if i was glenn, and thank god i am not, cos i couldnt handle this, i would tell all the crybabies to start their own festival and do me a favor and not show up at this one...
i have read every whiny post here, and i cant help thinking how so many dont realize that this isnt their own personal concert, put on by one of their friends for their own personal enjoyment.
is it about the money?..duh!!!...there is just so much $$ that is derived from this that has to be allotted for bands, (including airfare, hotel and food) venue, sound, and yes, profit (did you think glenn was your host?)...some bands cost more and compensating for that, you bring in some that cost less...wow! economics 101....
think about the big picture for a minute...how about if the only person who has shown he can put together a well-organized festival for this underground scene decides all this carping isnt worth the effort?...anyone been to powermad?...nuff said...keith menser tried, but just couldnt pull such a thing off well...
i have to laugh at the people who dont think he got "big enough bands"...in this genre, who the hell are big bands?...metallica? iron maiden? judas priest?...other than names like that, 9/10 of the population has never heard of any of the stuff we listen to....so it is all a matter of degrees...i think Rage is plenty big, even if i wasnt a fan...
i personally am not a blind guardian person at all, but i realized that within this scene, they were huge....
so, if you dont like the lineup, you can always not go....
OR you can go to maybe find out you like a band you didnt know about, for the party, for the people, or for the fact that if everyone felt the same way you did, there would be no subsequent festivals, and then you could bitch about that instead.
teri
i have read every whiny post here, and i cant help thinking how so many dont realize that this isnt their own personal concert, put on by one of their friends for their own personal enjoyment.
is it about the money?..duh!!!...there is just so much $$ that is derived from this that has to be allotted for bands, (including airfare, hotel and food) venue, sound, and yes, profit (did you think glenn was your host?)...some bands cost more and compensating for that, you bring in some that cost less...wow! economics 101....
think about the big picture for a minute...how about if the only person who has shown he can put together a well-organized festival for this underground scene decides all this carping isnt worth the effort?...anyone been to powermad?...nuff said...keith menser tried, but just couldnt pull such a thing off well...
i have to laugh at the people who dont think he got "big enough bands"...in this genre, who the hell are big bands?...metallica? iron maiden? judas priest?...other than names like that, 9/10 of the population has never heard of any of the stuff we listen to....so it is all a matter of degrees...i think Rage is plenty big, even if i wasnt a fan...
i personally am not a blind guardian person at all, but i realized that within this scene, they were huge....
so, if you dont like the lineup, you can always not go....
OR you can go to maybe find out you like a band you didnt know about, for the party, for the people, or for the fact that if everyone felt the same way you did, there would be no subsequent festivals, and then you could bitch about that instead.
teri
