NEW FOR 2017!
REVIEW
Senior Photojournalist Tim Schumann is back for
more and brings another great show to Total Order.
He catches up with the incredible new band, I Prevail.
Now here comes a band that I have
shot a total of three times over the past
2 years. The first time was in August of
2015 and truth be told, I wasn’t really
impressed. The second time was this
past August at Warped in Las Cruces,
New Mexico, and this time I really paid
attention. Needless to say, the hooks
were embedded, so you might imagine
how I felt when I learned that I Prevail
was coming to El Paso, Texas, on No-
vember 10, at none other than Tricky
Falls, my stomping grounds!!
I Prevail brought their Rage on the
Stage Tour to our little West Texas town
with a vengeance. Supporting acts were
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Escape the Fate, The Word Alive and We
Came as Romans.
Now if you’re a fan of hard/metal core
music, then you know that each one of
these national acts are headlining acts
any day of the week. To me that’s what
makes this tour above and beyond.
I’ve been going to shows since 1972.
I’ve seen one or two opening acts in my
tenure. People, for the most part, are at-
tending to see the headlining act, so acts
that are supporting sometimes are not
well received simply because they are up
and coming and/or unknown. I mean I
saw Van Halen open for Black Sabbath
in ‘78 and look how that turned out. But
that certainly wasn’t the case on this
particular evening.
People had been lined up since mid-
day outside the venue. Doors were at
7pm and in no time, Tricky filled up to
the point they opened the balcony, which
they only do for a sold out show.
When Escape the Fate hit the stage at 8,
it was as if someone lit a fuse. The joint
just imploded and it was quite the sight;
pushing and shoving, a circle pit right
from get go. Security had their hands full
with all the insanity on the other side of
the barricade, not to mention the crowd
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