My ribs hurt, my left leg won't bend all the way and I walk like Leslie Nielsen because of my hurt back. Feels like I've been to a Bad Religion show.
I got to the front row, which is always awesome, and it was fun chatting 90 minutes with other fans while waiting for the band. Hetson and Baker did their own soundchecks. Me and my friends have this inside joke that we sing "Na na na na hey hey goodbye" and try to get people to sing along. It worked really well this time. When we stopped, somebody from behind us always started it again. Most of the people at the front were singing with us, and we got some weird looks from the roadies and security since we were waiting for the band to hit the stage, not to leave. Head of the security even asked us "Is that Bad Religion?" HA!
Anyway, they opened with Do What You Want. Then came Overture and Sinister Rouge. So fucking awesome!
Impossible to remember the actual setlist, but they played all the hits and then some. I think about 30 songs were heard that night. Hilights to me were Fuck Armageddon, I want To Conquer The World, American Jesus, Sorrow and Punk Rock Song. I would have loved to hear Come Join Us, but doesn't really matter that much.
The pressure was insane at the front! My ribs are still hurting from the barricade. At times I was afraid they might brake, but luckily I made it with only internal bruises. At times there were four or five pits going on. People were crowd surfing all the time. Some pretty girl's pants fell down when they pulled her out of the crowd, nice... The security guys sure earned their money that night.
I don't know why, but at some point Hetson's amps fell down. He then proceeded to bitch at his guitar tech who then picked the amps up. Hetson seemed to be in a bad mood for a while, but then Greg Graffin said something to him and they carried on. When they started Sorrow, I was kinda sad because it's always the last song. BUT WAIT! After Sorrow Graffin signaled Brooks and they played Punk Rock Song! I'm pretty sure it wasn't even planned. Thanks for that!
Jay Bentley really is the Frank Bello of Bad Religion. Great player and performer, so much energy.
I also got a souvenier; Graffin's notes for Germs Of Perfection. It was nice because I never fucking get anything.
Overall one of the best shows I've seen and the most intense crowd I've been to. There's just that something about punk audiences that metal fans don't have. Suck on that Slayer!
Also, DevilDriver, who played the next day, were great. One of my favorite metal bands right now! Faith No More were good as usual, but seemed a little tired. It was the last show of their tour (Mike Patton said the last show EVER!!!).
Sorry about the rambling and a shitty review, but after four days of heavy drinking and no sleep I had to go straight to work for three days, so my head is still fucked up from the trip.
I got to the front row, which is always awesome, and it was fun chatting 90 minutes with other fans while waiting for the band. Hetson and Baker did their own soundchecks. Me and my friends have this inside joke that we sing "Na na na na hey hey goodbye" and try to get people to sing along. It worked really well this time. When we stopped, somebody from behind us always started it again.
Most of the people at the front were singing with us, and we got some weird looks from the roadies and security since we were waiting for the band to hit the stage, not to leave. Head of the security even asked us "Is that Bad Religion?" HA!Anyway, they opened with Do What You Want. Then came Overture and Sinister Rouge. So fucking awesome!
Impossible to remember the actual setlist, but they played all the hits and then some. I think about 30 songs were heard that night. Hilights to me were Fuck Armageddon, I want To Conquer The World, American Jesus, Sorrow and Punk Rock Song. I would have loved to hear Come Join Us, but doesn't really matter that much.
The pressure was insane at the front! My ribs are still hurting from the barricade. At times I was afraid they might brake, but luckily I made it with only internal bruises. At times there were four or five pits going on. People were crowd surfing all the time. Some pretty girl's pants fell down when they pulled her out of the crowd, nice... The security guys sure earned their money that night.
I don't know why, but at some point Hetson's amps fell down. He then proceeded to bitch at his guitar tech who then picked the amps up. Hetson seemed to be in a bad mood for a while, but then Greg Graffin said something to him and they carried on. When they started Sorrow, I was kinda sad because it's always the last song. BUT WAIT! After Sorrow Graffin signaled Brooks and they played Punk Rock Song! I'm pretty sure it wasn't even planned. Thanks for that!
Jay Bentley really is the Frank Bello of Bad Religion. Great player and performer, so much energy.
I also got a souvenier; Graffin's notes for Germs Of Perfection. It was nice because I never fucking get anything.
Overall one of the best shows I've seen and the most intense crowd I've been to. There's just that something about punk audiences that metal fans don't have. Suck on that Slayer!
Also, DevilDriver, who played the next day, were great. One of my favorite metal bands right now! Faith No More were good as usual, but seemed a little tired. It was the last show of their tour (Mike Patton said the last show EVER!!!).
Sorry about the rambling and a shitty review, but after four days of heavy drinking and no sleep I had to go straight to work for three days, so my head is still fucked up from the trip.
