Red Bull Soundselect Presents: The Menzingers
Court Tavern – New Brunswick, NJ
HOLY. SHIT.
The Court Tavern, home of the New Brunswick punk rock music scene, never disappoints.
The show opened with Cheerbleeders and Big Eyes, two female-fronted opening acts. The Cheerbleeders’ short and sweet, big energy songs, were a great way to open up the night, with Big Eyes following in a similar fashion.
The Court Tavern was not ready for an intimate setting with The Menzingers. The moment the first sound exploded through the amplifier, a wave of people crashed towards the stage. I went from onlooking from the front row, to sitting on the amp stage right. Talk about intimate. If I moved the wrong way Greg’s guitar could’ve slapped me in the face.
The setlist was stacked, closing with In Remission…until they decided they should play more songs. The set included a Rancid cover of Roots Radicals.
Throughout the set, pieces of the ceiling were being passed through the crowd. When leaving the Court Tavern, you noticed about 30% of the ceiling was missing. Does that sum up how crazy it was?
“Ava are you tryin’ to get high? I hope the floor ceiling holds this time.” See what I did there?
Make sure to catch The Menzingers on their upcoming tour with Chumped and Roger Harvey!
Unfortunately they’re not passing through NJ/NYC, but they will be at Starland Ballroom in June for the Idobi Meltdown Festival.
louder than ever 