Papa
Roach played the Academy in Bristol tonight and
the venue was packed to the rafters after selling
out many months in advanced and leaving the near
two thousand hardcore fans sweating due to the
pure excitement and energy experienced from the
moment the doors opened until Papa Roach left
the stage like summer had come a few months early.
When I got to the venue the main support band
Coldrain were just taking to the stage, a band
who formed way back in 2007 who I first came across
in early 2004 when they released their ’Through
Clarity’ EP in the UK which myself and many
other members of Alternative Vision rated highly
which left me with high expectations for tonight’s
set and those expectations were smashed to pieces
as Coldrain put on an fantastic show and won the
majority of the hardcore Papa Roach fans over
within seconds.
Now Coldrain have come all the way from Nagoya
Japan to support Papa Roach and they had
a 30minute set tonight and during that set Masato
David Hayakawa (vocals), Yokochi (guitar), Kazuya
Sugiyama (guitar, vocals), Ryo Shimizu (bass,
vocals) and Katsuma Minatani (drums) put on one
hell of an energetic performance with front man
Masato David Hayakawa taking control of the whole
stage bouncing across like a true front man in
control, whilst Yokochi, Kazuya Sugiyama and Ryo
Shimizu were equally energetic spinning and jumping
around playing their guitars and bass to perfection.
The
likes of ‘The Revelation’, ‘Evolve’,
‘Die Tomorrow’, ‘Time Bomb’,
‘The War Is On’, ‘Voiceless’
went down extremely well with the crowd but it
was set closer ‘No Escape’ which happens
to be the song which got me into Coldrain got
the crowd moving in a much more hectic way as
the song has that perfect big catchy in your face
pop-punk cross over sound.
After Coldrain left the stage there was a short
wait whilst the stage got changed over for Papa
Roach and before we knew it the lights had dimmed
with the full capacity of the Academy chanting
“Papa Roach” over and over again until
the nu-metal heroes
took to the stage and cracked straight into ‘Face
Everything And Rise’ which happens to be
the opening track from their latest album ‘F.E.A.R’.
The atmosphere in the Academy Is incredible from
the start of the set right up until the end from
both the band and the fans with front man Jacoby
Shaddix charging and jumping around the stage
like he’s cracked open some Mexican jumping
beans, whilst the fans unleash mayhem in the pit
and sing word for word to their favourite songs.
Now Papa Roach have been a band for over 20 years
and tonight was their first ever appearance at
Bristol, Academy and they pulled all the stops
tonight playing a few songs from their most recent
album ‘F.E.A.R’ but also playing what
seemed to be a greatest hits set with the likes
of ‘Getting away With Murder’, ‘Between
Angels And Insects’, ‘Blood Brothers’,
‘Hollywood Whore’ ‘Kick In The
Teeth’, ‘Lifeline’ all going
down a storm with the fans, but for me the highlights
of the night was when they played ‘Snakes’
a rap-rock song from their ‘Infest’
album which happened to be the first time they
have played live since 2001 and it was as raw
and powerful sounding as
the first time I heard it on the ‘Infest’
album all those years ago. The other highlight
of the night for myself was hearing Papa Roach
play ‘Tightrope’ live, I have seen
Papa Roach live so many times but never managed
to catch them play ‘Tightrope’ and
it was a pleasure tonight and it wasn’t
just myself who was impressed as the whole crowd
were singing along beautifully to Jacoby Shaddix.
Towards the end of the show Jacoby Shaddix got
the crowd to sing happy birthday to Jerry Horton
as it was his birthday before finishing off with
one of the strongest triple threat encores I have
ever heard as they blasted out ‘Last Resort’,
‘Scars’ and ‘To Be Loved’
and minutes later an incredibly pleased and sweaty
crowd left the Academy probably struggling to
speak after singing their hearts out for the past
hour and a half.
Coldrain 4/5
Papa Roach 5/5
Review By Trigger
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