Three of us went to a Rise Against show in Feb. of 08'. It started out with us walking to the Myth from a nearby hotel, I think it was at least 20 below. We stood in line for at least an hour waiting to get, which is fine, I can handle that. Once we got in, got our drinks and looked around, we saw that the majority of the people that were in the crowd were ages 15 to maybe 18, which made me feel a little uncomfortable about drinking because I tend to get out of control at these events, but that still didn't stop me from having a few.
We watched the other bands that opened for Rise, they weren't bad, but when Rise came on, I dragged my friend down into the mosh pit, everything was going fine until I looked back at my friend and her face was covered in bl00d. Some dude knocked her in the nose, giving her a black eye and messing up her nose pretty bad. We crowd surfed to the front to get her to security, who then took her to a back room. I tried to follow, but the chick wouldn't let me. I sat and waited for her for what seemed like an hour. So I freaked out, thought she went to the hospital or something. It turns out that they just cleaned her up and let her on her way. She went back to where we were sitting and was there when I finally found her. I was really upset at how the security treated me. They were very brash and rude, a simple "no" would of been nice, instead that girl literally pushed me out of the room where they took her and slammed the door in my face. I tried explaining that she's my best friend, I am concerned about her and I would just stand by the door, that they wouldn't have even noticed me. Instead I got the boot and had to sit there wondering about my friend. I think that's pretty cruel to do to someone.
We are going to another Rise Against concert this Friday. I hope it will be better this time, or I will not be returning. The Myth should really consider having 18 and over or 21+ concerts, I wouldn't want my kid to go to a show where adults get wasted and out of control. I feel bad for those younger kids who witness adults acting like sloppy drunks. It also makes it easy for underage drinking to go unnoticed, security is everywhere but they can't watch 100's of people at once.
Pros: Good music, that's about it
Cons: A**hole security, crowded, no 18 & over or 21+ shows
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