Jul 02 2007
Live In Concert: He Is Legend, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Modern Life is War, & House of Fools
Maylene & The Sons of Disaster
The Door
Dallas, TX
June 23, 2007
One of my more annoying traits is my tendency to make fun of how old I’m getting and how my ever-increasing age disallows me the privilege of enjoying some of my favorite things in life. Take hardcore shows for instance. Should I really be spending my evenings going to shows where I’m older than the average attendee by 8 or so years? So what if most of the band members are close to my age? At least they’re on the stage playing the music. It’s OK for them to be in their mid-20’s; it’s their fans who fall into the 15- to 21-years-old age bracket. Nevertheless, I just don’t think I care anymore, so I’m increasingly becoming more comfortable with being the old guy at hardcore/hard rock shows. At least when I go up to someone in the band I can conduct an intelligent and musically informed conversation with them.
(And besides, when you go to a hardcore show in a Morrissey t-shirt, you had better be able to defend yourself in the pit and know your music well.)
Thus, with all of that in mind, I jumped in a car with 2 of my brothers and 2 of our mutual friends where we drove 4 hours to see Maylene & The Sons of Disaster (MASOD) at The Door in Dallas, TX, located deep with band/club-friendly Deep Ellum. Continue reading “Live In Concert: He Is Legend, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Modern Life is War, & House of Fools”
