What's Hot

  DAN HYMAN  

+ Friend

.

.
Around 5 p.m. on Friday, steps away from the Hollywood Wax Museum, a line started to form, its members roasting in the hot L.A sun. Those gathered weren’t patiently waiting for some cheesy 3-D flick or another overpriced tourist trap — the crowd bunched in front of Boardner’s was in the mood for some iconic pop-punk. Sum 41, who headlined Friday’s Myspace Secret Show, have certainly played in the L.A. area over the years — after all, frontman Deryck Whibley now calls SoCal home. But the excitement among those waiting to catch a free performance from the Canadian punk stalwarts was undeniable, especially in anticipation of hearing the four dudes rip through new tunes from their just-released album, Screaming Bloody Murder: Sum’s first full-length since 2007, and the LP that ends the longest gap between albums since their breakout smash, 2001’s All Killer No Filler.

.

It seemed at one point that the tiny venue’s walls simply couldn’t contain all those eager to rage, but like clockwork, at 7:30 p.m., the masses piled in to catch the opening performance by LA crew Kemble Walters & The Blank Faces. As Walters — best known as the drummer for The Rise — and his band plowed through their short, powerful set, Tim Armstrong — of Rancid and The Transplants fame — chatted backstage with the Sums as they stretched their punk-rock limbs. As the chants of “Sum 41″ began, and the audience started to tweet and snap photos — shooting them around their social network with their new smartphone apps, Color and Textplus, and all sorts of other modern-age gizmos that Sum 41 could have only imagined back when they were just scraggly high schoolers who played loud music — the band burst onstage. Deryck Whibley smiled as he greeted the crowd, before leading his band through a rowdy one-hour set. At times during the set, which included classics like “Fat Lip” and newcomers such as the title track from their new LP, the screams were so loud you swore you were at a venue triple the size of the intimate Boardner’s. And, being the showmen they are, the band excitedly answered the crowd’s deafening cries for Slayer with a bone-crushing heavy metal medley near the end of the set. After the show, once the band had barreled offstage, the crowd, sweaty, exhausted and thoroughly rocked out, snatched their limited-edition poster, and piled out onto Hollywood Blvd.
.
Check out a few pictures from the show below and then be sure to check out a full gallery of pictures from the Sum 41 Secret Show right here.
.

.

.

.

.

.

These days, everything you can do on your computer, you can more or less do on your phone. So, naturally Secret Shows is going mobile. To help you make the most of your Secret Show experience this Friday when Sum 41 rocks Boardner’s in Hollywood, be sure and check out these three sweet apps. To help you out, we’ve provided a brief description of each.

.

Soundtracking: This app allows you to share your music-related moments right as they happen. With a few taps of your phone, you can share a playable song snippet, photo and location all in one SoundTrack. You can also identify and easily find the music you are hearing using their search and auto-ID features, add your own photo or an artist/album image and much more. Click on the program name to download the app.

.

TextPlus: Textplus is a way you can join a text group for people doing something related to you… in this case, SECRET SHOWS! Think of it as a massive text chat room. Click on the program name to download the app.

.
Color: You’ll see pictures before the show of the bands setting up inside as well as the pictures taken all around you. During the show you’ll be able to get a 360 degree perspective of the concert in real-time: backstage, on stage, on teh floor in the front row and pix from all the other fans too. Throughout the night, we’ll be sharing exclusive pictures using Color to give you guys sneak peeks and behind the scenes snapshots! Click on the program name to download the app. Also, color is available for Android. Download it here.

.
Yes, you read that correctly, people. Sum 41, whose new album Screaming Bloody Murder was released yesterday, will be performing a Myspace Secret Show this Friday, April 1st, 2011, at Boardner’s in Hollywood, CA. The Canadian punk-rock crew will be joined by Kemble Walters and the Blank Faces.

.

The show is All Ages and doors are at 7:30 p.m. but once the venue is full, you’ll be out of luck. So be sure to get there early! If you can’t make it out, or don’t live in California, no worries: the entire show will be livestreaming on Myspace Music, and viewable on iPad and iPod. So be sure to log on Friday night to check out all the action.

.

A few other tips to help you make your Secret Show experience even more rad:

.

1. Join a mobile group– see pics and talk to people who are AT THE SHOW!  To do so, text SECRETSHOWS to 60611.

.

2. Got an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch? Download TextPlus from the app store

.

- Once it’s downloaded go to the Featured tab and tap SECRETSHOWS. Join a SECRETSHOWS group and chat with people at the show, share pics and all that good stuff.

.

Also, take a look at the show’s sweet poster art below courtesy of our friends at Vahalla Studios. See you Friday!

.

This coming Friday, April 1st, Myspace Secret Shows makes it’s triumphant return to Hollywood. For the return, we have chosen legendary club, that’s been a Hollywood staple since 1942. A notorious hang out of Elizabeth Short, aka Black Dhalia and Robert Mitchum. This particular club has also been rumored to be haunted, and home to thousands of stories, verifiable and fabulous alike.

Think you know which club it is?

  DAN HYMAN  

+ Friend

.

Secret Shows is coming back to Tinseltown!!! Check back tomorrow to find out who is rocking the stage!

.

In the meantime, take a look at a snippet of the show’s poster art below and see if you can figure out who the artist might be!

.

.