Just got back from the Jaxx show!
Holy shit was that a friggan awesome night of metal!
I'll have to admit, I was skeptical of Stolen Babies, but after hearing and seeing them play, I was impressed. That bassist kicks-ass. They had a really cool, funky, kind of sound. Granted, it is not exactly something I'd go out of my way to see, but still pretty cool. I ended up buying an album off them just because I thought they were so cool just to even hang out with. Hell, at the very least, this will be a good one to play at Halloween parties.
I had been looking forward to Stolen Babies, but wasn't as familiar with their stuff. DemonOfTheWoods has been playing them a lot and I love the album, but hadn't had a chance to commit anything to memory. Still, IMO they put an awesome exciting set. They certainly were the oddball on the bill (lead female singer who also growls and plays accordion), but I thought they were awesome. I bought a long sleeve-t and spoke with the guys in the band a little bit, who gave me a button. My one friend, on the other hand, was mainly there that night for Stolen Babies and spent half the night talking to them. She said that they were all really friendly and I even got her picture with their keyboard player.
Now, In The Moment was friggan kicked ass! No two ways about it - that was just friggan awesome! I wanted to get a copy of their record, but they packed up their shit already before the show was over. Still, that was some serious head-banging shit going on there.
This was the band that I was totally looking forward to. I know everyone else on here (besides you and I it seems) has been bashing the hell out of this band, but I enjoyed them more than anyone else that night. Don't misunderstand, I enjoyed every band on the bill, but this was the one I went ape shit for. And it seemed like a good majority of the crowd enjoyed them too.
There was one guy who was standing next to me during their set (maybe it was you haha) who was totally into them. I bought a tank top and got a free poster with it. I was so happy I got Maria to sign my Beautiful Tragedy album cover at the merch booth and then got the bass player's (can't remember his name just now) autograph after the show.
I only wish I would have been so shy about finding and asking the other guys to sign my stuff.
Within Temptation put on an absolutely stunning performance. Very beautifully done, not only that, but I got to hang out with the guitarist (as well as share a drink with) and bassist - both really cool guys. I am bummed they had no records as I really wanted a copy. I was told because they have one coming out in July, the record company would not let them sell any. Might as well wait and order the new one when it comes out. I would love to hear these guys on my home system. If the recording is good, I bet it would be just stunning.
Another band that I had heard a lot by and loved, but haven't completely committed to memory .. or bought an album. That is going to change after last night. I did buy a girlie shirt though, also came with free poster, which I got signed by Sharon Van Adel and the drummer - who I found out played drums on and produced AF's Decipher.
I'll be picking up the new WT album when it's out and I'm going to start looking for some of the previous stuff.
And of course, Lacuna Coil! What more can I say that has not already been said here. Needless to say, they kicked some serious ass tonight at Jaxx. These guys played to a friggan packed house! Wow, what a powerful and awesome show that was.
I was very excited about seeing Lacuna Coil again, especially in a more intimate setting than I have seen them before (Ozzfest
uke: ). I watched most of the set, got some great pics, but wanted to meet some of the other bands that I thought might have a longer interval (hopefully not) before their next tour or show near Baltimore/DC/VA. But I could still hear everything from Lacuna Coils set and thought they played a good mixture of both new and older stuff.
Strange side note - maybe I'm getting old or something but - I though the sound in the front hallway of Jaxx sounded better at times than the sound inside the venue where the stage was. There was a some feedback during In This Moments set and then during Lacuna Coil it just sounded weird to me at times like the music was not coming through the amps or speakers clearly. (Sorry, I don't know music equipment that well so it's kinda hard to explain.) The mic also came unplugged a couple times while Sharon Van Adel was singing.
All in all, however, it was a great show!
Of course, I did managed to get some pictures. I'll need to dump them off my camera, which I'll do later.
Pictures posted to my myspaz -
here (I hope this link works - let me know if it doesn't - plus myspaz is having "Unknown Errors" when it comes to uploading some of my photos.
Don't know wtf is up with that, but if I can figure out, I'll eventually post the other pics myspaz is rejecting.)
(Maybe I'll post them on photobucket or something else later for those that don't have myspaz, but this weekend is jammed packed with stuff to do, so maybe not.)
