Furnace Fest 2022 Tour • Page 25

I still think it's like the second or third best pop punk album of that era. I have big regrets about not traveling the last time they reunited.

 

I regret so badly going to Riot instead of Furnace this year. Will not make that mistake next year.

 

Good to know! Sounds comparable to Four Chord in Pittsburgh, which was super managable.

 

Trying to figure out if I’m doing another write up for the site like last year. I just keep thinking about Norma Jean and Thrice, haha.

 

Nobody went to see Figure Four or American Nightmare?!

…and Bleeding Through!!!

I also heard Earth Crisis played an insane set.

The idea of the fest seems really cool but a lot of people I follow on Twitter were saying it was a huge dust bowl.

 

It was extremely dusty this year, yeah. It's been a dryer summer, so I'm guessing that's why. I also feel like there were a little more mosh bros than last year, and the dust clouds definitely formed from the pit outwards.

The Saturday conflicts were as such that you couldn't go wrong with pretty much any choice you made. On a different day, I'd probably have watched FF/BT/EC.

American Nightmare played around the same time I got back home. I saw a picture of their crowd and it was sparse, to say the least. They were going up against the Descendents and Mom Jeans, so at least one of those makes sense to me.

I'm still confused on how some bands got very high poster billing (Midtown, Avail, to name two) to end up with such a weird spot on the line-up.

 

This is so cool. I would lose my mind if The Chariot ever plays a show again. At least Josh is acknowledging the band's existence.

 

Holy shit.


Also Fever 333 on the Plug Your Holes stages Ive said it before and I’ll say it again!

 

Man I haven’t thought about that record in a long time. Reckon I’ll throw it on tomorrow.

 

I feel like Chasing Victory would be a kickass addition.

 

What's on everyone's wishlist?

 

Always TREOS

 

I mean you could literally pick any band to be on the bill.

 

MEET ME AT THE SHORE and my knees would forget that I’m almost 33 in less than a second

 

The Wonder Years and Spanish Love Songs would be really cool gets in the pop punk side that I think would be huge hits in that crowd.

Love to see some younger emo bands like Barely Civil or ManDancing (rip).

Chasing Victory and Haste the Day reunions would rip as always discussed.

AFI doing a Sing the Sorrow set would be a monster. The Used would probably be a good fit. It’s pretty easy to see a lot of the mid-00s big names slotting into the festival.

Yellowcard doing Ocean Avenue seems like an easy layup guess.

 

TREOS for sure. The Chariot. Maybe they could convince Botch to play a set. I'm surprised Story of the Year hasn't been asked to play.

 

I'm very curious to see what Third String pulls out for So What and Furnace next year. I'd for sure go back to So What, lineup depending, and I might try and make this work next year.

 

Friday:

Close Your Eyes
Midtown
Norma Jean
Fiddlehead from across the street on the patio of Back Forty
end of Alexisonfire
New Found Glory
Thrice

Saturday:

Mychildren Mybride
little bit of The Appleseed Cast
Misery Signals
Hidden in Plain View
Poison The Well
Maylene
beginning of Sunny Day

Sunday:

Free Throw
Soul Glo
Four Year Strong
Periphery
Nothing
The Story so Far
Mom Jeans
first half of Mastodon

had Pho Cue every night for dinner and an ice cream cone from that tent at the end of each night. Back Forty across the street is super clutch; we hung out there at least once every day this year and last year. my friend and I had a great weekend but we're unsure about next year. a lot of is depending on the lineup. Birmingham is an awesome city and Sloss is a really cool venue but I feel like this year's lineup (for me and my group) was a downgrade from last year. we had four in our group last year but this time it was just two of us.

it also sucks that my wife's birthday is September 22nd. last year it was fine because I traveled on the 23rd, but this year she drove me to the airport on her birthday (Thursday) and next year it would be the first day of the fest. if there's a big reunion like Botch or something like Fear Before or The Blood Brothers it would be hard skipping out on it.

 

also, as someone from Chicago, this fest blows Riot Fest out of the water. just wish it fell on a different weekend of the year

 

Not bad at all. The area is tiny compared to Riot Fest.

 

Also, Shai Hulud was there!

“Bro” comment aside, this may have felt so because of the large number of metal and hardcore acts this year. But I do agree with a previous post where this years lineup was not as good. Although there we some great acts that showed up.

 

I hope you got the burger from Back Forty, one of my favorites in town.

 

the brisket egg rolls are far too tasty. had them both years.

 

I was very into the Christian metalcore scene this festival was rooted in, so any of the Underoath, Norma Jean, Becoming the Archetype, Haste the Day, August Burns Red, Zao, He Is Legend, As Cities Burn, Chasing Victory, MATSOD, etc works for me, and they've done a good job getting most of these involved.

Other than that, some bands I like that I would love to see: Coheed, AFI, Anberlin, Saosin/Circa Survive, The Wonder Years, Deftones (too big to headline?) Title Fight (I can dream right), Touche Amore, Joyce Manor, Pianos Become the Teeth, La Dispute, Defeater (are they still active? Really think they're a good fit if so), Foxing, Turnover (maybe a bridge too far), Citizen, Tigers Jaw, Valleyheart, Copeland, TWIABP, and Greyhaven.

I'll come back and quote this when they announce the next lineup. Mainly what I noticed when looking at a list of bands I like and who I'd like to play is how good of a job they've done so far. There's always going to be a slight dropoff from year one to year two, but I'm excited to see what they can put together for next year.

 

I think Deftones are way too big for that fest. The biggest act this year that is still active is maybe Mastodon or Manchester Orchestra?