Tuesday, March 17, 2020
13,000 fans moshed at home as a metal band streamed from an empty venue
Popular Science: To an unfamiliar eye, the average a show from Pittsburgh-based metal outfit, Code Orange, looks like large-scale melee. As the band literally screams through their set, the audience yells, whips their hair, and climbs all over each other. The crowd is a fundamental part of any metal or hardcore band’s performance. Right now, however, social distancing stands in its way thanks to Coronavirus. Venues have limited capacities or have canceled shows completely, which has left touring musicians with lost ticket sales and bins full of T-shirts and other merch they hoped to sell on the road.
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I think we live in an incredibly fascinating age for a pandemic. That sounds weird to say, but this is the first time technology this advanced has existed as a worldwide pandemic takes its toll. Though we may be stuck at home, we have the technology available to us to stream our lives from our bed. It's weird. It feels kind of dystopian. In all honesty, I think this is a really creative idea that I would feel very uncomfortable taking part in. John Oliver's latest episode of Last Week Tonight, for example, was done in an empty room with a white background and no audience. Watching it was... uncomfortable for me. It made me feel apocalyptic. These are such creative solutions because of the wonders of the Internet, and it makes me happy to hear that people were able to enjoy this band's music from home, but I don't know... I'm interested to see what levels these events are taken to.
I think we live in an incredibly fascinating age for a pandemic. That sounds weird to say, but this is the first time technology this advanced has existed as a worldwide pandemic takes its toll. Though we may be stuck at home, we have the technology available to us to stream our lives from our bed. It's weird. It feels kind of dystopian. In all honesty, I think this is a really creative idea that I would feel very uncomfortable taking part in. John Oliver's latest episode of Last Week Tonight, for example, was done in an empty room with a white background and no audience. Watching it was... uncomfortable for me. It made me feel apocalyptic. These are such creative solutions because of the wonders of the Internet, and it makes me happy to hear that people were able to enjoy this band's music from home, but I don't know... I'm interested to see what levels these events are taken to.
What a time to be alive. To be alive in a time when you are housebound but able to watch a bunch of folks scream in real-time through any device of your choosing. How strange it must have been for the band to play for an empty venue. More power to them for being able to give that performance their all despite the apocalyptic feel of an empty stadium. I only watched a few seconds of the video provided in the article, as I am not a fan of screamo or heavy metal or moshing or anything of the sort, but it was definitely energetic and animated and very, very loud. Good on Sunny Singh for finding a creative solution to stream the concert. Employing his own cameras in addition to livestream setups already at the venue? Good for him.
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