The Zone 94.1's X-Mas Fest 2001 with Lit
Written By: Maureen Benedict * December 8, 2001 * Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY
This was the first time that rockers Lit had played Rochester in a few years. But non the less we were glad to
have them back. They played old favorites from A Place In The Sun like "My Own Worst Enemy", "Zip-Lock"
and "Miserable" along with new songs from their new album Atomic like "Lipstick And Bruises" and
"Addicted". A. Jay dedicated the song "Miserable" to his bottle of Jagermeister and Jeremy did a really long but
amazing guitar solo while the others took a break. Then A. Jay came out to sing a song that him and Jeremy
wrote about the 9/11 attacks. If you like just straight up rock you should check these guys out. You will not be
disappointed.
Good Charlotte's Uniting The States Tour with Mest & The Movielife
Written By: Maureen Benedict * October 30, 2001 * Showplace Theatre in Buffalo, NY
This was the first headlining tour for the pop-punk band Good Charlotte. Many of the dates had sold out
including this one. For this tour they brought along their friends Mest and The Movielife. Before the doors had
opened members of the bands could be spotted walking around outside the venue meeting with fans and
signing autographs. Doors finally opened and Mest was the first to take the stage. They played their popular
songs of their sophomore album Wasting Time like "What's The Dillio?", "Wasting Time", "Hotel Room" and a
song dedicated to Greyhound Buses called "Fuck The Greyhound Bus". They also -played songs off their soon to
be released album Destination Unknown like "Cadillac" and "Fuct Up Kid". Frontman Tony Lovato attempted
to reenact one of the many times he had been arrested by having someoned dress up as a cop. They made it
look like he was getting arrested then Tony breaks free and pretended to beat up the fake cop. Later in the set
Tony was yelling things like "Fuck Osama and fuck his wife". The crowd went nuts as Good Charlotte took the
stage. They played everything off their self-titled debut and songs off their upcoming sophomore album The
Young And The Hopeless. The new songs "Another Loser Anthem" and "Story Of My Life" seemed to get a
pretty good reaction from the crowd. Guitarist Benji Madden and his twin brother, frontman Joel Madden did
some songs acousticly while the rest of the band took a short break. After that the rest of Good Charlotte and
memebers of Mest and The Movielife came back out on the stage. They did the new song "The Innocent" which
was about the victims from the 9/11 attacks. Good Charlotte finished their set and they totally blew the crowd
away. All the bands on this tour played completely amazing sets.
Van's Warped Tour 2001
Written By: Maureen Benedict * August 8, 2001 * LaSalle Park in Buffalo, NY
Warped Tour has to be the highlight of the summer for everyone. What more could punk rock fans ask for?
You have every from old favorites like Rancid and The Vandals to new comers Sum 41 and Alien Ant Farm. All
the bands on the tour did an excellent job and all the concert goers seemed to have a good time. Rancid played
old favorites such as "Roots Radicals", "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb". They got the crowd to do a circle pit
during "Roots Radicals" and even pointed out how they made it so far without the help of a big record label.
Lars held up his middle fingers and yelled "FUCK RECORD LABELS!".
Good Charlotte & MxPx
Written By: Maureen Benedict * May 19, 2001 * Runwayz in Buffalo, NY
This show was really great and the bands really seemed to interact with the fans a lot. Good Charlotte put on an
excellent set and really got the crowd going. People really seemed to enjoy them and their music. This band can
get a crowd to go wild in the pit. After their set they came out to meet with all the fans and sign autographs.
MxPx was next and they really put on an amazing set. The kids went wild for them and were dancing and
moshing. A lot of the Good Charlotte fans seemed to enjoy this band even if they had never heard of them prior
to this show. Two bands everyone should check out if they stop in your town any time soon.
Day Off Fest
Written By: Jessica * July 25, 2001 * Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, NY
I got into Blue Cross Arena about half an hour early. I was kind of pissed because Mudvayne had canceled their
part of the day's events and I was ind of anticipating a good show from them. I stood there with some friends
until the room went dark and the screaming ensued. Disturbed started the riot with lead man David Draiman
rocking the stage from a cage. They played their hits like "The Game", "Down With The Sickness" and "Stupify"
as well as some other songs like "Dropping Plates". Then was Linkin Park. I sat up in the seats with my friend
Rob until they started "With You" at which point I decided to go get in the pit. Linkin Park is a really good live
band. The combined energy between Mike and Chester is amazing. Papa Roach followed Linkin Park.
Unfortunatly, Papa Roach is a really bad band to see live so Maureen and I went to try and do an interview. To
our not so surprise, the security guards were being assholes and wouldn't let us interview Slipknot or Linkin
Park. Anyways I heard Coby Dick whipped out his johnson at some point. Slipknot wrapped up the show! Oh
my god, that was an awesome show! Slipknot totally kicked the crap out of the crowd with a brutal mix of
songs from their self-titled album and the new Iowa EP. Huge 666 signs lit up the stage during Slipknot's
rendition of the Black Sabbath classic "Heretic". Corey gave the crowd and tech crew a lot of shit between songs
and he totally cracked me up. I can't wait to see Slipknot again. Well that was the Day Off Fest. I definately
recommend seeing Slipknot, Disturbed and Linkin Park.