All Time Low, Built On Secrets @ Billboard The Venue, Melbourne (02/09/2013)
All Time Low certainly love Australia. The four piece pop punk band from Maryland in Baltimore were here early this year for Soundwave Festival and now are back for a headline run which included three sold out shows (two overage and one underage) at Melbourne's Billboard The Venue.
Melbourne's alternative pop rockers Built On Secrets have the honours of opening the show in what they call a “longer than usual set” but you can tell they are used to the big leagues, having already supported some well known acts such as The Amity Affliction, Set Your Goals and Senses Fail.
The band's blend of hard hitting vocals by frontman Luke Steel and guitarist Eli Menezes mixed with the rocking riffs is definitely a great start to the show as the band work through every song from their debut album The Disconnect. They bring their set to a close with Is Anybody Listening? and after tonight's set a lot of people will surely be listening to them a lot in the future.
All Time Low walk out on stage to screams so deafening their hometown may just have heard them! As they launch into Lost In Stereo from their 2009 album Nothing Personal, it takes just two songs before the first (and surprisingly only) bra is thrown up on stage to the amusement of the crazy duo that is frontman Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat.
It's about this time when Alex jokingly mentions that they've had two days to get really good at this and calls the previous two shows “a disaster” to the amusement of the very female dominated crowd. Jack also jokes that the set doesn't change, just their dick jokes.
The band continue to work through tracks from their back catalogue including Somewhere In Neverland from their most recent album Don't Panic and the two songs about their home town in Six Feet Under The Stars and For Baltimore.
A broken guitar towards the end of their set doesn't slow the band down as Alex jokes with the crowd and “fires” his tech before performing Remembering Sunday solo.
A crowd singalong to another mellow track in Therapy brings their set to an end before chants of “All Time Low” bring the band back out for their first of three encore tracks in The Reckless and The Brave.
It's about this time in the band's set that Alex announces they will bring a bunch of people up on stage to do shots with the band and, as expected, once the ten or so people have been chosen they spend most of their time on stage taking photos with the band members. The band bring their set to a close with crowd favourite Dear Maria, Count Me In and after more deafening screams they depart the crowd leaving many of the crowd wanting more.
All Time Low certainly know how to put on one hell of a live show and it's easy to compare them to a young Green Day or Blink 182. With those comparisons, it's very plausible that with another few albums under their belt, they could soon be sharing in a similar legacy.
Matt Barton
Check out our photos from the night here!
Melbourne's alternative pop rockers Built On Secrets have the honours of opening the show in what they call a “longer than usual set” but you can tell they are used to the big leagues, having already supported some well known acts such as The Amity Affliction, Set Your Goals and Senses Fail.
The band's blend of hard hitting vocals by frontman Luke Steel and guitarist Eli Menezes mixed with the rocking riffs is definitely a great start to the show as the band work through every song from their debut album The Disconnect. They bring their set to a close with Is Anybody Listening? and after tonight's set a lot of people will surely be listening to them a lot in the future.
All Time Low walk out on stage to screams so deafening their hometown may just have heard them! As they launch into Lost In Stereo from their 2009 album Nothing Personal, it takes just two songs before the first (and surprisingly only) bra is thrown up on stage to the amusement of the crazy duo that is frontman Alex Gaskarth and guitarist Jack Barakat.
It's about this time when Alex jokingly mentions that they've had two days to get really good at this and calls the previous two shows “a disaster” to the amusement of the very female dominated crowd. Jack also jokes that the set doesn't change, just their dick jokes.
The band continue to work through tracks from their back catalogue including Somewhere In Neverland from their most recent album Don't Panic and the two songs about their home town in Six Feet Under The Stars and For Baltimore.
A broken guitar towards the end of their set doesn't slow the band down as Alex jokes with the crowd and “fires” his tech before performing Remembering Sunday solo.
A crowd singalong to another mellow track in Therapy brings their set to an end before chants of “All Time Low” bring the band back out for their first of three encore tracks in The Reckless and The Brave.
It's about this time in the band's set that Alex announces they will bring a bunch of people up on stage to do shots with the band and, as expected, once the ten or so people have been chosen they spend most of their time on stage taking photos with the band members. The band bring their set to a close with crowd favourite Dear Maria, Count Me In and after more deafening screams they depart the crowd leaving many of the crowd wanting more.
All Time Low certainly know how to put on one hell of a live show and it's easy to compare them to a young Green Day or Blink 182. With those comparisons, it's very plausible that with another few albums under their belt, they could soon be sharing in a similar legacy.
Matt Barton
Check out our photos from the night here!