 The
Crave hail from Brighton and in the past 3 years
have accomplished a lot! A mass of UK shows including
headline and massive support slots as well as
Europe dates, 3 completed tours of the US and
with a new album on the way they seem to be well
on the way to success. However as everyone knows
to be able to make it big your live show needs
to be spot on because that is where the money
is if you do it properly. Now they play a decent
set but for some reason I can’t help myself
from being quite bored, it’s not their performance
as the perform quite well I think it’s just
the music being something in which I drifted in
and out of being interested in. They play rock
music but the vocals don’t really match
the sort of music that backs them. They do a decent
job I’m just not a big fan of their music
but they had the entire academy eating out of
their hands so obviously a lot of people must
be quite big fans.
 3 Doors Down are nothing like I was expecting;
what I was expecting is that there would be a
standard backdrop and every member would stand
in exactly the same spot from start to finish,
Jesus was I wrong. Instead of a backdrop they
have a huge screen displaying great clips to accompany
their songs, for example during “Away From
The Sun” they have a clip of the sun rising
and it rises more and more throughout the song
and then fully shining out at the end. However
my only critique on that is the way that sometimes
the video’s would cut to a blank colour
like blue or red, if it was me it’d be better
fading to a black background with their logo pulsing
to the drum beat. They are showcasing tracks tonight
from their new album “Time of My Life”,
they play 4 new tracks and 13 oldies including
“Changes”, “Duck and Run”
and “Here Without You” before they
leave the stage. They come back for their encore
and blast through 3 songs; “Kryptonite”,
“Everytime You Go” and “When
I’m Gone” before leaving Birmingham
for good. The best part of the whole thing is
that they have actually come over to the UK and
brought a nice production to smaller venues that
they aren’t used to, you really begin to
feel like you’re making the band feel really
happy by turning up as they continually let you
know how much they love you. The band repeatedly
show throughout the night how passionate they
are about not just what they do but also various
issues in modern society. I can now see why so
many people love this band.
The Crave 3/5
3 Doors Down 4/5
Review By James Webb
Photos by Olly Goodman |
