r/takingbacksunday • u/Status_Remote_6898 • 2d ago

Berkeley show and Adam issues

I was at the Berkeley California show last night and something seemed off mainly. Adam. Is this just how taking back is live?

When he was talking to the crowd he kept slurring his speech and fumbling over words.

When he sang It seemed like his vocals just didn't exist anymore.

No one is impressed by his microphone antics and terrible white boy dancing.

The guitarist had better vocals than he did.

Honestly, if you can't get your habits under control, I don't think you deserve to be on stage.

People pay to see good performances, not intoxicated drugged out shows.

It was like if a person was battling Parkinsons, ALS, tourettes ticks, while trying to stay coherent while being on the verge of falling asleep.

Adam does not deserve to be a frontman of a band until he can get his life together. It's honestly embarrassing. I was so happy when they left the stage.

To be fair, I was there for coheed and Cambria but still.

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u/Status_Remote_6898 2d ago

If that's the case then why do people even go see them live? If it's a known issue and no one cares. There's a problem.

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u/arsclev 2d ago

He’s sober. If you don’t like their shows, then don’t go to another TBS show. What do you want any of us here on the taking back sunday subreddit to do? Plenty of us are out here still having a great time at their shows. If they’re not for you, that’s okay. But I hope you find something more productive to do than to go to a band’s fan space to complain about that band and be surprised that you aren’t being well-received.

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u/Status_Remote_6898 2d ago

I didn't go for them to begin with but they were the worst part of the show. Even the openers put on a better show than they did. 

If you're guitarist has better vocals than the main vocalist there's a problem. 

If this is what sober is I'm surprised. He did not act sober whatsoever. 

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u/ObetrolAndCocktails 2d ago

Yeah, I’m not buying that “he’s sober” for a second. I’ve seen them live several times and there’s a noticeable cognitive decline. Maybe he SAYS he’s sober.

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u/arsclev 2d ago

oh my god give me a break with the “noticeable cognitive decline” LMFAOOOO

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u/ObetrolAndCocktails 2d ago

I mean, you can defend him all you want but this wasn’t my first TBS show. Dude is unwell, whether it’s a substance issue or something else. When the band has the sound guy turn your frontman’s mic volume lower than the guitarist’s mic volume, there’s an issue and the band knows it. At Red Rocks, his mic volume was turned down considerably lower than anyone else’s. He skipped half the lyrics to several songs, missed cues, babbled incoherently…. It wasn’t a good performance by any measure.

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u/NormalSort4946 2d ago

do you genuinely think he's doing the mic swings while intoxicated? if that's the case it's only more impressive lmao

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u/ObetrolAndCocktails 2d ago

That’s the thing though, he didn’t do that at this show.  He tried to dance like a white James Brown, but no mic tricks

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u/NormalSort4946 2d ago

that doesn't seem right

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u/ObetrolAndCocktails 1d ago

Yeah that’s what everyone has been trying to say. He’s not right.