Frank Iero & the Cellabration - The Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA - July 19, 2015



[New Jersey] I was really sad when this band started, emo as all get out. But suddenly I was converted by the small big-nosed guitarist with his black shirt billowing behind him. How could I have missed it?! They were punk pop – totally different. Good energy – sped up Weezer. Their friend from Homeless Gospel Choir (?) came up to do a cover of a Jawbreaker (? – maybe heard of them) song with them: “One. Two. Three. Four. Who's punk - what's the score?” Then one of the band’s own songs (“this will make your eyes bleed”) veered way too close to a Deftones sound – I don’t hate The Deftones but I don’t need to hear current bands apeing them. Their youtube videos had a similarly irritating sensibility – lots of cliché symbols of how tormented & hard they are. They were good live, at least to this music-starved girl.

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