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Show •'• A5 Monday • June 2, 2008 C O N C E R T New on C D R E V I E W S NOFX not on the decline GregWilcoxJ members more inclined toward teetotalism. He then Life writer introduced the first song, The post-hardcore-punk sages NOFX came through SLC on May 3 at In The Venue. The audience was pretty excited because "NOFX hasn't played a club in Salt Lake City in like 5 years," according to frontman Fat Mike. Although all the excited fans in attendance expected a good show, they were about to be delightfully surprised on a bigger scale. After the prominent punk outfit whoopened for NOFX, No Use For A Name, left the stage, a smiling Fat Mike made his entrance, picked up his bass, and commented on In The Venue's peculiar setup, noting the cage-like structure that separates the venue's bar from audience "Straight Edge," as one that was "literally for you guys. We mean it." The set continued as the band played "Murder the Government," "Franco UnAmerican," "The Separation of Church and Skate," and "Linoleum," among many others. But the one song that caught everyone by surprise was the epic, nearly 20-minute opus "The Decline," which they released as an EP in 1999. "For those of you that are hardcore NOFX fans, you're going to be stoked on this next one. If you don't know it, you're pretty much f— ed," Fat Mike said before playing the song's intro. Not missing from the show was Fat Mike's char- acteristic banter with the exited the stage. They didn't audience that makes NOFX come back. In The Venue shows memorable. At one shuts down at 11 p.m., and point he played a song about instead of playing an enSalt Lake City he said he core, NOFX played until wrote in 5 minutes. It was closing, choosing not to essentially the band saying waste time with a superfluthat SLC is because of the ous exit. Members of the Mormons, but that Califor- crowd dived and scrambled nia has too many Jews (Fat to get their hands on NOFX Mike himself being Jewish) paraphernalia that was be- demonstrating the band's ing thrown by the band as love of delving into contro- they left. versial matters. At one point NOFX playing live for Fat Mike declared, "Every- twoliours a set list that inbody in this room! will be of- cluded/The Decline" was a fended by the time the night piink-i&ck show sent from is over." This prophecy h£averi*£o starved SLC fans. went unfulfilled, though, as #This is seriously the best everyone in attendance was />show we have had on tour there to hear the music and so far," Fat Mike said in a couldn't care less a^out Fat surprisingly serious tone. Mike's well-known attonpts Given the sweat, torn clothto agitate audiences. cing, and bloody faces at In The Venue that night, I beThey ended the set with "Kill All the White Man," lieve him. thanked the audience, and Pennywise draws loyal fans debut, Pennywise has re- ing "Minor Threat" by the band of the same name. Life writer A large swirling circle ery two years on Epitaph of intense punk-rockers It's not easy staying punk Records, a label owned by rock elite, but sometimes it Bad Religion guitarist Brett kept in rotation throughout pays off. This seems to be Gurewitz. To date, Penny- the show, and several fights the case for Pennywise, who wise has released eight full- eve.i broke out. When you played at Saltair on May 7, length studio albums, one go to shows by bands like and are on tour in support of live album, two EPs and one Pennywise, you get the real deal. their new album, Reason to DVD. As mentioned, PennyAfter openers Strung Believe, which was released Out and Authority Zero wise released their new alon March 25. Released for free down- played, Pennywise took the bum for free download on load on Myspace for two stage and played through Myspace, but it was only for weeks, Pennywise is find- their loud and fast set. a limited time. Explaining the availabiling much more than minor Songs they played include success with the new album. "My Own Country," "Soci- ity of the free album downIt is in the hands of more ety," "Straight Ahead," and load on MySpace, singer Jim Lindberg said, "The two than 600,000 fans, which is "Something to Live For." A request from the band weeks is up, but just steal it the most the band has ever had in their 20-year career. for suggestions on a song to from somewhere," to which Since their 1991 self-titled cover resulted in their play- guitarist Fletcher Dragge Greg g leased an album about ev- added, "Or you could buy it and support our band, but hey, Jim already told you what to do so you will probably listen to him." The group finished off on the encore with their hit "Bro Hymn," which is the theme song for the Mighty Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and also a fan favorite. So it seems refusing the money offers of major record labels and releasing an album for free hasn't hurt (and has most likely helped) Pennywise's success and influence. The band has indeed secured a loyal fan base, and is confidently rockin' in the radically changing postNapster music world. Matt Costa comes to Salt Lake Who enjoyed it more; the band or the fans? Ethan Dodge • "The crowd was exceptional," he said. "They were Life writer As Matt Costa took the stage at the Avalon in Salt Lake City, he was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans. Opening his set with crowd favorite "Ballad Of Miss Kate," he quickly prepared his fans for the music that was to come. The folk and indie twist of Costa's music makes it lovable for many across the world. Having now done four shows in Utah, Costa said this one was by far the best. raving and singing." Many artists have claimed that Utah is their favorite place to perform, when asked if he agreed, Costa responded, "Absolutely. The fans here are always singing." "(Salt Lake) has always been nice," Costa continued. He reported that the day before the show, the band had a day off and spent it in the Salt Lake Valley. They traveled to the capitol building where they were able to capture a nice view of the valley. After the day of rest, the band was more than ready to play for Utah. Two years ago Costa's first headlining tour came through Utah. At that show, just over two hundred fans showed up to support Costa. The amount of people there at the Avalon this time more than doubled the previous number, as Costa played for a sold out crowd. As fans sang back the lyrics of "Mr. Pitiful," Costa slammed on the keyboard. He was quickly up out of his seat, dancing while playing as the crowd's enthusiasm built by the second. The set ended shortly after this popular song, but the fans wanted more. As Costa walked back out on the stage alone and began playing "Behind The Moon," fans continued to sing along. The band quickly came back out and serenaded the audience with their folk music. As the concert came to a close, it was extremely evident that Costa loves what he does. He then finished, saying good night to Salt Lake with an enormous grin across his face and quickly exiting the venue to talk with hundreds of adoring fans. 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