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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.

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