I walked inside the Showbox at the Market just in time to hear Bayside rip into their hit single “Duality.” The signs outside advertising the show as sold out weren’t lying, and the crowd I waded through to get a view of the stage served as proof.

The setup on stage was perfect. Unused equipment was draped in black sheets, and the only things left on the stage were the musicians and their instruments. Guitarist Jack O’Shea was working the space from end to end, his sweat-soaked hair plastered to his face.

I’ve heard stories about the New York punk quartet being booed offstage when playing with more “hardcore” bands like some of their Victory Records counterparts (specifically, A Day To Remember), but the band seemed right at home in a lighter pop-punk atmosphere and was definitely never booed.

They ended with “Devotion and Desire” from their 2005 self-titled album, and it seemed the set had come and gone in a flash. The band put on a great show that passed by too quickly, but it was clear the line that had stretched around the block was there for the headliner.

New Found Glory took the stage to a thunderous wave of applause and immediately tore into “Listen to Your Friends,” the breakout single from their March 2009 album Not Without a Fight, which was recorded with Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. The performance was exactly what I had hoped for, based on music videos and past concert footage; bassist Ian Grushka was shirtless and loving it.

I only saw a handful of people hauled off to the bathroom to wash the blood off of their hands and faces, and about an equal amount were eventually thrown out for drunkenness or fighting. Black Flag patches, denim vests and gauged ears were the norm, but pop-punk is known to draw from a wide swath of the demographic. This concert was no different, and at one point, guitarist Chad Gilbert even noted: “You don’t have to look any way to like music — passion before fashion!”

Another example of the crowd’s diversity, and one of the show’s best moments, was when the band began to play “Failure’s Not Flattering,” but vocalist Jordan Pundik instead launched into Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa.” Judging by the fans’ explosive response, the mashup-cover was an instant success.

When the 2002 album Sticks and Stones was released, New Found Glory began drawing comparisons to bands like Good Charlotte and Simple Plan — and they weren’t happy

BY NICK FELDMAN

THE DAILY

I walked inside the Showbox at the Market just in time to hear Bayside rip into their hit single “Duality.” The signs outside advertising the show as sold out weren’t lying, and the crowd I waded through to get a view of the stage served as proof.

The setup on stage was perfect. Unused equipment was draped in black sheets, and the only things left on the stage were the musicians and their instruments. Guitarist Jack O’Shea was working the space from end to end, his sweat-soaked hair plastered to his face.

I’ve heard stories about the New York punk quartet being booed offstage when playing with more “hardcore” bands like some of their Victory Records counterparts (specifically, A Day To Remember), but the band seemed right at home in a lighter pop-punk atmosphere and was definitely never booed.

They ended with “Devotion and Desire” from their 2005 self-titled album, and it seemed the set had come and gone in a flash. The band put on a great show that passed by too quickly, but it was clear the line that had stretched around the block was there for the headliner.

New Found Glory took the stage to a thunderous wave of applause and immediately tore into “Listen to Your Friends,” the breakout single from their March 2009 album Not Without a Fight, which was recorded with Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus. The performance was exactly what I had hoped for, based on music videos and past concert footage; bassist Ian Grushka was shirtless and loving it.

I only saw a handful of people hauled off to the bathroom to wash the blood off of their hands and faces, and about an equal amount were eventually thrown out for drunkenness or fighting. Black Flag patches, denim vests and gauged ears were the norm, but pop-punk is known to draw from a wide swath of the demographic. This concert was no different, and at one point, guitarist Chad Gilbert even noted: “You don’t have to look any way to like music — passion before fashion!”

Another example of the crowd’s diversity, and one of the show’s best moments, was when the band began to play “Failure’s Not Flattering,” but vocalist Jordan Pundik instead launched into Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa.” Judging by the fans’ explosive response, the mashup-cover was an instant success.

When the 2002 album Sticks and Stones was released, New Found Glory began drawing comparisons to bands like Good Charlotte and Simple Plan — and they weren’t happy about it. The evolution of sound that followed, accompanied by an amped-up stage presence, quickly dispelled those similarities. After announcing that the last song would be taped and posted online, the South Florida five-piece put everything they had into their biggest hit, “My Friends Over You.” I’ve never seen a circle pit swell so quickly.

There are some things that New Found Glory — and pop-punk as a genre — is good at. While complex melodies and hard-hitting analytical lyrics don’t normally fall into that category, a good performance almost always does. Bayside and New Found Glory proved no exception.

Reach reporter Nick Feldman at arts@dailyuw.com.