Too much metal for one hand.
My neck is killing me and my throat is sore.
No, I don't have meningitis.
I went to see Judas Priest and Black Sabbath last night.
Joe and I set off around 6:00-ish, and would have arrrived in time to catch most of Slayer's set, except that the directions I got to the venue sucked. SUCKED. And we ended up going about half an hour in the wrong direction, then spent another 30 minutes on the wrong highway, blah blah blah. We ended up getting to Shoreline as Priest was playing. We figured it'd be fine, they'd be playing for a good hour still.
They played 'Victim of Changes' as we were walking up the hill, and played:
* Beyond The Realms of Death
* The Green Manalishi
* Painkiller
* Hell Bent for Leather
* You've Got Another Thing Coming
Then they stopped. Okay, encore time, right? WRONG. They dismantled the set. I asked one of the security guards when they'd started, and it turns out they'd gone on 20 minutes EARLY. We'd missed HALF THE SET. BASTARDS! Have you ever known a show to run EARLY? Grrr... but we still got to see some fucking awesome songs. Rob Halford can still sing the hell out of the songs. He can still hit all the high notes. He is still awesome.
Sabbath was really good. Ozzy still can't sing, but the rest of them are still kick ass. Tony Iommi looks almost exactly the same as he did in 1970-whatever. Geezer Butler is awesome.
We ended up leaving when [rant] some ASSHOLE WAS SMOKING POT THREE FEET FROM ME, AND I STARTED COUGHING VIOLENTLY AND THEN GOT THE EXPLODING HEADACHE OF DOOM. Just a note to all you BASTARDS who smoke pot at concerts that aren't shitty hippie bands... FUCK YOU! [/rant]
Other than the pot and the missing half Priest's set, the gig was awesome. And I got two shirts, one with an iron cross that says '100% Pure Metal' and another with a skull and crossed guitars that says 'Metal Lives'. Alright.
No, I don't have meningitis.
I went to see Judas Priest and Black Sabbath last night.
Joe and I set off around 6:00-ish, and would have arrrived in time to catch most of Slayer's set, except that the directions I got to the venue sucked. SUCKED. And we ended up going about half an hour in the wrong direction, then spent another 30 minutes on the wrong highway, blah blah blah. We ended up getting to Shoreline as Priest was playing. We figured it'd be fine, they'd be playing for a good hour still.
They played 'Victim of Changes' as we were walking up the hill, and played:
* Beyond The Realms of Death
* The Green Manalishi
* Painkiller
* Hell Bent for Leather
* You've Got Another Thing Coming
Then they stopped. Okay, encore time, right? WRONG. They dismantled the set. I asked one of the security guards when they'd started, and it turns out they'd gone on 20 minutes EARLY. We'd missed HALF THE SET. BASTARDS! Have you ever known a show to run EARLY? Grrr... but we still got to see some fucking awesome songs. Rob Halford can still sing the hell out of the songs. He can still hit all the high notes. He is still awesome.
Sabbath was really good. Ozzy still can't sing, but the rest of them are still kick ass. Tony Iommi looks almost exactly the same as he did in 1970-whatever. Geezer Butler is awesome.
We ended up leaving when [rant] some ASSHOLE WAS SMOKING POT THREE FEET FROM ME, AND I STARTED COUGHING VIOLENTLY AND THEN GOT THE EXPLODING HEADACHE OF DOOM. Just a note to all you BASTARDS who smoke pot at concerts that aren't shitty hippie bands... FUCK YOU! [/rant]
Other than the pot and the missing half Priest's set, the gig was awesome. And I got two shirts, one with an iron cross that says '100% Pure Metal' and another with a skull and crossed guitars that says 'Metal Lives'. Alright.