wow, what a fuckin show man. jesus. i made it to the LJVM at 3pm and waited online till about 6:30 in the fucking freezing cold. i didnt want to wear my jacket or anything, because i would be stuck with it during the concert. man, you should have seen the fuckin losers there. i thought the whole goth thing went out of style, but apparently not. so i finally get in the building, and i was dead center with 3 people in front of me, then the security and stage, etc. well, meshuggah finally got on, and they were ok. i dont really get down with the whole 'death metal' thing, but i admit they put on a pretty good opening show. people got pretty fucking violent there (they should not serve alcohol at fucking shows). anyhow, while meshuggah was playing, i used some brute force and got up to the very front, fucking dead center (i rock). meshuggah finally got off stage, and tool came on like 30 minutes later. they fuckin rocked. it was hard having my spot though, cause everyone was trying to muscle me out of it and the fact that i had about 3000 people pushing forward on me, didnt help much. i had to fight the whole fuckin time to keep my spot. it was ridiculous. this one fucking asshole kept screaming in my ear and head butting my shoulders/back over and over, so he could get me out of that spot. well, fuck that shit. i told him to fucking knock it off, but he wouldnt, so he got an elbow to his face. i fucking hate drunk, violent rednecks. all i want to do is enjoy a show, not have some screaming piece of shit keep hitting me. but anyhow, it got so fucking hot man, i thought i was going to die. plus the constant pressure of being sandwhiched between a metal guard rail and 3000 people didnt help much either. i have fucking bruises on my abdomen, knees, and forearms from being pushed up against that thing. but yeah, it was so incredibly hot, i thought i was going to pass out. when the concert was over, i drank a half of a half gallon of milk, two 24 ounce gatorades, 1 bottle of water, and a sprite. i was so dehydrated my lips went completely chapped and i didnt even have enough saliva to spit. thank god i'm tall and was up front, otherwise it would have been much worse.
what a fuckin show. my god. here is the set list.
Sober
The Grudge
- ions
Stinkfist
Schism (w/extended intro)
H.
Parabol/a
Third Eye
--Intermission--
Disposition
Reflection
Triad (w/Meshugga)
Lateralis
right before third eye started, maynard said, "and now a word from our sponsor" and then timothy leary's voice kicked in. the crowd went fucking ape shit.
maynard barely looked at the crowd during the whole set. he was busy singing with his back towards us, playing a guitar, or smoking a cigarette (which i found a bit odd...the smoking part).
triad with some of the guys from meshuggah was FUCKING AWESOME. i really dont care for meshuggah, but i have to admit they played a pretty good set. the guy can scream really well, without any effort.
the backdrop and multimedia presentations were insane. part way through the set, they had these huge, what looked like molecules floating above them. it was pretty fucking trippy.
oh yeah, last night's maynardism was, "we hope we've inspired you to go drive safely home, bust out the hand lotion and masturbate yourself into oblivion."
you really need to see these people live.