The Protomen performing Breaking Out at PAX East

This is footage from the Unofficial PAX East 2010 Community DVD of The Protomen performing Breaking Out. As usual, this does not represent the quality of the final product, but it's pretty close.

For more information on the Unofficial PAX Community DVD Project, please visit our website at www.paxcommunitydvd.net.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• PAX
• East
• 2010
• penny
• arcade
• expo
• penny-arcade
• the
• protomen
• breaking
• out

[Patria117]

Guh, so pretty. <3

[chopsie01]

I will always miss Lance, but I gotta say, the new lead guitar knows how to rock.

[Pillowzchan]

@slightlyskitso I have to agree. They just played in Toronto, and while it was an AMAZING performance and easily one of the best nights of my life, I found the crowd to be kind of lackluster. It was a very small space and very crowded, but that makes for better moshing, IMO. I was so sad that there was barely any movement through the harder songs. I was looking forward to really just going crazy, but I was in the very front row and slightly off to the side, and it was very tame. :(

[Trollioli]

I partied with the lead singer.  He's a pretty chill dude.

[AustralianBlueMage]

Brilliant quality, next best thing for aussie fans.

[Sukhoi27K]

the bass player is a fucking tool

[slightlyskitso]

@JeffOpon

Haha I mean, I'm a gamer, so I clearly don't think that it's a universal rule. But yeah.I basically had the same experience. I feel like I could literally take on the world when that song and Breaking Out are playing. I have so much energy and hope that I can't NOT move and scream and sing along. I just can't even conceptualize how these people were just kind of milling around and not responding. I guess the main thrust of my comment is the Protomen deserve better fans

[CriticsConfession]

Was this the show where they were all drunk and tried to get Josh from The Megas to drink a bottle of Jamison backstage while waiting for an elevator? That story is funny as shit.

[CriticsConfession]

Turbolover is the fucking man.

[JeffOpon]

@slightlyskitso As much as I think it's stupid to condemn all gamers, it's true that fucking congoers are pathetic. I saw these guys at gencon, and even though we had been up since dawn, had to sit through a bunch of fucking bands, and the Protomen didn't go on till 300 AM, we gave our fucking all. The front row got it and was totally into it, but the people in the back were SITTING. THEY SAT THROUGH LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. I was happy when Kilroy started a mosh so I could give them my punches.

[JackgarPrime]

@slightlyskitso The crowd was a big dead-ish at this year's PAX East,too, but I think a lot of it is just because everyone is so tired after spending the day seeing everything at the convention that there's only so much energy left for the concerts. When I saw them at 2011, people were definitely trying to get into it, but a lot were just worn out. Not sure how it was at 2010, though, because I didn't get the chance to see them when I was there.

[slightlyskitso]

I'm glad that this video A: is so high quality and B: focuses on the band and not the crowd. I was here for this concert in the very front row. They rocked so hard, but I was fucking stunned by how dead and lame the crowd was. Couldn't even clap to a beat and keep it going. The megaman theme is cool, but the protomen are a great band regardless. They should ditch the game shit and find some worthwhile fans, because most gamers are fucking losers.