TommyCheeseballs

Original- Ph.D. Little Suzi's on the Up

Hahahahahahaha! 100% legit. Nice pull Cdawg. And yeah I'm serious about that Badlands record.

Greatest hard rock album of the '80s came out in '89

Down headlined day one. First time seeing them and they kicked arse. I've seen Superjoint at the same venue and also Pantera on the Cowboys tour in 1990 opening for Exodus snd Suicidal Tendencies when Phil stage dived on me.

On the main stage I also saw Chimaira, Rotting Christ and the SOD tribute Stormbreeders of Death with Jamey Jasta, Dan Lilker, Scott Ian, and Scott's 13 year old kid Rev on the drums. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. But it seems Ian's really trying to push his kid's music career as he played with his own hardcore band X-Comm at the pre party show on Thursday night. Then the whole X-Comm band came out and jammed with Down at the end of "Bury Me in Smoke" to close out the night which I thought was kind of stupid.

Side stage highlights were Fugitive with Blake Ibanez from Power Trip and Seth Gilmore the current PT vocalist. DC grind band No/Mas put on a fairly chaotic set on the smaller bar stage. They're tight as a drum. I also caught most of Norwegian black metal band Endslaved's set which was excellent.

All together I saw 11 bands. There was some overlap but I saw most everyone's full set. Day two's headliner is Black Label Society. Devin Townsend and Between the Buried and Me are also on the main stage. I'll be downstairs for Exodus, Death Angel, and 3 Inches of blood. Kicking off the day with NOLA "bimbocore" band Brat.

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Yes, they are. They have gone through many lead singers though.

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Yeah just between singers at the moment. Erik Gronwall was fantastic. I saw them open for the Scorpions with him on vocals in Vegas three years ago. He left the band last year then Lizzie Hale did some tour dates with them last year . I believe they haven't played a show in almost a year.

I'm missing Alaska, Oklahoma, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, and Montana.

Seeing Exodus next weekend. Not a big Dukes fan but I'm stoked for Metal Fest again this year. Testament was just here Tuesday and I had free tickets but wasn't able to go.

I saw Milli Vanilli on the Club MTV Tour in 1989. It was them, Information Society, Was (Not Was), Paula Abdul, Tone Loc and Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam. I believe all the acts lip synced except Was (Not Was). At the beginning of Milli Vanilli's set the tape either malfunctioned or they missed the cues and left the stage twice looking visibly irritated before everything matched up on third go around.

Good reminder early that there's a reason we get the big market cast off trash.