SLIPKNOT
Well last night was the Slipknot show at the Allstate. Came home from school, ate and left. Picked up Spanny. We left pretty early because I assumed rush hour traffic on a Friday would have been worse bu it wasnt too bad, so we got there really early. We to Steak n Shake and then just sat in the parking lot for a good hour listening to music.
Doors opened. Went inside. Found our seats and walked around for a while until the show started.
Gizmachi opened. Never heard them before but they were pretty good. Got a free cd from them.
Shadows Fall played next. I was really excited to see them, having never seen them before. They played great! It was a pretty short set but was good.
Lamb Of God played shortly after. I think I enjoyed them more this time around. They played an amazing set and much to my surprise, a pretty lengthy one too. It was good.
And last, of course, was Slipknot!
Now I was very worried this show was going to suck and that I had some bad seats, but actually, I probably had one of the best views that I could of wanted, and probably one of the best views of Joey Jordison in the house, which we all know made my day!
They played for a real long time and a much better set then expected. Several songs from all 3 major albums. It was amazing. And, joey played his solo,(high light of my life) complete with rotating drum riser. If anyone has seen the Disasterpieces DVD, you know what I'm talking about. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
Updates on the knot:
Chris played with a broken foot. I could see "back stage" from where I was at. And I see Slipknot sprint their asses to the stage after their intro music cut, and im looking at them all and I know someone is missing, then I see chris hop up on stage with crutches. Apparently a few nights ago, he jumped off the very elaborate stage set-up and messed up his foot pretty badly. I dont know though, Sid was doing it all night and was fine, but chris managed to have as much fun as he possibly could on stage given the situation.
Sid cut ALL his hair off!!!
Craig probably actually did only ONE thing the entire set.(he is a waste of a member)
Corey told a bunch of bands to "suck his mother-fucking nuts"-thought that was funny
Joey is probably the most hyper person in the world. After the extremely exhausting set his just played that lasted over and hour and half long, he throws some sticks to the crowd, and the sprints as fast as he can off stage and literally runs out of the arena!
Slipknot has some new "death masks" as they call them. This was the first time I have ever known them to do a mask change during a show.
All and all....great show. Exceded my expectations by far!
Work today will suck
Doors opened. Went inside. Found our seats and walked around for a while until the show started.
Gizmachi opened. Never heard them before but they were pretty good. Got a free cd from them.
Shadows Fall played next. I was really excited to see them, having never seen them before. They played great! It was a pretty short set but was good.
Lamb Of God played shortly after. I think I enjoyed them more this time around. They played an amazing set and much to my surprise, a pretty lengthy one too. It was good.
And last, of course, was Slipknot!
Now I was very worried this show was going to suck and that I had some bad seats, but actually, I probably had one of the best views that I could of wanted, and probably one of the best views of Joey Jordison in the house, which we all know made my day!
They played for a real long time and a much better set then expected. Several songs from all 3 major albums. It was amazing. And, joey played his solo,(high light of my life) complete with rotating drum riser. If anyone has seen the Disasterpieces DVD, you know what I'm talking about. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen!
Updates on the knot:
Chris played with a broken foot. I could see "back stage" from where I was at. And I see Slipknot sprint their asses to the stage after their intro music cut, and im looking at them all and I know someone is missing, then I see chris hop up on stage with crutches. Apparently a few nights ago, he jumped off the very elaborate stage set-up and messed up his foot pretty badly. I dont know though, Sid was doing it all night and was fine, but chris managed to have as much fun as he possibly could on stage given the situation.
Sid cut ALL his hair off!!!
Craig probably actually did only ONE thing the entire set.(he is a waste of a member)
Corey told a bunch of bands to "suck his mother-fucking nuts"-thought that was funny
Joey is probably the most hyper person in the world. After the extremely exhausting set his just played that lasted over and hour and half long, he throws some sticks to the crowd, and the sprints as fast as he can off stage and literally runs out of the arena!
Slipknot has some new "death masks" as they call them. This was the first time I have ever known them to do a mask change during a show.
All and all....great show. Exceded my expectations by far!
Work today will suck