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AOUC CONCERT SERIES

BOYD COMMUNITY CENTER

1220 Powers Run Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Tickets are $5 pre-sale, $7 @ the door
Shows begin at 7pm
Boyd Community Center site

 

The ALL of Us Care Concert Series brings together local western Pennsylvania bands (as well as a few from Ohio and New York).  The musical entertainment gives teens a safe place to hang out on Fridays and Saturdays.  We usually end up breaking even on these things, but any proceeds benefit ALL of Us Care.  All of the bands play for free.  Thanks, guys!

The sounds you hear at these gigs range across a wide genre spectrum, from pop punk to emo to death metal.

A number of volunteers help us run these shows.  Without them, we would be lost!  Heather Barbus has been instrumental in implementing each concert, handling a number of tasks from booking the bands, to promoting, to selling tickets.  Check out her Boyd Show MySpace account.

Also, we are indebted to the Parkview Fire Police, who volunteer their time as security to make sure things don't get out of hand (and subject their ears to the new generation's taste in music).

Some other volunteers include: Benny D. from Dollface Divine, Theresa Smorey, Mell Davis,  Charlie McMunn, and tons of others.  Thank you to all and ROCK ON!

*Disclaimer: ALL of Us Care is not responsible for any of the content on the bands' websites.

2007

Saturday, April 28th 7-11 p.m. ____________________________________________
 Belie My Burial
Failure to Fall
Monument the Ghost
Horwood
Colossus
Salt the Wound

 

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Saturday, January 27th 6:30-11 p.m. ____________________________________________
 Eriksen
Cali AC
Dollface Divine
Exploding Jones

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2006

Friday, November 10th ____________________________________________
 Dead Will Rise
Belie My Burial
Colossus
Monument the Ghost
Entrails
Horwood
The Red Scare

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Saturday, September 9th ____________________________________________
Hit the Floor
Insult 2 Injury
5ive Star Service
Blackwater Park
Exploding Jones

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Friday, August 11th ____________________________________________
Leah Stargazing
The Victory Year
Darling Waste
The Day Without...

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Friday, July 7th
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Belie My Burial
Ediphis
It Was the Best of Times
Eriksen
Lamore

*A personal note from Andy: I worked the refreshment table most of the night, so I didn't hear most of the bands, but I did get to catch some of the songs It Was the Best of Times played, and they had a really tight, grooving sound. Great straight-up rock with keyboards and a female singer. The guitars had a catchy, body-moving sound that managed to not sound cliche or paper-thin. They make me think of a combination of classic rock and indie rock.

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Saturday, May 13th
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Hit the Floor
Insult 2 Injury
5ive Star Service
The Innocent

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Saturday, April 22nd ______________________________________________________________________
Fish Market
The Vacancy
Belie My Burial
O Captain My Captain
Monument the Ghost

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Saturday, March 4th
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Eriksen 7-7:30
Hit the Floor 7:45-8:15
   8:30-9:00
Ahimsa Sunrise 9:15-9:45
Hang the Radio 10-10:30
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Friday, February 3rd
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The Victory Year
Insult 2 Injury
All Guns Drawn (formerly known as Your Last Breath)
CJ's Turtle
Missing Since November
Esophoria
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Friday, January 6th
Film Loop of Jan. 6th, 2006 Concert
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Change of State
Distorted Penguins


Trendy

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2005
Special All-Day Concert!
4pm-11pm
11 bands at the regular prices
Saturday, October 22nd _______________________________________________________________________
Ultra Violent Youth
CJ's Turtle
Hope on a Rope
Missing Since November
Tommy and the Faggots
PHVVK
Featherlight
Acidface


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Friday, August 26th
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 Ivins and the Popetarts
Von High
The Mighty Eugenes

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Friday, August 12th
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Drawn In The Sky


Hand of Hope
All Guns Drawn (formerly known as Your Last Breath)

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Friday, July 29th  Cancelled (rescheduled for August 29th)
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Monday, July 18th
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I Am Enron

Tormented 

Missing Since November


    All of Us Care brought in its first all heavy metal lineup.  It was a hot July night.  There were a few meager fans blowing.  Band members sporting long hair, beards, black clothes, and chains were already sweaty from setting up equipment.  There was confusion on who was playing when, people were coming in late, and everything was delayed.
    Yet, the show went on.
    I Am Enron, hailing all the way from Steubenville, Ohio, went on first.  They describe themselves as a mix of hardcore and post-hardcore and that's pretty much what they are.  They had energy, but there wasn't much setting them apart.
    Tormented was next, with members also from Steubenville, as well as West Virginia.  These guys were pretty extreme, mixing good ol' scary death metal riffing with hardcorish melodies.  The extremity and melody clashed a little too much sometimes, but overall, these guys were my favorites.
    I'd seen them once before at an AOUC show, and both times Missing Since November played an excellent set.  I guess that they fit into the "screamo" category, which I'm not too familiar with; I'd describe them more as metalcore, like Underoath or Dillinger Escape Plan.  The guitar playing was particularly impressive.  There was one song in which the screaming was way too high-pitched and out of tune.
   Next came the groove-laden heaviness of Stabbing The Drama.  They remind me of the death n roll type stuff like later Entombed or Shadows Fall.  Stuff you can headbang and dance to at the same time is (almost) always good.
   The final act was Dahmer's Fridge.  By the name you can probably guess the nature of the band: extreme and sick.  Fast, lots of blast beats, growling.  Despite being last, they still unleashed a lot of quality sonic fury.  Props to the singer, too, for coming down among the crowd--that was awesome!
   Overall it was a quality show.  All of the bands played their hearts out and seem pretty serious about their music.
--Andy Sydlik

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