Every Time I Die - Radical (October 22, 2021) • Page 95

Low Teens
New Junk Aesthetic
Radical
Ex-Lives
From Parts Unknown
Gutter Phenomenon
The Big Dirty
Hot Damn!
Last Night In Town

I wish I could connect with more of ETID’s earlier work, but I started listening at NJA and my ranking really shows that haha

 

I love all there albums for different reasons and I legit can’t rank them. Is heartbreaking to me that I’ll never see radical songs live.

 

Besides knowing The Big Dirty and New Junk are my first and second favorites. I can't rank the rest, they honestly are all are on the same tier after those two.

 

The Big Dirty
Hot Damn!
Low Teens
Ex-Lives
Radical
New Junk Aesthetic
From Parts Unknown
Gutter Phenomenon
Last Night In Town

 

you have to rank them if you want to stay on chorus. its a rule.

 

Dammit, well I did somewhere in this thread so Im good, just stick Radical smack dab in the middle because idk where it ranks ultimately yet

 

I just saw an awesome bootleg for ETID and my instagram refreshed and now I can’t find it.

 

Sunny filmed the Xmas show this year didn't he? Wonder what he does with the footage, i'd love to dissect the dynamics between everyone tbh.

 

Alright I'm not sure how obnoxious this is gonna look but I have 5 pics I picked out from the 5 shows I went to of theirs during my brief time being a fan. I'll give some background with each, but starting off I first started listening to them in 2014, when From Parts Unknown came out. I had heard The New Black back in the day while I was younger but it never really stuck as I was more preoccupied with MCR/The Used/Fall Out Boy and the like. But randomly I was browsing Metacritic to see if there were any interesting music releases (yea kinda cringe using Metacritic for that but I was really branching out into different genres then) and I saw them pop up. I was surprised a harder band was being promoted on a site like Metacritic, so I took a dive into FPU and immediately clicked with Decayin' With the Boys. So then I started on their whole discography and that was it for a good 2 years. Then 2016 came with Low Teens and I decided I needed to see them ASAP.



So my first show was actually the show they weren't themselves! I saw Embarking to Infinity's Door on Halloween 2016, I believe it was Beartooth headlining which, I like Beartooth but I was absolutely there for ETID. It was surreal seeing them for the first time putting on an act of being other people but it was funny, the names they gave for each song were hilarious. This photo is actually from their own page that I ended up finding, I'm on the right next to one of the security guys reaching my arm over. I ended up getting an Embarking to Infinity's Door shirt too with a pic they took in front of all of the crowd.



Next up was the very first Rocks Off Boat Cruise show, July 17th 2017. It felt like a once in a lifetime chance, seeing a band like this on a boat only about an hour south of me? It ended up being a once in a lifetime experience, as it's still my favorite show I've ever attended to this day. Didn't end up taking too many pics but I chose this one as it (sort of) has Andy in it. I got a place at the side of the stage near the stairs up to the stage for the whole thing, which is important because 1. I was close but not directly in the chaos which I liked and 2. At the end of the 30 (!!!) song set list when they were ending with Indian Giver, they started bringing people up on stage and I was one of the first up. I ended up singing with Keith for the end of the song, us wrapping arms around each other and then going over to Jordan and one other guy and I lifting him up as he finished playing the end of the song above us and supporting him as he came down dazed from the setlist. Absolutely fucking incredible, will never ever forget it.



Next up we have Warped Tour 2018, specifically July 14th 2018. I had almost died from heat exhaustion while seeing Motionless in White earlier in the day due to various circumstances (2pm show, sun beaming over me and stuck in the crowd unable to get my water from my bag during the set) but I took a break because I knew ETID were playing later in the day and I made my way over to Jordan's tent a little before their set. Ended up talking with him for a bit, bought one of his shirts and asked him about how the tour's been and all of that. He seemed super appreciative of me taking the time to buy his stuff, we were joking and laughing for a bit and then he had to go get ready. Ended up once again with my general favorite area for concerts, near the front with a good view but to the side-ish as to not be in the total chaos. Afterwards they were doing meet and greet pics and I was super down, so I stuck around and got to see all of them together and get the above pic. When meeting Keith I mentioned finally picking up Scale and being excited to read it, and his face lit up extra for that moment and thanked me, it was really sweet. Perfect ending to the day.



Next up is June 4th 2019, the Coheed and Cambria/Mastodon tour with ETID as support. Honestly just a incredible solid show all around, and the venue was the Asbury Park Summer Stage in NJ which was set up like right next to the beach outside in perfect weather and it was glorious. ETID was early in the day and you could tell most of the crowd was there for Coheed and Mastodon, it wasn't fully filled for them and only a few of us were going wild for ETID. I remember going extra hard for Underwater Bimbos and Floater and the people around me were not as quite into it ha. But the band enjoyed themselves, put on a great show as always.



And now my final ETID show, the 3rd Rocks Off Boat Cruise on September 25th 2019. I missed 2018's because of work but I made sure I went to at least one of the nights for this, and I ended up going to the night where they played Hot Damn! in full. I always thought after the first boat show that it was a shame they didn't play Godspeed Us to Sea during it, now it was guaranteed! Hit of the Search Party is another favorite of mine that doesn't seem to get much play, so seeing that was great as well. For the first set I stayed near the front and rocked out, second set I backed off a bit to catch my breath. Got some neat videos during the second set. Once again having a show on a boat is wild and insane and so good.

And thus ends my time, I'll always have these memories and I'm extremely sad by the way this has turned out. At least with MCR it was an amicable ending (until it wasn't an end ha), this is just unfortunate. I hope they all find some sort of peace through all of this, all parties involved. I love each and every member dearly, I've been holding them up for nigh 8 years now as a band I'm extremely proud of supporting, from their music to seeming like genuine great individuals. Even through all of this, I think they're all great in their own ways and hope they continue on with whatever in the best ways they can.

 

Andy rocking nice RtL shirt

 

I really love the stained glass stack art. Would've liked to see that more tbh.

 

Only time I saw them was during the Coheed/Mastodon tour. Really pissed at myself that I never got to properly experience them in the pit.

 

Still don’t know where to put Radical in my rankings because it is so next level in terms of musicianship, lyrically it is extremely good but Low Teens is lyrically the best so I guess my ranking is

Low Teens
Radical
New Junk Aesthetic
From Parts Unknown
The Big Dirty
Ex Lives
Hot Damn!
Gutter Phenomenon
Last Night in Town

 

In his patreon he said he was reaching out to their manager after the new year but didn't hear back. Now we know why I guess. He said he's not touching it right now

 

I don’t think we will see that for A LONG time now. It’s gonna get tied up in legal negotiations

 

I unfortunately don't have any pics but the one time I saw ETID was in 2018 when they opened for Motionless In White at the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, NY and they put on a great show. I've always liked their music but that show made me appreciate them a lot more, and I am glad I got to see them

 

Eh, it's more a matter of if they want to do something special with it. There's no money to be made from it on Hate5Six, but it was initially on hold at the request of the band/management (Sunny said they weren't sure if they were doing their own special thing with it first and the manager told him to reach out after the new year, but she quit right after that exchange). So now the issue is that there is no manager and the status of the 'band' as an entity is legally up in the air. They basically just need to agree one way or another who can release it and when

 

He's gonna save the day.

 

I had a similar experience with picture two when they were in Fort Collins years ago. It was a tiny ass venue and at the end they invited everyone on stage for Indian Giver. I was standing right next to Andy. It was without a doubt the best show I have ever been to.

 

I only saw them twice. First in 2008 on the Take Action Tour with August Burns Red, From First To Last, The Bled, and The Human Abstract. Second was 2017 on the coheadliner with Taking Back Sunday. I wish I'd seen them more, but they were always on tour so it felt like there would always be another chance

 

weird, is this official? if so kinda scummy imo

 

That's a bootleg. Nice design though.

 

I like the front print, but that back print is so shit with its font choice and the R P either side of the I logo

 

Idk it’s pretty tacky but that me