Next week just got interesting. Already seeing Son Volt on Thursday and Bendigo Fletcher on Friday. For Christmas we bought my son Friday/Sunday passes to Sonic Temple festival in Columbus with the expectation he was going with his girlfriend. They just broke up. I just bought another pass so he can take a buddy on Thursday and I'll go with him on Sunday. Not really my typical scene but Metallica will be cool to see. Alice In Chains is also playing but have no idea what they sound like without Layne Staley.
We will be there all (4) days! Taking out 29 yr old daughter who is over the top into MetalCore, a HUGE Shadow of Intent fan (no my thing, but there are so many other amazing acts). Prepare to be wowed by AIC. We have see them 4 times in the last three years (and have seen Jerry solo three more times) and, while WIlliam is no Layne, he gels real well with Jerry. Do not miss Chevelle right before them. Another band we've seen lots lately (and have tix again in August). Amazing how much sound the 3-piece can put out. I don't get the Fri/Sat line ups. Friday is a bit lame IMO as I've seen Alice Cooper before and have no desire to see Rob Zombie. THEN, they overlapped Incubus and Crossfade on Saturday; two bands I was really looking forward to seeing. My wife and daughter will be seeing Incubus, while I'll be catching Crossfade (after TRUSTCompany, which should be amazing). Three Days Grace with both lead singers on Thursday night should be mind blowing (except the set is super short). The Maday mash up of the two is fun and we've seen them several times with both. I looked back and if I am right, I will put almost exactly 40-years between my first Metallica show and what my be my last (and saw them at The Silverdome in 1987 at Monsters of Rock). The short, bald, old guy in the Everything Hurts T-Shirt (my last day of festivals shirt) will be me on Sunday!!
To prime our concert pump, I am taking my wife in a weekday date night to see AC/DC at Ford Field tonight. Crazy that we will have seen them, Judas Priest, Kiss and Iron Maiden (twice) in less than three years. Gotta catch these bands while they are still around!!!
Nice. Main bands I want to see Friday below. Rest is up to my 16 yr old although I’ll let him go off on his own if we have conflicts
Suicidal Tendencies
Acid Bath - main reason we are going, his favorite band that reunited after 20 years, as of now only playing a few shows and festivals and this was the closest one (I guess there also at some metal and tattoo show in Ohio too but this worked better)
Rob Zombie - have seen him before, years ago at Ozzfest. Not must see for me but barring any conflicts will plan to catch a few songs
Mastodon - don’t really know their stuff but have heard theyre good
Metallica - ill at least catch part of the show, but I saw the recent tour at Ford Field and while they’re one of my favorite bands I expect the GA stadium seating (which we have) to be a cluster-bleep. How long I stick around will probably depend on our seats, but we definitely aren’t planning to camp out and miss out on other performances
ICP - I’ve never seen them so I’ll probably try to catch it, assuming I can talk my kid into it (less likely to let him go on his own at closing time)
Might try to catch a little Alice Copper and I’m sure he’ll want to see Cannibal Corpse
