I went to my second Protocol show tonight.
I grabbed some free parking, got to the bar a hair before 9. As I was walkin up I spotted Aaron. He guestlisted me so I got my wrist stamped, no cover. Then headed to another bar The Bohemian for some cheap drinks. Kill half an hour there then head back to Doc's so he can help setup stuff.
A lil after 10 they hit the stage and put on a killer set. They open with "Favorite Girl" which was one of my favorites from the first show, and its on the demo too. After the 4th or 5th song Aaron has Rob dedicate a song to Cangirl, a girl on the message board. No idea if she was there or not. The song they end with, I forget the title and its not on the demo but Rob just screams it out like he was Chris Cornell doing "Cochise". Great vocals!
So after the show Aaron and I go out to the lounge part and kick it. After a couple minutes a girl comes up, it was Cangirl. She was really sweet. The 3 of us hung out the rest of the break between bands and through half of the next band. Eventually we wandered back inside, there wasnt nearly as many people in there as there was for the Protocol. They were decent at best.
After that set Rob came out, we got to talk to him a bit. Cool guy! I cant wait for the next show!