Rock On

As some of you know, Chad and I attended the Mudvayne/Deftones/Linkin Park/Limpbizkit/Metallica concert at the Metrodome on Sunday. The music was good and well done and enjoyable but it was all the other bullshit that made Chad and I come to the conclusion that we will not be going to another concert for a long time. First of, the Deftones didn't show up due to one of their members having a stomach virus/groin injury/ "shaving accident". I've heard three different stories from three different sources (deftones website, radio and James Hetfield, respectively) but what matters is that they weren't there. Metallica was scheduled for 9pm stage time because (we think, anyway) that they were the 93X Sunday Night Concert. The concert started at 3. We didn't get out of there until 11. 8 hours.... There was about 1 hour between each band which was waaaaay too long. The downtime turned into a breast fest. Three guys sat down in front of us, in seats that were not their's, and started on a pocket bong or something, the smoke from it coming right back at Chad and I. The people to our left couldn't sit in their goddamn seats for more than 5 minutes. The woman to our right tried to pick a fight with a guy 2 rows in front of her who was about twice her size and had sleeve tattoos and piercings everywhere (even his neck). But waiting for Metallica made it all worth while. They know how to put on a show. Maybe a few years down the road, if they come back to the Minneapolis area, I'll go see them again, but not if 4 other bands accompany them. That was just ridiculous.