Represent Review: Fall Out Boy
Fall out who? Editorista asked (she’s a jazzy hiphopping kinda girl)… *blush* ….”FALL OUT BOY” she was informed, firmly educated by many of their adoring Jozi fans. Thanks to Mike, our own private rockstar in the making, who checked out one of the hottest rock acts on the planet on behalf of all Representers on Friday night at the Dome:
The two-hour traffic jam caused by the masses of cars headed for The Coca-Cola Dome and the broken down truck on Hans Strijdom all added to the anticipation for the Fall Out Boy concert on Friday. Getting into the venue was a similar story as the constant flow of people clogged a jam-packed entrance.
The crowds were hyped up and ready for action while the opening bands showed their stuff. The proudly South African sounds included the likes of Love Jones, Harris Tweed and Fever Tree.
The lights at long last all darken as the crowd’s electric energy, caused by the anticipation of everyone about to see their all time favourite boy band live, cuts through the air The quartet appears onstage to an enormous scream from what seemed like the whole of Johannesburg. Completely ignoring the crowd, they form a little group around the drum kit for a quick wish of good luck and possibly a traditional handshake.
They break into an energetic song brand new off their new album “Infinity on a high”. The lead guitarist/singer blows us away with his great vocal skills, a true show of a talented song writer and band leader. The bass player Pete Wentz (evidently the favourite band member to the crowd as he received the biggest applause) takes first prize for performance with the drummer coming a close second. The lead singer, being as humble as he is, enjoyed playing the gig and did everything perfectly.
The Bassist being a hunky guy with some earth-shattering good looks, clearly enjoys showing them off – maybe a little too much. Being the first person to speak to the crowds, his arrogant nature shines through clearly. When describing his take on South African culture he blatantly mocked the power cuts and bad taxi drivers of Jo’burg, hardly a good idea to relate to the crowd and create a good atmosphere. The majority of the crowd was so infatuated with his dashing good looks they miss the not so nice remarks about “South African culture”.
Besides the wack attitude from one member in the band the performance was the best I’ve seen since The Offspring’s performance in 2004. Hopefully next time around the attitudes will be more pro-SA.
