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Hey. It was my first time being so close to the band (or any band in general). I was WAAAAY far away the last time I saw Priest, so I didn't know what to expect, and was just playing it safe for the first two bands. Is there something wrong with that, or what?

		spapad wrote:
		Ear plugs are not happening to this old metal gal, but if the new gen feels they need them while they play their Ipods at top volume and wonder why they cant hear. So be it! Trust me, a few concerts has not corrupted my hearing nearly as much as the Ipod has. I never used a "walkman" so, except concerts, it's just the damage I do at home with my home system! HA!! I scream all night during a concert! I can not help myself! My head, was pounding by the time I got back to the hotel, and I thought it was alcohol, but it was not. My head hurt all the next day and halfway through the night from headbanging! I was giving my all to Priest!    (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:57:39 PM)   Vaillant 3.0 wrote:   HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course!!! As a JP fan, I should give the Metal Gods 100 percent as far as jumping, headbanging, screaming and saying "GO PRIEST!!!" or "GLEEEENNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! IIIIIAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!! SCOTTTIIIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" goes. As for the ear plugs: I still wanted to keep my hearing, you know. At least I took them off before JP came on!!      spapad wrote:   Excellent Job! You did your Duty as a JP fan! There should be pain, if you do it right! LOL      Vaillant 3.0 wrote:   I know I sounded like crap last night when I was talking to some of the fans after the concert last night. Had to clear my throat every two words! Still sounds bad right now. My whole body is sore from jumping and my neck hurts!! I don't think I can stretch it out at all!!!      spapad wrote:   Fab review Vail! So glad you sat through Popweasel and not me!.  Other than that, I pretty much agree with all you said. Whitesnake was very good and Judas Priest, Litterally, gave the performance of a lifetime! Not in all the times I've seen them had they sounded THAT GOOD! I was blown away! Tell me? Can you talk today? If you can, you did not yell loud enough! LOL   Did you say ear plugs?! WTF!! That's half the fun!!  (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:19:48 PM)   Vaillant 3.0 wrote:   Good evening, ladies and gents of the Noticeboard. Just got back from Concord a few hours ago. Here is my review of the concert last night.   I got to the Pavilion about an hour before the gates opened, so I was one of the first to go in once they opened. Bought a British Steel shirt that was actually in my size (YES!!!) and the Razor Blade necklace. I placed the pendant in the same ball chain necklace from where my JP dog tag was hanging. Cost me quite a good amount of money, but I was happy regardless.   The actual venue (seats and lawn area) is smaller than the one I went to last year, but it was still breath taking when I saw it. It had a huge roof over most of the seating area. Almost got scared though when I asked a worker of the venue where my seats were at. He told me it was a seat right on KK’s side. Not that I wouldn’t like sitting in front of KK, but the seating chart in the venue’s website said that I was supposed to be on Glenn’s side. I sat down for a bit and looked at the rest of the seats. I asked another worker, and he pointed to a seat on Glenn’s side. That area had the section number that matched the one on my ticket. I was relieved and took my seat. It was a good seat, but I was sitting right in front of a series of subwoofers that were suspended in mid-air by large cables. I got a little nervous for my hearing, so I went to a booth and bought some earplugs (hey, at least I'm being smart about it!! I want my hearing to last). Then I came back, and I watched Popevil perform, instead of doing what I planned on doing during their set (which was to hang out outside the seating area).   Popevil was actually not too bad. They were energetic and moved around quite a bit. The singer is pretty good, but he reminded me too much of a rapper (must have been the huge sunglasses he wore). The bassist was quite a spazz (heheh), moving from one side of the stage to another, playing the bass like there was no tomorrow.  Not bad overall…8/10.   Whitesnake came on a few minutes after Popevil finished, and they played some great, hard-rocking jams. David Coverdale had a nice British accent when he talked (not as nice as Rob’s though… ). Doug Aldrich was HOT, ladies!! I love the way he played his Les Paul!! He reminded me of KK, so in random times I yelled “KK!!!!!!!!!!!” on accident (What?!? He had the same cute smile!!).             I’ve read in other reviews that David was struggling to hit the high notes. Last night it didn’t sound as though he was struggling. Sounded really good, to be honest.  I also liked the little guitar solo face-off between Doug and the other guitarist (forgot the name) as well as the drum solo done by the drummer (as you can probably tell by now, my knowledge on the band is still almost nil). The keyboardist was cool, too. I yelled and waved at him and he smiled back (ha!!!). Overall, fun and entertaining band…9/10.   Now, on to Judas Priest. Their show last night can be put into two words: FUCKING SPECTACULAR!!!! It was so good to see JP again!!!!!!!!!! Hello again, Metal Gods!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     After Whitesnake were done, the crew was hanging up the curtain that had the scenery of the British Steel factory. Set-up for JP took the longest time, but I’m not complaining, especially when the loud booms and clashes of a steel factory at work began. They were loud enough to make the ground shake!! Against the basic rules of common sense, I removed my earplugs to take in the noise. It felt good. Not only that, but I moved myself a few more seats into the center so I won’t get the full blast of the subwoofers. When the curtain fell during the start of Rapid Fire, I was screaming like a banshee (and my throat hurts like hell right now. Hard to swallow!!). Not only because JP was on stage, but they looked like GIANTS!!! They were so much closer to us than the other bands, so they looked like they were larger than life. Hell, they ARE!!!!!!!!!!! Their music was SO LOUD and perfect and I was headbanging away, and jumping and screaming everytime Glenn came close, trying to get his attention. Those red pants were so nice and tight close (and so were his guitars...and his BUM!!!!! Holy crap!!!! I wanted to pinch it!!!!!!!). Even saw a peek of his tummy when he bent back while playing, AND he got crazy with the tremolo bar during Freewheel Burning like he usually did during Hell Bent for Leather. It was Heaven. One of my favorite moments with him was when we were all singing Living After Midnight, and when Rob sings “I took the city ‘bout 1 am, LOADED!”, Glenn would mouth “What??” and we would all yell “LOADED!” and he would give us a nod of approval. Someone up front was giving him air kisses, and he give an air kiss back to our section. Made my heart skip a beat, even though that kiss was for everyone.             Rob’s voice, I gotta say, was perfect. That’s it. PERFECT!! He nailed those screams so well its hard to believe!!! His singing in Victim of Changes is a great example (THE LAST SCREAM!!), and The Ripper, and Hell Patrol, and Freewheel Burning!! His screams were powerful, controlled, and strong enough to go through one’s body. Couldn’t help but let out a scream of my own after he hit those notes. He’s still got it, ladies and gents!! He’s still got it. He was also moving everywhere at once, more so than last year. He was playing air guitar and pointing to everyone in the audience, and he was especially active during “You Don’t Have to be Old to be Wise”. Oh! And he was wearing leather pants last night…or maybe they’re chaps…             Ian was awesome, playing his Bass and he was smiling quite a lot. KK was too far from me too see him at all times, but he did great during his Victim of Changes solo (from what I was able to hear). And Scottie…his drumming still makes my ribcage vibrate. He did a great job with Rapid Fire and Freewheel Burning. Loved it when he twirled his drumsticks right in front of him. At the end of the show, he was nice enough to give one of his drumsticks to a wheelchair-bound fan who was at the edge of the first row, and Glenn and Ian followed suit and gave him their picks. Hats off to you, Scottie, Glenn and Ian!! Alas, no guitar pick or drumstick for me. I was a little sad when they bowed and left. Goodbye and thank you so much, Judas Priest!! We’ll meet again!! Someday...hmmmm....Nostra tour, anyone?               Overall, I enjoyed watching Judas Priest immensely. All five members had so much energy and they looked as though they were having a great time as well. Freewheel Burning, Steeler, Living After Midnight, Victim of Changes, The Rage, Metal Gods, Hell Patrol….ah, heck, the whole thing, was fantastic!! LASER SHOW, ANYONE?!? Overall rating: 11/10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, yeah!!! I've got PICS!!!! Cameras were allowed into the venue, so I brought mine and took alot of pics. I shall post them later. Until then, hope you all enjoyed this review, because I had a great time. This concert will definitely be one to remember for a long time. It's been great seeing you, Judas Priest!! Come back to California soon!! Edited at: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:29:58 PM Edited at: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:48:59 PM Edited at: Saturday, August 01, 2009 7:50:03 PM Edited at: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:09:53 PM

Hey Spa! Glad you enjoyed them!! We bought that camera for the Metal Masters tour but didn't get very good pictures because we didn't know what to set it on. Not to mention they didn't allow cameras at DTE then and the security girl kept yelling at us. It took us a couple of concerts to figure it out - so I KNOW what you mean! yours must be a pretty well designed camera though if it survived its little trip in the toilet!! LOL! I've dropped a few things in the drink and NONE of them ever survived! Nothing worse than that big PLOP sound that shouldn't be happening!

		spapad wrote:
		Hey HRMG,.......... bows! I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your photos and videos as well! What a blessing! I took a new camera with me to my show, oh, what a big mistake! LOL    (Quoting Message by HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS from Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:15:14 PM)   HOT ROCKIN' METAL GODDESS wrote:   So glad to hear that the fever broke and things have started to ease up. Poor little girl (and mommy too!). I hope you all get some much needed rest tonight and that Zoey will be up and running around like usual in no time! HUGS!      joedraper wrote:   Hey there Familia! Phew!!  It's been a rough few days here. Zoey has had a really nasty tummy bug, less than a week from a nasty ear infection. And let me tell you, that little girl is a bear when she's ill! I have felt so sorry for her. She's been puking 'n pooping since thursday and today being saturday she has started to ease up (thank God!) She and I spent thursday in the emergency room only to be told that she probably had some viral infection! Ha! that doctor made easy money out of me because she clearly has a tummy bug. She had a mean fever and today is the first time that it has broken.  I'm tired as hell but glad that she's getting better at last. Edited at: Saturday, August 01, 2009 5:37:20 PM

Chealse, walk with me, chealse talk with me, chealse kiss my mouth! I just need a UniForm! HA!!

Hey Hellrider....I'm doing both kinda....I basically shop for jobs throughout the shelves and throw what I want into the cart! lol! And then I go into the sand blast room

and I stand at a machine looking through glass and arms in sleeves with gloves,foot on pedal and I grab a nozzle thats conected to a hose and sand blast parts

in a steel basket.  Then when I'm finished I fill out paperwork,scan these jobs on the computer to thier designated areas and then find something else to do..ect..

So I guess I'm standing in one place half the night I'm there.  When the company picks back up business...I will be put back to my original area wich is "Shot Peen".

Over there,I am not at a machine,I'm loading parts onto a huge cast steel wheel and a bedroom wall sized steel door and shut the wheel inside the machine..

and I operate the RPMs on a control panel but look at paper work to see how high the RPMs I need to hit to achieve the designated intensities.

I can't wait until I get back to Shot Peen...thats where I've been for the last 13 years untill last September when things got really slow and then I was

put back into sand blast but at least I didn't get laid off!! They told me they will put me back into Shot Peen when the work comes in no problem

so I'll just have to tough it out...but I'm not whining about it,I'm glad to be working....its gravy anyways!!

		hellrider 31038 wrote:
		hey commander.are you moving around at your job or are you in the same spot.      J.D. DIAMOND wrote: Well I'm back home for the night and to tell ya the truth Becks...I don't think I have the balls to tell you any different because I think I sweated them off tonight at work!!! lol! Well....at my company they simply "do not care" about thier employees or thier employees concerns about "anything" let alone the scorching heat!   When i walked in the shop tonight at 4:15pm it was 104 degrees!!!  In my area where I work the temp. said 109 degrees!!!  I was drinking water and sweating it out as fast as I drank it!! And I didn't check to see how much humidity we had...I know it was up there......... Its different for people that live in lets say..."Las Vegas" where Deep Freeze lives.........down there it may be 110 degrees  but its a dry heat and not as much humidity as there is in Seattle......so when it hits over 100....its a fuckin bitch!!!  And it was tonight!! Oh man!!!  At least I nutted up and went in.......my paycheck will not be short!!! lol!        Becks wrote: Blegh, in that case a winter day is definitely called for where you are! LOL! That's way too hot to work in I reckon, lol. Are there not rules against working in such heat? I think here that if the temperature goes over 35degreesC then workers are meant to be sent home or something like that, cos it's too hot to work safely.      J.D. DIAMOND wrote: LOL! I wish it were a cruddy winter day here Becks,today its a record breaking 101 degrees in Seattle with who knows how much humidity! And I'm off to work right now where in the shop it will be 110 degrees!! And I'm wearing a respirator as well! lol! I'm going to sweat my arse off today and I will be miserable just like it was yesterday!! lol!      Becks wrote: Morning everyone! Another cruddy winter day here by the looks LOL! I hope everyone is well. I'm a bit pissed off cos I somehow shut my finger in the laundry door LOL! OUCH!