I went to Mayhemfest Aug 10th. I had a really great review written out yesterday, but apparantly I timed out somehow, and it disappeared. And I don't have the time to knock it out again, so here is the shortened version.
Highlights...
Slipknot was incredible. Corey Taylor is one of the best frontmen I've ever seen, and I've seen the great David Lee Roth. I am a huge fan of percussion, and they have it in spades. The band was tight, and I'm not a huge fan of their music, but Wow!
Five Finger Death Punch was super heavy, highly energized, and had a huge mosh pit, or several decent sized ones. We were up close, but had to fight our way back. I'm way too old for that
shit.
Airbourne was great. I had never heard of them, or if I had, I thought they were someone else. What a great party band. High energy, always smiling. Worth looking into for sure.
Soil was good. I had heard their stuff before. We also met them, and they were super nice. And they gave me free shirts and shot glasses, and took a pic. Super nice, and talked music for awhile.
My youngest saw a bunch of his friends, so it made it more fun for him. While hanging with friends, they saw a fight, and when security got there, the guy ran. They then got to see a guy get tasered.
Dem, my oldest (17 and single ladies who have daughters), and I got our picture taken with porn stars. His grin practically breaks his face. We bought shirts and a hat from the Pornstar skateboard company, so they posed with us.
The Metal Mulisha was set up, and did a bunch of motorcycle tricks. Kick ass in person.
White Castle afterwards. We don't have them by us, so I'm not allowed to pass one without buying some for home.
There was a hot blonde there with six inchs of skirt, and no panties that I saw. I don't know your name, but if you are on here...Bueno!!!
Lots and lots of hot metal chicks. All shapes, all sizes. Just proves the catholic schoolgirl skirt ALWAYS has a place on this earth. As well as corset tops.
Lowlights
$12 for a big beer. I'm glad I had the kids, so I didn't have to pay that much. $6 for a soda is bad enough.
Metal Dude, sitting next to his ol lady, crying, because she is yelling at him. He was all decked out in tattoos, mohawk, piercings...and eyes full of tears.
There are a whole bunch of really spooky, ugly people who listen to metal.
Some of the Slipknot fans came in full gear...jumpsuits, masks, all out. It's in the mid 80's. They start to stink after awhile. And they were everywhere.
Black Tide. Four kids (all under 20), living the dream, and the four biggest douchbags that we met. I can't wait for them to have to get a haircut so they can work at McDonalds.
PETA had a tent there. Which amazed me. What amazed me more is they were offering a sampler cd, you just had to sign up for their propaganda email. That doesn't surprise me. What does surprise me is how mad the guy got, when he looked at my oldest's information, and got pissed because he put his email down as ilovebeef@yahoo.com. The guy got all indignant with him, telling him how cruel we are to animals just so we can eat them. Dem said thats because they are delicious. I've never been more proud of the boy.
The guy who was so drunk, he tripped in the bathroom, and flung his arm out, and caught himself by putting his hand in the urinal trough. I wasn't sure if this was a highlight, or lowlight. It was pretty funny though.
The douchenozzle who just strutted around, shirt off, with all his stupid Aaryn and SS tattoos. He just thought he was the shit. Kudo's to the group of girls who booed him every time he walked by. He was huge, I was afraid.
Thats it for now. A good time was had by all...well, at least us. I wasn't a huge fan of many bands here, but it was a good experience. I saw a few bands that I liked, some I didn't, but it was all fun, except the Nazi guy, he should have been bludgeoned.
