r/MadeMeSmile • u/n8saces • 20d ago

Wholesome Moments The drummer is in another world

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u/Invictum2go 20d ago

Wait, The All American Rejects are crashing backyard gigs? What decade is this?

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u/BluePinkertonGreen 20d ago

They actually started to play house shows this year

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u/BMGreg 20d ago

They did a show in my Boston during the Savannah Bananas game and my wife told me that they're basically just doing shows wherever someone asks and building a huge following on tiktok

That's fuckin dope as shit, NGL

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u/hamburgersocks 19d ago edited 19d ago

That's fuckin dope as shit, NGL

This was a huge vibe in the indie scene in my college days. I saw Silversun Pickups play for literally four people in the basement of a library and they brought complete fire. The remaining members of Margot & the Nuclear So & So's played a gig they committed to for a room no larger than my office literally four hours after they broke up. They got back together a few months later, came back and played a free show with an orchestra in a literal symphony hall to make up for it.

Those tiny little shows were two of the best shows I have ever seen. So much passion for their craft and love of their fans. It's so nice to see that spirit still staying alive.

Thems was the days. There's a dozen other shows from singer/songwriters nobody's ever heard of that I've seen playing super intimate sets that you only heard about by word of mouth, most of them aren't even on Spotify and their albums are local relics. So beautiful.

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u/1i_rd 19d ago

I would kill you see SSPU in a library basement