If you're wanting to cast your vote for the 2014 APMA's but have never been to one of these artist's live shows, well, here's a band-by-band breakdown to show you each bands performances that they manage to pull every night while on tour. The rest is for you to decide!
A Day To Remember
The best thing about ADTR isn’t just their albums (although
they’re great) or their sense of humor (also great). It’s their
commitment to putting on an absolutely insane live show, with bigger and
better production every single time they go out. I mean, their crew literally built a house onstage every night on
their last tour which they would then enter from, triggering sweet
pyro—and this is before a single note was even played. ADTR know they’re
here to entertain, and they do a phenomenal job of doing it. Watch here.
All Time Low
ATL is so confident in their live show that their new music video
for “The Irony Of Choking On A Lifesaver” is comprised entirely of live
footage at a sold-out gig—not some soundstage where they bused in
extras, but a packed house of a few thousand screaming fans going nuts
for a band who are going equally nuts. The rhythm section never misses a
beat, Alex Gaskarth never misses a high note, and Jack Barakat never
misses an opportunity to crack a dick joke, making All Time Low an
essential ticket purchase every time they come to town. Watch here.
Asking Alexandria
Asking Alexandria have had their fair share of live mishaps thanks to
frontman Danny Worsnop’s proclivity for partying hard, but when AA are
on, they are on. His screams rattle fillings, his clean vocals
soar, and his band never let up on the brutality. Plus, Worsnop is never
afraid to say what he’s thinking, as evidenced in the start of this
video. Who else gets to call their audience a bunch of c-words and still get a fat paycheck at the end of the night? Watch here.
Fall Out Boy
FOB's
crowds at their shows have continually grown throughout the past decade,
drawn back for a few reasons. Sure, the songs are great, but they’re
great songs performed excellently, thanks to Patrick Stump’s incredible vocal prowess. Has that dude ever missed one of his falsetto notes? The smart money is on no. Watch here.
Pierce The Veil
While their studio albums are impressively slick, Pierce The Veil are a
punk band at heart, and they display that grit onstage every night. The
Fuentes brothers are just as proficient playing the Forbidden Beat as
they are howling over a breakdown, and they know how to get a crowd
behind them. Watch here.
Twenty One Pilots
Watch this video. Realize it was shot three years ago, before
twenty one pilots had achieved any national attention or scored a record
contract. Notice how the 1,400-capacity venue is sold out to the
rafters. You know how a band does that with no record out? Amazing shows. If you haven’t gotten on board with 21p yet, what are you waiting for?
Now with this breakdown in your hands, cast your vote at altpress.com/apmas_vote
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