Depending on what concert the scene varies from one to another. The concert I attended is in Sacramento, CA on Saturday September 8, 2001. The line up for the bands playing is FenixTx, Sum 41, New Found Glory, and Blink 182. These groups are all considered in the punk genre. Headlining is Blink 182. Blink 182 is on the Music Television Video (MTV) network many times a day. Therefore they are definitely the most popular band there. New Found Glory, FenixTx, and Sum 41 all range back and forth on who is more liked than the other. These bands all have hit songs, but have not been as well liked as Blink 182. The bands consist of three to four musici

Each band has their way of expressing their music. One can listen to a CD, but seeing the artist live gives one a piece of that artists work. The differences between all the bands are interactions with the crowd, some being more popular than other bands, and having a good stage set. Blink 182’s dialogue with their fans is amazing. A concert is an experience that is different every time depending on who is playing. There are constant variables of the show as well. Going to a concert is a way to check out new music, and to view how artists communicate to the audience.

ans. Each band and concert has a feeling that is like no other.

As I walk in through the gates, mobs of people are scattered about. Many booths and stands are set up promoting punk companies and their products. Also, I can smell the aroma of hot dogs from the concession stands. Continuing to my seat, my friends and I march up the stairs. The general crowd of people is dressed in baggie jeans, backward hats, belly shirts, skate boarding shoes, and a variety of colored t-shirts. There are mainly teenagers to twenty-five year olds, and parents with their young children. Conversations run back and forth between friends and strangers. Coming into view is the seating assignment. There is a standing area up front, a seating section, and at the top is the grass area. My thirty-five dollars gives me a seat in the grass. Tall light polls stand throughout the grass area. A TV screen hangs down from the light polls so that people in the area can see the bands closer. I proceed to a section of the grass and sit down with my friends. I gaze down and look at the stage and see thousands of people drinking, eating, discussing, and getting ready for the show. There is punk background music playing on the huge stereo. Speakers hang from the light polls as well. Numerous people are trying to go from the high seating level to the lower ones, but the security is really tight on checking ticket stubs. Next, the lights dim a little. I see the stage crew setting up assorted instruments. For example, there are drums (percussion), a bass guitar (strings), an electric acoustic guitar (strings), and amplifiers (electric). They are stored in enormous hard black plastic cases. People one by one are starting to settle into to their seats as the concert gets closer to starting. Finally the lights are o

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