The Go! Team – Live @ Lollapalooza

August 5, 2008

The Go! Team was the first show of Lollapalooza that I was really excited for, being that I had never seen the band before and have been a fan since Thunder, Lightning Strike came out in ‘05.  The band lived up to all my expectations with a frenetic, high-energy show that got the whole crowd moving (they were one of the few main stage bands to do so).  I think the above picture sums up pretty well the excitement of the show with bandmembers jumping around left and right and banging on instruments.  Even the guy playing the harmonica was completely rocking out.

As good as the Go! Team’s songs are on the record, they really came alive when being performed. The Proof of Youth songs came off especially well in the live setting improving vastly over their recorded versions with “Grip Like A Vice”, “The Wrath of Marcie”, “Keys to the City”, and especially “Doing It Right” being complete showstoppers live.  That didn’t take away from the awesomeness of oldies like “The Power Is On” , “Ladyflash”, and “Bottle Rocket”.  Ninja did a great job of getting the crowd into the music whether it was dancing, jumping up and down, or chanting “Do It, Do It, Alright”.  Awesome set.

MP3 Doing It Right
MP3 Bottle Rocket

Click below to see some more awesome pictures from The Go! Team’s set and head over to Pictures For Kids Who Can’t Read Good for all my Lollapalooza pics.

Posted by Taylor in Festival, Live