OK HERE IT IS PART 3 OF ROCK ON THE RANGE!!
SUNDAY WAS THE BEST DAY OVERALL!! JUST ROCKED!! HERE WE GO WITH A
BREAKDOWN...
SAVING ABLE... DON'T KNOW, WAS EATING BREAKFAST AT THE BUCKEYE
HALL OF FAME!! HA HA
REV. THEORY... DRIVING AND PARKING!! HEARD THEM. CAN'T REALLY
TELL YA ANYTHING THOUGH.
5 FINGER DEATH PUNCH!! I LOVED THEM. HEAVY, ROCKIN. A LITTLE
TOO HEAVY FOR SOME OF THE CROWD THOUGH. BUT HAD BEST LINE OF
WEEKEND.
LEAD SINGER KEPT HAVING THE CROWD HELP HIM COUNT IN THE
SONGS... "ONE, TWO, FUCK YOU!!" HA HA! QUOTED IT ALL DAY! AND I
TEXTED IT TO A BUNCH OF FOLK!!
BLACK TIDE... LOVED THESE KIDS. AND I MEAN KIDS!! LIKE 15
YEARS OLD!! THEY WERE A COMBO OF MEGADEATH/JUDAS PRIEST! YEAH!!
GOOD KIDS!! HA HA!
ALTER-BRIDGE... THE SECOND BIGGEST SURPRISE OF THE WEEKEND. I
HAVE SEEN CREED ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES. SAME BAND JUST WITHOUT
SCOTT STAPP. SO THE JOKE ALL DAY WAS WE WERE WAITING TO SEE
"CREED LIGHT" HA HA! WELL... THESE FUCKERS WERE SO GOOD! THE LEAD
SINGER WAS THE ABSOLUTE SHIT!! HE HIT THE HIGH NOTES AND THEN SOME!!
COULD PLAY A RIPPING GUITAR TOO!! THEY EVEN JAMMED OUT SOME ZEPPELIN
AND NAILED IT!! WE WERE BLOWN AWAY!! FORGET THE SAPPY RADIO SONGS
THEY RELEASED, THIS BAND ROCKS!!
BOBAFLEX... I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEM BUT THEIR SOUND
WAS HORRIBLE. VOCALS WERE NOT IN MIX, MUDDLED SOUND. DISAPPOINTING
BUT NOT THEIR FAULT.
FLYLEAF... DIDN'T SHOW. SINGER SICK, TOUR CANCELED.
SEEEEEEEEEETHER! Y'ALL KNOW I WAS THERE TO SEE TWO BANDS...
DISTURBED AND SEETHER!! HA HA! THEY ROCKED!! AND YES I WAS BACK ON
THE FIELD FOR THESE GUYS!! (AND NEVER LEFT) TIME TO DRINK!! HA HA!
THEY WERE AS SOLID AS EVER. GREAT SHOW. NOW THEY JUST STAND THERE
BUT THEY TOTALLY JAM!! REMEDY... REMEDY!!
DROWNING POOL... WOW! I HAVE SEEN THEM WITH THEIR OTHER TWO
SINGERS, AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. AND THEY DID NOT
DISAPPOINT!! "IF YOUR GONNA STAND UP-----------YOUR GONNA GET KNOCKED
DOWN!!!!" FUCK THAT SONG ROCKS!! THEY DID A NICE TRIBUTE TO THE
TROOPS WITH THEIR LAST SINGLE "SOLIDER" AND IT REALLY GOT THE CROWD
FIRED UP!! FUN, SLAMIN SET! "LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR!!" WHOOOO!
PAPA ROACH... GREAT, FUN, ENERGETIC BAND!! AGAIN. THEY REALLY
GO ALL OUT!! EVEN PLAYED A COUPLE OF NEW SONGS, AND THEY WERE GREAT!
CROWD LOVED THESE GUYS!!
SEVENDUST... I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THESE GUYS!! I HAVE SEEN
THEM A BUNCH OF TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS ROCK, BUT... AND I EVEN BOUGHT
THEIR NEW ALBUM ON FRI EVENING BEFORE THE CONCERT!! AND... THE SOUND
JUST PLAIN SUCKED!!!!! MUDDLED, VOCALS NOT IN MIX. I WAS SOOOOO
DISAPPOINTED! SUCKED. NOT THE BANDS FAULT, THEY REALLY PUT ON A
SHOW, BUT YOU COULDN'T EVEN TELL WHAT THEY WERE PLAYING, AND DROWNING
POOL WAS SO CRISP SOUND WISE RIGHT BEFORE THEM!! OH WELL.
3 DOORS DOWN... NOW. AS YOU MIGHT KNOW. I GO TO ALOT OF
CONCERTS. ALOT. I HAVE SEEN 2 BEATLES, THE STONES, FLOYD, CLAPTON,
PRINCE, AND EVEN THE FUCKIN OAK RIDGE BOYS AND THE BANGLES!!! ALOT OF
SHOWS!! AN I CAN TELL YOU THIS. AND I HAVE SEEN THIS BAND 3 TIMES
BEFORE AND THEY WERE GREAT. BUT ON THIS NIGHT. THEY WERE AS GOOD AS
ANY BAND I HAVE EVER SEEN. JUST AWESOME. THE DYNAMICS WERE
INCREDIBLE. BEST BAND OF THE WHOLE 2 DAY EVENT BY FAR.
KID ROCK... NOW FOR EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS 3 DOORS DOWN WAS, THE
KID WASN'T TOO FAR BEHIND!! ROCKED! FUN. ALL OVER THE STAGE, AND
HAD THE CROWD REALLY GOIN!! AND HE SACRIFICED HIS OWN SONGS TO ALLOW,
AND FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS, FUN, SOME OTHER ARTIST TO PERFORM. HE
BROUGHT OUT PETE WOLFE FROM THE J. GEILS BAND FIRST AND THEY DID LOVE
STINKS AND CENTERFOLD. CROWD WAS SINGING ALONG BIG TIME!! AND THEN
HE BROUGHT OUT REV RUN FROM RUN DMC. AND THEY RAPPED OUT SOME OLD
SCHOOL JAMS. AND WHEN THEY DID "WALK THIS WAY", EVERYBODY WENT JUST
PLAIN NUTS!! THEN OF COURSE AT THE END...... "MY NAME IS
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!!!!" HA HA! BOW
TO THE BANG A DANG OR WHAT THE HELL EVER... JUST DANCE DRUNKIE!! HA
HA! BY THE WAY DRUNK CHICKS DIG THIS DUDE!! ONLY DISAPPOINTMENT
ABOUT THE KID WAS NO "SO HOTT". GO FIGURE.
WELL THERE YOU GO. I TOLD YOU THE BANDS WERE GOOD, THE VENUE
JUST SUCKED. SOUND WAS OK IF YOU WERE UNDER THE SPEAKERS OTHER THAN
THAT...... BUZZ KILL.
LATER, NEXT I'LL TELL YA BOUT THE SEETHER SHOW!!
SEE YA AT K-VILLAGE ON THE 14TH!!
YOUR EVERLOVIN FRONT MAN ANTHONY C. TUSSING
PS. SAD WEEK FOR ME. VAN HALEN TOUR LAST SHOW WAS JUNE 2ND. BOO HOO.
HA HA!