Hinder vs. Papa Roach

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This past weekend, Hinder and Papa Roach gave a concert in my area, and this is my feedback on the show. First, I would like to say that there is a new band that is awesome. They won our local 'Battle of the Bands' and had the honor for opening up for Hinder and Papa Roach. You can check them out on myspace. Dry Season. The runners-up also opened the show on Sunday, they are Tall Boy. I don't know if they have a web page. Back to my critique of the show. Hinder gave an awesome performance, tons of positive crowd participation. They were giving 'high fives', shaking hands, getting the crowd to sing certain parts, getting a mosh pit going, the guitarist gave my boyfriend his guitar pick in the middle of a song, my son got a handshake. It was a great show. Then Papa Roach came out. They did a great show, as well. But there wasn't very much crowd participation. They got some 'sing-alongs' out of the crowd, and some 'fill in the missing part', but when it came to interacting with the crowd, they sucked. The lead singer came to our end of the stage and kind of squatted down right in front of us. My son was reaching out his hand, that guy was so close to my son, it would have been an effortless reach, not even a fully extended reach, but apparently he wasn't in the mood to touch 'common folk', so he just stood back up and walked to the other side. Don't anybody get me wrong. I like Papa Roach, but I don't like people who get famous, then forget where they came from. I lose respect for people for that. I understand that they don't have time to sign every autograph, pose for every photo, do every interview... but come on. When you are giving a concert and you see a fan reaching for you, give them a high-5. Anyway, I think DrySeason is awesome, look them up. Hinder gives a great show, and Papa Roach should stick to the radio.