Your last gig and your next gig...

[metalgoddess]

Please explain this for the non-Americans

I see a tumbleweed, but I don't get the link to this topic... Some kind of expression I'm missing?

Hahaha! I grew up in a small town in Wyoming. I'd get nailed by these suckers walking home from school. Ouch!


BTW - I'm going to Overkill on Monday!

[Jaimie38]

Please explain this for the non-Americans

I see a tumbleweed, but I don't get the link to this topic... Some kind of expression I'm missing?

Just a metaphor for "ain't nothing going on" been 2 months since my last show, and nothing upcoming.

Just desolete.... and it's fucking SNOWING!!

[Jebus_Cripes]

Jaimie you should come to Calgary next weekend! Joey, Chris and I are going to Opeth, Ghost and Mastodon on Friday and then hitting up a local metal show at the Distillery on Saturday after beer festival. Coooome. Drink with us! (I won't pressure you into tequila shots I promise!)

Aw lucky you guys get that show on Friday. Its on thursday here. I hate having to work after a show.

[Sgt. B]

Last show: Social Distortion
Next show: DragonForce/Holy Grail/Huntress

[vikingbitch]

Jaimie you should come to Calgary next weekend! Joey, Chris and I are going to Opeth, Ghost and Mastodon on Friday and then hitting up a local metal show at the Distillery on Saturday after beer festival. Coooome. Drink with us! (I won't pressure you into tequila shots I promise!)

Aw lucky you guys get that show on Friday. Its on thursday here. I hate having to work after a show.

Same here, you should drive down and join us! Or drive down for Kataklysm show in Calgary? *nudge nudge* which is on a Saturdayyy

[WizardBeast]

Tuesday May 8 - Destruction, Warbringer, Vital Remains
Friday May 11 - Meshuggah
Sunday May 20 - Rammstein

yay metal!

[Jebus_Cripes]

Jaimie you should come to Calgary next weekend! Joey, Chris and I are going to Opeth, Ghost and Mastodon on Friday and then hitting up a local metal show at the Distillery on Saturday after beer festival. Coooome. Drink with us! (I won't pressure you into tequila shots I promise!)

Aw lucky you guys get that show on Friday. Its on thursday here. I hate having to work after a show.

Same here, you should drive down and join us! Or drive down for Kataklysm show in Calgary? *nudge nudge* which is on a Saturdayyy

Well my plans are set for Opeth but I'll keep the Kataklysm show in mind

[Laura]

Last gig: Negură Bunget last night at a tiny club I'd never been to called the Ultra Lounge in Chicago (the room where the bands play holds maybe 100 people people tops) As I expected I would be - I was quite blown away by them. The odd thing of course is that I believe the drummer is the only original member - so that the rest of the band are very recent adds and therefore are not the same people you see in most youtubes and press photos. I talked with the lead singer briefly afterward and he said he had only been with them about 6 months or so! But here is the cool thing - they sounded fantastic and could recreate the sound of the original recordings really, really well. I thought the singer in particular was outstanding and he looked very young (20s?) - so that original band would have began when he was just a young kid! Anyway - it was a truly mind blowing kind of experience - *totally* my kinda thing. Even though I only recently started listening to them, I knew every song they did note for note (except for one). Their vibe and atmosphere is reminiscent to me of Agalloch - but in some ways, I find even *more* appealing (and that's saying a lot because I love Agalloch and their show last year was a huge highlight for me). There's this whole Romanian/Transylvanian spiritual/ethereal/spooky thing going on with them that adds a whole other dimension. Wow. Also, they said the band (in any line-up form) had *never* been to the United States, so it was a real treat to stand right in front of the stage.

Next gig: RAMMSTEIN Friday night - another absolute favorite of mine.

[Sgt. B]

Last gig: DragonForce/Holy Grail/Huntress. Got bored as I knew no one at the show. The (small) crowd was all video game nerds that don't go to shows.
Next gig: Negura Bunget tonight. Looking forward to it. If I really enjoy the show, I will plan to catch them at Maryland Deathfest also. Hoping they get some people to show up for the local show tonight.

[Tuup]

Saturday: Mosh It Up XVII in Aachen (D)
Some cover bands on Sunday and Monday
Next: Anathema in London (UK)

[DJ Old Man Stares]

Last show i went to was a house party/show on 4-20, with about 5 local bands. Gorgon Stare, Compulsive Slasher, Motorthrone, Raptor, Gate of the Gods, and Raw & Order in no particular order.

My next show is Overkill playing tonight. Should be a really good one. They were amazing at the cruise during both of their identical sets. Hope to see them mix it up this time.

[Lala]

Last Gig: Mystic Prophecy - Powerwolf at the Matrix, Bochum with our Dutch Friends....

[metalgoddess]

Last show i went to was a house party/show on 4-20, with about 5 local bands. Gorgon Stare, Compulsive Slasher, Motorthrone, Raptor, Gate of the Gods, and Raw & Order in no particular order.

My next show is Overkill playing tonight. Should be a really good one. They were amazing at the cruise during both of their identical sets. Hope to see them mix it up this time.

The Overkill show in Seattle was amazing! So happy to hear a great song list! I didn't see Diamond Plate on the cruise, but I must say I was impressed! Great energy!

Next gig is Dragonforce on Saturday.

Great picture, Lalas!

[Jebus_Cripes]

Last Gig: Edmonton International Beerfest

Next Gig: Opeth, Mastadon, and Ghost tomorrow night!

[pablov8]

Last: Metal Fest in Santiago

Next: Artillery-Exumer on May 30th

[Michael D.]

Last night’s show (Saturday May 28, 2012) was awesome at the Amsterdam Bar in St. Paul.
It was a record release party. I forgot just how good All The Pretty Horses are. They kind of fell off of the local music scene and it was a re-introduction of the band. First record in 10 years.
This is what Minnesota produces when you mix Prince with Twisted Sister, Wendy O Williams of the Plasmatics, and healthy dose of David Bowie. You get Minnesota’s own All The Pretty Horses.
I dare Andy to book this band on the next cruise. Metal Beetches be scared. LOL

http://youtu.be/QHvYcUfW-Hk
http://youtu.be/FI6cosvRz_s
http://youtu.be/FynLSb-Nh08
http://youtu.be/g-gWltVh5zQ
http://youtu.be/-eubx8AjrV0

The warm up band was called El Le Phant http://youtu.be/ZtWt2xZhEGA which also was releasing their record and in between acts was a Burlesque show. LOL

I am very sure that there will be a lot of WTF!

Next show is Mastodon, Opeth, and Ghost this Monday 5/7/12.

[Laura]

Last gig: Rammstein last night (I'm speechless - in a good way - may write up something on the Rammstein thread later )

Next gig: at this moment the next shows I have tickets for aren't till the end of June -
Styx, REO Speedwagon, & Ted Nugent on June 24 and Ministry on June 29. Lots of other shows I'm interested between now and then, but I think I'm going to pass on them (to save for Barge!). In addition, there are many free outdoor music events of all kinds in the summer here - so really looking forward to those - especially the classical series at Millennium Park, neighborhood street fests, and so on.

[Lala]

Styx, REO Speedwagon & Ted Nugent

R.E.O. was one of my favourite Bands in the Seventies. Saw them in 1982 and 2006. They're always on the Road - but never there where i am. Styx are ok, Ted Nugent is an Idiot .....

Last Thursday: Insense, Nightrage, Deadlock, Demon Hunter at Matrix, Bochum.
Missed this Night, because i had to work: UFO ......

Next Shows: maybe Roger Waters and/or Greg Lake in Portland/OR
Next Shows to miss: Van Halen and Santana in Las Vegas. I'll be a few Days late.....

[Monmisreal]

Last gig: Behemoth
Next gig: If 3 Inches of Blood will actually be at the Municipal Waste show then them. If not then its Metal Fest Croatia

Soo many shows this month in Florida but the spending needs to slow down because of the Europe trip. Figures we dont have shit for a long time then a bunch id want to go to all in one month haha

[Conrad]

Last gig was Unearth/Black Dahlia Murder with State of Integrity and a couple local bands, that was a couple months ago.

Next gig will be Capital Punishment next weekend, a 12 hour metal fest with mostly local bands and one Aussie band.

Then June 1st I see Tim "Ripper" Owens on his solo tour of NZ

[Tuup]

Last: Vengeance in Kerkrade (NL)
Next: Maybe Michael Schenker in Vosselaar (B) tomorrow, otherwise Scar Symmetry in London (UK) on Wednesday

[MadameLePink]

Last: Vengeance in Kerkrade (NL)
Next: Maybe Michael Schenker in Vosselaar (B) tomorrow, otherwise Scar Symmetry in London (UK) on Wednesday

Do you ever rest or do something else than going to shows? I get all tired just thinking of all the concerts you go to every week

[DrinkMoxie]

Last: Vengeance in Kerkrade (NL)
Next: Maybe Michael Schenker in Vosselaar (B) tomorrow, otherwise Scar Symmetry in London (UK) on Wednesday

Do you ever rest or do something else than going to shows? I get all tired just thinking of all the concerts you go to every week

back when I lived in Boston in the late 90s and early turn of the century, I used to average 5 shows per week (it helped always being on the guest list)... and frankly I miss that era of my life... a LOT

[Laura]

Last: Vengeance in Kerkrade (NL)
Next: Maybe Michael Schenker in Vosselaar (B) tomorrow, otherwise Scar Symmetry in London (UK) on Wednesday

Do you ever rest or do something else than going to shows? I get all tired just thinking of all the concerts you go to every week

I sometimes feel the same way - I love reading Kay's gig posts though. I think it was determined on a few different threads (having to do with 2011 gig lists, 70k sets seen, and so on) that he gets the award for that kind of thing. Pretty awesome, if you ask me, if one has the time, money, & flexibility to do so much. I went to 5 shows in 4 weeks recently starting with Paganfest in early April and ending last Friday with Rammstein (with Behemoth, Death Cab for Cutie, and Negura Bunget in between). That was a lot for me. The thing is that I get so totally invested & immersed at a show - both mentally & physically (and especially those 5 because they are some top favorites of mine - it becomes a very intense visceral & emotional thing for me*)...I prefer to have those kinds of experiences more spread out, but sometimes that's the way it works out tour wise. Ha - kinda glad I'm taking a gig break until June.

*come to think about it - I also went to a few killer dance performances and museum exhibits (both art & history), as well as a very intense dramatic play (all with my family) in the month of April - so it was quite the month for visual and aural overload... loved it actually.

[Sgt. B]

Last show I went to: Negura Bunget a week ago.
Last show I saw (working): The Air I Breathe & some other modern scream/hardcore bands last night.
Next show: MastOpeth & Ghost - tonight.

[Bentz!]

Made a quick hit and run to Reggies in Chi-town on Saturday for Autopsy.
Next up is Destruction on Friday.

[Tuup]

Last: Vengeance in Kerkrade (NL)
Next: Maybe Michael Schenker in Vosselaar (B) tomorrow, otherwise Scar Symmetry in London (UK) on Wednesday

Do you ever rest or do something else than going to shows? I get all tired just thinking of all the concerts you go to every week

Heheh and this is the quiet time, just before the start of the festival season

I guess we're a bit spoiled in western Europe, with so many shows in a relatively small area (and why wouldn't I take advantage of that?). E.g. for Paradise Lost and Swallow the Sun I'm still in doubt between the shows in Cologne and Bochum, and those places are only 80 km apart... Likewise there are also tours with shows in Kerkrade and Verviers, with only 55 km in between!

[Sgt. B]

Last show: Mastodon & Ghost last night. Opeth cancelled as they were setting the stage up for the band. Apparently Åkerfeldt fell & hit his head on the bus. He had a cut that required medical attention/stitches. Mastodon went on earlier & added a couple of songs to their set. Pissed that we lost one of the headliners.


Next show: Rammstein tonight.

[Uncle Soda]

I love your Baseball Furies sig, Sgt. B

Next show: Ensiferum in Salo, Finland. I hope we get a fresh track or two from their upcoming album

[kvanderwyk]

My last show was Sabaton on Saturday which was amazing! And I met a couple 70K peeps.

Next up is Behemoth, Watain, The Devil's Blood, & In Solitude on Friday

[Tuup]

Last: Scar Symmetry in London (UK)
Next: Maybe Paradise Lost & Swallow the Sun in Bochum (D) on Saturday. Otherwise it will be Urpop, a small festival in the Netherlands.

[last_candle]

maybe, just maybe I'll be able to go to Judas Priest on Saturday after all...

[Laura]

Styx, REO Speedwagon & Ted Nugent

R.E.O. was one of my favourite Bands in the Seventies. Saw them in 1982 and 2006. They're always on the Road - but never there where i am. Styx are ok, Ted Nugent is an Idiot .....

Last Thursday: Insense, Nightrage, Deadlock, Demon Hunter at Matrix, Bochum.
Missed this Night, because i had to work: UFO ......

Next Shows: maybe Roger Waters and/or Greg Lake in Portland/OR
Next Shows to miss: Van Halen and Santana in Las Vegas. I'll be a few Days late.....

Sorry for the late reply on this....cool to hear you're an REO fan! I've seen them 4 times I think (need to check my master gig list to confirm ) - twice in their late 70s/early 80s heyday and in more recent years - 1990s sometime at a REO/Foreigner/Frampton gig and about 5-6 years ago at a suburban 4th of July fest in Naperville, Illinois. They are such a great band I think...really all three on that bill I love equally - huge bands for me in the late 70s and Iove them all to this day. I know Ted Nugent is a dick for all he spouts off about - but I really love his 70s albums...I attempted to "defend" him (rather his music) recently on this forum here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1935&p=178353&hilit=ted+nugent#p178353

Some of my favorite albums from around 1976-78 were these:

released 1977


released 1977


released 1976


and many may know this already...but worth mentioning I think (to me anyway) - that all three groups are from my home state of Illinois which I think is kinda cool.

There are so many 70s/80s group (what I call) retro tours this summer - bloody hell! My husband and I are just a few months apart in age so we have a HUGE shared love of 60s, 70s & 80s music in particular. Besides the Nugent/Styx/REO gig, we're also seeing a B-52s/Squeeze gig in July and a Yes/Procul Harum gig in August. We just saw Yes last year (for me it was 6th time), but when we saw the double bill with P.H. - we were like - gotta go!!! Procul Harum's song Whiter Shade of Pale is one of both of our favorite songs ever - if anyone has not seen this video from 1967 - check it out! awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

[DrinkMoxie]

just found out Ghoul will be in Pittsburgh on May 21, so I'll be there... don't care for the other bands, but for only $8 just Ghoul is enough for me!

[Michael D.]

Styx, REO Speedwagon & Ted Nugent

R.E.O. was one of my favourite Bands in the Seventies. Saw them in 1982 and 2006. They're always on the Road - but never there where i am. Styx are ok, Ted Nugent is an Idiot .....

Last Thursday: Insense, Nightrage, Deadlock, Demon Hunter at Matrix, Bochum.
Missed this Night, because i had to work: UFO ......

Next Shows: maybe Roger Waters and/or Greg Lake in Portland/OR
Next Shows to miss: Van Halen and Santana in Las Vegas. I'll be a few Days late.....

Sorry for the late reply on this....cool to hear you're an REO fan! I've seen them 4 times I think (need to check my master gig list to confirm ) - twice in their late 70s/early 80s heyday and in more recent years - 1990s sometime at a REO/Foreigner/Frampton gig and about 5-6 years ago at a suburban 4th of July fest in Naperville, Illinois. They are such a great band I think...really all three on that bill I love equally - huge bands for me in the late 70s and Iove them all to this day. I know Ted Nugent is a dick for all he spouts off about - but I really love his 70s albums...I attempted to "defend" him (rather his music) recently on this forum here: http://www.70000tons.com/forum/viewtopi ... nt#p178353

Some of my favorite albums from around 1976-78 were these:

released 1977


released 1977


released 1976


and many may know this already...but worth mentioning I think (to me anyway) - that all three groups are from my home state of Illinois which I think is kinda cool.

There are so many 70s/80s group (what I call) retro tours this summer - bloody hell! My husband and I are just a few months apart in age so we have a HUGE shared love of 60s, 70s & 80s music in particular. Besides the Nugent/Styx/REO gig, we're also seeing a B-52s/Squeeze gig in July and a Yes/Procul Harum gig in August. We just saw Yes last year (for me it was 6th time), but when we saw the double bill with P.H. - we were like - gotta go!!! Procul Harum's song Whiter Shade of Pale is one of both of our favorite songs ever - if anyone has not seen this video from 1967 - check it out! awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb3iPP-tHdA

For REO, favorite tune is “Back on the Road Again”. Album goes to “Hi In Fidelity”.
http://youtu.be/ItffKHsHqUg Still sucks that Kevin and Gary Richrath can’t make peace.

For Styx, there are just too many of their songs which count as favorites of mine but “Pieces of Eight” and “Paradise Theatre” are my favorite albums of theirs.
http://youtu.be/1cNKRcvJcWI
http://youtu.be/LcrPtCghQ-E

For Ted Nugent, Stranglehold is his best and favorite tune of mine but his best all-around record is “Free for All”. http://youtu.be/mV1zNs_u3OU
http://youtu.be/NsX9Dbdlxok

[Laura]

^^^^


hmmm....hard for me to pick my very favorite songs from any of the three...although I can safely say that Lady by Styx is one of my very favorite love songs ever....and haha - I remember it being the big song at an 8th grade dance I went to.

[Sgt. B]

Last show: Rammstein
Next show: Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated

[Laura]

Damn... Wish I could turn back the clock one week when I was leaving work at exactly this time and on my way to see Rammstein. A week later, and I'm still in awe over that whole experience. Yowsa!!

[Disco]

Last show: Rammstein
Next show: Meshuggah/Baroness/Decapitated

Same here. Both these bands haven't played in Detroit in a long time.

[Michael D.]

Gosh, you guys make me feel bad. I only have Sabaton on Tuesday to look forward to. LOL.