Despite
dreadful traveling conditions, many rock-hungry fans of all ages loyally showed
up at Waterstreet Music Hall to see the Pacifier, Blindside and Trust Company
show Sunday night.Stealing the show and whipping the crowd into a wild frenzy was Stockholm, Sweden’s own Blindside. You could feel the atmosphere heat up as Blindside began their set and it didn’t cool down until their very last song.
Blindside rocked hard, feeding off the energy of their crowd. Complete with moshing, body surfing and lead singer Christian crowd walking, it was one wild night.
There was something for new and old fans alike. Blindside played an intense set of songs ranging from their beginning songs to their current hits.
The opened with “Caught a Glimpse” from their latest album Silence. Front man Christian, was all over the stage, climbing on top of monitors and twirling his microphone while putting his entire being into each song.
The more involved the set became the more involved Christian was with the audience. Holding people’s hands while climbing on top of the barricade, he shared the mic with many excited fans who knew every song, word for word.
Blindside went back to their roots and played older songs, such as “Superman” from their 1997 self-titled indie release.
Performing other songs such as their first single “Pitiful,” Blindside didn’t stop entertaining the crowd until the very last note was played.
Ending their set with their latest single “Sleepwalking,” Christian leaped into the audience and was held standing for the entire chorus of the song.
Pacifier and Trust Company offered nothing compared to the high-energy, powerful performance displayed by Blindside.
“Our energy usually comes from a good audience, like if we have good moshing,” drummer Marcus explained.
“It has a lot to do with the audience but I think also during all the years we have been playing, we always try to encourage each other on stage. If we don’t get that kick out of the audience, I will try to focus on the other guys and just try to build up the energy that way,” bass player Tomas added.
With each of their songs having a light at the end of the tunnel aspect to them, which is rare with the current rock scene today. The band hopes fans will be uplifted by their music.
“The kind of music we are playing, I hope people can just listen to and get energy and get some positive thing out of it like being happy.” Thomas said. “We don’t want people to cry.”
Both Thomas and Marcus wanted to be pilots, and they never imagined themselves doing this. But a real love for music seems to have really inspired them.
“I always loved music, but I never dreamed I would be doing what I am doing now but I like it,” Thomas said. “I tried to work once for six weeks but I didn’t like it. I never liked working so I stopped doing it. It wasn’t my thing (making a reference to the movie Office Space).”
“Even if it was sucky music my parents forced me to listen to, I’ve always been listening to music,” added Marcus. No matter what, his focus seemed to come back to music. “I sat by a computer and programmed stuff. And listened to loud music in my room.”
When asked if how their families reacted to their career paths Marcus said,
“My family still doesn’t really understand what I am doing.”Thomas’ parents were a little more willing to accept their son’s desire to be in a rock band. “My parents were pretty supportive as long as I kept on studying or not focusing too much on the band and they were happy. Now I can do it full time and they are happy about that.”
They never dreamed of being big rock stars but they have been all about the music since day one. “We never had big goals. Not me anyway. Our goals were to make our own music and has kinda been growing step by step and getting a record deal and its just been growing like that. My goal now I think is to be able to go and tour in Europe and hopefully Australia and Asia too that would be pretty neat,” Thomas said.
In the future they would like to go on tour with bands like The Foo Fighters and Metallica. Thomas even eluded to the fact that such a tour may be coming up in the near future.
Keep an eye on this band because the only way they are going is up. Their talent is real and they tower over many of the other up-and-coming rock bands that are trying to take over the airwaves.
For more information on the band, their albums and their upcoming tour keep your browser on www.blindside-silence.com.