Show Journal 2003-10-31
There’s just too much stuff to mention so I’m going stream of consciousness on this one. Huge crowd, great costumes, lots of slut costumes, lots of dead people, one person had a shattered 800 Octane CD embedded in their head, Anna Nicole was frightening and way too accurate, Dave got flashed numerous times while holding the video camera which makes me think I need to buy one, very long line in the freezing cold that everyone was stuck in … including myself, Robby Hellfire rocked, Angus ruled, duct tapes boxers did not, Sumara was fast and technical and despite being Mormon they got a huge pit going, helmets are always a safe bet for singers, Hauler was simultaneously the loudest and gnarliest band I’ve ever seen live, Hauler was also the scariest when wearing those creepy face masks, our sound check took forever because of all the audio and video equipment and we want to apologize for that, all those pints of fake blood tasted awful and made my eyes sting, opening with a cover of ‘Halloween’ by the Misfits on Halloween was the highlight of the show and perhaps my entire year, at one point my nose was running but I realized no one could tell with all the makeup so I just let it flow, stage divers by the dozen, equal numbers of guest vocals from the crowd, I messed up the intro to ‘Everybody’ so bad I had to stop the song and get a “do over”, Dave ended our set by dumping a bucket of literally almost 15 pounds of candy on the front row, Countdown rocked hard enough that even Dave got on stage to sing, Countdown also covered ‘Day Of The Dead’ and Justin and I took notes from the power of Ty, they were also the heaviest I’ve ever seen them. I can’t possibly find enough words to thank Countdown for setting up that awesome show and also to everyone who travelled long and far to make this one of our best shows ever. Huge thanks to all involved with the filming and audio recording … let’s hope it turns out well!
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