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SlipKnot @ Hammersmith Apollo, Dec 1st

Friends & Fun, Music 6 Comments »

SlipKnot - Text LogoMyself, DJ and Chris saw SlipKnot in London at the Hammersmith Apollo last night; they were awesome, again, like the Knot always are!

Its the fifth time me and DJ have seen SlipKnot; but Chris’ seventh! Even after ten years the Knot are still fresh and exciting. We all enjoyed it and like I always say:

…SlipKnot were even better than the last time I saw them.

SlipKnot played a very entertaining and eclectic set, featuring a lot of material they don’t normally play with some staple anthems like ‘Disasterpieces‘ missing entirely.

SlipKnot’s set list was an excellent balance all four albums that really got the crowd pumping. They had a stunning light show and amazing pyrotechnics, making full use of Hammersmith Apollo’s huge stage.

SlipKnot - All Hope Is Gone Promo Photo

SlipKnot are playing three consecutive nights at London’s Hammersmith Apollo as part of their European ‘All Hope Is Gone‘ Tour and I’m assuming each night they’ll play a radically different set.

This morning DJ is black and blue with moshpit bruises and I ache all over. I usually see SlipKnot at a festival like Download, so it was good to see them at their own gig.

Everyone in the SlipKnot pit at Hammersmith Apollo was there to pit; there were no softies that I could see and plenty of pit marshals pushing the crowds back and opening it up.

c’mon the Knot!
Are you seeing SlipKnot on their ‘All Hope Is Gone‘ Tour?
What did you think?


December 2nd, 2008 |

Tags: gigs, slipknot




Reading Festival Video 2008 - butt scratcher

Friends & Fun, Music 4 Comments »

It took me 3 hours to make and upload this video of the amazing time I had at Reading Festival 2008 and it was good; until YouTube mangled the fuck out of it and made it all blurry. A shame, cos I had some really good footage of the HADOUKEN!, Black Tide and Bring Me The Horizon pits.

Bring Me The Horizon did brilliantly for a band who were booked last minute to replace SlipKnot, Black Tide were incredible and HADOUKEN!, well… HADOUKEN! ruled!

The phrase butt scratcher was endlessly bounced around Reading Festival 2008. This is reference to Family Guy’s 5th season episode ‘No Chris Left Behind‘ in which Peter takes on a second job selling butt scratchers at baseball games.

Butt Scratcher!


August 26th, 2008 |

Tags: black tide, bring me the horizon, family guy, festival, gigs, hadouken!, reading festival




Pendulum @ Koko - 28th July 2008

Friends & Fun, Music 1 Comment »

Another amazing freebie courtesy of Mish; tonight I saw InMe and Pendulum at Koko; part of the iTunes festival.

I havent heard the name InMe for years, they got big around 2002 but after that I had just assumed they’d fizzled out; I was never a fan at all. But tonight InMe were tight, they had passion and they were great to watch. InMe really impressed me.

The crowd at the Koko was alot older this time and as such it wasnt too hard to get a good mosh-pit going from the outset.

However, the crowning glory was seeing Pendulum. I’ve previously been told that Pendulum often play live with simply the DJ, tonight however the entire bad were there and they put on a fantastic show. I heard a few minor errors from time to time, but generally very tight and the light show was wicked.

Once again I took on the role of Mosh-Pit General and kicked off proceedings, with some excellant guys and girls in the pit, we had a great time. Somehow we managed to organise a Girls Only Mosh-Pit during Pendulum, the perimeter of which was maintained by a ring of guys drooling over the sight of a dozen girls fighting with each other. Genius.

Pendulum and InMe at Koko, London, iTunes Festival 2008
I don’t know any of these people, but they are all legends.
Are you in this photo?

So, did you guys enjoy it?


July 29th, 2008 |

Tags: gigs, inme, pendulum




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