What *is* Nu Metal?!?

Personally, I don't consider Incubus or Kid Rock "nu metal", but okay, whatever.

I've seen these "book your concert with a budget" graphics before for other genres. What irks me with 99.9% of these "book your concert with a budget" graphics is that there is never enough in the budget to get one from each row. You would need a budget of [10 + 20 + 30 + 40 + 50 =] $150 to do so.

As for my ideal concert?
$10 - Sevendust
$20 - Papa Roach
$30 - Incubus
$40 - Linkin Park (but only if Chester Bennington sang, otherwise, none)
$50 - Slipknot (but only because I saw Korn in 2017 at Chicago Open Air)

Out of those 15 bands, I've seen 4 - Korn, Papa Roach, P.O.D, and Sevendust, but if I factor in the number of times I've seen Papa Roach (Memphis, Moline, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines so 4 times), and the number of times I've seen Sevendust (Cedar Rapids x 2, a couple of minutes in Waterloo when they were an unannounced / unadvertised opener for Five Finger Death Punch), I get pushed up to 10. <grin>

Graduation Blocks My Attendance

My nephew's high school graduation occurs during the final day of this festival in May 2019. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Alex would be wanting us to take a trip to Columbus, OH. Here's info about the festival: http://loudwire.com/sonic-temple-lineup-2019-announcement-bands/ and here's a preliminary list of the bands that are playing:

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1. Foo Fighters
2. System Of A Down
3. Disturbed
4. Bring Me the Horizon
5. The Prodigy
6. Ghost
7. Halestorm
8. Lamb of God
9. Chevelle
10. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
11. The Cult
12. In This Moment
13. The Hives
14. Gojira
15. The Distillers
16. Meshuggah
17. Action Bronson
18. The Struts
19. Refused
20. Killswitch Engage
21. Parkway Drive
22. Black Label Society
23. Beartooth
24. Scars On Broadway
25. Architects
26. Tom Morello
27. Avatar
28. Pussy Riot
29. Bad Wolves
30. Fever 333
31. Mark Lanegan Band
32. Badflower
33. The Glorious Sons
34. Issues
35. Yungblud
36. H09909
37. Black Pistol Fire
38. Scarlxrd
39. Zeal & Ardor
40. Basement
41. The Black Dahlia Murder
42. Don Broco
43. Wage War
44. Hands Like Houses
45. While She Sleeps
46. Palaye Royale
47. Movements
48. Amigo the Devil
49. The Plot In You
50. Boston Manor
51. COUNTERFEIT.
52. Demob Happy
53. Teenage Wrist
54. The Pretty Vicious
55. Black Coffee
56. Shvpes
57. Dirty Honey
58. No1Cares
59. The Jacks

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And in alphabetical order by band name:

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1. Action Bronson
2. Amigo the Devil
3. Architects
4. Avatar
5. Bad Wolves
6. Badflower
7. Basement
8. Beartooth
9. Black Coffee
10. Black Label Society
11. Black Pistol Fire
12. Boston Manor
13. Bring Me the Horizon
14. Chevelle
15. COUNTERFEIT.
16. Demob Happy
17. Dirty Honey
18. Disturbed
19. Don Broco
20. Fever 333
21. Foo Fighters
22. Ghost
23. Gojira
24. H09909
25. Halestorm
26. Hands Like Houses
27. In This Moment
28. Issues
29. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
30. Killswitch Engage
31. Lamb of God
32. Mark Lanegan Band
33. Meshuggah
34. Movements
35. No1Cares
36. Palaye Royale
37. Parkway Drive
38. Pussy Riot
39. Refused
40. Scarlxrd
41. Scars On Broadway
42. Shvpes
43. System Of A Down
44. Teenage Wrist
45. The Black Dahlia Murder
46. The Cult
47. The Distillers
48. The Glorious Sons
49. The Hives
50. The Jacks
51. The Pretty Vicious
52. The Prodigy
53. The Struts
54. The Plot In You
55. Tom Morello
56. Wage War
57. While She Sleeps
58. Yungblud
59. Zeal & Ardor

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Looks like a great festival...

Disturbing New Disturbed Tunes Came Out Today!

David Draiman's track by track guide to Disturbed's new album Evolution

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No Regrets About Skipping Rock Fest

Instead of COA 2018, RockFest?!?

Chicago Open Air is not going to exist in July 2018. Instead, I'm contemplating Rock Fest in Cadott, WI.

Friday July 12

Sunday July 13

 Saturday July 14

Great Parenting

http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/disturbeds-dan-donegan-says-rock-music-produces-lifelong-fans/

Like a Cult

Karen described our morning commute as like being in a cult because I have the radio tuned to Rock 108. This AM, Disturbed's new tune "The Vengeful One" came on. Karen lasted through the first verse, the chorus, & the second verse, but when the song reached the interlude after the second verse, she had had enough. She changed the station to Life 101.9, the Christian station, but only stayed there for a few moments because she doesn't like the female DJ. She changed the station (again) to 94.1 KRNA. I have no idea what was going on, at that precise moment, because I could only hear people talking over each other. I turned the radio off.

What's kind of funny is that yesterday, Karen started humming the melody of Seether's "Same Damn Life."

She was quick to point out that just because she recognized the melody is not an admission of actually liking the song.

Great Groove

Now Spinning

I've fallen into a bit of a rut lately. I've been spinning a lot of Five Finger Death Punch, a lot of Lamb of God, and even more Death Magnetic. If I were to make a life CD, these would be my current favorite songs.

1. Demons - Bayside
2. No One Understands - Bayside
3. Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab for Cutie
4. You Can Do Better Than Me - Death Cab for Cutie
5. All Summer Long - Kid Rock
6. So Hott - Kid Rock
7. Indestructible - Disturbed
8. Inside the Fire - Disturbed
9. The Bleeding - Five Finger Death Punch
10. It's Never Enough - Five Finger Death Punch
11. Stranger than Fiction - Five Finger Death Punch
12. The Bleeding (acoustic) - Five Finger Death Punch
13. Wasted Years - Iron Maiden
14. Run to the Hills - Iron Maiden
15. The Judas Kiss - Metallica
16. My Apocalypse - Metallica
17. Grace - Lamb of God
18. Set to Fail - Lamb of God