{"id":1530,"date":"2008-04-11T19:00:21","date_gmt":"2008-04-11T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/216.71.127.204\/wordpress\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2015-10-15T20:01:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T20:01:47","slug":"the-starting-line-w-bayside-meridian-houston-tx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/houstonmusicreview.com\/wordpress\/2008\/04\/11\/the-starting-line-w-bayside-meridian-houston-tx\/","title":{"rendered":"The Starting Line w\/ Bayside – Meridian – Houston, TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Written by Tood Spoth <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apr 11, 2008 at 07:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Image\"This was my first proper rock show of the year 2008 I believe, unless you count Bone Thugs, but I would not. I was rather excited as I enjoy \u00be of the bands on the bill, the fourth, Four Year Strong I had not previously heard or seen live.<\/p>\n

The Meridian has partitioned off a section of their property outside of the venue for the smokers. With the weather as nice as its been as of late this area is actually a nice escape between bands when you are hauling through a 4 hour show. Most nights The Meridian hires a catering service that sells food and snacks in this outdoor section.<\/p>\n

I regret that I did not arrive in time to see Steel Train however since their rearrangement after their second release I just have not been excited as I used to be. The original singer had an epiphany one day and did not want to be a front man. After that, one of the guitarists moved into that spot, leaving the original singer a spot behind a keyboard to the side. In my opinion they went from being fresh and original to just another boring poofy hair, vest-wearing band with this shake-up. I’m not holding my breath, but I hope for a switch back sometime soon.<\/p>\n

Four Year Strong is plays into the poppy, melodic, fast-paced trend of bands in the same realm of Set Your Goals, et all. They are more ridiculous in their base lyrics and gimmicky presence, but I definitely like their melodies more. I really wasn’t into this. Id rather just listen to old Fastbreak. I spent most of this set outside, and only half of that reason was because they are Red Sox fans.<\/p>\n

Bayside and The Starting Line were great as usual. Bayside tore into a nice long set of great songs, and as usual failed to play anything off of their debut release, Sirens and Condolences. Nevertheless I like their other, later, releases so its fine by me.<\/p>\n

The Starting Line was a band I was into years ago and honestly I still am. I guess they are a guilty pleasure. A really poppy guilty pleasure. I have reviewed and seen these guys many times before and I will say it again…they totally transformed over the years, which made me a little sad to hear that they were breaking up. I guess that explains why their whole set was full up with old songs. Their newest release, Direction, is a little different, and one would expect for a band to play a lot of new songs in support of a new release, but with nothing on the line, these guys played what they liked, or what we liked, or what I liked. Either way it was awesome. Good luck to the newly formed Person L.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Tood Spoth Apr 11, 2008 at 07:00 PM This was my first proper rock show of the year 2008 I believe, unless you count Bone Thugs, but I would not. I was rather excited as I enjoy \u00be of the bands on the bill, the fourth, Four Year Strong I had not previously… <\/p>\n

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