I was slaving at work yesterday afternoon doing the same old grind I usually do on weekends when a coworker asked me what I was doing later that night. Usually on Saturday nights I’d chill with some friends and unwind after a long day of work or, if I’ve got the energy, we’d head out to a bar/club and have a few drinks.
But, I had absolutely no plans so I went ahead and answered: “Uh, nothin’.”
She told me about a concert happening up at Sonar in Baltimore with her favorite band HIM headlining the show. I’ve obviously heard of them before but I’ve never been much of a fan but seeing as I didn’t feel like sitting at home alone on a Saturday night and she didn’t want to go alone I agreed to go with her after we got off work.
And I’m glad I did.
We were able to catch some of the bands that went on before them such as Drive A, Dommin and We Are The Fallen, who are all very good bands. Once HIM hit the stage though I was actually pleasantly surprised. I’ve heard their songs before but their live show was better than I had expected.
The one and only gripe I had was that the sound quality was honestly pretty bad. This was my first time being at Sonar and, despite the fact the place is on the small side, I could barely hear the lyrics to the songs. At first I thought it was the band, up until I saw Ville Valo, the lead singer of HIM, have an angry fit during Katherine Wheel and throw his microphone at a sound technician which resulted in them restarting the song.
He eventually apologized for his actions which I really didn’t think was necessary. To be honest, I thought it was freaking hilarious.
