Flyleaf, Lacey Sturm, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, und The Mytch

One of the most awesome concerts I have ever attended was Flyleaf opening for Seether in Chicago years ago.

Flyleaf was awesome. Their offering of rock had nothing to do with the fact it was a lead female vocal. The crowd gave as much love to Flyleaf as they did to Seether. The audience was of a very wide range, it seems the listeners of Flyleaf don't discriminate. I loved seeing such a diverse audience. Flyleaf themselves were dressed in pretty standard black concert attire for rock bands.

Lacey, the lead vocal at the time, kept the whole audience enthralled with her voice. Her range from haunting to screaming loudly was amazing to see live.

I've listened to Flyleaf since they started getting airplay back in 2005. I usually don't like female vocals, especially when they're trying to perform rock, but there are a few exceptions and Flyleaf is one of them. She doesn't come across like "a girl trying to sing rock," she owns it. Not only that, but she has the ability to sound completely different from her other rock female counterparts. They have a new vocalist now, Kristen, who has taken the lead vocals and rocks it just as hard. Definitely worth seeing.

Lacey Sturm is an amazing gift from God. God knew what he was doing when he called her for this. During the blackout she didn't disappoint her fans. She stepped into the audience with her husband and did an amazing acoustic performance. It was the calming of the storm. Seeing her performance felt like the spirit of God was in the room. She filled room with the gospel of Christ and shared her story. I love Lacey Sturm because her music is uplifting and every time I feel upset or stressed I would listen to her voice over and over again. Good Bless You Lacey Sturm!!

American post-hardcore band hailing from Arizona, walk onto the stage to the sound of epic music, creating am unsettling but exciting atmosphere. Almost like the Tyrannosaur paddock in Jurassic Park, you feel as though something wild is about to happen, you’re just not quite sure what. This is one of those moments. The 500 capacity venue that they have sold out this evening is absolutely jam packed and the audience are like sardines, but it hasn’t killed the excitement as Tyson Stevens walks onstage greeted by huge amounts of applause and they launch into set list made up of various tracks from their full length albums, “The City Sleeps in Flames” and their self titled album which was released two years later. They tackled their song “Faces” alongside huge amounts of the audience singing along it is a fantastic atmosphere. There audience made up of fans that have been there since the start. Drummer, James Ethridge performs drum fills that sound like machine drum blasts and the guitarists Steve Kirbuy and Chad Crawford execute guitar riffs played in harmony, with perfect precision. One of the features of this band that sets them apart from the rest is their virtuosic keyboard player Pouyan Afkary who plays keyboard with such flare.