Bowling For Soup, The Dollyrots, and Ivory Tribes at Irving Plaza 6/18/15

              Last Thursday, Bowling For Soup played in the Big Apple for their “Finally legal tour.” This is to celebrate the 21^st anniversary of the band existence. This was held at Irving Plaza a venue I’ve been to the most on Manhattan. Not too crazy about the venue but I’ve been to some fun shows here and this was fun show. Also this wasn’t a sold out show but a really big turnout which is cool. I thought it was funny seeing of these parents there with their kids.

            The first opening band was Ivory Tribes. Ivory Tribes are an alternative rock band from Dallas, Texas. This band was flat out boring. I really didn’t like how long people had to wait to have the opener to play. The music was slow but what I’m trying to say is that a band that is slow shouldn’t be playing after waiting for an hour. It didn’t help that more than half of the crowd was outside before the doors opened. Bowling should have gotten a better opener.

            The second band was a three piece punkish, garage pop band from Los Angeles, California. The Dollyrots really reminded of Paramore with a garage element. They were okay 100% better than the other band. Still I wasn’t really in the mood for this band. I get why Bowling For Soup has these random acts because it give these bands a chance to gain more fans. 

            Bowling For Soup took the stage and it seemed like a calm crowd when they got on. A small pit opened up for them and they started off the set with “Almost.” Bowling For Soup are from Texas and this was my second time seeing them. Bowling is a pop-punk band that adds some comedic flavors to their mix. Obviously they are not a traditional punk band but they are very entraining especially when they covered “Stacy’s Mom”, which was great to see live. Even during the song “Ohio (Come back to Texas) they had the lead singer of Patent Pending doing the vocals. The one thing I didn’t like about this set was that they kept talking after each song for five minutes. They got onstage at 9:50 didn’t get off till 11:35. They only played 20 songs and their songs aren’t long. That the on thing that tick me off otherwise I had a good time. If you like comedy in your punk rock than this is the band for you.

Bowling For Soup- 9/10

The Dollyrots- 6.5/10

Ivory Tribes- 5/10

Irving Plaza- 8/10

Overall Concert- 8.5/10