[poll] how many rbf shows have you ben to?

4… I'm way to lazy to write the different venues

ehh only 5. that makes me sad haha. i need to see them more.
umm lets see
-at the rave in milwaukee
-at the rave in milwaukee
-at mr smalls in pittsburgh
-at summerfest in milwaukee
-at the congress theater in chicago

5 for me too. this isnt in order either.
once at the recher in towson
once at the 9:30 club in DC
twice at the sonar in downtown b-more
and once at the toads place in richmond va

3 for me.

21 for meeee

whoa

Honestly, I've had good experiences every time. The crowd when I saw them in CO Springs was very possibly the best crowd I've had for any show, and the other two were decent. Even on the Shout It Loud tour the worst thing people did was not know the words. Well, Streetlight fans punched people, but they're a different thing entirely.

yeah streetlight shows can get pretty intense. for me thats part of the fun though.

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damn.

in all honesty, if the fans keep getting worse, i think i may be done seeing the fish play live. the douchebags at the grove made it close to unbareable. i love seeing them play, but i hate fighting through assholes just to have a good time.
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I agree. Like I'm sure "skachick3" would ruin the whole show for me. I hate sweaty chicks at shows, and I hate the faggot fans who are like OMG I JUST LOVE SKA SO MUCH LETS SKANK LOLZ.

Not to mention that the same set over and over gets old after a while.

21 though? hahahahahahaha moron.

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yeah streetlight shows can get pretty intense. for me thats part of the fun though.
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I like it intense plenty, I just don't dig getting intentionally punched repeatedly.

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Not to mention that the same set over and over gets old after a while.

21 though? hahahahahahaha elitist.
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Fixed.

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i'm a photographer, so i get fucked up in the press box. try getting kicked in the back of the head 50 fucking times by some shitbag crcowdsurfers while you're trying to take pictures. ghey.

and whenever rbf co-headlines with bands from other genres, a lot of shitty people seem to show up. mxpx fans were whiny little cocksuckers and ltj fans were a bunch of crowdsurfing mosh-too-much assholes. don't even get me started on when they played warped.
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Same here, and agreed on the fans from different genres. As far as photo, I think security pays extra attention or something cause I'm a girl. I haven't gotten kicked nearly as many times as I could have. Whatever, I can take it!

LTJ fans didn't present nearly as much a problem when I saw them as Streetlight fans did.

See I thought the douches during LTJ were so much worse than the fans during the Streetlight set. Then again I am a Streetlight fans so maybe I'm the guy you all hate.

twice in glasgow and once in edinburgh 🙂

I've been to about 5. Would've been 6, but they skipped us on the recent tour…

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have you been to any of the shows i listed? i'd be the guy who runs out of room on his memory card three songs into their set and just dances around the rest of the time. 😀

and the only time i didn't mind getting kicked in the head was at ska summit when johnny evil, the trombone player for FOE dome-pieced me and screamed "FUCK YEAH!" in my face. that was ok with me.
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LOL. Nice.

And no, I wasn't at those shows. The only time I saw them on the west coast was at The Avalon in January '06.

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See I thought the douches during LTJ were so much worse than the fans during the Streetlight set. Then again I am a Streetlight fans so maybe I'm the guy you all hate.
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It's not that I hate on all Streetlight fans, I just hate Streetlight fans who go around sucker-punching people for no reason. I'm a Streetlight fan too, I just don't do that.

The Streetlight fans almost ruined my show. Not the MxPx fans who were actually pretty good about not being dicks in the pit, the streetlight fans were fucking moshing during the ska songs and dancing during the punk ones.

They let up a bit when RBF hit the stage, but not really.

Yeah I've never punched anyone in the face… or been to a Streetlight Show where someone did. Maybe you just have a bunch of assholes in your area!

It's a possibility, but the asshole element seems to be considerably reduced at most other Denver ska shows.

I've been to other RBF shows and the crowd was NEVER that bad.

Yeah, see, the thing is, pretty much everyone calmed down after Streetlight was done, and there weren't any problems after that. Every time I see Streetlight though, there's always a contingent of (usually bald) guys who seem set on violence.

and ya know its really great to punch somebody right in the face gonna push some little girls tonight look out fag theres gonna be a fight when i'm in the pit i'm gonna puch and kick when i'm in the pit don't ya know i'm gonna fuck up shit!

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i've been back here for 20 minutes and over 50% of all posts on here are just rbf lyrics… i'm gonna be sick.
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You must really hate the way i look if i make you sick
maybe you also hate i talk and wanna punch me in the face
you might even not be able to stand me at all and wonder why i don't go away

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I hate sweaty chicks at shows
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er…FAG.

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I hate the faggot fans who are like OMG I JUST LOVE SKA SO MUCH LETS SKANK LOLZ.
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Whats wrong with skanking?

Also…i miss the old forum. How did RBF fans get so retarded? How about you dumb fucks stop quoting RBF and get your own opinions…

To any people here who arent dumb fucks, i apologise for this outburst…

Living in italy and getting 2 shows deserves a good mark!
If they miss us AGAIN in their next euro tour, I'm getting mad.

I've been to 4.

HOB Chicago twice and the Congress once.

When The Startingline warmed up for RBF the fans were so annoying. Once their set was over all their ans left, which was really good.

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Also…i miss the old forum. How did RBF fans get so retarded? How about you dumb fucks stop quoting RBF and get your own opinions…

To any people here who arent dumb fucks, i apologise for this outburst…

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The problem is, if you noticed (and I don't mean around here) a good percentage seem to have NO FUCKING clue what the band is about. The type that thinks ska is 'happy' music that makes you feel 'happy'. Ska is not a very 'happy' musical style. The only 'happy' musical style is pop music. Go listen to the radio if all you want is songs that make you feel good.

Not to say RBF have never written a happy song, but the vast majority is not very happy at all. The first time I heard 'Beer', I thought Aaron Barrett was on his way to fling himself from a bridge.

Then there's the whole 'feel better by listening to lyrics about someone who has it worse' thing, but my rambling has to end now.

brbsuicide.

people probably just don't listen to the lyrics or think about what they're really saying. A lot of the music sounds happy but the lyrics are actually pretty depressing/angsty or whatever. i think this confuses some people who aren't smart enough to figure it out. just because some of the music sounds happy, they don't take the lyrics seriously or think they're funny.
well sure it is annoying when people don't take the songs seriously, but i guess if it makes them happy then thats not a bad thing. idk whatever.

JD you just made me realize that their music is quite depressing. But then another thought hit me, if most their music is sarcastic then [the song] Everything Sucks is about happy times.

Those few seconds were scary, now back to my happy RBF world.

Everything Sucks is about not caring that everything's turned to shit and trying to pull through it, so yeah. It's positive through negative.

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people probably just don't listen to the lyrics or think about what they're really saying. A lot of the music sounds happy but the lyrics are actually pretty depressing/angsty or whatever. i think this confuses some people who aren't smart enough to figure it out. just because some of the music sounds happy, they don't take the lyrics seriously or think they're funny.
well sure it is annoying when people don't take the songs seriously, but i guess if it makes them happy then thats not a bad thing. idk whatever.
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If it sounds sarcastic,don't take it seriously!
If it sounds dangeroues,do not try this at home or at all!
And if it offends you,just don't listen to it…

^Good ol' Jello.

I love songs that say things like 'PLEASE fuck me over, I love it!" or "Fuck me over, I fuck you back." instead of "PLEASE stop fucking me over, I'm sad now!"

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people probably just don't listen to the lyrics or think about what they're really saying. A lot of the music sounds happy but the lyrics are actually pretty depressing/angsty or whatever. i think this confuses some people who aren't smart enough to figure it out. just because some of the music sounds happy, they don't take the lyrics seriously or think they're funny.
well sure it is annoying when people don't take the songs seriously, but i guess if it makes them happy then thats not a bad thing. idk whatever.
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If it sounds sarcastic,don't take it seriously!
If it sounds dangeroues,do not try this at home or at all!
And if it offends you,just don't listen to it…
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haha. i love it. the offspring kick ass.

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^Good ol' Jello.

I love songs that say things like 'PLEASE fuck me over, I love it!" or "Fuck me over, I fuck you back." instead of "PLEASE stop fucking me over, I'm sad now!"
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What about "i'm sick of people telling me theyre gonna fuck me over, so i'm gonna fuck me over first just for the sake of it"?

I'll say 10+ because I have seen them at least once per year since they came out in 96. some years it was 2 times, and it also happened that I saw them 3 times in one year when I moved from MI to TX. It was awesome.

RBF and Weezer are prolly the bands I have tried to see every one of their shows in my area I lived at the time.

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^Good ol' Jello.

I love songs that say things like 'PLEASE fuck me over, I love it!" or "Fuck me over, I fuck you back." instead of "PLEASE stop fucking me over, I'm sad now!"
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What about "i'm sick of people telling me theyre gonna fuck me over, so i'm gonna fuck me over first just for the sake of it"?
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Classic rebel stuff.

Sorta like 'you made me this way, so deal with it'. I love it.

Twice, but the 3rd's coming up so I counted it.

God bless Belgium: 3 times in 5 years – not bad considering.

3 times so far. Twice more in February.

i don't care how many times i've seen them… i'm seeing sm again soon and that's all that matters.

I don't really know, I've lost count. The first time I saw them was right after WDTRSH came out and I've seen them just about every time they've come through the LA/OC area since. I also saw them in Mammoth (total coincidence that I happened to be there) and once in PA (I have a couple friends who live very close to Allentown). Of course I have no life so…… 😀

brixton academy april 04
portsmouth wedgewood rooms 05
reading hexagon 05

Whaen I saw Streetlight in December they said they'd be back in April. I didn't know it was going to be with RBF! How exciting!! !lol

Haha! You and Jon were pretty mellow! !lol

Twice

– Manchester Academy 2, June 2007
– Loppen (Copenhagen), February 2008

Hopefully many more to come

Hypo Psycho? We played with them once. The drummer kept talking about all the pussy he was gonna get in his bus from all the screaming 16 year old girls.

LOL

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Hypo Psycho? We played with them once. The drummer kept talking about all the pussy he was gonna get in his bus from all the screaming 16 year old girls.
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When was that? It's just that they've had a couple of different drummers.

Surly, what's the name of your band?

Gah I wish I've been to one. I bought the live album and the DVD of the concert and that's the extent of my experiance wirh them live T_T

same 🙁

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Hypo Psycho? We played with them once. The drummer kept talking about all the pussy he was gonna get in his bus from all the screaming 16 year old girls.
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When was that? It's just that they've had a couple of different drummers.
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It was in February on the Spunge tour.

He wouldn't stop talking about all the different drum sponsers he had. He was a bit of a twat.

EDIT: Name of my band is Smaller Than You.

http://www.myspace.com/smallerthanyouska

All the recordings on there are about 2 years old, but last week we went to Manchester to record an EP. Should get the final mix of it all in a few days. I'll give you a heads up when they're on there as they're much better.

I listened to a couple of the tracks and it sounds pretty good. You should put it up on iTunes or something.
What instrument do you play?

Sax and do some vocals. I just got one of the final mixes of the new EP, sounds very nice. 🙂

Is there a way I can buy your bands' stuff?

Ok, didn't talk a lot with him when I saw them last time and I don't get to see them a lot so I wouldn't know. 🙂

That's the show I saw you at where you told me about this board. Unfortunately, by the time I made my way upstairs you guys were gone so I didn't get to see Amy. !sad

🙁 I got frustrated with the crowd at HOB. Too many people shoved into a small venue. I'll go to a show sometime this year for sure. Hopefully they'll play at the Grove, or something comparable to it.

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uhh, so i've seen them 6 or 7 times now. i've lost count. the last time i saw them was when i got belligerently drunk at the HOB in anaheim with amy. roflcopter.
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You were fuuuuuucked up at that show! Shouting for the under dog while the football game was on tv at the bar. I've never seen so many people at once, all turn around like they were gonna kick your ass, haha! Oh, and then you turn around and act like you were trying to figure out who they were all looking at! Fun times.

Well to put everyone else to shame…. I've seen the fish a total of 70 times to date 🙂

…… and I've never seen them….. lame

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Well to put everyone else to shame…. I've seen the fish a total of 70 times to date 🙂
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How can you possibly keep track when it's that many? I think I'm at around 30, but I have no way to be certain. You must live in SoCal if you've seen them that many times.

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Well to put everyone else to shame…. I've seen the fish a total of 70 times to date 🙂
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?!?!?! That's 23.333333 times the amount of times I've seen them… 🙁

It's 70 times the amount i've seen them 🙁

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Well to put everyone else to shame…. I've seen the fish a total of 70 times to date 🙂
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How can you possibly keep track when it's that many? I think I'm at around 30, but I have no way to be certain. You must live in SoCal if you've seen them that many times.
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Don't live in SoCal, Live in Sussex England 🙂 Kept track by keeping count each tour etc, actually worked out recently where i have seen them and how many times, bloody hard when you don't always get tickets on guestlist

Sussex? That's the uni I'm going to at the end of the month! 🙂

I live close to Gatwick so not near Sussex Uni in Brighton

Somewhere between 25 and 30; I've lost count.

i've only been to two. both were the Shout it Loud 2007 tour, 1 in allentown and the other in NYC. i'm seeing RBF twice this coming tour, once in NYC the other in New Haven. I wanna see them more though

I'm going to my second show today 🙂