How was Rancid?

Well, for Father's Day this year my lovely wife bought me three tickets to Rancid, one of my all time favorite bands. I decided that I would invite one of my oldest best pals to come, and we even hooked our other buddy in too. The show was at the Kool Haus in Toronto, and we had an easy drive into the city. This was my first concert in years so I had pretty high expectations. I felt a nervous intensity as the three of us met up with our fourth, who lives in the city.
It was hot as Hell that day, and not one of us was looking forward to being packed in the venue. Now, I'm always up for a good circle pit, but for some reason I wasn't looking forward to the smell of stale mohawks, old leather, and punk juice. We got in damned early, even after waiting in line to get our tickets at the door. The only thing to do: Drink time.
After several vodkas I felt settled.
The opening acts were better than expected, Sick of it All and someone else? Who was that? Oh well. I didn't really care either way. Finally, Rancid!
They kicked off with "Fall Back Down" which has never been one of my preferred songs, but they moved on to some old faves like "Quite Alright" and "Blood Clot". The pit was a mess, and it was almost impossible to get up for a surf, but I managed to make it up several times, though on my one I hit a deadspot and almost went under.
My main complaint was the lousy sound. Kool Haus is notorious for it's shitty acoustics I hear. It was hard to hear the lyrics, and I think my wife's ears are still ringing.
At any rate, not a bad show, and of course it was great to get out with the boys.
Now I have to choose between Iced Earth and Method Man + Redman....
Tough call...