Ah... The concert season...
 

The concert season rapidly is approaching and it looks like it's going to be a good one. I can already smell the beer soaked grass, marijuana freely floating through the air, and the guy beside me that obviously is going to both Sunday and Monday nights concert and is obviously staying in the campground that doesn't have showers......... I can hear the sweet sounds of Dave Matthews' Taylor acoustic guitars... The sound of Jack Johnson's sweet melodies... The beautiful solos of Ozzfest... The sounds of obnoxious people singing out of key very loudly next to me... and of course the sound of that guy puking over there........... I can already see the spectacular light shows and fancy backgrounds... The stars shining bright above the lawn at Verizon Wireless Music Center... and the back of the head of the freakishly tall dude standing in front of me... and his ugly girlfriend who keeps stepping on my foot. I can feel the grass on my toes... because I once again went against my better judgement and wore sandles... I can feel the bass drum rumbling my chest and the treble piercing through the ever-so thick mix of musical bliss... and of course I can also feel the rain beginning to pour down on me... and I'm too stubborn to pay 20 dollars for a piece of plastic called a Poncho to cover up with... I also feel the cool Indiana night breeze... and I can feel the nice warm blanket mother nature places over you as she wisks the breeze away... I CANNOT feel the buzz from these 12 dollar margaritas... they taste good... but for real... how can you call that an alcoholic beverage... screw all this "I feel" stuff... Give me a frikkin beer so I can feel wasted...................

Crowds, as in the days of the gladiators, cheering mass, chaotic approval: bestowing perfect absolution on anyone who wishes to hear. Their cheers mark concert season--mark and identify, identify and glorify, glorify and immortalize. Onward and forever, so does concert season abide--subsisting in eternal summer: cyclic and neverending.

Ah... the sweet sweet season I waste all my money on... of course I'm not talking about Christmas... I'm talking about concert season...

i liek to be goign 2 tha consertz LOLZ!!!1 ;)

Something about concerts, I guess. I like them. They smell funny and make my head do a dance.

I'm going to a concert tomorrow. A friend of mine booked it and all three of his bands are opening. I tried to get one of mine in there, but we're still a bit too new to the scene to be of any value. Some of the bigger names that are showing up are Cattle Decapitation and AC (you know what I mean). 16 bands and $20 bucks, bargain if you ask me.

Kickass. That sounds fun.

It should be. They were trying to get Malevolent Creation as well since the last time they were here they got screwed over on their set and had to cut it short, so this was kind of an opportunity to right a wrong, but I guess that didn't pan out.

I've never heard of any of these bands you speak of, but still. Sixteen bands for $20? Even if they all suck (which is unlikely, with 16 of them), it'd be worth it.

The last time I went to an event like this, it was the same scenario. 16 bands, $20. A lot of them sucked, but the ones that were good really made up for it. The only thing that really bugs me about it is this is going to be the third time I've seen Estuary and to be honest, I don't get the hype over them. They came out of nowhere, have one CD out that's the epitome of mediocre and everyone acts like it's a breakthrough in music. The first time I liked them, the second time I was bored. I'm afraid to see them again for a fear that I might start throwing things at them.

i'm going to see Destruction in a couple months,,,,i did not know they still existed..you probably would enjoy this Cryptic :D

Metal Crusaders North American Tour 2006 featuring VADER, KATAKLYSM, DESTRUCTION,
SPEED\KILL/HATE, GRAVEWORM, THE ABSENCE:

26.05.06 Fri Can Montreal, QC @ Le Medley
27.05.06 Sat Can Toronto, ON @ The Reverb
28.05.06 Sun USA Boston, MA @ The Middle East
29.05.06 Mon USA New York City, NY @ The Knitting Factory

30.05.06 Tue USA Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
31.05.06 Wed USA Vernon, NY @ Nothing Fancy Cafe
01.06.06 Thu USA Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Ballroom
02.06.06 Fri USA Detroit, MI @ TNT
03.06.06 Sat USA Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
04.06.06 Sun USA St-Paul, MN @ Station 4 (Minneapolis
Metalfest)
05.06.06 Mon USA Madison, WS @ Big E's Beach Club
06.06.06 Tue USA Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart's
07.06.06 Wed USA Fayetteville, NC @ Jesters Pub
08.06.06 Thu
09.06.06 Fri USA Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
10.06.06 Sat USA St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
11.06.06 Sun USA Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
12.06.06 Mon USA Tallahassee, FL @ Beta Bar
13.06.06 Tue
14.06.06 Wed USA Houston, TX @ The Ballroom/Wharehouse live
15.06.06 Thu USA Corpus Christi, TX @ The Ballroom
16.06.06 Fri USA San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit
17.06.06 Sat USA Arlington, TX @ The Phoenix Music Complex
18.06.06 Sun USA Fayetteville, AR @ The Dart Room
19.06.06 Mon
20.06.06 Tue USA Denver, CO @ iliff Park Saloon
21.06.06 Wed
22.06.06 Thu USA Tempe, AZ @ Clubhouse
23.06.06 Fri USA Corona, CA @ Showcase Theater
24.06.06 Sat USA W. Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory
25.06.06 Sun USA San Francisco, CA @ The Pound
26.06.06 Mon USA Boise, ID @ Imparts
27.06.06 Tue USA Spokane, WA @ Fat Tuesdays Concert Hall
28.06.06 Wed USA Portland, OR @ Rock'n' Roll Pizza
29.06.06 Thu USA Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven

*hands a beer to aschleman

your words are magical...

When AC is one of the "big names" you need to start finding new venues.

*chugs beer

ah... that's the stuff!

Ha, I'm gonna be going to that one too. I'll be seeing them at Bogarts.

on 6-6-06 totally wicked :cool:

Destructicon!!! Mentor of Evil!!!!

Now tell me that's not funny.

It said "Inventor of Evil," but yes, it is funny.

That means my show's gonna be better than yours.

I've never been to a proper metal gig before, but we don't often get decent bands playing over here - it's mostly just disposable hardcore and grindcore bands, which I can't stand. I missed Megadeth last year, which was a pain - I really want to see them live before they break up, which they look like they're set to do any moment now :( .

Did I mention that Gorgasm will be there? How cool is that?

Gorgasm... they're one of those disgusting, depraved extreme death metal bands who sing about necrophilia and body fluids, aren't they? I can't stand listening to that stuff; I suppose the live show must be... interesting...