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From the Vault: The Faint Take the Troubadour in Hollywood, 10.4.01

Posted in Concert Reviews, Reviews with tags , on 04/05/2026 by Kurt Orzeck

On a weeknight in West Hollywood, relative newcomers The Faint from Omaha, Nebraska, took the famed Troubadour by storm, inspiring the crowd to hop onstage and dance along with the band for their final number. It was, well, so not Hollywood for dozens of uninhibited souls to make the daring move and take concert interaction to the next level. And as tour attendance had faltered in the previous weeks following 9/11, even more delight was had in seeing the spectacle.

Read my full review, originally published in October 2001 in Campus Circle, here.