kinsey's blog: Uproar Music Festival CPR Fest Gulfport, MS 8/31/14

Beach concerts can either be really miserable or rather enjoyable experiences.

Luckily, the Uproar Music Festival tour on the coast of Mississippi in Gulfport was the latter.

The travelling tour featured eight nationally known acts and dozens of sponsors and non-profits.

The first band I saw was Within Reason from Birmingham, AL. I had previously interviewed them in Jacksonville, FL when they found out they were going on the tour. They are a great addition to this tour and they brought a feel of the Alabama Rock scene to the tour.

Next up was Escape The Fate from Las Vegas, NV. I have seen them several times over the last year and they keep getting better. Craig Mabbit's energy mixed with TJ Bell's back up vocals and guitar are what make this band the heavy hitting rock stars that they are. They played

You're Insane

Issues

Gorgeous Nightmare

Fire It Up

Ungrateful

One for the Money

This War is Ours (The Guillotine II)

The last band on the smallest stage was Buckcherry. Josh Todd has an extremely unique rasp to his voice that is a force to be reckoned with. He even has the tambourine skills to match. They do not care what others think and they always bring their energy. They played

Lit Up

Broken Glass

All Night Long

Somebody Fucked With Me

Everything

Sorry

Dead

Say F*** It (Icona Pop Cover)

Big Balls (AC/DC Cover)

Gluttony

I Don't Give A F***

Crazy Bitch

The first band to kick off the main stage was Skillet. Although they are classified as a Christian Rock band, that should not limit your opinion on them. They rock harder than some Metal bands I have heard and they go on more "secular" tours than non. They played

Whispers In The Dark (Violin intro)

Sick Of It

Hero

Not Gonna Die

Awake & Alive

Comatose

Monster

Rebirthing

Seether is one of those bands that I have seen more than enough times, but each time is slightly less memorable than the last. This was not their best performance I have seen. While the crowd was on point, the band seemed to be lacking their normal energy and It was extremely disheartening. Their new album also did not live up to my expectations. They did cater to the crowd, though, and break out all of their hits. They played

Gasoline

Rise Above This

Words As Weapons

Fine Again

Broken

Tonight

Country Song

Fake It

Remedy

Godsmack's performance was also slightly disappointing. It was more of the band trying to blend nostalgia with their new material, but the crowd only came for the old stuff (personally, Godsmack has not had a good album since IV in 2006 but I digress.) They really tried to cater to their crowd a little too late. They kept talking about how "Godsmack is back with 1000HP and we aren't going anywhere." according to singer, Sully Erna. Even though their performance left little to be desired, they played

Generation Day

Cryin' Like A Bitch

What's Next

Locked and Loaded

Keep Away

The Enemy

Something Different

Straight Out Of Line

Awake

Speak

Voodoo

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