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ROCK!!!! the crowd was so diverse. More so than any concert i've ever seen. Watching everyone enter the building, you would have no idea what the hell we were all going to see. There were little kids, old women, highschool jocks, bikers, asian businessmen, and of course nasty concert hooches, but they seem to show up EVERYWHERE. missed the first opening band, whos name i forget but it's got some of the guys from Jackass in it? I didn't even know there was an opening band. Then Mix Master Mike went on, he was kickass. He didn't play any original stuff, just mixes of classic rock songs to get the croud going. Like Rush and etc. The crowd was.... tense. I was tense, everyone was tense. If Axl couldn't make it through 3 songs on the MTV awards, how was he going to live through a whole show? What were we going to see? What the hell were we all here for other than curiosity? Then the camera guys filled in the hour and a half that it took to begin by pointing the cameras on girls in the crowd to start the age old sport of 'Who's gonna flash tits first??'. Girls are so stupid. After the first 30min of nasty groupies flashing, a voice came over the PA: "hey...I've got a sore throught so I'll keep it quick- Guys, keep your clothes on. Ladies- TAKE 'EM OUT!" I doubted before this moment, but truly, i WAS at a gnr show. So after another 30min of "oh YEAH? well i'm not only flashing my boobs, I'm making out with the chick beside me while i do it!" (Girls are so stupid!) ...the lights went out, and they did the whole 100% rock entrance with the big black sheet dropping and fireworks exploding and all that. And 'Welcome to the Jungle'! And it ROCKED! And he came out doing the wormy/foot stomping one foot Axl dance and everything, such a cartoon of the last great rock star, and i couldn't stop giggling. But his hair looks so soooo silly. They played for 2 full hours, and not only can Axl still sing, he can still run around the stage like a maniac while doing it. The new band (except Dizzy, Dizzy's back!) is a weird thing to look at, it's all very surreal, none of them fit together. That's how i would describe the whole show, surreal. Buckethead is fucking amazing. He had his own intro graphics and t-shirts for sale. Damn, but that guy can play. And fast. He also did a nunchuck display. Wowwy-wow-wow. The two new guitar + bass guys who's names i don't know (not Buckethead and not Fink) looked like they were having the time of their lives, which i'm sure they were. And the stage had Matrix-type effects shit built into it! So when someone went to the front of the stage and jumped, the video screens could show a multi-camera rotation of it, live! The set was 'Appetite for Destruction' heavy, for some reason. In fact, they played every song off it except 2 (that's 10 songs!), 5 from other albums and 3 new ones. The new songs were okay, but the band isn't quite used to playing them live yet, it seems. The audience was so crazy, in a desperate 'we're never letting you go home' sort of way. When the piano got pulled out for November Rain, everyone went apeshit, and the screeming didn't stop till the song was done. Anyway, they rocked solid ass and i'm glad i went. Some little void within me is filled. Axl is alive. |
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My roommate's friend got a backstage pass for the show after the one i saw, he knew a bouncer or something, and he got to hang out with the band. He said Axl was very polite, cool and smart. He talked about the fights he and Slash had in the end, and why he doesn't work with him anymore. He said that Buckethead didn't say a word to anyone, he just stood in the corner wearing a black cape. Then when some groupies started bugging him to "take off your mask! take it off!!" he removed it....and he had another mask on under it! I love that man. |
She's taking me to a burnout party. I am turning into a bogan. |
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I'm pissed at Godflesh as well, since they broke up before I could see them, and I really wanted to see their final line-up, which consisted of the rhythm section from Prong. |
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and etc? it took me years to stop that riff in my head. Thank you for reminding me. Thank you very much. It's back. p.s what is a bogan, and how does one become one. Do tell. |
It's pretty acurate. You can be kinda bogan though but dress normally. And I just want to point out that though the author thought my name was bogan, its not. New Zealand Travel Guide: Bogans In the fine country of New Zealand (where I live), we have a certain group of people that are called "bogans". You may or may not know what they are, and if you are American, I'm assuming you don't. First and foremost, don't confused bogans with Maoris. The Maori culture is beautiful and charming, and the bogan culture is filled with nothinb but strange smells. Think Metallica. Think tight, black, tapered-legged jeans. Think cleaning your Holden Sunbird or Ford Escort panel van with an old, ripped and stained Motorhead t-shirt you found in the backseat or trunk. Think crocheted white sweaters. Think perms. Think "Sheila". Think drinking beer straight out of the keg in your best friend Wayne's backyard, while Dylan and Stan encourage you to drink fast by yelling, "SKULL! SKULL!". Think small towns with farms nearby. Think Megadeath. Think mullet. Are you a bogan? If under the age of 16, bogans have a ratstail haircut to accompany the clothing, along with a name and favorite band picked from the following list. Older bogans have either the mullet or cleanly shaved skull. Common male bogan names: Wayne, Ken, Dylan, Ax (a nickname stolen from a perennial favourite, Axl Rose), Trev, Kev, Jake, Jono, Marc, Gazza, Brett, Stan, Glen, Barry. Common female bogan names: Trish, Tash, Sheila, Cheryl, Barbs, Donna, Mel, Val, Cat and all her male friends will jokingly call her Pussy but of course she'll love it, Sharon or Shazza hence why quite often females bogans are called "Shazzas". Music for the "hardcore" bogan: Metallica, Slayer, Pantera, Megadeath, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, Skid Row, Poison, Kiss, Van Halen, White Snake. Music for the older Generation, not-so-heavy bogan: Mr Big, Steppen Wolf, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Jethro Tull, Extreme, Bon Jovi. Male bogan clothing: Tight, tapered, black, orange-tab Levis. White wife-beater singlet for the older generation of bogan. Black t-shirt of any of the aforementioned musical groups. Black woollen jersey (sweater). Black 8 or 10-up Doc boots. Female bogan clothing: Tight, tapered, black, orange-tab Levis. Tie-dyed white and purple t-shirt. White crocheted jersey. Black 8 or 10-up Doc boots. For a special occasion, tie-dyed, lacey, dress, often accompanied by a leather waistcoat. Bogan jargon: BOGAN NON-BOGAN Fucking aye! That's really great! Fucking oath! See above. Mate! My dear friend! Stink bro! That's not very nice. Get a crate of Tui and jump in the Kingswood! Get that box of cheap beer and get in my big, grunty but not very expensive car. Does that help? Burnout: (warning this guy is probably a bogan) \www.musclecar.co.nz/chev/rat.html GnR won't die Patrick, because they live on thru Wisper and me. We spread the gospel of Axl. |
do you say it 'boo-gan' or 'bow-gan'? what a cool word. It's much cooler than "metalhead" or "skid". Or "mullet". like these guys! i recommend that movie, FUBAR. HIGHLY. |
I might have to take some photos and create a bogan collection. |
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But bogans are throughout our country. They breed and call their children Levi or Harley. |
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It's really hard to believe this is the same guy that was u ntil recently playing "Paradise City." This is so much better than GnR. it's reminiscent of the stuff Mike Patton gets involved in. I was expecting more guitar and there's a lot of electronics and synths, although now that i listen a little closer, i think that he's using a guitarsynth for the majoity of the synths. You can tell by the attack on the notes. |