TASTE OF CHAOS Tour rocks the house at ODU

The Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk hosted the Taste of Chaos Tour Wednesday, featuring a two-stage, 12 band concert.

The tour is a project started by Kevin Lyman, the creator of Warped Tour. Many people refer to the Taste of Chaos Tour as the “Winter Warped Tour” because of the similarity of bands and setup of the show.

The main stage featured Deftones, Thrice and Atreyu, while the smaller Myspace-sponsored stage held bands like The Receiving End of Sirens, Street Drum Corps and American Eyes.

With one of the downsides of the tour being the very short sets that some of the bands were limited to, it was still nice to be able to fit that many bands into just six hours. As soon as a band finished their set, the next band would immediately start on the next stage.

“Thrice stole the show,” VCU sophomore Ryan Pellett said. “They had a good mix of new and old songs. They had the set perfectly set up with fast paced songs in the beginning and slowing it down and then picking it back up in the end. They just really had the crowd going.” Thrice played next to last on the main stage right before tour headliners, Deftones.

Despite taking several years off from touring and putting out new material, Deftones didn’t seem to miss a beat. Lead singer Chino Moreno seems like he has lost a few pounds and it has really helped with his onstage performance. Moreno was all over the place, even jumping into the crowd while performing the bands smash hit “My Own Summer (Shove It)”.

Deftones played for over an hour, a time length that only they and Thrice shared. All of the other bands were limited to 20- to 40-minute sets.

As far as the Myspace stage, many unknown bands got the chance to show off to a much larger crowd than they are normally accustomed to.

“We’re just looking for a little more exposure, and we’re hoping a lot of these kids come back and see us when we come back through for our headlining tour,” The Receiving End of Sirens drummer Andrew Cook said. “We’re making connections, and meeting bigger bands and stuff.”

The Receiving End of Sirens only got to play a short 20-minute set, but by being between two big bands, Story of the Year and Thrice, the band was seen by just about everyone at the concert, and they definitely took full advantage of it.

The Taste of Chaos Tour will continue to go through the United States, and eventually wrap up on April 15 in Montreal, Canada.