Dead Winter
STAHP
TO ALL EUROPEANS:
Trust me, America doesn't get NEARLY the amount of venues that you do. I'm American living in Italy, and believe me, I've never seen so many shows in all my life since I've been here. Europe is pretty small, and it's not a big deal to take a train 4-8 hours away for a show, and then hop back on and get back home. In America, IF THE BAND EVEN COMES NEAR YOUR STATE, MUCH LESS YOUR CITY, you have very little to choose from. Sure, Metallica/Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park come to all the big arenas, but WHO THE FUCK GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THOSE PUSSIES? You guys get ALL the best metal, and they play ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE. We Americans have to wait for about ONCE A YEAR, SOMETIMES TWO YEARS to see big festivals like Day at the Border or Gods of Metal that I just went to in Milan. I'm 24 years old, and I've NEVER been to a show as huge as that one. I've seen lots of bands, but they usually play for 2 to 3 hours, including the warm up bands, and then the show's over. We don't have festivals like Wacken, Day at the Border, Roskilde, etc. We have shitty bands playing arenas. Look at it this way:
America is fucking huge. I used to live around New Orleans, and only if I'm lucky would a band that was halfway decent from overseas come to N.O. Usually they stop in the big cities: Dallas, New York, L.A., San Fran, Atlanta, Baltimore, etc. But even if they DO play in New Orleans, THEY'D ONLY SHOW ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. Meanwhile, the Italians around here see Lacuna Coil play year-round. Anathema and Antimatter play all over Europe all the time. All the Scandinavian bands are on tour throughout Europe all the time, and the only way that they would come to the U.S. is if they have a U.S. road crew and manager. Even when they DO come to the U.S. we usually have to drive halfway across the fucking country just to see the concert. Do you realize how big America is? Do you know that it took me an entire day to cross the state of Texas? It takes nearly an entire work week to get from Florida to California. We don't have a kickass transportation system like Europe does. I can take a train to Germany for about 50-100 Euro. In America, it's either drive everywhere or fucking fly. There are trains, but nothing like the ones here. The only festivals America has is the March Metal Meltdown and the Milwaukee Metalfest. There are a few more that pop up here and there, but those are the big ones. Europe is so far ahead of America as far as venues go. I can literally go to a concert to see all the bands I love every week if I wanted, and if I had the time. I never wanna leave this place.
Trust me, America doesn't get NEARLY the amount of venues that you do. I'm American living in Italy, and believe me, I've never seen so many shows in all my life since I've been here. Europe is pretty small, and it's not a big deal to take a train 4-8 hours away for a show, and then hop back on and get back home. In America, IF THE BAND EVEN COMES NEAR YOUR STATE, MUCH LESS YOUR CITY, you have very little to choose from. Sure, Metallica/Limp Bizkit/Linkin Park come to all the big arenas, but WHO THE FUCK GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THOSE PUSSIES? You guys get ALL the best metal, and they play ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE IN EUROPE. We Americans have to wait for about ONCE A YEAR, SOMETIMES TWO YEARS to see big festivals like Day at the Border or Gods of Metal that I just went to in Milan. I'm 24 years old, and I've NEVER been to a show as huge as that one. I've seen lots of bands, but they usually play for 2 to 3 hours, including the warm up bands, and then the show's over. We don't have festivals like Wacken, Day at the Border, Roskilde, etc. We have shitty bands playing arenas. Look at it this way:
America is fucking huge. I used to live around New Orleans, and only if I'm lucky would a band that was halfway decent from overseas come to N.O. Usually they stop in the big cities: Dallas, New York, L.A., San Fran, Atlanta, Baltimore, etc. But even if they DO play in New Orleans, THEY'D ONLY SHOW ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. Meanwhile, the Italians around here see Lacuna Coil play year-round. Anathema and Antimatter play all over Europe all the time. All the Scandinavian bands are on tour throughout Europe all the time, and the only way that they would come to the U.S. is if they have a U.S. road crew and manager. Even when they DO come to the U.S. we usually have to drive halfway across the fucking country just to see the concert. Do you realize how big America is? Do you know that it took me an entire day to cross the state of Texas? It takes nearly an entire work week to get from Florida to California. We don't have a kickass transportation system like Europe does. I can take a train to Germany for about 50-100 Euro. In America, it's either drive everywhere or fucking fly. There are trains, but nothing like the ones here. The only festivals America has is the March Metal Meltdown and the Milwaukee Metalfest. There are a few more that pop up here and there, but those are the big ones. Europe is so far ahead of America as far as venues go. I can literally go to a concert to see all the bands I love every week if I wanted, and if I had the time. I never wanna leave this place.
