The Offspring/Sum 41 Concert Fallout & Videos (Part 1)

As you are likely well aware, The Offspring and Sum 41 rocked GFL Memorial Gardens on Tuesday night, and we have lots of fallout from that show to talk about on the site today! SooToday's Donna Hopper and SaultOnline's Megan Pounder were both on hand to cover and photograph the festivities, with both writing briefly but positively about the show, which seemed to get a strong reception! Megan said that the Gardens was "packed", but a SooToday commenter estimated that there were 2,500 fans on Tuesday, so go with whoever you like on the crowd size. Regarding photographs, Megan snapped a whopping 89 pictures on Tuesday, including 44 from Sum 41's set and 45 from The Offspring's, with crowd shots intermingled. Donna only posted 27 pictures (13 from The Offspring's set, 14 of Sum 41's, also with crowd pictures), but hers are noticeably higher quality. Regardless, both got some great angles of the bands and fans, so give both a look at the above links to see what all went down!

Note that neither Donna nor Megan uploaded any photos of opening English alt-rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up for unannounced reasons. As for videos, I have found publically shared footage from five different users from Tuesday's festivities, primarily of The Offspring's set, with only one (so far) posting anything from Sum 41's set, and none filming Dinosaur Pile-Up. We have more videos to come in the near future, but let's start with YouTube user Frank Thomas' sole upload from the Gardens, and this features the headlining California punk quartet playing their opening three songs, namely "Americana", "All I Want", and "Come Out & Play". Sadly, Frank's video is in the vertical orientation, but he has a good central view of the stage, and The Offspring sound relatively solid! Dexter's voice is noticeably deeper compared to the old days, but the band still has it musically and energetically, so give this footage a look below!



We'll close today with videos from the aptly named YouTube channel named "Concert Channel", primarily as this is the only channel so far with footage of Sum 41. First though, they filmed four videos of The Offspring, including their new song "It Won't Get Better", and the established favourites "Want You Bad", "Bad Habit", and (embedded below) "Gotta Get Away". Despite being filmed horizontally, the quality isn't as good here, with very scratchy audio, overly bright stage lighting, and a sharper angle from almost beside the stage. That said, you can tell the band and fans are in their element, so give these videos a look above and below!



Finally, "Concert Channel" also filmed two videos of Ajax, Ontario punk quintet Sum 41's set, namely of their original songs "Motivation" and, as embedded below, "We Are All To Blame" (complete with an audience lighter or two during the soft choruses!) The recording quality is about the same, but performance-wise, Sum 41 sound great underneath it all, and this lineup definitely has the right formula. Hopefully more Sum 41 footage surfaces, but give these a look above & below!



That's all for now, but stay tuned for more Offspring concert fallout and more unrelated news and notes in the coming days! Thanks everyone!