! If they cancel RibAmerica here, then that measn Soul Asylum isn't coming either. Unless they book a makeup gig somewhere like GB did.

And missmoby, if you can indeed get tickets through your mom and decided to hook a cracka up with a couple (or just one), I'd pay ya back and be forever grateful.

[Zach]

Well, I ended up being able to go to the show tonight. I'm not sure if I should say I had a good time or not. First things first...the Gin Blossoms rocked! They put on a very solid show from start to finish. This was my second time seeing them and I'm planning on seeing them again in June at Jillians.

However...the downside....the crowd. Over the past few years I have been to a few shows where the crowd ruined it...but this one had to top all. (note: if any MSJ students are on here...please don't take this personally) First of all, none of the crowd seemed to know who the heck the GB's were until they played "Hey Jealousy". Throughout the whole show, the crowd seem disinterested in the band. What really pissed me off is when a group of people next to me started mocking the band. Then a group of girls spent half the show trying to give Scott Johnson a shoe wedgie. For a moment I forgot I was attending a show at a college. It seemed more like a high school atmosphere.

In conclusion...The Gin Blossoms rocked! The student body from MSJ sucked! Perhaps in the future they should resort to booking the talents of say...Sum 41.

[DIYorDIE]

I was also at the show tonight. I would say I had an "OK" time. The MSJ kids that were trying to start a pit, or whatever they were trying to do looked ridiculous, and really ruined the show for everyone else. I got in because one of my friends is an alumni, which was cool, but the whole vibe was really weird. No one there knew who the band was, and only paid attention to the band when they were playing a hit. The crowd seemed more pre-occupied with acting immature, punching each other, and tossing each other in the air. The good majority of the kids in front of the stage, where I was standing, were total assholes. The beer situation was ridiculous too! A three beer minimum, plus you had to fill out a form to get one! As a MASSIVE fan of the Gin Blossoms, I was pretty disappointed. It looked like the military base scene from Spinal Tap or something... or maybe a really bad high school band challenge, since it was in a school auditorium. MSJ could've opened it up to the public, or at least advertised a little, to bring in some fans that knew some of the songs, aside from the obvious hits. Basically, to find out about this show, you would have to be an extremely hardcore fan. One of my friends won the ridiculous raffle to meet the band afterward, and he took me with him, so that was cool. The band admitted that the vibe was bizarre, and they weren't really into it. Overall, I was really disappointed with the MSJ crowd, and their antics, and I look forward to seeing the Gin Blossoms later this summer at Jillians. To the unfortunate few that were there tonight, feel some comfort in the fact that you saw a geniune Cincinnati rock n roll disaster. Oh yeah.... Fuck MSJ.

[mattsledge]

Originally posted by Zach
First of all, none of the crowd seemed to know who the heck the GB's were until they played "Hey Jealousy".
not to sound like a smartass, but of course these kids only knew "hey jealousy". it was their only "hit" and the kids were 8-12 years old when it came out (10 years ago), so they weren't exactly running out and buying the album.

just an observation to remember when a band that hasn't had a hit in 10 years plays a college....

[Zach]

Originally posted by mattsledge

not to sound like a smartass, but of course these kids only knew "hey jealousy". it was their only "hit" and were 8-12 years old when it came out (10 years ago), so they weren't exactly running out and buying the album.

just an observation to remember when a band that hasn't had a hit in 10 years plays a college....


I guess I was just going off my own experience. I'm the same age as a lot of the students who were in attendance. I was in (I think) 6th grade when New Miserable Experience came out. But I guess not everyone has been a music junkie, since the age of eight, like I have been.

Z

[Juliana]

Gonna have to side with Sledge on this.

1) uh, all their songs sound kinda the same. I own the 2 cds they put out (I'm not counting the greatest hits). The 1st disc is prett good

2) They do not appeal to a college crowd. That's not their key demographic. They were big 10 years ago. These kids were about 10 years old.

3) I think the beer thing is just funny. What, do you need to be drunk to listen to a show? What the hell? IT was a college show held on campus. A lot of schools wouldn't sell any alcohol at ALL.

4) It was obvious that the band wasn't into it. The lead singer was the only one who looked even remotely interested in what was going on.

5) You can't fault the kids in the audience for trying to liven things up. Nothing was happening on the stage. I honestly thought the crowd was pretty good, all things considered.

*I did get in free, so I'm not really complaining, but I don't think you guys have the right to either.

[Bronzetree]

Originally posted by Juliana
4) It was obvious that the band wasn't into it. The lead singer was the only one who looked even remotely interested in what was going on.

Yeah, but I caught them at RibAmerica last year and that's how they were then and they were playing to crowd that was totally into them. Some bands just shoegaze. Apparently, GB is one of them.

I have to question why these kids would even bother going to see the band, much less PAYING to see them, if they had no interest. My whole thing is, show the band and the fans that actually WANT to be there some respect or leave. 'Course, I wasn't there, so my point is moot.

What was I saying again?

[Kwyjibo]

Alright, I'm totally going to get flamed for this, but flame on, I don't care.

1.) GB sucked. They were terrible. They played songs from two stale 10 year old albums, and they didn't do a particularly good job of it. Blame it on the crowd if you want, but I don't think that was the problem. I think any band with a soul should be first and foremost creating new music as much as possible. Even if the surviving members of the GB that wrote those songs totally suck at writing I'm sure they could come up with something in a shade under a decade.

2.) I agree, the crowd seemed OK to me. You have to consider that these kids are stuck on a college campus most of them probably low on cash, they're going to go see whatever band the college wants to put in front of them. I didn't see any rowdiness, or mocking, but if it was there, I'm not sure I blame them. Along those lines, I saw plenty of people singing along to every song, so I can't say that nobody had heard of them.

3.) Again, GB has been playing the same songs for 10 years, the guy that wrote them is dead for Christ's sake. Maybe he didn't write all of the songs on the second album, but most, and certainly all the good ones. Not to mention how they got him drunk and had him sign away all of the rights before he bought the farm. Soulless bastards.

4.) Even all the good stuff sounds the same. I don't know how many times Juliana and I looked at each other and said "I wish they'd play 'Allison Road' or 'Hey Jealousy' so we can get out of here." Then the next song would start and we'd say "Oh cool, it's Allison Road", and it would be something else.

5.) I don't know about the beer thing. Nobody made me buy any beer. At what point did they tell you folks you had to buy a minimum of three beers?

6.) Did anybody actually pay for this thing? We wrote the GB mailing list to see about getting in, and they guest listed us. When we got there we walked to the door, said we were on the GL. The girl said "it doesn't matter" put an arm band on us and let us in. We could have walked in with a goat and nobody would have cared. Private show indeed.

7.) The guitarist coming to the edge of the stage to show off during guitar solos was just laughable. Those guitar solos are very simple, and he wasn't putting anything extra into them, and certainly no enthusiasm.

8.) The singer sounded like crap, and his antics (crowd surfing, coming down into the crowd to high five etc.) were pathetic.

9.) All in all, I'd say the show definitely did not rock.

[Kwyjibo]

Originally posted by Zach

In conclusion...The Gin Blossoms rocked! The student body from MSJ sucked! Perhaps in the future they should resort to booking the talents of say...Sum 41.

I'd have to guess they got the cheapest band they possibly could, and they got what they paid for.

[Bronzetree]

Originally posted by Kwyjibo
Alright, I'm totally going to get flamed for this, but flame on, I don't care.

Nope. But I'll come to the band's defense on a few matters.

1.) GB sucked. They were terrible. They played songs from two stale 10 year old albums, and they didn't do a particularly good job of it. Blame it on the crowd if you want, but I don't think that was the problem. I think any band with a soul should be first and foremost creating new music as much as possible. Even if the surviving members of the GB that wrote those songs totally suck at writing I'm sure they could come up with something in a shade under a decade.

First, GB were not together for about the last five or six years. They were each involved in other projects. This tour is kind of a reunion thing, to test the waters. Word is, they're working on new material.

Second, if you go in thinking the music is stale, you're going to have a pretty high hurdle to overcome already.

2.) I agree, the crowd seemed OK to me. You have to consider that these kids are stuck on a college campus most of them probably low on cash, they're going to go see whatever band the college wants to put in front of them. I didn't see any rowdiness, or mocking, but if it was there, I'm not sure I blame them. Along those lines, I saw plenty of people singing along to every song, so I can't say that nobody had heard of them.

True enough. I'll give you that.

3.) Again, GB has been playing the same songs for 10 years, the guy that wrote them is dead for Christ's sake. Maybe he didn't write all of the songs on the second album, but most, and certainly all the good ones. Not to mention how they got him drunk and had him sign away all of the rights before he bought the farm. Soulless bastards.

Believe everything you read on the internet? This claim has been widely discounted. There is absolutely no proof of this. I agree that it seems strange that he'd sign all his rights away, but the only people that know the full story are those in the band.

And, I'm not sure where people keep getting this info about the first album being written by their dead guitarist. He either wrote or co-wrote about half the album and its singles. The other guys were involved in the creation of the rest. The second album was done without him (obviously).

4.) Even all the good stuff sounds the same. I don't know how many times Juliana and I looked at each other and said "I wish they'd play 'Allison Road' or 'Hey Jealousy' so we can get out of here." Then the next song would start and we'd say "Oh cool, it's Allison Road", and it would be something else.

That might have something to do with the fact that you're unfamiliar with most of their music. I can pick out any of their songs upon hearing the first few bars. Yeah, they have a style that runs through all their stuff, but a lot of bands do.

7.) The guitarist coming to the edge of the stage to show off during guitar solos was just laughable. Those guitar solos are very simple, and he wasn't putting anything extra into them, and certainly no enthusiasm.

Matter of taste. I dig it. And again, at RibAmerica, he was the same way. It may just be the way he is. Our former guitarist in PO usually looked either terrified or bored to be on stage. But he definitely wanted to be there and played like a champ. That was just his thing.

8.) The singer sounded like crap, and his antics (crowd surfing, coming down into the crowd to high five etc.) were pathetic.

What was pathetic about it? I wasn't there, so I can't rebutt, but maybe he was just trying to involve a crowd he thought was lackluster. Or maybe he was "rewarding" the people who WERE into them by high fiving and such. Dunno. Not sure why it's pathetic. What if Toad did those things? Would they too be pathetic?

I fully understand if you didn't dig the show, but it almost seems like you have something personal against them (the aforementioned rights issue maybe?). It's kinda hard to enjoy a band when you go in with a bad attitude about them.