Plankeye   Concert   Review

The Plankeye concert I went to took place on October 24th in Lebanon, PA. It's a 3 and a half hour drive from where in live so we left at around 3:30 and there was tons of traffic (not to mention that my friend who was following us in his car drives like an old man :-) Anyway, We got there at about 7:30. I was kinda worried 'bout what kind of seats we were gonna get 'cause I'm usually there atleast 2 hours before the concert but it wound up that they were still doing a sound check when we got there and they didnt open the the doors till about 8. There was not nearly as many people there as I thought there would be. The On-stage Theature was where this was at and It's basically a huge empty room with no chairs. I got an awesome spot touching the stage right in front between the bass player and the lead vocalist. It was pretty awesome! The first person to go on was Fold Zandura. They were supposed to be the second act but Seven Day was late. Fold put on a pretty awesome performance. I don't know many of their songs exept for "Ember" and a few others that I'm not sure of the names but I do know that I love 'em live! They were awesome! Next was 7 Day Jesus and I gotta say first off that I went to the Kingdombound Festival in N.Y. and unfortunately, I slept in the morning that 7 day went on and I missed 'em. I did however get to meet them after that concert in N.Y. and talked with them for quite a long time. Chris Beatty and my friend Barbara even exchanged address' and now they write eachother. They did some new songs like "Butterfly" and "Who I Am". and a few others that sounded pretty cool. They also did alot of familiar ones like "Strength" and "Ashamed". All in all, they really amazed me =) Anyhoo...Next was Plankeye... They did a bunch of new songs (which were awesome) then went into "Placement" which was awesome live but I think I'm gonna remember to bring ear plugs next time. I can still hear static in my ears and it was 4 days ago!(I was practically kissing the speaker at times throughout the concert). I thought it really rocked though when they did "Who Loves You More?" (the first Plankeye song I ever heard) along with a few others off of Commonwealth like "Whisper to Me", "Struck by the Chord", and "B.C." The only Old Plankeye song (not really old but I think it was on "The Spark" which I don't have) that I am familliar with that they did was "Open House". They even did a funky rendition of "Commonwealth" which rocked! They also did a few other songs that were either off of their older albums or they were new...whatever they were...they rocked! They had an encore and then came back on and did a few more songs. The new ones that they did were awesome! They did one of their new songs called "Playground", It was pretty awesome. I cannot wait 'till their new album "The One and Only" comes out. The release date got delayed agian till Nov.4th this time. After the concert, we got invited by Chris Beatty of 7 day to stay after and hang out with the bands. It was hysterical when Kevin of 7DJ came out of the food room with a cup of tea singing "Tea and Sympathy" by Jars of Clay. I went over and started talking to him and he went over and got me a cup o' tea too =) The one (and only)thing that kinda upset me was when I had just gotten my Plankeye cd signed and I set it down right next to me for a second to get money out of my bag and I turned back around and someone had swiped it. I was pretty bumed, not only 'cause I was MY cd but mostly 'cause of the fact that it happened at a Christian Concert. Anyway, my friend Barbara went over and explained what had happened to Kevin of 7 Day and he in turn went and told Scott Silletta and he gave Kevin a new cd that they had all signed for me and Kevin gave it to me. I thought that was SO sweet =) I also had a pretty awesome time talking to Brian Whitman (former gutarist of All Star United and now with 7DJ). We even swapped e-mail address'. He is such a humble guy...they all really are! I got to talk with Scott Siletta for a while again and he is such a unique person. He was telling us about one time when him and the rest of the band zipped Ryan (their new guitarist) in this huge bag that they use to put equipment in and started kicking him! I thought that was kinda mean...that is 'till he said that they tried to do the same to him. All that aside, they are a pretty cool bunch of guys who definately love the Lord. I think it's so neat watching the Lord work through people like that. This was definately one of the best concerts I've ever been to. If you havent seen 'em live yet I STRONGLY recommend that you do. The only things I really bought there was a Plankeye tour poster that is now signed, a Fold Zandura pic. that I got signed and I even loaded up on Bumper Stickers to complete the nifty collection that I have on the front of my dresser (Hey, i don't have a car yet OK! :-) Chris Beatty of 7 day Jesus even gave me a 7 Day Bumper Sticker. If you wanna see my concert pictures from this concert, I'll be posting them up in "My Snappy Page" as soon as they are scanned...heres the address if you wanna check it out... Click Here to get to my main page. (There's even some pictures of Plankeye "Snapping") They are all such sweeties... You gotta see 'em live...I just reccommend that if you plan on being in the front row... bring ear plugs!