Calgary & Area Upcoming Concerts 2022

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

It's really about timing I guess. Suppposedly studies have shown that men are more likely to be stuck on music significant to/from their adolescent years.

So guys who were in their teens at the height of those punk bands at the turn of the millennium (who probanly won't be revered as musical savants by historians by any means but were then prominent in their genre) are more likely to have a soft spot for those artists.

There is a lot of gen x'ers here that grew up with Bad Religion and jive with them way more and that's fair. I couldn't care less about Bad Religion but I won't speak ill of the fact that they were an influence with people 10-20 years our senior. I hope those people get the same joy out of it.

We all have our groups that send us back and only our peers who had similar tastes will fully understand.

They aren't my favorite by any means but a couple of those albums were fire if pop punk was your thing around that time.

[DownInFlames]

Did any of you punks go see FEAR at Dickens on Sunday? Fun show and it was cool to see Danny and the Mother####ers again.

[DownInFlames]

Black Flag are playing Dickens in May.

[troutman]

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i always assume shows like that will be lucky to have one original member?

[Sliver]

Ignition is The Offspring's best album. Smash is good, too. A few after had some decent songs, but their earlier stuff is the real deal. Even "Elders" off their debut is a sick song. Other bangers on that self-titled album, too (1989 release, holy fk).

They leaned hard into pop punk with Pretty Fly and stuff and that really lost me. I don't begrudge them, of course. Go make your money and it doesn't take away from my enjoyment of the songs of theirs I like, but I dislike some of that cheese enough that I'll be crawling out of my skin during those tracks at the show.

I'm so surprised they're at the Dome. I saw them at Max Bell in the late 90s. Amazing to think they're bigger now...wtf. I do think these Gen X bands are cashing in on all of us having enough money to afford shows without a care in the world. It's great and feels really nice to see all your old Calgary show people for those of us who were at everything forever. I also like seeing young people enjoying a variety of music - I think TikTok has been amazing for introducing kids to such a wide variety of music.

My kids are going with me to this one (18 & 19). I've taken them to a few shows when they were younger (they were those little kids with giant headphones on their ears). My son got to go on stage with Pennywise at UC one time because he was the youngest one there...that was so cool.

Anyway, I'm there for Bad Religion. I don't think I've ever missed them play Calgary for decades now. Even gone up to Edmonton to see them when they were skipping Calgary. Bad Religion at the Dome will be weird AF. I'm used to seeing them in super small venues where you can just wander up really close. Doesn't matter...need to replace my Bad Religion t-shirt that is threadbare after wearing it so much (Suffer album cover burning little boy) since I was 20. Really hoping to get another one that'll ride me to the end.

[DownInFlames]

Originally Posted by troutman

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i always assume shows like that will be lucky to have one original member?

Yeah it's Greg Ginn with a bunch of 20 year olds.

[Knut]

Going to The Slackers in May @ Ironwood.

Last saw them in Guelph in 2005. Hope its not too loud and I can sit down.

[troutman]

You generally sit at Ironwood. Won’t be loud.