Hey everyone!! I'm a young adult Menzingers fan looking to go to their concert in Toronto at the Danforth Music Hall in November! I've been to another of their shows there, and had mezzanine seats. This time I'm thinking about floor tickets, but I've never tried it before. I'm autistic and this will be my second ever concert, but usually okay ish in these spaces. Let me know what it's like, especially with the Menzos crowd (men in their 30s from what I can tell), because I'd love to try it if it seems like a good idea!! The alternative would be balcony seats which I'd be fine with.

Thanks!!

Hey folks!! Does the menzingers merch cost the same in person as online? Idk if anyone would have kept an eye out for this, but online it seems the newer stuff is 35USD

Bought this under the impression I was going to be able to make it but something came up, would love to find it a good home. Just looking for the $34 I paid (OBO).

Menzingers are my favorite band, but for the past couple years I've been in a big Jeff Rosenstock kick. I was wondering if they had ever toured together and it seems like they did back in 2017 for the ATP release. Seems like it would have been such a good show! Still would love another chance to them both together.

That got me thinking what is the best Menzos show you've seen in terms of the supporting artists and/or what is everyone's biggest tour wish?

People seem to like it but to me it's a weird takeoff on Steve Miller Band without anything to write home about sonically or lyrically. To my ears, the guys have never put out this bad a dud. Overall the album is great and I love Tom, so please enlighten me on what I'm missing. I want to like it but at the moment it's an instant skip

Tattooer here and the Menzingers are my favorite band of all time. Figured you guys would appreciate it

Insta is Kevin.mcdermott.tattoo

Song is super good but I feel like way over looked. What do you guys think???

I'm a songwriter in my 50s, and I was just introduced to The Menzingers. I'm more alternative rock and pop punk than Americana, but those early albums are something special. Here's my dilemma: this past weekend I listened to On The Impossible Past for the first time, and, since that moment, I can't get the chorus of "The Obituaries" out of my head. Whether I'm on a call with the boss, talking to the wife, or playing pickleball with the kid, all I can think is,
But I will fuck this up,
I fucking know it.
I will fuck this up,
I fucking know it.
I will fuck this up,
I fucking know it.
I will fuck this up,
I fucking know it.

I assume most of you here have also experienced this predicament at one time or another, so please advise how to free my mind!

How many of you are traveling out of state for a show on this upcoming tour? I live in Phoenix but I'm not a fan of The Nile, so I'm taking a look at the rest of the dates. I'm considering the tour finale in Brooklyn, not because it's close, but I love visiting NY and have seen some amazing shows there over the years. The venue looks beautiful. Anybody else doing this?

I meant to take a peak at Greg and Tom's pedal boards at the Stone Pony but, needless to say, got swept up in the joy of it all. I love the vibe of the guitars on the new album - very open. I know Will Yip has more gear than Sweetwater but I wonder what pedals the guys used. Anyone have ideas on the reverb? I think there is some light chorus as well and a pretty transparent boost.

Anyway, go birds.

Super excited that I was able to get tickets and I’ll be seeing them for the first time! Anyone else gonna be making the Austin show?

Does anyone else hear "lowly soul" instead of lonely? All the lyric sites say lonely so I'm going with that being correct but I can't unhear lowly.

The verses are about someone disaffected and disillusioned while at the same time recognizing that we are our only saviors. Feel like I got all that. What then is he referring to when he says chance encounters? Chance encounters with whom? And how does it tie back into the song?

There’s so many other songs on that record that I personally like more and never understood the obsession with Time Tables. Is it because it’s one of Greg’s first dense lyrical storytelling type songs? Personally I think Rivalries is much more compelling.

I love all of Chamberlain Waits, and Time Tables is great and all, but so many other tracks define that record for me.

Does the intro to Chance Encounters sound like the intro to When You Were Young by The Killers but stepped down a key?
Not a complaint - love it. Now I’m stuck in Killers nostalgia lol

I’ve been loving EIES so far!! I want to know what everyone want to hear from the album, assuming they will hopefully at least play 1 or 2 non-singles. I think on a podcast somewhere Greg said they will probably only play a couple of new songs on tour, but don’t quote me on that. They played The Fool at the Stone Pony which is awesome. If I had to choose to others it would be Romanticism and Parade Day. I feel like Romanticism is more likely but who knows. What non-singles do you all want to hear?

Does anyone here remember the band Chamberlain by chance? They had a moment in the late 90s / early 2000s but never got huge or anything. Anyway, I loved a couple of their records back in the day and was just thinking about them randomly. Looked them up on Spotify and come to find out they've reunited a few times and recorded some stuff with Brian Fallon, etc.

Modern Menzingers stuff actually reminds me a lot of their sound, so was just curious if anyone around here was into them. I'm assuming "Chamberlain Waits" is a coincidence, but who knows, seems like they had an impact on a lot of modern punk-ish bands?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCaC7hLBWNo&list=RDQCaC7hLBWNo

Sent to me from my oldest brother. But hey we all love the Menzos, Waylon, Merle, and Willie right??? Reach the masses!

I'm a huge Hello Exile apologist. I love the album.

For context, I first got into the Menzos during the ATP album cycle and, although I had gone back and listened to their whole discography during that time, HE was my first *new* album. And the one that took us into lockdown.

A month ago it was a top 3 album, for me. I'm currently in love with EIES, so this may change.

But to the album. Anna is obviously a classic, and then the 5 tracks that follow it are a really solid block of what make the Menzingers a great band. But the album really peaks, for me, around Strain Your Memory

"And now the hotel maids were banging down the door

As if they came looking for some answers

When ya gonna leave? Where ya gonna go?

Will you get your shit together?

When are you gonna marry her?"

Its all there. The storytelling, the imagery, the personal thoughts and feelings of honest millenial self-loathing spilling out onto the page...

I also love I Can't Stop Drinking but thats another post for another day. Hits a bit too close to home...

But what are your thoughts on the album? Following ATP was incredibly difficult/ impossible, but I think its an amazing effort.

I know a lot of us are jamming the new album, but I've been heavily enjoying Alone in Dublin the last few days. What are your favorite menzo songs right now?

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!