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Hello. It was a hell of a time last night. Me, my friend Victor and Cesar, went to see Opitate For The Masses, Ill Nino, and Static-X. It was a hell of a time getting there though. The mapquest directions were horrible. Apparently I could take Sample all the way down to Federal and I would be fine. Anyway, we got there about 40 minutes before the doors opened for the show. We didn't have too much time to put up stuff and since we got there so late, we couldn't chill with Ill Nino before the show, which did suck but oh well. We had to get the place tagged and ready for the show. Taking pictures as well of our work to send into Roadrunner to show that we were doing our job. While we were doing this, we were lucky enough to have Lazaro Pina, the bass player of Ill Nino, came up to shake our hands. Pretty much thinking us for all of the help and support. Which was very nice and cool of him. We actually were able to get the place tagged up and ready for the show. Got all the pics we needed. Which felt really good considering the hell it took to get over there. Anyway, the first band, Opiate For The Masses came on and they were bad ass. The drummer what fuckin crazy. He was swinging his arms around. Throwing his drum sticks up in the air and catching them. Someone even threw him one while he was playing and still caught it and kept on playing. So, they put on a hell of a show. The lead singer, resembled a lot like Billy Idol. The way he dressed and looked, really gave me that idea. Anyway, we were getting ready for the crazy latinos of Ill Nino. We were ready and it was fuckin crazy. They opened up with "This Is War" and shit started going crazy. Every song was better and better. Probably the best part of Ill Nino's set was they had the drummers from all of the bands there had a drum jamming session right there on stage. It was great. The drummer from the Opiate For The Masses accidently kicked his over, so then he went over and was drummer with the drummer from Static-X. That was fuckin crazy. During this whole time, my body was getting fucked up. My forearms kept on being banged aganist the guard rail. Their was even this one girl crowd surfing, who I happen to know, got pushed over. When she did, her foot kicked me in the back of the head and my head slammed right on the rail. It fuckin hurt, but I was alright. I didn't care. I was having a good time and I wasn't going to let that ruin my night. The moshing for Ill Nino's set was crazy. It was all over the place. I was even involved in it. Which was nuts. After they were done, we just chatted up with a bunch of people at the show. It was a while before Static-X. Even though my body was fucked up, I ready to see Static-X again for the first time in a few years. It was great. They opened up with "I Want To Fucking Break It" The whole time they were up there it was great. They were even joking around while they were on stage with shots and were even playing Rick James' Supernatural. That was hilarous. Also Wayne Static, lead vocalist and guitarist of Static-X, annouced that it was Tony Campos' birthday. So a big happy birthday to you man. Koichi Fukuda, the lead guitarist, was tearing ass throughout the entire set. Adding his touch on everything. I remember when I heard their first album with him on it. I was looking forward to seeing him the first time I saw Static-X a few years ago but unfortunately that wasn't possible. I was glad to finally see him do what he does best. Throughout the entire night we were all in each other's faces screaming the lyrics to all the songs, making gestures to each other as well. After the show, we went over to the merchcandise booth and found all of the members and got to chat and take a pic with Cristian and the rest of the boys from Ill Nino. Overall it was a great night. Victor, always a pleasure working with you for Roadrunner. Cesar, it was great to finally go to a concert with you. Victor, can't wait to do another show for Roadrunner. Always glad to work with you.
-Dan
-Dan