Lets see, where were we...oh yes.
On Saturday Kevin, Jenny, and I went to Dallas to see Mayhem Fest 2009. It turned out to be somewhat of a Murphy's Law kind of afternoon. Jenny had planned to be in Denton by 1, but she was late coming in from Austin and we didn't leave for Dallas until after 4. No big deal, I wasn't really excited about seeing most of the second stage bands. We would still have enough time to catch Cannibal Corpse and Behemoth. We get to the Starplex a little bit after 5 and made our way to pick up our tickets which I had reserved through will-call. But when we got to the box office, they told us that their electricity was out and that they had no way to give us our tickets. I tried giving them my credit card information, name, etc., and they claimed they couldn't do anything until electricity was on. So we sat around outside the venue while I checked up with the box office every 15 or 20 minutes. Finally, after almost 2 hours of waiting around they decided that now they could take my name down name and credit card information and give me my tickets. WTF! They could have easily done this earlier, those idiots! We ended up missing Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse. As the woman at the booth gave me my tickets and hear me complain that I missed most of the bands I came to see, she had the balls to tell me "Well you should have show up at 2pm like everyone else." What a bitch!
So we got in during Bullet For My Valentine's set, whom I didn't really care to see. Then Killswitch Engage came on and put on a really good show. They commanded the audience to perform a "wall of death," which for those who are not mosh-smart just think of the movie Braveheart. The mosh pit opens up in the middle, half on one side, half on the other. When the band gives the command, both sides charge at eachother and it is really the most brutal mosh experience ever. The wall of death on the lawn stretched from the walkway at the front all the way to the back wall of the Starplex! Killswitch Engage closed with their cover of Dio's "Holy Diver" which was also awesome.
Next was Slayer, which was definitely the highlight of the night. They played just about every one of their touring standards, except for "Die By The Sword," my favorite Slayer song. During their set, we started our own three-person mosh pit. We even got Jenny to do some headbanging with us, it was a ton of fun. At one point, after we had been going nuts on the law for a while, another concert goer walked up and said, "You guys are acting pretty crazy, do you have any acid?" I just laughed and told him that I was fueled by Slayer, and he smiled and kept moving along.
After a short rest, Marilyn Manson came on. The last time I saw his performance was either in 2001 or 2002 at Ozzfest. His show back then was excellent, full of theatrical movements and drama. But this year's Manson show was not near as good. He managed to play a handful of his early stuff from the 90's, and some of his other standards. His newer music really isn't that good in my opinion, so I just kinda sat back during those songs. He looked really tired and during some songs he seemed to be losing his voice. The picture at the top of the blog is of Marilyn Manson earlier this year. Apparently his break up with Evan Woods hasn't been treating him very well. He wasn't near this fat looking at this year's show, but it was quite different from his skin and bones, Iggy Pop-like physique from earlier in his career.
Overall, though we missed some really good bands, we had a really awesome time at Mayhem Fest. Also before this weekend I didn't really know Jenny all that well, but I feel like I've made a new awesome friend. Though after this whole experience, I will never do my tickets on will-call again. And if I can help it, I will steer clear from another Ticketmaster show in the future since they hire idiots to run their box office.
Lets see, what else is going on? I'm supposed to record some bass tracks for a new country project this week. I will probably start playing shows with this group after I can quit RaceTrac since they have my weekends tied up for the next month or two. Speaking of bands, Jet City Rotation is about to get moving again. Our singer had broken his arm, but he is healing up fast and is ready to get back into the rehearsal space. Be on the lookout for JCR dates in the near future!
Now, I must force myself to get some sleep. My boss schedule me to work 4 AM til 8 AM tomorrow, which sucks. Who schedules someone for 4 AM after they work til 9:30 PM the previous night? Bleh, just a few more weeks of this bologna.
--DW
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