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A Day To Remember, easily one of the most popular mainstream metal bands, took the stage at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh, NC, this past Tuesday (7/2/24). True to their name, they put on “A Show to Remember.” Accompanied by Pain of Truth, Four Year Strong, and The Story So Far, ADTR wowed not only me but also the thousands of people in attendance with their iconic songs and a party-like atmosphere. My first experience seeing ADTR was in 2021 at the Blue Ridge Rock Festival. At the time, I was not a fan of the metal scene, yet I discovered that just about anyone can have a good time at an ADTR show. From commanding rhythms and beats to CO2 cannons, pyrotechnics, and even beach balls, the show was an intoxicating euphoria. Now, three years later, I am such a big fan of the metal scene and genre that I am volunteering as a mixed media concert journalist just so I can attend more shows. I can’t help but feel that my initial experience with ADTR played a large part in that development.
While ADTR may lean slightly more towards mainstream/pop metal, they definitely showcase an affinity for the heavier side, as evidenced by the first band of the night. Opening the show was Pain of Truth, a band quickly making a name for itself in the hardcore scene. Led by frontman Michael Smith, their set was a visceral, adrenaline-fueled display of anger, attitude, energy, and rage. The lineup includes Nik Hansen and Ridge Rhine on guitars, Chris Rini on drums, and Zach Stachura on bass.
If you’re curious about their pedigree, just look through their features; with names like Terror, Bad Seed, King Nine, Billy Club Sandwich, and many others, it’s evident that this band is destined to leave a mark on the scene. It was clear from the start of their set that those who had arrived in time for the opener were there specifically for Pain of Truth, not just to secure a good spot for the main event. In terms of moshing and reckless engagement, Pain of Truth undoubtedly ignited the most activity I saw in the audience all night.
Taking the stage next was Four Year Strong, a band technically categorized as American easycore/pop-punk from Worcester, Massachusetts. The four-man band consists of Alan Day and Dan O’Connor on guitars and vocals, Joe Weiss on bass, and Jake Massucco on drums. Their most recent album, “Brain Pain,” was released by Pure Noise Records on February 28th, 2020.
They kicked off their set with the title track “Brain Pain,” and proceeded to play a variety of their tracks, including the song” uncooked” from their not-yet-released album “Analysis Paralysis,” due out on August 9th, 2024. The crowd responded energetically to the new material, showcasing the band’s ability to blend catchy pop-punk melodies with hardcore intensity.
The Story So Far, hailing from Walnut Creek, California, took the stage after Four Year Strong. Named after a 2002 song by New Found Glory, with whom they later toured in 2012, the band has gained recognition in the pop-punk realm. Their LP “Under Soil and Dirt” was ranked in Rock Sound’s list of The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time, alongside other iconic bands like Simple Plan, All American Rejects, Green Day, and The Offspring. However, I found their performance to be lackluster and unenergetic, a sentiment echoed by many fans post-show. Lead vocalist Parker Cannon spent the majority of the set with a subdued demeanor, clutching the microphone and his pants, showing little emotion. This was further reflected in my photographs from the event, where he appeared detached throughout the performance.
ADTR was everything I remembered and everything I hoped for. The audience was thrilled with anticipation, and the energy was palpable. Just like the last two times I saw them, they kicked off with a bang, literally. Confetti cannons fired during their opening song “Sticks & Bricks,” setting the tone for the exhilarating show to come. ADTR’s history is as rich as its discography. They signed what many called a deal with the devil with Victory Records in 2007, and were notoriously mistreated by the label’s owner, Tony Brummel. Credited with ending this mistreatment, they won their lawsuit against Victory, which eventually forced Brummel to sell the company. They continued to release music independently, proving with their album “Common Courtesy” and hits like “Right Back At It Again” that they didn’t need major label backing to succeed. Recent legal troubles led to Josh Woodard’s departure from the band, and he has been replaced by an unnamed and unidentifiable guitarist for their “Least Anticipated Album Tour.” Despite my searches on the band’s Instagram, website, and the internet, I couldn’t find any information about this mysterious guitarist who appears in all the show photos.
After my three songs were up and I was permitted to re-enter the venue, I was eager to recapture the euphoria I had felt previously, now as a more committed fan of the scene. It was upon re-entering that I noticed the venue’s segregation. For me, concerts are a place of equality—especially rock, metal, and hardcore shows—and it didn’t sit right with me that the majority of the audience was excluded from “The Pit” where moshing and crowd surfing take place, simply because they didn’t purchase upgrade tickets. Perhaps I’m more accustomed to bands at festivals or smaller venues, but being unable to get close to the action and feel the energy seemed unfair. While I stayed and enjoyed ADTR from a distance, I found myself constantly on my tiptoes, trying to peer over into the VIP area to gauge the size of the mosh pit or catch some cool crowd surfing. Speaking of which, if you’ve never been to an ADTR concert, they have a unique bit where they encourage the audience to stand/surf on top of someone who is already crowd surfing—a staple of their performances. I believe this division in the crowd is likely a venue regulation, not a tour ploy to make more money.
In the end, this night with A Day To Remember and the rest of the lineup at Red Hat Amphitheater was a full-throttle blast from start to finish, reminding me why I fell in love with the metal and hardcore scene. Despite the slight disappointment with the venue’s segregated sections, the concerts showed that music—especially the kind with guitars cranked up and drums that hit hard—still has the power to unite us. Each band brought something unique to the stage, from Pain of Truth’s raw ferocity to ADTR’s anthemic bangers that had us all reaching for the sky, even if from a distance. And while the mysterious new guitarist for ADTR added an element of intrigue, the night was ultimately about the music and the community it fosters. As the lights went down and the final echoes of the encore faded, I walked away with my ears ringing, my heart full, and a renewed sense of connection to this wildly pulsating world of metal and hardcore music. No matter the barriers, the spirit of the pit—unyielding and wild—lives on in every chord struck and every lyric belted. Tonight, just like that first time at Blue Ridge, I was reminded why this music, this scene, is a relentless force in my life.
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If you captured any shots of the night, feel free to tag us on social media at Shutter 16 Magazine and throw in #Shutter16 and #TwitFromThePit for the world to see.
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July 25, 2024: Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
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Her career as a writer began when she moved to London but she
drew most of her material from her formative years in Ireland.
After the reaction to her first novel, O’Brien said she was glad
not to be living in Ireland. She believed that exile and separation were both very good
and very essential for her to have the inner strength to write her following novels.
O’Brien on The Magic Box talk show in 1967
In a flurry of creativity, O’Brien wrote The Country Girls
in just three weeks
O’Brien pictured with Queen Camilla, Antonia Fraser and
Judy Dench in 2021
Before leaving Ireland, O’Brien had worked in a chemist’s shop in Dublin and
contributed short nature pieces to Irish newspapers.
In London she found work with a publishing company, reading novels and
writing book reports.
It was on the strength of those book reports that her boss Iain Hamilton and Blanche Knopf, of
American publishing giant Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., commissioned her to write a novel,
paying her £25 each.
In a flurry of creativity, O’Brien wrote The Country Girls in just three weeks.
Her husband, Ernest Gébler, was also a writer
and though he had already achieved literary success in the US, he was jealous of his young wife’s
abilities.
He appeared at breakfast in their London home one morning holding a manuscript copy of the
novel, The Country Girls, in his hand.
‘You can write,’ he said. ‘And I will never forgive you.’
O’Brien’s career as a writer soon eclipsed his. Gébler later claimed that he was the writer of her early books in a
mentoring capacity. It was a strain that broke the family up.
Their marriage was unhappy and the divorce was messy involving
a bitter custody battle over the children, which
O’Brien eventually won.
O’Brien had left the marriage ‘in a big hurry’ taking
the boys with her.
However, she agreed to Gébler’s request that his sons should come to stay with him.
When she dropped them off, they ran inside and he said: ‘Thank you, Edna,
you have just legally deserted them.’
In the courtroom fight to get her sons back, extracts from her fourth novel August
Is A Wicked Month were used as evidence against her
to disparage her character.
Edna O’Brien was born in Catholic Ireland in 1930 on a farm in Tuamgraney,
County Clare, the youngest child of Michael O’Brien and Lena Cleary.
She was a quiet child but very observant and was always inclined to write on little scraps of
paper torn out of her copybook.
From 1941 to 1946 she went to a school run by the Sisters
of Mercy in Galway which she once described as: ‘No education, a rich chaotic education.’
As a young woman, O’Brien moved to Dublin and worked as a trainee chemist.
It was there, aged 22, that she met Ernest Gébler in a bar on Henry Street through a
mutual friend.
Sir Ian Mckellen and O’Brien pictured together at
the 1992 Olivier Awards
Ed Victor and O’Brien pictured together in 2010 celebrating
the 40th anniversary of the founding of the agency at the Saatchi Gallery
O’Brien and John McGahern at The South Bank
Show Awards in London in 2006
He was an author, intellect, 16 years her senior
and he had been married before. When she first went
to his house, in Lake Park, County Wicklow,
O’Brien described it as like being in a story.
‘There was a first wife, rooms full of her clothes, oil paintings, a coffee pot.
I had never seen a coffee pot before.’
O’Brien fell for him quickly, meeting in December and eloping with him as
the daffodils were coming out in March.
‘Had there been time for a courtship,’ she said, ‘I might have seen some of the qualities that later came to the fore.’
They married in 1954 and had two sons, Carlo and Sasha. The couple moved to London and lived in suburbia in Wimbledon before their
marriage ended in 1964.
In the years after her divorce, as a glamorous and successful author
in the mid-60s, O’Brien threw parties in her house
every Saturday night, attended by the likes of Judy Garland, Paul McCartney,
and Princess Margaret.
‘How I came to know all the people who came to the parties to this day baffles me,’ she said in a 2012
interview.
‘I was mad for life. I thought mistakenly that parties
were the ticket to life.’
In the years after her divorce, as a glamorous and successful author
in the mid-60s, O’Brien threw parties in her house every Saturday night,
attended by the likes of Judy Garland, Paul McCartney, and Princess Margaret
In 2018, she was appointed a Dame of the British Empire for her services to literature
O’Brien pictured at an authors party with (left to right) Iris Murdoch, John Le
Carre and Richard Chopping
Her career as a writer began when she moved to London but
she drew most of her material from her formative years in Ireland
O’Brien had many friends and a few ‘flames’,
including an affair with an unnamed British politician, though she never married again.
She was a patient of RD Laing, the Scottish psychiatrist, in the 70s and
asked to undergo an LSD trip under his guidance. She described the LSD trip as ‘disturbing beyond words’ saying: ‘It deepened my already dark self and it deepened my writing.’
Through all her years of parties as a cosmopolitan socialite, she was always writing.
‘Hope eternal’ was what she called her habit of carrying sheets of paper and a pen on her in case
inspiration struck.
Although it was the opposition to her early books that somewhat defined Edna O’Brien’s career, it is the longevity of her career,
spanning over six decades, that gives it its permanence.
In September 1979, she appeared on the first episode of the BBC topical
debate programme Question Time, joining the panel of guests including Labour MP Michael Foot,
Conservative politician Teddy Taylor and the Archbishop
of Liverpool Derek Worlock.
It was at a time when The Troubles plagued Ireland. IRA attacks were rife and tensions
were high. The late Queen’s cousin, Lord Louis
Mountbatten, was killed in County Sligo when an IRA bomb was placed on his fishing boat, one month before O’Brien appeared on Question Time.
O’Brien answered the first ever question on the show, asked by
audience member and teacher Ms Charlton, ‘To what
extent do you consider the forthcoming visit of the Pope to Ireland will help towards peace and reconciliation? Would a visit to Ulster have been of any value?’
To which O’Brien replied: ‘Well, I think it
high time that Ireland had a miracle. I believe there was one at Knock a hundred years ago, so there might be a repetition.
‘I think the Pope’s visit is very good, certainly as
a gesture and as a journey and I think if he were
to go to the north of Ireland it would be a tremendous strength to the people there, both Catholic
and Protestant. I think they would be impressed by it.
‘I don’t think, however, that anything could happen in the two days that he is there but I
would hope that if he went it might enjoin the British
government, whose concern it chiefly is, to
start and try and do something about the terrible situation in the north of Ireland.
‘I have great admiration for the Pope, I am not an ardent Catholic but at the same time I am thrilled he is making that journey and I wish he will go to Ulster.’
In her late 80’s, she travelled to Nigeria for several
weeks to research her 2019 novel, Girl, that was based on the horrors experienced
by schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.
It was an arduous trip with dangers and uncertainties, for which she prepared for by smuggling £15,000 into the country in her sleeves and her
underwear.
The one book, however, that O’Brien swore she would never write was her memoirs.
She felt it was too naked, or naked making. Her agent managed to convince her otherwise and Country Girl was
published in 2012.
It took her three years to write and she said it brought her a lot of pain and anger, having to relive certain times in her life.
In 2018, she was appointed a Dame of the British Empire for her services
to literature – which, as a republican sympathiser, she received some criticism back home for.
One Irish Times writer claimed that O’Brien had been ‘seduced
by this empty honour’.
Her response? Crafted by her agency said:
‘The honour is for her services to literature and her belief is that literature transcends
politics and borders.’
Edna O’Brien was praised as one of the world’s greatest living
writers but her ultimate purpose as a writer was simple.
It was what caused her so much scandal in the beginning and ostracised
her in her own country. In a 2019 interview, she said: ‘I want to
go out as someone who kept to the truth. I can’t
bear phoneys. I want integrity.’
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