Trick or Treat
It seems like only yesterday but actually it was 31Oct.98
1998 was when I started my love affair with Rammstein, as I'd seen them earlier on the Family Values Tour
I was blown away by their music, in person the most powerful sounds I've ever heard. Maybe standing on the beach at Cape Canaveral FL watching a Shuttle take off is the only thing(sound wise) I compare them with???
I'm a believer in if you want to see a band live, do it, don't wait for them to come around again as it may never happen. As it was the last date of the FVT, down the road I go. From my place in WV to where the final date took place(Fairfax, VA) it about 300 miles. So my leisurely drive took me about 5 hours.
The first band was Orgy, then Incubus, (no Ice Cube he was at the other FVT shows), when Limp Bizkit came out all dressed as Elvis Presley, it dawned on yours truly is Halloween. Orgy were dressed as 70s Disco people, Incubus as Chinese People, think Madame Butterfly. So after Limp Bizkit I'm wondering what customs will Rammstein be wearing?
So here we go, the curtain goes up, the stage is dark except for 2 glowing pumpkin on either side of the stage.
Hope whoever reads this knows a little about R+
First song R+ played was Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen where Till is on fire(still don't understand how this is done without burning Till to a crisp) as the flames were flaming could not see much of the other band members. Till leaves the stage to removed the fire suit thingie, the stage gets a little brighter, as they start the next tune Paul turns his back to the audience, bows, he is bare ass naked, then Oli does the same thing, he is in the buff also, great costumes(nothing) just then Till returns to the stage wearing only the largest, longest, blackest dildo I've ever seen. Off to the side of the stage something is going on, Till walks over there, gone, then Oli, bye, bye and finally Paul not to be seen again this night. Christoph walks to the edge of the stage says they've been arrested and throws his drum sticks. Down comes the curtain. Mother double fucker, 300 miles/5 hours and its over in the middle of their second song. The fans start chanting Du Hast I believe there is going to be a riot, the venue must of thought there was going to be trouble, in an instant there were police people everywhere. I'm sitting there stunned, a cup of liquid goes flying over my head and hits a police person in their head. An usher points to where the cup came from, says' the guy in the Pirate hat(Pittsburgh Baseball) threw it. Holy molly they think I did it. The police grab me, ruffly I must say, as I was being taken away, many concert goers were yelling he didn't do it. So I'm offered a choice, leave or leave and go to jail. It took me about 0.01 seconds to take the leave option. As I was being escorted out of the arena asked if I could buy a R+ hat, the police person told me I better watch it as I was pushing my luck.
So as I'm driving out of the parking lot, I can hear koRn playing the Twisted Sister song 'We're Not Going to Take It'. Don't know what costumes they were wearing, Me I'm going to take, I'll be back home in about 5 hours -
When the peeps ask me how many times I've seen Rammstein in concert, I always say 10.2 of course the .2 is the above.
At a later date(maybe) I'll write about the two times I was to fly to Europe to see/hear Rammstein, that was more screwed up than my Halloween adventure.
Rammstein RULES!!!
EDIT ... forgot this, as I was driving home from that show, a thought occurred to me. Rammstein only let women backstage after their shows. So if we were arrested at the same time, maybe we would of been locked up together and I could of made some German friends???
A girl I worked with knew a scalper, who had ONE 3rd row center ticket he couldn't get rid of. I think I paid either face value, or no more than $5 over for it. I had never been that close for VH before, and had a great time. Dave's little ribbon/sword dance was a waste of time. I do not remember the puking behind the gong. I DO remember punching a dude who kept climbing on my chair, earlier he vowed he was going to get in front of me. 1 roundhouse to the face sent him flying.
That's the best part of the story!!!!!
