Sonata Arctica should have headlined.
by kwils58 on 9/19/09House of Blues Sunset Strip - HollywoodRating: 4 out of 5The opening band, 2cents, was amazing. They were definitely the second best band of the night. The drummer/singer was hilarious and the band itself was extremely talented. Taking Dawn was second and they sucked. The one song of theirs that was any good was originally by Fleetwood Mac. Go figure! Sonata Arctica was third and they were plagued by technical difficulties but still put on a great set. Dragonforce I have seen before, and, well, they kind of sucked last night. Most of the songs were utterly unidentifiable, and songs from the new album, Ultra Beatdown, although it isn't new, were terrible. Ultimately, Sonata should have headlined or at least co-headlined. Lots of the crowd left after Sonata did, and I wanted to, but my friend had never seen Dragonforce. Not only that, but Sam from Dragonforce actually took out his penis. Really? Why?
To recap: 2Cents gets a 5/5, Taking Dawn gets a 0/5, Sonata Arctica gets a 5/5, and Dragonforce gets a 2/5, one for every inch Sam was packing.