When I first visited Rock Island, it reminded me of a club that some Disney channel drama would use as a set. It features this low light, modern decor that attracts my whinny, ever so depressed generation. After my impression of Rock Island years ago, I came to the conclusion that a Blockbuster night would […]
In my experience with shows at Rock Island that there are two types of crowds. There are the ones where everyone is packed in like sardines, so tight that they either can’t enjoy the band and just stand there covered in sweat, or just don’t even notice how packed it is because they’re so into […]
I’ve only been to a handful of shows at Rock Island that have been sold out: Fear Before the March of Flames’ CD release show with Lenore in 2004, My Chemical Romance with Harrison Bergeron in 2004, and if I remember correctly, A Static Lullaby was sold out with Hawthorne Heights, also in 2004. But […]
Walking into Rock Island is always a little disorientating, especially if it is for a hardcore show. The bar with its stalactite sculptures on the ceiling and a rotating crystalloid fixture in the corner was unusually slow and empty. Maybe it was because the hardcore kids aren’t into (or are too young for) drinking. Up […]
