Rammstein!

7:03 - 30 minutes in line and now I'm inside the Tacoma Dome now waiting til 8

7:23 - just under 40 minutes good place in crowd equals bordum waiting

7:36 - there is a bra being tossed around the crowd

8:18 - I'm not sure who the opening band is, they are like a gothic european metal? I dint think those bands still existed. Not bad, a type of band I would listen to back in the day

8:30 - according to the guy that was wearing all black wearing pants that said "I hate Goths" I assume they arnt goth. Fooled me rammstein approx 30 minutes

Rammstein was simply amazing. The crwd was intense and my up close spot was high priced reality. So I had to push my way back a bit to get into a good spot center of the stage.

The band came out, and broke through a wall and Till cut through making a hole to enter the stage. The show was full of pyro explosions babies with lasers. Oh and a giant bubble spitting penis cannon.

Rammstein played an excellent show in all I don't think the crowd stopped for a minute. The crowd really errupted whe they played songs Americans most know like Link-2-3-4 Du Hast, Ich Will. During Sonne during the 1st encore, Flake who had already been set on fire, kicked around boarded an inflated raft and crowd surfed.

Rammstein left the stage and came back for one more song "Engel". Till rose up from the stage with metal wings attached to him. Thw wings opened to an approx 20ft wing span and shot fire out from the sides. When the song wrapped up the band came on stage and thanked the crowd and took a bow.

The show was fantastic and worth the money I paid too see it. I'm glad several ppl I know were able to go. 10 years of waiting since they last played north american in 2001 was awesome.

System of a Down Review Upcoming Shows

My phone dying at each show sucks. Stupid battery and crappy car charger. However dont let that sway me from such an exciting show.

The trip started out with a nice drive over the pass and my SoaD ticket blowing out the window of my car. After yelling some expletives and coming to terms my ticket was sitting in the middle of I=90 and contemplated turning around.

However I called Ticketmaster and they were able to get me a new ticket printed up at the will call box office. So walked around the Seattle Center picked up the ticket before the show.

So I get back up to the Key Arena just before 8 and was on the floor all of 5 minutes when Gogol Bordello started. I was pretty surprised by them, I didnt really know what to expect since my room mate has been talking about them for the last several months.

Gogol Bordello

They were a mix of everything, I would call it a mix of Gypsie Pirates with Guitars, Bassist, couple vocalist, violin, accordion and some random percussionist. Their broken english lyrics were easy to sing a long to and definitely become a favorite band right away. I would like to see them again in the future from what i've heard they are always a good show. To bad it was only 45 minutes. When Universes Collide, yo!

System of a Down

System of a Down again 10 years i've been waiting to seem System. Chop Suey! was probably the key song to bring me out of the rap/pop radio phase and into a rock varied mix of music. The summer of 2001 I watched that video almost daily on MTv. When Gogol Bordello finished the curtains fell on the stage and a huge System of a Down was shown on the curtain, the crowd went nuts.

System of a Down Logo on the curtain

The lights go down about 9:30pm and the opening to Prison Song started. "WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A PRISON"

The show was so much fun, they played 29 songs 8 songs from Hypnotize, 8 from Mesmerize 9 from Toxicity and 4 from System of a Down it was almost 2 full hours of music. Toxicity being one of the albums that brought me into metal and them playing 75% of the album really made me happy. I would of like to of heard Pogo because thats just a fun song.

Speaking of fun, you could tell that the entire band was really enjoying the show. I can imagine the amount of touring they did that it would get old. But Serj and Darren really had genuine smiles on their faces. I have to say this show really made me feel 14 again listening to Toxicity again. Nothing beats a reunion tour because you are ensured to see all the hits from the band. I am looking forward whats coming up next for System and a fun album like System of a Down or Toxicity.

They wrapped up the evening with Sugar. That was just a fun song and a great way to wrap up the show.

It was a solid 2 hours and no encore, but I cant really think of any songs they could of played to top the already full set list.

Tonight is Rammstein in Tacoma, I'm about to head that way now for 2 twos on the west coast. Then tomorrow going to see Silverstein and Bayside on monday. this puts me to 12 concerts since the start of 2011 and it just keeps growing. I am currently at 20 concerts up through August. Just added Soundgarden / Queens of the Stone age on July 30th and Taking Back Sunday and Thursday on June 19th.

FatmaNapalooza 2011 is in full swing. Here is some additional videos and my Picasa Album

2011 The Year of Decade Long Waits

I've come to realize that so many of the bands I'm seeing this year I've waited Nine- Ten years to wait and see. So far I really havent been too disappointed, which is a chance to take building up a band for a decade in your mind. So far the bands I've wanted to see perform live that I'm seeing for the first time and have been waiting since 2001-2002 are:

Papa Roach
Mushroomhead
System of a Down
Rammstein
Finger Eleven
Taproot
Stone Sour
Eminem

That is a pretty good chunk of the shows that I'm seeing this year. Nothing better then reliving your youth and I will always have a soft place in my heart for Nu-Metal oh and Eminem. I know I probably wouldnt see Eminem givening a normal circumstance. But He's heading Lollapalooza in Chicago and I will admit I had an Eminem phase of my life and would still like to see him live.

In other concert news, it looks like I'm getting to the prime of my concert going this year. It is now May first and I've attended Seven Concerts and have 5 lined up in May and 1 the first week of June. Then hopefully a 3 week break until I head up north to Canada for NoFX in July. Then Lollapalooza in Chicago the first week of August. And of course Mayhem Festival and Warped Tour in there in July and August. That gets me right through the summer.

We'll see what this fall brings around the Northwest, so far I'm at 18 concerts and would ideally like to hit 20. Thats all for now, keep checking back for updates, live blog this Friday for Coheed and Cambria. Phone will be a full charge this time so I can update :)

-FatmaN