Originally posted by theodyssey
I just wanted to say i caught symphony x and blind guardian in seattle on wednesday (2 nights ago) and they were awesome. my girlfriend and i were out there 7 hours before the door opened with our symphony x shirts on (yes, we had them BEFORE THE SHOW!!!! damn hard to get though... and expensive) in hopes of meeting the guys. Lepond came out first after about a half hour of waiting and he talked with us for a while, then later rullo came out. They were both cool as all hell. Then pinnella came out followed by russ. I asked russ to sign my cds, but there was a bit of rain and my pen didn't work, but he looked all over the venue and the bus for a pen! Just so sign my cds... that was the third nicest gesture i have ever recieved... the top two are coming up! The second was when he invited us on the bus to talk, and we spent about 10 minutes just chatting about the tour and all that. While they were playing, lepond and russ kept smiling at us and made us feel like it was a real personal thing... then after the show (after buying 100 bucks worth of symphony x merch!!!) i went outside and saw the band all standing out talking to fans. Russ was signing stuff and talking to people, and i didn't expect anything, but he did the nicest thing anyone has ever done. I went up and tapped him on the shoulder and just said "hey, i really appreciate you hanging out with us. That was really cool of you man" and he said "hey, no problem! just hang on one sec... i will come hang out with you guys... or do you have to get going?" and i just said "no, i can wait!" so he hung out with us for a long time just talking about everything from the band to christina agulara (don't ask about that one lol). Then we went to let lepond know how much he was appreciated for hanging out with us and just being a cool dude. We talked to him for a while as well. The guys in Symphony x are the greatest bunch of people. I have to say they were much cooler in concert and much more receptive to the fans than BG, but to be fair to BG, their tourbus broke down that night (you have probly heard by now) and they looked exhausted, but a few of them still hung out with the fans and signed. I got hansi to sign my Blind guardian shirt i got from Wacken this year (we briefly discussed the fest) but i was more interested in chatting with Lepond, and hansi looked absolutely beat (poor guy!!!). To wrap up the night, my girlfriend and i went to say bye to russ and thank him again for really hanging out with us, and he gave my girlfriend a big hug and was just a great guy. I couldn't ask for a better experiance!!!!