Best Concert Experience I've ever had...at a metal show :headbang1:
1. Machine Head, Neurosis, Biohazard, Pantera. Johnnyland, Corpus Christi, TX. Damn what a line up. I got to the front at the very beginning and MAN was it a rough show! I've seen each of these bands a few times but never at the same show!
MH was in top shape that night. The show opened with the craziest feedback and Robb coming out and yelling the chorus from Davidian. That set the crowd on FYAH! One of those times Machine Head came out with Dime guitars and explained to the crowd that Pantera broke their guitars the night before and gave them 2 of Dime's to make up for it! :sad:
Neurosis terrified everyone! :evil4: I think only me and my freind Ian knew any of the songs. Everyone else just stood there slackjaw.
When Biohazard came on you'd think that civil war had started. To this day, I've never seen anything more violent and chaotic. Getting caught in that mosh brought out true animal panic. Even Slayer couldn't touch that pit! At one Biohazard show later on, Billy jumped into the crowd and landed on me! The edge of his SG hit me in the face and boy that sent me ringing...I was gonna roll him, but it's Billy...he'd have killed me! And Pantera! Oh Pantera was...SO LOUD! That show was during the bad times in the band and Phil wasn't funny anymore. Dime was having a great time but Phil was starting to get into his whole "I'm invincible" thing. I stood infront of Dime the whole time and tried to learn his parts. He gave me a pick! :dontknow: yeah it was cool. I was lucky to catch them about nine or ten more times before the break up. Never saw Damagepran.
2. Clearlight, Clutch, C.O.C. at Emo's in Austin, TX. I got to meet Pepper Keenan and have a beer with him at the bar! He's a cool dude, and a hell of a showman!
Clearlight was kinda cool, but not my fave. Actually they may as well have not played. Clutch and C.O.C. stole the show. Anyone who's seen Clutch knows they can kick it out! So much fun! That crazy Neil Fallon was fantastic that night. He got everyone dancing! C.O.C. was the highlight of the night. Emo's is small so I was right up front singing along with Pep! I'd seen them a few times, but never that close. They played for a long time too and kept on getting the crowd to sing along. I'm a little...energetic...as I'm sure y'all can tell, so I kept getting worried looks from that funny bug eyed Keenan :tard:. Then after the show I saw him just standing around by himself...I had brought all my CD covers of course and went all fan boi on him. I'm so stupid that I brought something for him to sign from before he was in the band... :doh: He was real cool though and chilled me out, signed my stuff and sat down with me to have a beer and talk about music! Just an overall GREAT rock show.
3. Get ready for it............ELVIS CRESPO in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Not a rock show at all, he plays Merengue and Salsa with an incredible band. I was lucky enough to be working security that night and I opened the door for him and his band, wished him a good show and saw the whole thing from back stage side right. I dunno...it was just a BLAST! He was the only band that night and they played for about 2 hours, I think. It was cool, The band went on stage first and Elvis stayed on the stairs. He got his mic and gave me some nod like, "Ok Mang, les pley." I was lost 'cause I had nothing to do with sound...Just physical security. So, I just did the 'snap and point' and he started to sing Suavemente...So many people dancing and drinking, OH MY...it looked like that Biohazard pit at first glance then you realize that all these people are dancing and smiling and jumping and singing. Quite an exhilerating night I must say.
Metallica is my favorite band overall, so I should list their show in Houston last year, cause it was Awesome! Loud as bombs! Plus DOWN played too, and that was great even though they didn't play Three Sons and One Star.
Honorable mentions go to:
Gypsy Kings at the Woodlands
Blue Man Group in Corpus.
Santana in S.A.
ACL a few years back had The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Rocky Erikson!, Blues Traveler, Allman Brothers!, Buddy Guy!, Black Crowes! The Black Keys, Robert Randolph...too many others. That was the best one. Maye the next year when Bjork played...oooh Bjork...
Oh, man there's this band from Austin called Fatback Circus that played in SA a while back. ist off they were awesome, but they ALSO did a out of this world cover of Zepplin's Communication breakdown. Awesome show there too.