What to Do in St Louis?

As I click Publish, there are 77 days until my trip to St. Louis with Matthew to see Metallica. We are leaving on Thursday, 11-02, and will return home on Monday, 11-6. I recently found out that there's a great local band playing at Pop's in Sauget, IL, on Saturday, 11-4. I've never been to Pop's in Sauget, IL, but I know there are a lot of bands that I would like to see in concert that play there. For example, if I lived in the Saint Louis area, I would likely attend all three of these concerts:

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However, I won't be going to any of them because I can't justify the 10+ hours in the car (roundtrip) to see any of those bands. Of the 5 bands listed, I've seen "The Devil Wears Prada" in concert. I also can say that Devildriver played at Chicago Open Air 2017. I could have seen them playing from a distance, but I have no specific memory of that. I remember Alex and I went to Mass on Sunday morning, but I don't recall what time we arrived at the concert. Here is the lineup from that day:

Sunday (July 16) LIneup:

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Monster Energy Main Stage

• 8:25PM Ozzy Osbourne
• 6:25PM Stone Sour
• 5:05PM Lamb of God
• 3:40PM Amon Amarth
• 2:30PM Hellyeah
• 1:30PM Demon Hunter
• 12:30PM DED

Blackcraft Stage

• 7:20PM Slayer
• 4:35PM Behemoth
• 3:10PM Kyng
• 2:00PM DevilDriver
• 1:00PM Norma Jean
• 12:05PM Whores
• 11:15AM Aversed

Source: 2017 Chicago Open Air Set Times Revealed

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All of that is nice to reflect upon as I think about going to see New Lingo at Pop's in Sauget, IL. This is a map from our hotel to the venus - a short 8 minute drive:

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And this is what the band sounds like.

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And here's some more tunes by the band.

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My Spider-Jedi Sense is Tingling

This list was published on Jun 29, 2021, 10:39 AM and I have some thoughts:

• Cradle of Filth, Cruelty and the Beast (1998) should not be on this list… it’s awful.
• I agree with including Slayer's Seasons In The Abyss
• I might have replaced Seasons with Megadeth's Rust in Peace if I wanted to ensure a Big Four band is on this list
• I can see the case for Iron Maiden's Powerslave, though I haven’t listened to it in decades
• I haven’t gone out of my way to re-listen to White Zombie's Astro-Creep 2000 in decades
• I haven’t gone out of my way to re-listen to Judas Priest's Screaming for Vengeance in decades
  

My Spider-Jedi sense is tingling - I can see a Youtube playlist with these 20 albums in my future. 20 Metal Albums Without A Bad Song On Them | The Pit (wearethepit.com)

1. DevilDriver, The Fury of Our Maker’s Hand (2005)
2. Slayer, Seasons In The Abyss (1990)
3. Mantar, Death by Burning (2014)
4. Electric Wizard, Witchcult Today (2007)
5. He Is Legend,White Bat (2019)
6. Dark Angel, Darkness Descends (1986)
7. Take Over and Destroy, Endless Night (2013)
8. Cradle of Filth, Cruelty and the Beast (1998)
9. Autopsy, The Headless Ritual (2013)
10. Gama Bomb, Citizen Brain (2008)
11. White Zombie, Astro Creep: 2000 (1995)
12. The Crown, Crowned In Terror (2002)
13. Acid Witch, Stoned (2011)
14. Strapping Young Lad, City (1997)
15. Uada, Devoid of Light (2016)
16. Iron Maiden, Powerslave (1984)
17. Black Fast, Terms of Surrender (2015)
18. Sleep, The Sciences (2018)
19. Soilwork, Natural Born Chaos (2002)
20. Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance (1982)

Hating on St. Anger by a Band I Hate

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/cradle-of-filth-frontman-calls-metallicas-st-anger-album-dreadful-says-machine-heads-robb-flynn-wanted-to-be-fred-durst/

Revolving Doors!

When you look at these 5 pages, you might be put off by how many times the band's lineup has changed. I don't really think that's appropriate. There are bands that are not as popular or as well-known as these 5 bands who change their lineup at least as frequently as these 5. The difference is that sites like blabbermouth.net, Loudwire.com, and other metal music websites are around to write about the changes and, sometimes unfortunately, provide fans with a place to voice their pleasure (or displeasure) with the change.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Sabbath_band_members
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cradle_of_Filth_members
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Megadeth_band_members
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quiet_Riot_members
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P.#Members 

I could have easily listed Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, Queensryche, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest instead of the above 5. What started me down this path was thinking about Cradle of Filth because I just found out I downloaded https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoriana_%E2%80%93_The_Seductiveness_of_Decay from Youtube.com, including this (ahem) gem:

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