Bands I saw
FRIDAY
My Chemical Romance - Brilliant way to start the weekend, they played a tight as fuck set and the crowd went crazy for them. The sound was flawless and their stage presence was intense! They played better than when I saw them in Liverpool, no doubt biatch.
Turbonegro - Hahaha, these guys fucking ruled. They were gay as fuck. But shooting those custom made dollar bill$ out of cannonss made up for that sin. (oooooh, controvercial).
Alkaline Trio - When the 'Time to waste' piano intro played through the PA, i nearly came, but when it kicked in, the sound was all wrong. Skiba's guitar wasn't even on, the bass was distorted. The only good sounding thing was Derek's drums. Finally after about 2 songs, the sound guy woke up and sorted everything out. But the set was weak, playing 'Stupid Kid', and not 'Radio'. All in all, heavily dissapointing. I just hope they will be better in October.
Funeral For A Friend - One of the best sounding bands on the day. They came on, they fucked my ass, they left. Definately one of my highlights.
NOFX - My band of the weekend, no doubt about that! the sound was perfect, the set was perfection, and the banter between songs was hilarious! <333.x.core!11
I went back to the tent to get pissed up before coming back to see...
Marilyn Manson - We were all quite fucked by the time he came on, I nearly whited out during his intro thing, it sent me west as fuck mate! Excellent stage show, plus he played all the classics. Good entertainment innit.
Iron Maiden - They were actually perfect except for one thing...Bruce Dickinson talking between songs, he has this annoying southern accent and sounds like my mates dad, who is a ponce. Everyone singing 'Run to the hills' made my already amazing day!
SATURDAY
I woke up after passing out the night before with suspicious puddles in my tent...I cast my curiosity aside and ran to the arena to see...
Goldie Looking Chain - Had the crowd in stitches from the word go. The new songs sound just as ridiculous as the last batch. I especially liked the one with the Grange Hill sample in.
I sat at the side to watch The Wedding Present, who dont even deserve a bold heading, because they were so boring it nearly ruined my life. I had a few beers and barged to the front to join the 'LETS GO MURPHYS' chants, waiting to watch...
The Dropkick Murphys - Played a little too much new stuff for my liking, but also put in a few old classics. Missing out 'Kiss me, I'm shitfaced', was almost unforgivable though. I enjoyed the dancing circle pit thing, it was crusty
Watched a bit of Graham Coxon, who was boring as fuck and his poor attempt at singing sounded more like some cunt from Eastenders singing kareoke.
Fightstar - I was hoping that they would be good...for their own sake, and FUCK ME! They blew the roof off the NME tent. A few cocks threw bottles through the first 2 songs, then everyone was won over, and they got a fuck off circle pit going. Despite all the talk about them sucking ass live, they totally fucked my ass! Another highlight of my weekend. Plus I was lyk dis close 2 dat eyebrowz frm busted!111111shiftone!111!!!11<333xxXXxxx
My girlfriend literally dragged me away from Bullet For My Valentine to go and see...
The Coral - Who were a nice breath of fresh air after the brutality of Fightstar. Singing and dancing along to 'Dreaming of you' made me smile and piss lots and lots.
Queens Of The Stone Age - Absolutely brilliant! The drummer is one ill motherfucker. They were tight as a 3 year old's ass and played a set of all the greats. I thoroughly enjoyed them.
The Killers - Were a great twilight singalong, they filled the set with ease and everybody was into them, the Main Stage field was overflowing, which is rare because its HUGE. Noice.
I think I went back to the campsite to get wasted instead of watching any of the headliners...But I cant be certain. I woke up on Sunday with no dodgy puddles or smells in my tent...nor any memories.
SUNDAY
No Comply - I saw Kelly and the drummer before they went on and i creamed so bad. As always they slayed everyones ass, and they left me feeling nicely raped. A great, great feeling...TRUST.
Senses Fail - I had heard a few songs by them, so i didnt really know what to expect. What I got was a half arse attempt from some ugly bastards at trying to be 'Scener than thou'. The dude couldnt sing for oatmeal, and they were just bland as fuck, I left after 3 songs to grab a beer...or 6.
I came back to the Lock-Up feeling nicely inebriated (If that is spelt correctly I will donate my foreskin to a charity of your choice), to see the mighty...
Capdown - The skanking pit was fucking nuts! Not quite as nuts as the fella who climbed halfway up the centre support of the tent and jumped into the crowd below. Which in turn wasn't quite as nuts as the guy who climbed ALL THE WAY to the top of the support during Ska wars, so security had to come on stage and Capdown stopped playing till he came down, which thank fuck, was immediately. Seconds later, they started the song again, so we got TWICE the amount of Ska wars! Ending to 'Cousin Cleotis' was a bit special aswell
I got even more toasted at the bar with my crew, then went to see the start of...
Razorlight - Who sounded wank to me. We fucked off after 2 songs for...
Rise Against - They rocked the Lock-up stage to its very foundations, definately one of my bands of the festival!
Anti-Flag - If my drinking throughout the day hadnt got me worked up for a riot, then Anti-Flag sure fucking did! Chris#2 came right down to where I was standing, I shate...everywhere. 'Die for your government' with Tim from Rise Against was just fucking sick! Another band of the festival.
I then went over to the NME stage to see if Mr Doherty would show up for...
Babyshambles - Who impressed the fuck out of me! Pete was smacked off his tits, great stuff! The whole tent chanting the 'Whoahs' in Killamanjiro was super-cool.
I left to go to the Main Stage to see the start of...
Foo Fighters - Dave Grohl = Legend. They were fucking well good mate. The light show was teh secks.coreXxx<3
But I wasn't going to stick around and miss...
Bad Religion - Holy mother of shit...These guys fisted us all till we bled. A fucking amazing set full of singalongs and pit anthems. Plus a nice little dig at the Transplants:
Greg : "I know alot of you were waiting for this time slot to see another band. But I have bad news...The Transpants have split up, yeah, its true. Tim got sick, Travis got rich and Rob got pissed. So no more shampoo adverts for those guys."
I couldnt have been more impressed with the sound and the tightness of their set. Best way to end the weekend EVER.
