Marianas Trench/ Simple Plan Concert

Last night I headed to Clutch Cargos in just outside of Detroit for the Simple Plan concert with Marianas Trench, The Cab, and Forever the Sickest Kids.

Truthfully, I was going to see Marianas Trench primarily and Simple Plan was just a bonus. Not that I’m not a Simple Plan fan. I am. And I have been for the past 10 years.

I’m a fan of most pop punk bands, to be honest. And punk bands. That’s something you may not know about me. I’m a punk/emo/screamo/alternative music fan. It’s major.

I miss the days when I used to spend hours listening to music and doing nothing else. Just lying there and listening. Really paying attention to the music and the meaning of the lyrics. Does anyone else do this? Now I just listen to music as background noise as I do something else…it’s just not the same.

Marianas Trench @ Clutch Cargos

Anyway, back to the concert. I was a bit disappointed that Marianas Trench was the first band on the stage. I assumed that they would be the most popular of the openers and would go on right before the headliner, Simple Plan. We ended up missing their first song, Celebrity Status, which we could faintly hear from inside the club as we stood at the front door waiting to get in.

I was bummed and slightly surprised that they only played 5 songs, but at least they played my favourite—“All to Myself”. I guess they’re not quite as popular in the US as they are here where they’re playing huge venues, like the ACC.

Oh well, they sounded pretty good and I scored a sweet t-shirt to add to my band t-shirt collection.

I figured since Marianas Trench only played 5 songs then Simple Plan better rock the goddamn house down in order for me to not feel totally cheated out of a concert (and potentially leading me to go up to London to see them play again in the winter).

They. Were. Awesome.

Simple Plan at Clutch Cargos

Simple Plan at Clutch Cargos

It was a really energetic show. Simple Plan played a lot of songs from their newest album but also played the classics like Addicted and I’m Just a Kid and got the whole audience jumping (me) and cheering (me) and crowd surfing (not me). They finished off the show with Perfect which made me smile.

Simple Plan at Clutch Cargos

The show really got me pumped up and I’ve been listening to Simple Plan music all day. I may or may not have even had a little living room dance party of one about a half hour ago.

All in all it was a good night but I still have yet to see Marianas Trench in concert when they are the main event.

Embarrassing Story of the Evening:

Simple Plan: “Who has seen us in concert before?”
Audience cheers wildly
Simple Plan: “Who here in the audience is seeing us for the first time?”
Audience cheers wildly
Simple Plan: “Who out there is Canadian?”
Audience is silent. I cheer wildly. Several people turn around and stare.

wah wah waaaaaah

I was definitely expecting more people to be cheering. Apparently not as many Canadians were there as I thought.

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P.S. You can see all my concert pictures here

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