Iron Fsckin Maiden!

Oh my was that an awesome show. It was so loud, the energy was so intoxicating, and so many Eddies!

Their new album comes out in September, here's hoping for another tour at that time. They got a dig in at Metallica when they went on a spiel about how they think downloading music is cool with them, but ask if you like it, pay for it (they mentioned that "not all bands feel this way, some of them beginning with the letter M" only to get massive cheers from the audience). Bruce also got some digs in at the movie Braveheart and Mel Gibson for changing history in the story. I was also suprised to see him in the mike yell at some people smoking pot in the front row, saying that "that's not what we're all about" and asking them to go out and pollute their bodies outside somewhere. Rawk! sXe :)

Dio was great, I've never been a fan but the man's vocals are amazing given how long he's been doing it. It was fun giving devil horns to the originator of it all (he did them at the end of every song I think). Motorhead was well, Motorhead. I think they did a good job but put up next to Dio's vocals and Maiden's energy and performance it seemed less than spectacular. Still - Lemmy is going strong after all these years, wow.

Its a week for lots of music: new albums from Jane's Addiction, Kiss and Queensryche are all out today. Yikes!

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I forgot how much of a fetish I had for sexy long-haired guys (only to be reminded of it when surrounded by them all at these shows I've been going to). I feel like I've come home again :)

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Apparently The Dresden Dolls are also playing at the Freedom Rally in September with WALTHAM! You goths should put your pretension away and check out the boys (its free too, after all). You never know, it could get you moving and put a smile on your face.

There's not much on the official site now http://www.masscann.org/rally.htm , I found this news on Waltham's site. Its not listed on The Dresden Dolls site yet either, so it *could* only be a rumor . . . here's hoping its not. The last time I went to the hemp fest I was either still in HS or right out of HS (I was there to see Sam Black Church and Tree at the time, perhaps members from those groups will be there this year).

This will be weird, kind of like when P's other band headlined a show that the old incarnation of Scissorkiss opened for. Seeing people from 2 completely different groups in my life in one room was surreal.