With the show starting nearly an hour late, the four members of hardcore act Thrice had a lot to prove when they played at the Maintenance Shop on Friday.

Luckily, they did not disappoint.

Despite the late start, Thrice’s blend of hardcore and metal stylings brought a slightly disenchanted crowd back to life. The set was less than an hour long, but what it lacked in quantity it made up for in quality.

The toughest job of the night rested on the shoulders of opening act Coheed and Cambria, who were forced to cheer up an already frustrated crowd. Unfortunately, the band’s own blend of hardcore and progressive musical techniques didn’t seem to have much of an effect on the aggravated audience.

While Coheed and Cambria’s performance went mostly unnoticed, lead singer Claudio Sanchez’s sky-high voice certainly was a memorable change of pace.

With hints of Rush frontman Geddy Lee flanking his vocals, Sanchez was able to prepare the crowd for an entire evening of unexpected musical combinations.

Following Coheed and Cambria were veteran hardcore rockers Hot Water Music.

While Sanchez’s vocals may have been stuck somewhere in the stratosphere, vocalists Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard spewed out enough gravel to fill a quarry.

Hot Water Music appeared to be dead-accurate in its playing and singing abilities, but a great deal of this pent-up talent was lost to poor crowd interaction and an overall lack of enthusiasm.

The crowd seemed to be ready to explode by the end of the Hot Water Music’s set, and Thrice’s performance was just what was needed.

The most exciting aspect of the whole evening had to be guitarist Teppei Teranishi, whose thrashing guitar playing, wild stage antics and effective crowd interaction made up for the rest of the evening’s downfalls.

Even though the set was fairly short, Teranishi, along with vocalist and guitarist Dustin Kensrue, bassist Edward Breckinridge and drummer Riley Breckenridge, had the crowd moshing and banging their heads in time with the heavy rock sound.

The highlight of the show came during “Phoenix Ignition,” a song off of the band’s 2001 release “Identity Crisis.”

As Kensrue played the first few notes of the acoustic intro, the audience sang along in perfect unison, proving once again that the crowd and the evening had belonged to Thrice all along.