Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2008 2 more days until I get WASTEd. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snuffbox 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 Pearl Jam at Bonnaroo a few weeks ago was pretty good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Flamboyance 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 Feist was boring last night. I love her albums but her shows are nothing special. She also rambles way too much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2008 Just shy of 17 hours left before the WASTEd evening ahead... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2008 Haha, and I did. Toxic Holocaust opened, decent old-school thrash metal, with a decent bit of black metal influence. Think Venom/Bathory and Show No Mercy-era Slayer. All of my friends were like "hey, I liked that band, but they played too many Slayer covers," so I had to be like "uh, hello, have you ever fucking heard of VENOM?" Good enough show, but the singer/guitarist, Joel Grind, really needs some better stage presence. Municipal Waste fucked me up. During "Mind Eraser" there was a wall of death, and after circle pits galore for the rest of their set (some of which I joined, others I just headbanged during), it was a nice change of pace. I got one nosebleed after getting knocked to the floor during, IIRC, "Headbanger Face Rip," which was early in the set. It stopped, so I stayed on the floor. Then the wall of death, and about half the people get knocked the fuck down. So as people are pulling me up, I'm trying to pull other people up. Fun. Then it changed into a circle pit, and I get an elbow uppercut to the face. Fat lip, and my nose starts GUSHING. Like, my hands are both covered in the red stuff from wiping my face (as well as my shorts and my vest, which are now both pretty bloodstained). So I leave the floor just as "Bangover" starts, which is usually the end of their set, and look for napkins, but security takes me out to the EMTs. 10 minutes later, I'm inside, and I make my way to the booth where the rest of my friends are. Darkest Hour was pretty much the same as the last time I saw them (SotU '07), but this time they closed with "The Sadist Nation" which they didn't even play last time. Good enough, but nothing downright amazing. At The Gates was great. I'm not even a big fan, but I know a couple of songs ("The Burning Darkness," "Cold," and a few others), but they were just downright great live. The sound, the presence, the fact that EVERYBODY in the building was going nuts for them...damn. My girlfriend and our friend Ronnie go down to the pit (Ronnie's been going down off and on ALL night, the bastard), and then she comes back up halfway through their set, complaining of being too hot. We get waters, she chugs hers, and then gets a picture with Brian Fair (singer of Shadows Fall), who was just hanging out watching the show right in front of us. Then she heads back down to the pit. They announce that there's only a couple more songs left on their set, and then my girl sits down. Turns out the same thing happened to her as to me: she got knocked down, pulled up, and then elbowed in the face during a pit, and taken outside to the EMTs. Fucking schweet. So, overall, a fucking great show. I'm glad my car made it, because it's giving me shit again (which blows, because I don't have the money, even with my stimulus check, to get shit done for it), and Municipal Waste never fail to disappoint. They so totally should have gone on second to last, because Darkest Hour got just a little bit more of a reaction than Toxic Holocaust did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
converge241 0 Report post Posted July 12, 2008 Still in heaven from Iron Maiden on 6/20 Nothing big on tap for July apart from some club shows but August will bring Rockstar Mayhem Testament Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motorhead/Testament Journey/Heart/Cheap Trick NIN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2008 I've become an asshole who won't mosh at a metal show. I stand in the back and snobbily nod my head. I moshed for Dethklok and that's it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tzar Lysergic Report post Posted July 13, 2008 I only do if the music compels me to do so. "Angel of Death" might've been the last time I really got physical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2008 Same. I don't understand the people that mosh for Opeth. How the fuck can you mosh to a song where every other minute there's a bunch of acoustic work? How the FUCK can you mosh to that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2008 EDIT: Double post of grim, frostbitten necrocity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rendclaw 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2008 That's my main concern about metal concerts these days... moshing used to be about just pushing, shoving and body checking, and for the last eight to ten years its a UFC PPV event... the last pit I was in was for Megadeth back in 1995. Another thing that chaps my ass is that pits will form at almost any concert nowadays. Hell, when I went to Maiden back in 2006 (I didn;t go this year because I blew my wad on another concert three days before), they started forming a pit there too..... I wouldn;t be surprised if one broke out at a Dixie Chicks concert sometime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2008 My ex's friends and I started a pit at their Junior Prom. Cops broke it up and threatened to kick us out. Fun was had by all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2008 Somebody started a "mosh pit" when they played Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff" at a 7th grade dance. Sad to say, I actually joined in. About a minute in, the DJ stopped the song and threatened to throw us all out. I watched a History of The Mosh Pit special on MTV2 a year or two ago and when they were talking about the "death" of the mosh pit in the late 90s, they showed a clip of people moshing at a Ben Folds Five concert. How could you justify that? There isn't even a guitar player in that band! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RHR 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2008 Moshing's swan song was July 11 1995. Soldier Field. Chicago. At least two separate pits moshing and surfing in 100 plus degree heat to Otis Rush and Bad Religion. By the time Pearl Jam took the stage, we were all too tired. I haven't moshed since except as a joke at a Seaweed show last year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Corey_Lazarus 0 Report post Posted July 18, 2008 ...are you saying moshing to Bad Religion is undeserved? I'd say moshing really started going downhill when "heavy" music became popular in the late 90's/early 00's. There's a lot of bands these days who get nasty moshpits, but then better and heavier ones get next to nothing. Seeing people go crazy for Lamb of God but stay silent for Mastodon at Unholy Alliance '06 made me shed a silent tear, as did having to START a moshpit at a show my band played during Bangladesh's set (Bangladesh is a Texas metalcore band who sound very similar to Unearth and Bury Your Dead; you might not like them, but you can't deny that they'd be great for pits). It just seems like most of the wrong bands get pits these days. At least Slayer still gets amazing pits...I think just faster heavy music in general does, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2008 Anyone hear of Jet Black Stare? They opened for the Infamous Hinder/Staind/3 Doors Down Concert yesterday and I dont think anyone in the crowd had heard anything of theirs, but to be honest, they were like..1,000 times better than Hinder, who were god awful as I anticipated. And going to see Staind in concert is like watching paint dry, but at least 3 Doors Down was awesome. I won $80 at Blackjack before the concert so I did the idiotic thing and paid $45 for a 3 Doors down Tour Shirt. WHEE for a free (in the sense that it didnt actually cost me anything in the scheme of things) overpriced shirt! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Elements of Style Report post Posted July 21, 2008 That's not free. Now that's $45 you can't spend on things that aren't fucking worthless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
At Home 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2008 Forty-five dollars on a goddamned 3 DOORS DOWN shirt? Wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Dubya 04 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2008 How many times did 3 Doors Down play the Superman song? Did they open and close with it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
At Home 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2008 How many times did 3 Doors Down play the Superman song? Did they open and close with it? Grand Ole Party tomorrow at Bottom of the Hill. Owen at BOTH... uh... 29th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarvinisaLunatic 0 Report post Posted July 21, 2008 How many times did 3 Doors Down play the Superman song? Did they open and close with it? Kryptonite was song #2. They opened with Train and closed with Its Not My Time which are both off the newest album which has grown on me a little bit since it came out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Owen at BOTH... uh... 29th. Mike Kinsella? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
At Home 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Yep. If you're into his music, I'd DEFINITELY recommend going to see him. It's not like a Conor Oberst cry-fest or anything like that, the dude mixes his really heart felt music with being playful on stage. He told the audience about his song writing process, which included trying to find the "kill yourself chord", which was the one chord that, when played, you just had to say to yourself "Oh man, I gotta kill myself now." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Yep. If you're into his music, I'd DEFINITELY recommend going to see him. It's not like a Conor Oberst cry-fest or anything like that, the dude mixes his really heart felt music with being playful on stage. He told the audience about his song writing process, which included trying to find the "kill yourself chord", which was the one chord that, when played, you just had to say to yourself "Oh man, I gotta kill myself now." I went to a show where Of Montreal was headlining a couple of years ago to see Owen, but Mike had injured his hand and had to cancel. I'm a big fan of he and his brother, Tim. Between the two of them, they have been in dozens of worthwhile groups. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
At Home 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2008 Oh, yeah, for sure. I told him how much of a fan I was of all his stuff, and he was pleased. Really cool guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 I sort of got roped into seeing Gnarls Barkley in Boston next Wednesday by my brother. I'm a casual fan so I'm positive that at the very least I won't hate it and I hear they're great live. I was disappointed to find out that they aren't wearing goofy costumes anymore. Hercules and Love Affair are opening. I'm pretty sure I've heard the name in this folder and I'm digging the 30 second samples on ITunes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 Two days 'til Radiohead. Never seen them in person. Can't wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 If you're going to see someone in concert, and you're getting something signed, is it kosher to have them sign something from a different band they're in? Like, I'm seeing Neko Case in September, should I not try and get my New Pornographers thing signed or does it matter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C Dubya 04 0 Report post Posted August 1, 2008 I don't think it matters. As long as the previous thing didn't end badly for them. Like, you might not want to have Sammy sign any Van Halen shit. Going to see Gov't Mule again tonight. #15. Always good, so I'm excited of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SamoaRowe 0 Report post Posted August 3, 2008 I went to Warped Tour while I was gone on vacation. While I was there, I checked out: Anberlin Reel Big Fish Ludo Madina Lake Bouncing Souls Dr. Manhattan The Devil Wears Prada Four Years Strong Cobra Starship Say Anything Relient K Katy Perry Angels and Airwaves Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
