The Used (February 22nd, 2010)

Absolutely awesome show, definitely a lot of fun - after Drive A's set, anyway. No offense intended, they just weren't my thing. Plus that crazy frontman of theirs got a ton of people crowdsurfing. NOT COOL. I'm 5'5. I get kicked in the head a lot. So yeah. Atreyu were pretty rad though. My brother likes them more than I do, but I've always liked Brandon's vocals, so it was cool seeing them. They all seem like awesome guys, so I'm glad that the crowd responded well to them. (Unlike poor Silverstein last November... I'm SO SORRY, you guys...) The big event for me was obviously The Used, though, and they were seriously amazing. Definitely worth the $25 tickets. Quinn Allman was standing in front of me. Cause I was in the second row. Cause I have mad crowd-navigating skills. QUINN ALLMAN.


HIM. Only with a beard. And a bear shirt. Rawwwr bear shirt rawwwwr.
Haha I'm sorry. I've loved him forever so this is kind of a huge deal for me.
...QUINN ALLMAN.

Okay. So anyway.
I love them all equally. Except I love him more.
AND JEPHA. JEPHA IS AN ANGEL.
Okay. Sorry. Back to the show. They played all my favorite songs, awesomely enough - Taste Of Ink, All That I've Got, and Blue And Yellow (!!!)
AND. For the encore they played On My Own and Box Of Sharp Objects. So, yeah, basically an EPIC show. AND ALSO. GUESS WHAT. I got one of Quinn's guitar picks. For real. Cause first it almost fell down the front of my shirt and I tried to catch it but it fell on the floor, but I was able to retrieve it later on by sort of, you know, standing on it. Sneaky but effective. And it's scratched up in places from Quinn using it, which just makes it so much more awesome. Haha. I'm sorry, I must seem like such a fangirl right now. Everyone else was awesome too, of course! Dan currently has really long hair and a beard so he looked like Jesus while he was drumming. That was odd, especially when you consider some of the things Bert was saying. I think the fact that it was Bert is explanation enough as to why I won't repeat most of what he said here. He did say that this wouldn't the last time that Asheville saw his face, so yeah- we impressed Bert McCracken. Score.
After the show I almost met Brandon from Atreyu but he seemed pretty preoccupied with his phone, so I opted to leave him in peace and to go ahead and get in line to meet the guys from The Used. They were super nice, especially Jepha! He was really friendly and tried to assure me that there was nothing to be nervous about (I was shaking like a leaf). He's a sweetheart for sure. Bert was really nice too, which to be honest kind of surprised me. It's weird when someone who behaves the way he does onstage turns out to be a (mostly) normal person. Definitely a cool guy though. When I met Quinn I was practically too nervous to talk... I could barely even look him in the eye. I really hope he didn't think I didn't like him or something. Then again it's quite possible that I was grinning like an idiot the whole time. I think I probably was. But anyway... The guys liked my drawing too. Bert asked if they could keep it, to which I replied "Of course!!" And Jepha thought it was cool how I worked the logo in with the roots. Such awesome people, and definitely an amazing night. :)