Three music festivals in different geographic areas caught my attention.
First, there's a heavy metal festival in New Jersey that has been happening for 11 years. This is its 12th year. I've never been to New Jersey. A two day ticket for this concert is $80, which is not a bad price if you like this type of music. I am a heavy metal fan but Cookie Monster vocals don't impress me. I have no desire whatsoever to go see more than one or two of these bands. Most of them, I've never heard of. I'm not as involved in the heavy metal/hardcore scene as I thought I used to be. I still write music reviews (http://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=6492 is my latest review) for Dailyvault.com, but I'm finding my interests take me other places.
I digress. Here are the bands and their time slots. Look at Friday. A band starts @ noon and the second band starts a 1/2 hour later @ 12:30. So, they are actually going to play 20 minutes to allow 10 minutes to change the equipment?!? Bands with a <== indicate someone I've actually heard of. Second Stage Friday 12 noon MONSTERS 12:30 p.m. XTHEWARX 1 p.m. GRAVE MAKER 1:30 p.m. FORFEIT 2 p.m. DONNYBROOK! 2:30 p.m. BURNING EMPIRES 3 p.m. THICK AS BLOOD 3:30 p.m. C.O.A. 4 p.m. MONGOLOIDS 4:30 p.m. DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR 5 p.m. DEATH THREAT 5:30 p.m. EARTH CRISIS <== 6:15 p.m. CRO MAGS <== Main Stage Friday 3:10 p.m. HOWL 3:40 p.m. ARCHITECT UK 4:10 p.m. AFTER THE BURIAL 4:40 p.m. NACHTMYSTIUM 5:25 p.m. DOOMRIDERS 6:10 p.m. FALL OF TROY 6:55 p.m. VALIANT THOR 7:40 p.m. BARONESS 8:35 p.m. BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME <== 10 p.m. MASTODON <== Second Stage Saturday 12 noon ACROSS THE SUN 12:30 p.m. SWASHBUCKLE 1 p.m. ROSE FUNERAL 1:30 p.m. ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS 2 p.m. XTYRANTX 2:30 p.m. GAZA 3 p.m. TONY DANZA 3:30 p.m. ALPHA OMEGA 4 p.m. SOUL CONTROL 4:30 p.m. REIGN SUPREME 5 p.m. CRUEL HAND 5 p.m. DISEMBODIED 6:15 p.m. MUNICIPAL WASTE <== don't know if I've actually heard their music Main Stage Saturday 12:15 p.m. ACARO 12:45 p.m. LECHEROUS NOCTURNE 1:15 p.m. MALEFICE 1:45 p.m. PERIPHERY 2:15 p.m. CHELSEA GRIN 2:45 p.m. ABACABB 3:15 p.m. TTEOTD 3:45 p.m. HOLY GRAIL 4:15 p.m. CATTLE DECAPITATION <== these guys SUCK!!! 4:45 p.m. IMPENDING DOOM 5:25 p.m. SKELETON WITCH 6:10 p.m. 1349 7 p.m. ELUVEITIE 7:50 p.m. WHITE CHAPEL 8:40 p.m. JOB FOR A COWBOY <== wasn't impressed with this band 9:45 p.m. AMON AMARTH <== this wouldn't be a bad band to see - very good power metal 11:30 p.m. CANNIBAL CORPSE <== are you kidding me?!? these guys suck! So... yeah, not going. My assumption is the music is a lot like this.
The second festival is Rocklahoma. It is about 7 hours from my house. It looks like a good show. However, my experience with the Memphis in May concerts is that sometimes the bands you really want to see are playing at the same time on two different stages. That has happened to me before. You as a concert audience member have to choose. That is why I am holding out on my opinion on this show until they announce the times for the bands to play. If I really wanted to see ZZ Top and they are playing at the same time as Godsmack, how do you choose?
The third festival is the aforementioned Memphis in May. I'm getting older. I really am. I don't really think I could go through this concert again. It always rains. There's always a lot of walking - I mean A LOT of walking - and in the crowds, it's not all that much fun. I've never had a bad time in Memphis. It's just that I'm getting older and spending nearly $700 on myself (figuring $100/day x 5, plus hotel) is just not in the cards for me. More info about it here
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