Siege of Limerick - 30th Edition - 27/10

[Lurker]

Lad I'm on about is the small,bald head of security

[Giggles]

Paudge? I've always found him to be fairly sound, always seems to be chatting away and having the craic with everybody.

Yer man with the beard (Ali, Ari?) seems sound too.

The other lad looks like he fucking hates metal heads.

[jobrok1]

I was only there till 5pm myself. Had the young fella in town, so had to leave early.
Would have loved to stick around for Drowned and 5WD.

5pm is really early for all ages.
Even if they just let 16 to 18's till 7 or 8pm or something.

There was a large crowd of younger ones throwing shapes for Zealot Cult before they had to leave at 5pm, and the couple of mongo heavies acting the maggot who were shoving them all over the place.
That was when the bouncers set up shop in front of the stage.

[ochoill]

Never had any issues with security in Dolan's, they are all very sound, have been to and played countless gigs in there now and always been treated great by them and the staff.  There was an incident in there a few years back where someone broke their leg in a moshpit and one of the outcomes was moshing has to be limited so people can't get injured.

Siege was unreal sport this year, still recovering here.  Busy all round, crowd was in great form.  FWD set was standout, also saw a rake of other bands.  Shardborne, Uncultivates, Fraught, Grief Eater, Worn Out, Famyne, Drowned, Brigantia, Orbiter - all deadly.  Missed a few bands I would have liked to see but it's impossible to catch everyone and I was so poisoned later on that I can barely remember after Worn Out 

Good auld turnout in the Kasbah for the Ordinator set too, delighted.  My body aches

[mickO)))]

Lad I'm on about is the small,bald head of security

It's not the same fella this lad looked like a slightly smaller version of Don Vito from Viva La Bam.

Never had any issues with security in Dolan's, they are all very sound,

I felt the same until I saw the way the fella mentioned already was behaving. He didn't do anything to me specifically but he seemed like a right prick who was antagonising people over nothing. Was a kid a bit over to the right of me that was being pushed forward from people moshing behind him and the bouncer just kept shoving the kid back towards the people moshing. He couldn't have been more than 15 or 16.

[Yung Led Zeppelin]

Had a great day but funny ye mention, I noticed the same thing. They definitely seemed a bit more hands on than usual, even since the incident, not to an outrageous extent or anything, but enough to make the atmosphere a bit weird at times I thought. I overheard the guy talking at some point (I think) and he just didn't seem to be having a good day at all, seemed fairly pissed off. Didn't see Podge there at all and he's usually on the ball in fairness.

Anyway, fairly minor gripe to be honest, still the same usual great day of enjoying music and catching up with folk.

[Circlepit]

I've never been. The whole thing looks brilliant and the merch looks savage.

[Paul keohane]

Yeah huge selection of Merch!.The Venue is as good as anything you'll come across anywhere.You have to traditional pub;the small venues,the main Warehouse.But it's the upstairs area that really ties it all together.

I've never been. The whole thing looks brilliant and the merch looks savage.

[DISRUPTER]

The best gig ever

[Shitstirrer]

Brought the kids (12 and 14) in til 5pm then the missus took them home

They loved it and particularly enjoyed shardborne.

I thought drowned were great and famyne were a surprise for me too.

Good day out

[Shardknife]

I had a great time at the Siege as usual. Felt very busy even from early on. It was hard to get a decent spot in the kasbah and upstairs for some bands. Fair play to the bar staff, was never waiting long to get a drink.

Some of my favourite acts were FiveWillDie, Fraught, Dog Tired, Zealot, Ordinator and Uragh. Thought Famyine were decent but got bored after a few songs. Good sets by Tooms and Worn Out but only caught bits of them as the stages were mad busy. Also thoroughly enjoyed playing the warehouse with Shardborne.

I get people not being too fond of the security but I think they are being fair enough, knowing some of them they are actually very fond of the metal gigs/fans and are pretty sound as long as people aren't hasseling other punters or getting overly aggressive. Moshing is strictly not allowed in any venue, the fact they let people mosh at all is a blessing. Sure we'd love free reign to go mad but as long as people want the Siege and gigs to go ahead they'll have to put up with some presence and intervention from them.

[Giggles]

What a day out that was!

Uragh wouldn't really be my thing to listen to, but they sounded great and put on a good show. Had the place hopping at 2:15pm and fair play to the youngsters for getting their mosh on early before the floor inevitably gets slippery as fuck with drink later on.

Shardbourne were class, hadn't seen them in a while.

Host Body also very good.

Saw some medieval lad (GEHEIMNISKNECHT?) using a synth for uncomfortable sounds and rubbing a knife with a (contact mic?) attached to it along his chain mail and in his mouth. That was interesting to watch!

Five Will Die were class, great stage presence you'd swear they'd been playing together on the regular all this time.

Gets a bit fuzzy here on out, I saw Acid Throne and Dog Tired, don't remember much other than a lot of headbanging. Couldn't even tell you what genre they were, but it was a lot of fun.

Fair play as always to all involved, organisers, staff, bands and sound crowds 🤘

[M.Hopkins]

Cracking day out for sure. Drowned were deadly but seemed a very short set at spot on 40 minutes. Fraught were vicious upstairs and the pit there seemed much rougher than in the warehouse but better natured. There were a few hefty lads in wife beaters in the warehouse that seemed to be up for a bit of a ruck so security were spot on for nipping that in the bud.
Shardborne were great, the bang if Rush off the second (new?) track was cool.
Famyne started off great for first few songs and then nosedived into mediocrity. Couldn't watch the singer who had a great voice but looked like a stage school Zelensky.
Orbiter were cool, loads of fuzzy riffs and Brigantia too although I reckon they're missing the extra hefty of Mick on guitar.
Geheimniskneckt was an interesting performance with the chain mail and dagger, wondering if he was gonna cut himself .
Tooms sounded pure hefty but Kasbah was jammed so hard to get a decent spot.
Ordinator were cool, real touch of industrial and punk to the live sound that I didn't catch on the ep.
Host Body bored the arse off me, just seemed like more of the same from loads of English bands with shouty vocals , keyboard over the top and breakdowns , yawn. Caught a few more bands but can't recall much more now.
Real mixed crowd all day, seemed to be a good few international heads around too. Roll on Easter!

[jobrok1]

There was one particular cunt in a wife beater that needed a good hiding from security. Prick was throwing underagers around like rag dolls.
I wasn't even in the pit and got shoved in the lower back by him at one stage and thought my spine had snapped.