Hometown Thorwdown support announced

BDx13 - 11-16-2010 at 11:45 PM

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced the full line-up for their 12th annual Hometown Throwdown, being held at the House of Blues in Boston from December 26th through the 28th.

For the first night, the bill will feature The F.U.'s and We Are the Union. The second will include H2O and The Flatliners and the final show of the set will include Less Than Jake and DYS.

MattyA - 11-17-2010 at 12:36 AM

Going to the second show, will be my 1st time seeing the Bosstones. Going to be a good night and H2O makes it all that better.

XHonusWagnerX - 11-17-2010 at 09:10 AM

LESS THAN JAKE and DYS!?!?

3rdDistrict - 11-17-2010 at 10:34 AM

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LESS THAN JAKE and DYS!?!?

SO ODD!

ShawnRefuse - 11-17-2010 at 11:48 AM

yeah odd, but LTJ has the bosstones fans, and Dicky was at the DYS reunion show, must have liked what he saw

I am going night 2 as well. I chose it because of H20. I hear flatliners are really good too.

XHonusWagnerX - 11-17-2010 at 02:17 PM

I would like to see DYS again

Discipline - 11-17-2010 at 02:27 PM

The F.U.'s are the only opener that might hold any interest for me.

ShawnRefuse - 11-17-2010 at 02:46 PM

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The F.U.'s are the only opener that might hold any interest for me.

They play a lot now in the Boston area. Come up.

Mark Lind - 11-17-2010 at 04:26 PM

In somewhat related news, I like the fact that Dropkick Murphys are just having the same band open all of their St Paddy's Day shows this year. It's not like they need the help selling the tickets. Against Me is on all the shows.

MattyA - 11-17-2010 at 05:04 PM

I am going to skip the Dropkicks shows this year, didn't really have a good time at last years show. I use to like the fact that they changed it up every show, made it more interesting. First st patty's show I went to was one the Ducky Boys opened for them, maybe 7 years ago? Shawn thats why I chose night 2 too.

ShawnRefuse - 11-17-2010 at 06:03 PM

Mark, I thought Against Me was only doing one night? No?

Put in a good word for a great (well, we think we are ok) opening band, seeing how I don't know any of them personally haha.

SLF - 11-17-2010 at 06:26 PM

I'm going to all 3 nights of Throwdown. Very excited for the openers. So pumped to see DYS(and at the NYC show the next week), since I missed the August show.

Shawn, I don't know if you'll be real into the Flatliners. They've been good every time I saw them(Bosstones summer tour twice, missed them at the Allentown show, and Riot Fest), though. Who knows? A couple of their songs are so fast their singer can't keep up with the lyrics live, but they play them anyways, it's kind of amusing.

As for DKM choosing Against Me! to open all the shows...not excited. I don't like Against Me! and will be at both the 17th & 18th shows. I'm really hoping they pull in other good support bands. Support for DKM is generally a let down for me, so we shall see what this year brings. I don't expect anything amazing, though.

MattyA - 11-17-2010 at 08:39 PM

I always thought the support for DKM was always good , one of the main reasons I would go see them. Last years shows were kind of a let down except for a few of the bands, the show I went to had the swingin utters on it but no one knew who they were. Thats the main reason why I am not going to go this year, the people there are only there to see DKM and have no idea who the other bands are. Were before everyone knew all the bands on the bill and it made the whole show fun. It just isn't that fun anymore.

EJD - 11-17-2010 at 10:36 PM

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Originally posted by ShawnRefuse
yeah odd, but LTJ has the bosstones fans, and Dicky was at the DYS reunion show, must have liked what he saw

I am going night 2 as well. I chose it because of H20. I hear flatliners are really good too.

Dickie and DYS go way back. He drew this:

wez138 - 11-17-2010 at 10:41 PM

That is one great line up...........Aside from less than jake.

EJD - 11-17-2010 at 10:44 PM

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That is one great line up...........Aside from less than jake.

(funny cause it's true)

ShawnRefuse - 11-18-2010 at 01:04 AM

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yeah odd, but LTJ has the bosstones fans, and Dicky was at the DYS reunion show, must have liked what he saw

I am going night 2 as well. I chose it because of H20. I hear flatliners are really good too.

Dickie and DYS go way back. He drew this:

I know, I was kidding. Of course he would have them play. AND like what he saw. That scene was what got him into music. If I can get in on that night I will go definitely. Just can't afford so many shows at HOB prices.

SLF - 11-18-2010 at 03:05 AM

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I always thought the support for DKM was always good , one of the main reasons I would go see them. Last years shows were kind of a let down except for a few of the bands, the show I went to had the swingin utters on it but no one knew who they were. Thats the main reason why I am not going to go this year, the people there are only there to see DKM and have no idea who the other bands are. Were before everyone knew all the bands on the bill and it made the whole show fun. It just isn't that fun anymore.

They always pull a band or two I want to see...like the Utters. But I never end up with tickets to those shows. I always get the openers I want nothing to do with. The last opener I've really enjoyed them with on St. Paddy's that I've been there for is Mark Lind & the Unloved, but if I'm not mistaken the other band on that show was Black 47 and they made me want to rip out my eardrums. Only did one show last year, got SOIA and Larry & His Flask. Couldn't get into Larry. And SOIA, though a very fun live band, is just not my favorite hardcore band.

XHonusWagnerX - 11-18-2010 at 09:24 AM

How awesome would it be if the Cheapskates opened!?!

MattyA - 11-18-2010 at 09:59 AM

Last years lineups were not as good as in years past. Tha show I went to for example had the Utters on it, but the openin bands was Swimming with sharks or something like that and they played all these old sailor songs. I was bored out of my mind during their set.

ShawnRefuse - 11-18-2010 at 10:13 AM

Barroom Heroes are opening one night for Dropkicks. The 13 year olds, according to their YouTube.

EJD - 11-18-2010 at 10:19 AM

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Barroom Heroes are opening one night for Dropkicks. The 13 year olds, according to their YouTube.

Yeah, they played McGreevy's recently.

Johnny_Whistle - 11-18-2010 at 10:37 AM

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Originally posted by SLFthe other band on that show was Black 47 and they made me want to rip out my eardrums.

Huh, I love those guys.

Mark Lind - 11-18-2010 at 10:41 AM

Yeah I would assume Ken will still have one rotating opener for each show. The openers are cool for people that care for opening bands but - let's be honest - we're a very small minority these days. DKM are so huge that their audience doesn't give a shit about the openers and Against Me is probably the only band they can pull in that those people will like since they actually get light radio play. Opening up for them is a really fun experience but it's not what it was 10 years ago when their audience was salivating for the next band. I'd go so far as to say that it would be far more valuable for a young band to open for Street Dogs and play to 400 people than it would be to open for DKM and play to 2000 people.... unless you have massive crossover appeal. At least at the SD show then all 400 people will like you where as about 1% of the people at the DKM show might pay attention. Playing with DKM is like getting the rockstar treatment; they haven't changed at all as far as their graciousness and hospitality goes but it's a way different ball game. They could have anyone open and it doesn't matter since the tickets sell out without the openers even being announced.

The Bosstones, on the other hand, are in a cool position for us because they need the openers to sell the tickets so they craft interesting line-ups and people pick and choose which night they will go to based on the openers.

This post was way longer than it needed to be.

MattyA - 11-18-2010 at 11:39 AM

Mark your right, it's definately not the same as 10 years ago. Like I said earlier when I saw the utters last year, maybe about 30-40 people knew who they were. The rest of the audience just sat there not really paying any attention to them.

MikeResist - 11-18-2010 at 11:49 AM

I'm going the night H20 is playign as well thanks to Shawn. He bought me a ticket, thanks buddy!

ChadBeantown - 11-18-2010 at 11:53 AM

I agree 100% that 10 years ago the openers where more my cup of tea!! I will alway's like the Dropkick's but if I am going to spend $45 on a ticket I really want to know who else is on the show. I am one of the few people going to the show for the opening bands as well!! The last one I went to The Old Brigade opened and NOBODY paid attention at all. You could hear the crickets cherping between songs.

Mark Lind - 11-18-2010 at 01:56 PM

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I agree 100% that 10 years ago the openers where more my cup of tea!! I will alway's like the Dropkick's but if I am going to spend $45 on a ticket I really want to know who else is on the show. I am one of the few people going to the show for the opening bands as well!! The last one I went to The Old Brigade opened and NOBODY paid attention at all. You could hear the crickets cherping between songs.

Better to have crickets chirping than "the chant" haha

SLF - 11-18-2010 at 03:41 PM

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Barroom Heroes are opening one night for Dropkicks. The 13 year olds, according to their YouTube.

I can't believe a Dropkick cover band is opening for Dropkick

SLF - 11-18-2010 at 03:44 PM

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Better to have crickets chirping than "the chant" haha

So true. I've seen Big D get the chant. That was pretty funny since a decent sized amount of the crowd(albeit not that many, still, but more than a typical DKM opener) were into them.

Mark, every time I've seen you with DKM I've felt alone in knowing the songs. One time I had a group of middle aged women in dresses & high heels telling me to stop invading their personal space(this was St. Paddy's Day). It was pretty amusing.

ChadBeantown - 11-18-2010 at 04:26 PM

I am sure Barroom Heroes will be playing their own songs that night. They just finished recording a 6 song demo of originals that they have at shows.