It totally sucked last year. I was so pumped to see Marilyn Manson, who has long since been my go-to musician to frighten my mom with. I sat through the Slayer's never-ending set to see him, and that asshole gets on stage and plays like six songs, all from his shitty new album, then gets pissed and walks off. I was so pissed. I don't think I've listened to Manson since then. The only band worth mentioning from last year's tour was Mushroomhead, who I didn't like before, but after their amazing live show I went and downloaded everything they've ever done. All That Remains is also a pretty good live band. Killswitch Engage is great live, but I can't stand their music. Whitechapel was tolerable. Job For a Cowboy was obnoxious. I didn't care about Cannibal Corpse, God Forbid, Trivium, Behemoth or any other of the shitty metal bands on the tour. I like metal in small doses, and only the really good stuff, preferably stuff with a message, not just dragons and wizards and fireballs.
That said, this year's tour is a little better. I love Korn. I've always loved Korn, I just never got around to seeing them because something always came up. It sucks that their awesome lead guitarist bailed because he had to go find god or some shit. I guess these things happen. I remember I started listening to them because someone spray painted "korn" with the backwards "k" on an abandoned house near where I used to live. Lamb of God is also playing, and they always play their old good songs, and they're a legit live band. They were the only band worth seeing on Ozzfest 08.
On secondary stages, a bunch of bands that I liked before 12th grade are playing, lol. Atreyu, whose FIRST album, not The Curse, but Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, I absolutely loved. All subsequent albums were shit. But, it'll be fun to see them again, provided they p
lay their old songs and their scene douchebag fans aren't too annoying. I feel the same way about Norma Jean. I liked Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child. I saw them like 4ish years ago (I took Tina for her birthday) and they played really well, but, like Atreyu, they've started to suck. It'll still be interesting to see them again. Hatebreed is playing too. They're okay, but their redneck angsty shit gets old pretty fast and their fans are all angry drunken male idiots. I like their hits, Defeatist and To the Threshold, but that's about it. Shadows Fall are pretty good, and I hear they're good live. I dig the singer's super-long dreads, it doesn't hurt that I think he's gorgeous too :DAnd then there's fucking Rob Zombie. I think I probably hate everything about him. His horror movies are stupid. He tries to be innovative but it j
ust ends up cheesy and stupid, The Devil's Rejects, for example. I will never forgive him for trying to remake Halloween. Why do people try to fix something that isn't broken? The original Halloween is amazing. Just like the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and the first Friday the 13th, and for the love of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, stop remaking all of the original Romero Of the Dead's. You can't touch Romero. Stop messing with my horror movies. But anyway, back to Zombie. His music is catchy, but generally really stupid and degrading. He is just a generally disgusting person. I can't stand his girlfriend, or wife or whatever the hell she is. Her name is Sheri Moon Zombie. She's in all of his movies, always playing some kind of deranged whore, and she's super goddamn annoying. Oh well, my guess is that he'll go on last, and maybe I can try to block him out.I babysat my one-and-a-half-year-old nephew this morning and I have an uber headache. Necesito cafe. Mucho.
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