most of all singer Mike Vallely, who is already a star in his home county Long Beach as a skater. With their debutalbum 'Glory Bound' in the luggage, this band has come to Europe for the very first time. My first impression of this crazy bunch is rather twisted. Not that young anymore as the headliner, the americans represent themselves as a mixture of boney stonerrockers and metallic nutcases including a ZZ-Top double and Cowboy nostalgica. There is some hesitation first in the audiance, which disappears rather slowly. It's getting loose right at the moment, when singer and guitarist jump into the audiance to push 'em up a bit. 

They certainly get some attention at all those kiddies here, who of course came  here because of Funeral For A Friend in first place. I must admit, I do like what they are doing 'till a certain content. No more no less.  
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Although it's written in every biography of this band, I repeat the fact here, that this welsh band did not get their name from the famous Elton John song, but rather for a track of the US hardcore punk band 'Planes Mistaken For Stars'.
Funeral For A Friend are going now for 5 years and can look back on 3 albums, 3 EPs and some singles. Musically they play alternative rock. And no Matt Davies and Garreth Davies are no brothers. This surname is pretty commen in Wales. And I guess, these guys with the neat haircuts are almost as young as their fans, like I mentioned before. 
Last time the band were here was with the Taste Of Chaos tour 2 years ago. And Matt tells the fans, that he luvs our town so much. He's testing his german laguage skills with a - dankeschon and - wie geht es euch.- And it goes well down at the fans here. To describe the music, I would say: it's young. Nothing extraordinary, nothing innovative, but it expresses the current trend of this Rock'n'Roll generation. It's also named 'Emocore'. 
And Matt is almost perfect to underline his performance with almost olympic jumps. 

Next to the rather poor audiance, also the sound ain't perfect. The soundengineer does not see the signs from stage, so the boys get it straight, and bassist Garreth leaves the stage while still playing and walks throughout the audiance to the back to get the good man's attention. This happens so quickly, that most fans don't even realise. - I coincidentally just stand right in the way. 

Surely Funeral For A Friend ain't bad at all. Maybe they just need to catch up with a bit more experience and skills. Apart from that, it is only a question of time and trends, which will decide their existence. 
Good Luck and grandma is leaving the scenery at the encore to get to bed early tonight. - Good night. 
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