My First Show

The Bamboozle May 1 - May 2, 2010 Meadowlands Sports Complex East Rutherford, NJ Picture it: a 13-year-old girl in Bermuda shorts, a purple Paramore shirt just a bit too tight, and comic book … [Read more...] about My First Show: The Bamboozle 2010

Alex rocking out with Frank Iero and the Patience at Slam Dunk Festival earlier this year. Photo: Anna Tveit. In between his busy schedule opening for Thrice, Rise Against and Deftones in one of … [Read more...] about My First Show: Alex Grippo from Frank Iero and the Patience

Photo: NKD Mag July 2, 2016 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ When the teacher went around the classroom on the first day of school and asked everyone to name three interesting facts about … [Read more...] about My First Show: Panic! At The Disco

1999 Club Bene (later Club Krome) South Amboy, NJ In 1999, I was 13-years-old and obsessed with NSYNC. The local music scene wasn’t even a blip on my radar; I was just trying to survive middle … [Read more...] about My First Show: Fenix TX, Midtown

Photo: NJPP Archives June 1, 2001 M&M Hall Old Bridge, NJ M&M Hall is on the long list of classic hole-in-the-wall music venues that don’t exist anymore, but back in the early 2000s, … [Read more...] about My First Show: 37 Slurp, Stick Figure Suicide

April 2, 2005 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ “Hold My Beer for Me” I was one of three 15-year-old girls standing in the middle of a crowded floor, unsure of what was happening yet excited … [Read more...] about My First Show: Black Label Society, American Head Charge

1995 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, PA I feel like the first show that actually "counts" was seeing Jawbox in the Union Building of Indiana University of Pennsylvania my freshman … [Read more...] about My First Show: Jawbox

Dehydration, heat exhaustion, extreme sunburn, and the best couple hours of your year. Exhausted, sweaty, burnt, hungry, and everyone around you smells like armpit, but if you stop now, you’re … [Read more...] about My First Show: Warped Tour 2006