AA was indeed very, very damned good at the San Jose show on August 3rd. I was so fucking happy to finally get to see them again! The last tour only went to Los Angeles and I was too poor to drive there from San Francisco, and the tour before that (with COB), I was deathly ill, so I actually haven't seen the guys since all the Kreator shows I did with them!
The lighting was VERY damned cool, the stage vibe was great, and I was very excited that soooooo many people in the crowd were REALLY into them - singing along, horns in the air, etc. It made me smile to see the guys smile at the crowd reaction. I'm not sure if this happened at any of the other gigs, but the one dude from GWAR came out on stage with AA during the last song, which was so fucking cool.
It was really nice to get to hang out and talk with them a lot again, I really miss those guys. I knew about the AA/Decap tour in June, so of course I asked them about it. When Decap was here in June, they all asked me about AA because they only knew their name, not their music. So I actually had all those guys in and around my car so I could give them some training in AA music. LOL They actually liked them quit a bit as well. They don't know what viking metal or anything like that is about, so I'll have to give them some training in that soon, too.
I got a HUGE amount of pictures in the photo pit (I think 140 of them?) of the set and also the signing. I also did a funny interview with Olavi and Johan S, since I already have one with Johan H from two tours ago (over the phone). The photos will be completely up on my site at the end of the week, and the interview may also be up by then if I get enough time to transcribe it. Here are a few teaser pics though: