{"id":19209,"date":"2012-03-13T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=19209"},"modified":"2013-02-05T17:26:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T22:26:35","slug":"musink-2012-5th-annual-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2012\/musink-2012-5th-annual-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Musink 2012: 5th Annual Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Cynthia Jo<\/span>
\nStaff Writer —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

March 2-4, 2012 OC Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, CA<\/h3>\n

\"\"The 5th Annual Musink festival rolled around last weekend March 2nd through the 4th to celebrate anything music and ink. Compared to previous years it seemed less populated, yet, fans were there to enjoy the tattoos and especially the music. With the same vendors and artist as most years, it was clear that this year\u2019s theme was pop punk all day. <\/p>\n

The first night was a successful psychobilly kickoff with the Howlers, Guana Batz, and Tiger Army but it was something about the second night that had fans eager to drive down to Costa Mesa, New Found Glory, Yellowcard and Bayside. <\/p>\n

Queens, NY quartet natives Bayside, had the crowd pumped from beginning to end. As always, vocalist Anthony Raneri had his sharp melodic vocals through songs \u201cThe Walking Wounded\u201d and \u201cAlready Gone.\u201d What fans really seems to attract to the most was the extremely crowd-pleasing guitar riffs and extraordinary punk hooks on crowd favorite \u201cBlame it on Bad Luck.\u201d It was a great initiation to the night and really pumped up the crowd. <\/p>\n

\"\"Minutes before Yellowcard began, the relatively small venue on the Fair Grounds was filling up. People were really excited to see the \u201chas been\u201d mainstream hardcore brand of pop punk. Diving right into the set with their 2003 \u201cWay Away\u201d Yellowcard fans remembered how great of a live band they truly are. The entire room was yelling and singing along to every note singer\/guitarist Ryan Key sang. Older hardcore Yellowcard fans were extremely pleased that the Florida natives had older material like \u201cRough Landing, Holly.\u201d The crowd became emotionally yet satisfied when the quintet played \u201cLight Up the Sky\u201d from their 2007 album Paper Walls. Prepping fans for the self-proclaimed kings of pop punk, New Found Glory. <\/p>\n

Initiating their set with \u201cUnderstatement\u201d from their 2002 Stick and Stones, NFG were way ahead of schedule but fans weren\u2019t complaining. With the crowd pushing in and trying to get as close as possible, the energy transcribed through \u201cAt Least I\u2019m Known for Something\u201d and very known song \u201cAll Down Hill from Here\u201d As the band broke through a very good rendition of the Ramones\u2019 \u201cBlitzkrieg Bop,\u201d the corwd of hundreds had their fist up on every \u2018hey!\u2019 and \u2018oh!\u2019 Continuing with other tracks such as \u201cHit or Miss,\u201d \u201cMy Friends Over You,\u201d and \u201cReady, Aim, Fire!\u201d the best song of the evening was their rendition of Green Day\u2019s \u201cBasket Case.\u201d <\/p>\n

Perhaps, this was a very odd line up for Musink, but in it\u2019s fifth year it proved to be very punk and very rock and roll. Although, the crowd seems to diminish year after year, the hardcore fans will always have Kat Von Ds back. <\/p>\n

Photos appear courtesy of Cynthia Jo<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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