I went to Jones Beach yesterday. It was the first time I was there and I really didn't care for the set up for a festivel. There were 2 stages and you couldnt see both at the same time. If you wanted to see a band on the first stage, you were inside; a band on the second stage, you had to leave the arena and go to the side of the arena. So if you wanted to see every band, you missed the beginning or end of every band's end set trying to get to the next stage. That irritated me. It was the first time I heard or saw most bands but this is what I thought (in no order):
Bobaflex - caught the last song; can do without them
Dry Kill Logic - pretty good
Nevermore - heard one song (don't remember the name) but I really liked them and would see them again
Symphony X - never heard them before but thought that they were good; left before the end of the set to get back in time for Fear Factory.
Fear Factory - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fear Factory. There new album came out yesterday.
Life of Agony - I Love Life of Agony but Keith Caputo's onstage dancing was a cross between Scott Weiland and Shakira's ass shaking. That was some funny shit. I think he was a little off on a few songs but I still loved it anyway.
Dream Theater - didn't see them; what I did hear, they sounded good to me though.
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ok, I was on the floor for this show - 14th row - but there were hardly any people down there until the very end for Megadeth and I presume Dream Theater as well. So it was easy for musicians to really see who was digging them and who wasn't. I never heard them before but I think I would see them again. Anyway, I will say I wasn't preprared for them. Whoever the singer is, he is a big buff dude and I think he wakes up angry. I think he breathed and his veins popped out. There were two dudes in the front that the singer asked their names because you could tell they were huge fans and then proceeded to tell a few people in the audience that you could tell wasn't interested in them, that Matt and Chris were better than them. I laughed a few times but tried to hide it because I thought if he saw me, he might jump off stage and beat me up. I'm only half kidding. He was mad at the mike stand and threw it into the ocean. From the stage to the ocean was a good distance and he just picked that mike up and tossed it like it was nothing. He was swinging the mike and trying to hit someone in the band, hit the guitarist (or bassist, I don't remember), the guitarist kicked him and then the singer belted him with the mike again. He grabbed one of the symbols from the drum set and a drum stick and started beating the shit out of the symbol (let Matt or Chris beat on the symbol), eventually broke the drum stick and threw the symbol behind their set on stage. Let me tell you, this dude had distance. Anyway, at the end of the last song, this is the best - the singer threw down the mike and I thought "uh oh, he's pissed at someone and he's coming to get them" but no, he ran and jumped off the side of the stage into the ocean too, maybe to get his mike stand? Who can say for sure.
The security guard who was sitting on that side of the stage had no idea what to make of the situation but I think he got a kick out of it as well. Hell, we all did. That dude is insane.
Megadeth - This was my first time seeing Megadeth. I liked their stage show and I thought they played really well and overall I thought Dave seemed like a pretty cool dude. Even for Megadeth the floor was empty (25 seats in my row and only 8 were filled) and I thought for sure he would say something to the people that were sitting (like get off your asses or something) but no, he just played and didn't let any of that bother him. Overall, I really liked it.
I was supposed to do the Meet and Greet with Megadeth yesterday. The instructions we received in the mail was to be at the show by 4:30, 5:00 the latest. So we get there at 4:00. They start giving out the tickets and more instructions. The Meet and Greet wasn't until 7:00. Why we had to be there early was beyond me, giving us the impression that the meet and greet was before the show. Then I check the schedule - FF on the main stage at 6:40 to 7:25 and then LOA on the seocnd stage at 7:25. I decided that after I paid all that money, I wasn't going to meet Megadeth, not because I didn't want to meet Dave Mustaine, because I did, but because I love FF and LOA and didn't want to miss either band. FF has a special place in my heart and I wasn't going to bail out. So only my husband went. He got an autographed book for me which was cool that they did that. What was even cooler, though, was the meet and greet with FF and LOA afterwards when I told both of them that I gave up the meet and greet to stay and watch their bands play. I got a one armed hugged from Burton Bell
and Joey Z from LOA was really appreciative. I hope I don't regret it later on but right now I'm ok with what I did.
JohnThrax and Metal Thrashing Mark went to see the show too if I remember correctly and I am interested to see what they thought.
Sorry for the long-winded post.
Bobaflex - caught the last song; can do without them
Dry Kill Logic - pretty good
Nevermore - heard one song (don't remember the name) but I really liked them and would see them again
Symphony X - never heard them before but thought that they were good; left before the end of the set to get back in time for Fear Factory.
Fear Factory - I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Fear Factory. There new album came out yesterday.
Life of Agony - I Love Life of Agony but Keith Caputo's onstage dancing was a cross between Scott Weiland and Shakira's ass shaking. That was some funny shit. I think he was a little off on a few songs but I still loved it anyway.
Dream Theater - didn't see them; what I did hear, they sounded good to me though.
Dillinger Escape Plan - Ok, I was on the floor for this show - 14th row - but there were hardly any people down there until the very end for Megadeth and I presume Dream Theater as well. So it was easy for musicians to really see who was digging them and who wasn't. I never heard them before but I think I would see them again. Anyway, I will say I wasn't preprared for them. Whoever the singer is, he is a big buff dude and I think he wakes up angry. I think he breathed and his veins popped out. There were two dudes in the front that the singer asked their names because you could tell they were huge fans and then proceeded to tell a few people in the audience that you could tell wasn't interested in them, that Matt and Chris were better than them. I laughed a few times but tried to hide it because I thought if he saw me, he might jump off stage and beat me up. I'm only half kidding. He was mad at the mike stand and threw it into the ocean. From the stage to the ocean was a good distance and he just picked that mike up and tossed it like it was nothing. He was swinging the mike and trying to hit someone in the band, hit the guitarist (or bassist, I don't remember), the guitarist kicked him and then the singer belted him with the mike again. He grabbed one of the symbols from the drum set and a drum stick and started beating the shit out of the symbol (let Matt or Chris beat on the symbol), eventually broke the drum stick and threw the symbol behind their set on stage. Let me tell you, this dude had distance. Anyway, at the end of the last song, this is the best - the singer threw down the mike and I thought "uh oh, he's pissed at someone and he's coming to get them" but no, he ran and jumped off the side of the stage into the ocean too, maybe to get his mike stand? Who can say for sure.
The security guard who was sitting on that side of the stage had no idea what to make of the situation but I think he got a kick out of it as well. Hell, we all did. That dude is insane.Megadeth - This was my first time seeing Megadeth. I liked their stage show and I thought they played really well and overall I thought Dave seemed like a pretty cool dude. Even for Megadeth the floor was empty (25 seats in my row and only 8 were filled) and I thought for sure he would say something to the people that were sitting (like get off your asses or something) but no, he just played and didn't let any of that bother him. Overall, I really liked it.
I was supposed to do the Meet and Greet with Megadeth yesterday. The instructions we received in the mail was to be at the show by 4:30, 5:00 the latest. So we get there at 4:00. They start giving out the tickets and more instructions. The Meet and Greet wasn't until 7:00. Why we had to be there early was beyond me, giving us the impression that the meet and greet was before the show. Then I check the schedule - FF on the main stage at 6:40 to 7:25 and then LOA on the seocnd stage at 7:25. I decided that after I paid all that money, I wasn't going to meet Megadeth, not because I didn't want to meet Dave Mustaine, because I did, but because I love FF and LOA and didn't want to miss either band. FF has a special place in my heart and I wasn't going to bail out. So only my husband went. He got an autographed book for me which was cool that they did that. What was even cooler, though, was the meet and greet with FF and LOA afterwards when I told both of them that I gave up the meet and greet to stay and watch their bands play. I got a one armed hugged from Burton Bell
and Joey Z from LOA was really appreciative. I hope I don't regret it later on but right now I'm ok with what I did.JohnThrax and Metal Thrashing Mark went to see the show too if I remember correctly and I am interested to see what they thought.
Sorry for the long-winded post.
