New Found Glory live at Rutgers Camden - April 13, 2001 - Full Set (1st night of Self-Titled tour)

Let's quickly talk about this video. I shot it on my old Sony DV mini and the quality has held up way better than I thought. I spent the last few months getting setup to digitize my old tapes and this is one of the best of them. It's a rare full set for me, and I was able to get a few songs while on the stage.

Now a few heads ups.

I move around from song to song and the monitor audio (from the shots on the stage) and the PA audio (from the shots on the floor) varies a lot. I think there are some real rough spots - like the first time I go down to the floor, but it really does get better over time, so hang through it.

There's also some sepia tone in camera effects. Those were super cool back then, haha. I remember they used to help in low light a little bit.

And finally, I bounce around a bit. There's darkness between songs and sometimes I'll try to get the best spot while a song is going. Please forgive young me, but I wanted to share it as is, as it's a relic of the time.

And a little backstory, this was one of many awesome Rutgers Camden shows. They were all run by my old bandmate, Pat. With another old bandmate Greg doing security on this show. The openers were Autopilot Off (who was previously known as Cooter), The Movielife (I have two songs from their set as well), and Glassjaw. I remember some fun moments like how excited the band was about that massive banner (I believe they saw it for the first time there), getting food for the band (specifically trying to find a chicken sandwich in Camden, if I remember correctly), and the solid wall that was the front row of the crowd. Such a fun time.