NEWS
EVENTS
Slam Dunk South
Indie | Wednesday 5th June 2013 | Joe
What a day, what. a. day.
Taking over University of Hertfordshire for one day fuelled with expensive edibles and underage alcoholics; Slam Dunk has returned and even a week after the festival, the glow is still looming over southern England.
With a line up that makes Wrestlemania look boring, Slam Dunk pushed the boat out, flying in huge names like All Time Low, Cancer Bats, Four Year Strong, and hosting some of England’s biggest rising talent from the likes of Gnarwolves, Heights, and Devil Sold His Soul – Slam Dunk sold out it’s tickets well in advance for this day of carnage.
The arrangement was set up 7 stages, throughout a university campus and make bands play for an hour each. It worked on so many levels, but also caused huge un-organisation and a pretty shameful sound engineer on certain stages.
The Main Stage, The Vans Off The Wall Stage and The Monster Energy Stage all proved that the organisers knew how to hire good sound techs, the other stages didn’t. For a band like The Story So Far who played the Macbeth stage, the sound was muffled, tinny and speechless. You have to understand this stage is actually where bands play when this University puts on events other than Slam Dunk.
As much as the sound was a little off on certain stages, the crowd still vibed to every single band. Old school Ska lads Streetlight Manifesto took to the stage around 7 o clock, blasted through their best records with a crowd of die hard supporters giving as much love as they received.
Our interview with headliners All Time Low is online in our Guestlist TV section.
Joe Kennedy
@alifeawkward
