The Movielife

The Movielife was that kind of band that sprung up in the fertile punk landscape of the late 90s, when the kind of fast, angry music that they played was making a comeback, mixed with elements of Pop music, as first evidenced by bigger name bands like Green Day. The Movielife is still a rare treat, though. On tracks like “Hand Grenade,” with the guitar riffs going fast and furious, you can feel the energy in the crowd. The band gets off on it and just keeps going. This is the kind of band that would perform in jeans and wifebeaters, if any shirts at all. It’s not at all a rare site to find the drummer shirtless. Frontman Vinnie Caruana bounces around on stage, ricocheting back and forth with all the energy of a tennis ball. It’s the kind of energy you rarely find at concerts any more. Movielife is gone now, broken up in the early 2000s. They washed away with the last vestiges of punk rock, not popular enough to maintain a huge fanbase, and not able to slip into niche territory. The members have all gone on to form other bands, but they don’t capture the same attitude and energy of Movielife in the exact same way.

With their resurgence and reunion, The Movielife continues to put on high energy shows. They are truly one of the unique bands who feed off the energy of the crowd. The gang vocals in their songs lend to the crowd to sing along.

Seeing them in an intimate 500 person venue was utterly amazing. I've seen over 200 shows and this tour kicked off right. Take note that this isn't a normal Movielife show. They are playing Has a Gambling Problem, their first EP and Forty Hour Train Back to Penn, their first full length in their entirety.

They do not play them in order but every one was played and everyone was amazing. If you get the chance.. Go see them. Me and the girl are going again near the end of their tour IN Asbury Park.