Launchpad data and concert informations

First of all this was my first experience seeing Secret Chiefs 3, and I had only just learned of their existence a few days prior! I had a friend visiting who is a fan and he noticed that the band was going to be in town while he was here and asked if I would go to the show. Having never heard SC3 before I reluctantly agreed.

The show was f*cking AWESOME! Thirty seconds in to their first song I knew SC3 was going straight in to my top 5 favorite bands! They have such a different and unique sound that's so refreshingly different than the over-produced studio crap that the radio is constantly vomiting in to my ears.. I will definitely be seeing them again!

The only negative to the evening was that the show was supposed to begin with the opening act starting at 9, but for some reason they started SOUND CHECKING at 9, ended that at around 9:30, played one song at 9:45, then left and didn't come back and start until 10:15. This of course meant that SC3 didn't start until approximately 11:00. Having only had around 3 hours of steep the previous evening this made me a little upset and I almost bailed during the opening act (not my cup of tea) because of it. However after seeing SC3 I am incredibly happy that I stuck it out!

The opening bands, especially To The Wind, put on a fantastic show. The band sets the atmosphere, and they were brutal without being dangerous.

Senses Fail obviously didn't want to be there and theirs is the only set that I've ever left early. Their last two shows at Sunshine were also bad, and this is a third strike for me.
I don't understand why they keep playing shows in Albuquerque they clearly hate us here.