wall of sleep

Just got back from my first Ozzfest.
What a rush!
Got there about 9:30am - since I drove 350 miles and my only choice was
to sit in a hotel room or go to Ozzfest.
I saw about half the bands on the second stage as I was in and out of
that area all day. I'm not really into the growling vocal style, but
live it's not nearly as annoying. I actually came to appreciate it as
part of the show. It has more to do with the rhythm section - since
there's no melody to it. But it does look pretty cool to see a guy
scream at the top of his lungs till his veins are about to pop - backed
by bombastic metal music!
Musically - my favorites were Lamb of God and Lacuna Coil.
I left during Slipknot to make my way to the main stage. I had a Pit
ticket so I wanted to stake my claim to a good spot. Worked like a charm
too as I was front row, right up against the barrier on Iommi's side of
the stage for the entire 6 hrs!
BLS was pretty good, I couldn't hear Zakk as well as I could the second
guitarist - who's amps were right in front of me. They rocked hard though.
Next up was Superjoint Ritual. I expected not to like them, since all
the reviews complain about Phil's ranting, but I ended up being
converted. I'm not sure what he talked about at the other shows, but in
Seattle, he mentioned his support for the soldiers and the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq - saying "If we didn't do it, no one would". He
then spotted a disabled vet in the crowd - the guy was in a wheelchair
with an American flag wrapped aroud him - and Phil had security bring
him up on stage for a couple songs, saying "Someone give that man a
beer". It really made the guy's day!
They also, by the way, rocked hard.
Next was Dimmu Bruggir. They were actually kind of comical with their
makeup. The lead singer never did break character - keeping his "black
metal voice" even for the between song banter. The bass player was cool
though - he's about seven feet tall and he actually sings! Pretty good
too. I only really liked their last song. But it did rock hard.
Next was Judas Priest. Halford was on! He nailed his first scream and
you could tell that really revved him up. He was pumping his fist and
mouthing "Yes!!" The rest of the band however, seemed a little tired and
stale. They rocked hard in a couple spots, but for the most part - not.
Then they pulled the curtain and it was time for Sabbath.
You could feel the excitement building in the air. When the band
member's shadows appeared on the curtain the place just erupted!
I immediately went into a total head banging frenzy. I was ten feet from
Iommi all night!!! He nailed it too. I had to remind myself to look at
Ozzy, Geezer and Bill! Anyway about halfway through War Pigs I realized
I hadn't been watching the video to see if it had the anti-Bush stuff -
but I totally didn't care - I mean here they are, the Legends, RIGHT IN
FRONT OF ME - why would I watch a video?
They did the same setlist everyone else has reported - and I really
couldn't tell you if Ozzy sang good or not cause I was singing every
stinking song at the top of my lungs!!! But I can tell you he was having
a blast. He had a huge smile on his face all night, and was jumping and
running all over. He nailed me with a water bucket!
Needless to say Sabbath schooled very other band on the bill as to how
it's done. THEY ROCKED HARD!!!
Black Sabbath - Ozzy, Geezer, Ward and Iommi - with one drummer, one
bass player, one singer, and one guitar player, playing thirty year old
music - sounded more devastating than all the two guitar, multi
percussion bands that preceded them.
When I got back to my hotel room, my ears were still ringing, my voice
was gone and I went to sleep with a smile on my face.
What a night!
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wall of sleep

Just realized I forgot Slayer! Their set was between DB and JP and they
totally rocked hard!
Seasons in the Abyss was the high point for me - since that's my fav
Slayer song. They played better than any of the second stage bands and I
thought they rocked harder that Priest too!
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b. e. gumby

It's too bad they dropped their anti-Bush video. Most of the world supported
it! Including most of us in Canada!

raddion

!!!!!!!!!!!!!YOU ROCK MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

raddion

Thats funny, I thought Canada sent troops to Iraq also?

governor swill

What a government does and what it's people want it to do are often
two different things. Just ask Madrid.

Bedwarmer

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"We depend on our elected officials to solve our social problems
for us, but the masses seem to be more impressed with their
ability to believe, rather than their ability to reason.
Therefore our elected officials spend our tax money financing
a tug-o-war between impotent ideals that produce no rewards
except bragging rights for the side that fooled the most people."
-- http://www.cognitiverevolution.net

wall of sleep

Newsflash: they're playing in America!
Maybe they'll use it when they play Canada.
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wall of sleep

No, they didn't. They've become vehement anti-Americans up there. Mostly
because the place is populated by draft dodgers from the Viet Nam era.
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b. e. gumby

NO!!!! NOT AT ALL!!!! What made you think that????

roller0327

We are not anti-American, repug. We hate Bu$h.