REARVIEW MIRROR SHOW REVIEW
By adamw
Friday, February 1st, 2002
The Warehouse - La Crosse, WI

The first band that played was Irreligion. They were terrible. 80's
hair metal mixed with 70's punk. It was bad; the lead singer was
wearing a see-through fishnet shirt and tight leather pants! Although
I do have to complement their very good cover of "Hey Ho" by the
Ramones.

Next a local band from La Crosse called Phixface played. They were
much better. The crowd seemed more into the music and the music was
much more intense. They sounded kind of like Korn, Adema, or
Mudvayne. They even covered Mudvayne's hit "Dig."

Finally at 11:00, on came Rearview Mirror. They jumped right into the
title song off their new album ALL LIGHTS OFF which was great. The
crowd kept getting bigger in this little third story apartment-like
building. The third song RVM played was their new single "In the
Beginning". The energy Adam Ptacek throws into each song is amazing. 

Then, when I thought it couldn't get any better, Adam
introduced "Guilty" and they jumped right into that familiar intro.
Everyone there seemed like they knew the song, as well they should.
It's still my favorite Rearview Mirror song and probably always will
be. They played a newer, reworked version of "Guilty." It's a
little bit heavier than before.

After a little break and a couple more songs they played a new song,
a ballad called "City Walls." Adam even sat down on the floor indian-
style and moaned out the lyrics to this great song for a bit. A bunch
of us took out lighters and held them up for this tune. It was about
that time that I noticed Adam and Matt were playing barefoot and
drummer T.J. had already thrown off his t-shirt. Right around the
middle of the set the band jumped into another familiar
song, "Animal." This song was also reworked. RVM
continued playing fresh new songs, not losing their intensity at all.
They ended their set with the explosive "28/7."

After RVM thanked thanked all and walked offstage, the crowd started up.
Everyone was screaming for more. No one was going to leave until they
got more. So then, after only a couple of minutes, they came back out
for an encore. I wasn't let down when they jumped into an old favorite, 
track 2 on their indie CD, BLOWN OUT, called "Stain." Everyone went wild, 
it was fantastic. 
A friend snagged a set list and its typed out below. 

SET LIST
All Lights Off
Stronger Than Before
In the Beginning
Guilty
Study Me
City Walls
Blade
Animal
Sinking
Mask
Final Thoughts
Like They Were
Dead Air
Thank You
28/7
ENCORE: Stain