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Gigs => Gig details => WA Gigs => Topic started by: Trolld on August 06, 2010, 01:22:35 AM
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Haha, how good is Video Hits sponsoring an event they would play 5% of the bands on it.
Asking Alexandria ??!!!! What exactly did they ask her?
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:drool:
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PLUS Iron Maiden will also play two arena shows prior to the festivals with first ticket access for Fan Club members:
23 Feb 2011 - Melbourne, Hisense Arena
24 Feb 2011 - Sydney, Entertainment Centre
The exclusive pre-sale will take place on Monday 9th August at noon and run through to 5pm Tuesday 10th (local time). The pre-sale is open to all Fan Club members - watch the site for updates later today!
Tickets for these two shows go on sale to the general public on August 12th.
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Is Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater playing with Avenged Sevenfold, I know he has been recording with them (He was their old drummers RIP all time favourite drummer)?
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Melvins fuck yeah!
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How much is 10 pounds in aussie dollars these days? An online fan club membership is 10 pounds. I want to try and get tickets to the Sydney sideshow.
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How much is 10 pounds in aussie dollars these days? An online fan club membership is 10 pounds. I want to try and get tickets to the Sydney sideshow.
About $25AUS I think.
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maybe 5 years ago
at the moment aussie dollar is 0.58 pence, so about 17/18 dollars i guess
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Small price to pay for first access to tickets eh?
Flights are cheap and I get free accommodation.
Can't fucking wait!
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OHMYGARD
Soundwave gets better every year!
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I seem to be one of the few that is disappointed by this lineup. Maiden aside (who I'm not a huge fan of), there is very little worth my time. If there were a few good bands announced in the second round, then maybe QOTSA, Kylsea and Maiden along with the other bands would make a decent day, but at this stage, definitely not going.
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It's okay, apart from Slayer I think it's balls too.
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It's good that they have more focus on metal with Iron Maiden and Slayer.
Personally I'm looking forward to 36 Crazyfists and even Ill Nino. Terror are great live. High on Fire will be cool too. Rob Zombie, Stone Sour, All that remains...all pretty cool.
Much better than last year and still heaps to go.
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in totality its a chance to see bands that u would normally not spend the money on if they did a solo show - like Stone Sour, Melvins, QotSA, Zombie, Kylesa, The Sword, Monster Magnet, Gang Of Four...
but finally coz i missed the last one - Iron Maiden!
and never fucken thought i would see them but i fuckin LOVE PRIMUS! :headbang: ...actually contemplating the fact i will see Primus in a few months is blowing my mind.
Slayer again, which is always good. fuckin good on em for doing regular trips down.
High On Fire - which is the band i bet is going to be the main band for me. never thought i would ever get to see them, same like Baroness last year.
Primus & High On Fire. stupidly awesome!
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Gav. You timed that perfectly to mention Iron Maiden in your 666th post :P
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oh, wtf?!?!?! i did not notice until u pointed that out - that is some killer outer-cosmos shit that... :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
666
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I 100% believe now, since the soundwave website now confirms what we all hoped. My 14 year old self would be imploding at the knowledge that sometime in his lifetime he would get to see Slayer not once, but 3 times!
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High on Fire ily
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the only thing missing from the rumours to the announcement is Hell Yeah. Not that I care that much, but it would be nice to see Vinnie behind the skins one last time.
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the only thing missing from the rumours to the announcement is Hell Yeah. Not that I care that much, but it would be nice to see Vinnie behind the skins one last time.
There is a second announcement still to come of @ 10 more bands I think.
But I'm there already - Maiden, QOTSA, Slayer, Melvins, High on Fire, Monster Magnet, The Sword, The Bronx, Gang of Four... fucking fantastic lineup. :clap:
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Melvins- fucking can't wait
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Cant fuckin wait for this one, primus n rob zombie are the last two bands on my list of "must see before i die" bands, so im fuckin stoked ill get to see em :headbang:, slayer are allways killer, as are devildriver, and stone sour were fuckin awsome last time i saw them. this line up is so good that me n the misses are planning to get tix to the melbourne one as well and head over there so we can see it all twice.
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has anyone else here had problems registering to the soundwave site for the ticket presale? it wont seem to let me create a new account and it wont even recognise the log in details for my girlfriends account, which we have used for the last 4 fuckin years to by presale tix, really pissin me off! :wall:
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this happens every fucking year. Always a fuck around.
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has anyone else here had problems registering to the soundwave site for the ticket presale? it wont seem to let me create a new account and it wont even recognise the log in details for my girlfriends account, which we have used for the last 4 fuckin years to by presale tix, really pissin me off! :wall:
Ok sent an email to the soundwave team about this problem and got this as a reply-
"We?re experiencing some difficulties with the new site. As as interim solution, when you are filling out your State in the Register a new account section, use the TAB button to move to the Captcha field and again (once the Captcha code is entered) to move to final step and hit enter."
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With reunited 90's rockers Alice In Chains, Faith No More and Jane's Addiction in previous Soundwave line-ups, could Soundgarden be next?
According to Australia's long-running rock station Triple M, the reunited SOUNDGARDEN will be doing shows in the country in 2011.
The station's music reporter Nui Te Koha revealed that Australian promoters were at this past weekend's Lollapalooza festival in Chicago "trying to lock down these dates but it will happen early this year."
When pressed for exact timings, Nui said it will be "January, February, March next year."
According to The Pulse of Radio, SOUNDGARDEN returned to the big stage this past weekend to close out Chicago's Lollapalooza festival, and in the words of vocalist Chris Cornell ? they are back. In between performing such songs as "Blow Up the Outside World", "Let Me Drown" and "Rusty Cage", Cornell told the crowd, "It's good to be back! We just took a little break, but now we're back." That "little break" was more like 13 years, and the group seemed to have made a big return based on the overall flattering concert reviews from Sunday's (August 8) show.
Rolling Stone described SOUNDGARDEN's songs as "epic," noting, "There were no special effects during SOUNDGARDEN's performance on the last night of Lollapalooza ? no lasers, no costume changes, no props or hydraulics . . . But the band didn't need any added visuals: SOUNDGARDEN delivered an explosive set of classic '90s songs in front of their biggest audience since their breakup 13 years ago." Spin noted, "SOUNDGARDEN have always been good at big ? even their ballads are apocalyptic epics perfectly unsuited to lighter-waving."
The Lollapalooza festival marked SOUNDGARDEN's third gig since the reunion was announced in January. The band will release a hits collection called "Telephantasm" on September 28. There's no word on what will come next. Cornell recently told USA Today that the group is taking its return one day at a time, saying, "I think our goal now is to do what we always wanted to do, which is to ? at our own pace and in our own time ? just do what we want when we want to do it. Whether it's shows, songs, whatever it might be, records, we'll know when we get there."
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Could be for the Big Day Out, or their own headlining tour, but they'd be ideal to follow suit.
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Looks like Soundgarden are a go for BDO, STP too...
http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/news/featured/2010/08/soundgarden-kings-of-leon-for-big-day-out-2011.htm
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Baaaaah, see you at Soundwave!!
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Got some tickets yesterday in the presale thing.
Says the tickets are GA. Never been to a soundwave, is that the only type of ticket for this?
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Got some tickets yesterday in the presale thing.
Says the tickets are GA. Never been to a soundwave, is that the only type of ticket for this?
aint no seats at festivals dude.
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really?
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really?
Yeah, they won't even let you sit on the grass. They have security to move people along. Just like hobos.
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SAXON!
Joining Iron Maiden and Queens Of The Stone Age as our headliners is ONE DAY AS A LION, the explosive collaboration between Rage Against The Machine front-man Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. Their set at the Fuji Festival this year was the undisputed highlight of the festival and we are proud to have secured not 1, but 5 rare appearances by this artist.
Rounding out our new arrivals are triumphant recent visitors BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and BRING ME THE HORIZON; horror punk killers, THE MURDERDOLLS; legendary metal monster DIMMU BORGIR making their Australian debut; punk rock gods MILLENCOLIN presenting their seminal album Pennybridge Pioneers (and more); prog rock?s finest flag fliers COHEED & CAMBRIA; and a band whose amazing live shows needs little introduction to Australian audiences, THE AMITY AFFLICTION.
Add to that SILVERSTEIN, FUCKED UP, FEEDER, H2O, SAXON, THE ROCKET SUMMER, WE THE KINGS and you have an announcement worthy of being its own festival!
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Dimmu Borgir and Saxon!!!!
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SAXON :headbang:
might have to consider going now :hmm:
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I have to admit that this festival is starting to look quite sexy for most.
However, she still doesn't win over me :eyebrows:
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SURELY you can't slag this festival off now!
Hope Dimmu get a decent spot and not in the heat of the day
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Wow Dimmu and Saxon, that's big news!
This shits all over every Big Day Out ever!
It's great that the poofo public will get to see so many metalheads out in one day. REPRAZENT!
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Saxon!
Pitty someone smeared shit(the other added bands) over the setlist.
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I was flicking through the local rag today, Saw that the council has rejected Soundwaves application to use Bassendean Oval.
Apparently the WAFL has had a cry about their oval being severely damaged by the festival >:(
So where now ? : /
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KINGS PARK
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Showgrounds and the tin shed here we come :(
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I was flicking through the local rag today, Saw that the council has rejected Soundwaves application to use Bassendean Oval.
Apparently the WAFL has had a cry about their oval being severely damaged by the festival >:(
So where now ? : /
Can't have been too bad
Swans won the premiership !!
As much as I wished that you guys had lost to us in the prelim (ROYALS supporter!), that was one of the best WAFL GFs I've seen in years!!!
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Fair enough, trampled grounds don't bother me since I live in Broome. Anyway its coming up to our summer of cricket. WOO HOO!
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Where every batting collapse or no ball will be questioned constantly!
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Soundwave Festival has announced that they will changing the venue for their Perth event next year.
The Festival issued the following statement this evening:
Due to the huge growth Soundwave has experienced recently withrecord early ticket sales and lateness of the Labour Day weekend encroaching on the Western Australian Football League season, it is with regret that we must move on from our current home at Steel Blue Oval in Bassendean.
Soundwave would like to thank the Town of Bassendean, the Swan Districts Football Club and the people of Bassendean for their terrific support of the Festival over the past few years. Without the support of the local community Soundwave would not have enjoyed such a meteoric rise in Western Australia and for that we are eternally grateful to all in sundry.
We will be announcing an exciting new venue in Perth soon so stay tuned for further details.
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Thanks man! :) It was thanks to you that I met them last time :)
Be sure to post times closer to date!
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Anyone know the new venue?
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heres the link to the time table for perth
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5373/sw11watt.jpg
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Guess we're all camped at stage 4 until 7:50 :)
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
Supposedly this:
but then again the AJ guy who organised the times said on his twitter
?The main source of clash stress seems to be Slash vs Slayer. I am trying to fix this?. We?d also like to point out we?re pretty pissed about choosing between Melvins and Queens Of The Stone Age, but you can?t please everyone".
Which is just what some other dude said on some other forum dude.
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at least I can completely disregard stages 3, 5 and 6. That makes life easier. Hopefully they fix the Slash/Slayer clash, but having seen Slayer 2 times already Im not overly concerned.
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Good time to make it a third huh?
:eyebrows:
What can I say about Slash that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan.
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^^
haha
im gonna start a nihilist fan club.
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
Shit that gunna be hard for Whammy. ;D
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Good time to make it a third huh?
:eyebrows:
What can I say about Slash that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan.
It looks bombed out and depleted?
Still worth checking out 8)
... not Afghanistan, obviously. Enough of them here, makes it pretty moot to go. Well the ones that aren't at the bottom of the ocean that is.
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Afghanistan is still full of hashish and opium, i thoughtslash was clean these days?
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
Shit that gunna be hard for Whammy. ;D
haha yeah wouldn't be if King was absent...i know at least one slayer song, no Slash stuff... :hmm:
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
Shit that gunna be hard for Whammy. ;D
haha yeah wouldn't be if King was absent...i know at least one slayer song, no Slash stuff... :hmm:
you might've heard of this song Paradise City which he plays. Or Sweet Child O' Mine? Or Civil War?
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thought that shit was Gunners not his...in that case fuck yar!
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thought that shit was Gunners not his...in that case fuck yar!
Same thing really but yeah looks like he's been playing a bunch of Gunners stuff while he's been touring as Slash. Makes me glad he's not coming with Snakepit or Velvet Revolver.
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When I saw Slash in August, he put on an awesome show. Worth seeing over Slayer for sure, IMO.
Here is the setlist....
Ghost
Mean Bone (Slash's Snakepit cover)
Nightrain (Guns N' Roses cover)
Sucker Train Blues (Velvet Revolver cover)
Back From Cali
Beggars & Hangers-On (Slash's Snakepit cover)
Civil War (Guns N' Roses cover)
Rocket Queen (Guns N' Roses cover)
Fall To Pieces (Velvet Revolver cover)
Dirty Little Thing (Velvet Revolver cover)
Nothing To Say
Starlight
Watch This
Guitar Solo
Godfather Theme
Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses cover)
Rise Today (Alter Bridge cover)
Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
Encore:
By The Sword
Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo cover) (with Angry Anderson)
Paradise City (Guns N' Roses cover)
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Maybe everyone on Stage 4 can play later now, no more Avenged Sevenfold
Orange County, California's AVENGED SEVENFOLD has pulled out of the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, set to take place in late February/early March.
The band's official statement on the matter reads as follows:
"AVENGED SEVENFOLD regretfully announce they will not be performing at the upcoming Soundwave in Australia. After much effort, the band decided that they could not offer fans the live experience they have come to expect and didn?t want to disappoint them. AVENGED SEVENFOLD will return to Australia soon to headline their own tour."
Soundwave festival dates are as follows:
Feb. 26 - Brisbane, Showgrounds
Feb. 27 - Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway
Mar. 04 - Melbourne, Showgrounds
Mar. 05 - Adelaide, Bonython Park
Mar. 07 - Perth, Steel Blue Oval
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Also looks like Mike Portnoy has been booted from the band as well....lol...the plot thickens
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When I saw Slash in August, he put on an awesome show. Worth seeing over Slayer for sure, IMO.
Here is the setlist....
Ghost
Mean Bone (Slash's Snakepit cover)
Nightrain (Guns N' Roses cover)
Sucker Train Blues (Velvet Revolver cover)
Back From Cali
Beggars & Hangers-On (Slash's Snakepit cover)
Civil War (Guns N' Roses cover)
Rocket Queen (Guns N' Roses cover)
Fall To Pieces (Velvet Revolver cover)
Dirty Little Thing (Velvet Revolver cover)
Nothing To Say
Starlight
Watch This
Guitar Solo
Godfather Theme
Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses cover)
Rise Today (Alter Bridge cover)
Slither (Velvet Revolver cover)
Encore:
By The Sword
Nice Boys (Rose Tattoo cover) (with Angry Anderson)
Paradise City (Guns N' Roses cover)
well since i have seen slayer twice...and with that set-list (a big fuck u to Mr Rose) Slash it is
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Haha, whiney little pricks
AJ Maddah, who is responsible for organizing Australia's Soundwave festival, has slammed AVENGED SEVENFOLD for allegedly refusing to play during the day or clash with festival headliners IRON MAIDEN, despite being billed in tenth place on the lineup poster.
In a series of comments posted on Twitter, Maddah said, "AVENGED have decided, despite having originally confirmed a mid-afternoon spot, that they are now unwilling to play unless it is night time. At the same time, they are refusing to play at the same time as MAIDEN? In other words, they want MAIDEN to play in the afternoon!
"While AVENGED are a massive band, having sold around 8,000 copies of their new album nationally, I won't be able to move MAIDEN's time slot. I have now reached the point where I can no longer mess around 70 other bands and 180,000 ticket holders to appease this band's nonsense. I have every expectation that they will go back on their agreement and cancel."
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Haha, whiney little pricks
AJ Maddah, who is responsible for organizing Australia's Soundwave festival, has slammed AVENGED SEVENFOLD for allegedly refusing to play during the day or clash with festival headliners IRON MAIDEN, despite being billed in tenth place on the lineup poster.
In a series of comments posted on Twitter, Maddah said, "AVENGED have decided, despite having originally confirmed a mid-afternoon spot, that they are now unwilling to play unless it is night time. At the same time, they are refusing to play at the same time as MAIDEN? In other words, they want MAIDEN to play in the afternoon!
"While AVENGED are a massive band, having sold around 8,000 copies of their new album nationally, I won't be able to move MAIDEN's time slot. I have now reached the point where I can no longer mess around 70 other bands and 180,000 ticket holders to appease this band's nonsense. I have every expectation that they will go back on their agreement and cancel."
I just hope this doesn't mean someone good will move into the Iron Maiden clash.
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No A7X !
If you listen carefully you can hear the sounds of emo's wailing and wrists slitting with this wonderful news !
Christmas has come early.
Bring Soundgarden over in their place since they we're snubbed from the BDO.
I saw a LIVE set of Slash's the other night on MTV. I hope they dont bring that singer whoever he was, he was awful.
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they snubbed Soundgarden? :hmm:
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No A7X !
If you listen carefully you can hear the sounds of emo's wailing and wrists slitting with this wonderful news !
Christmas has come early.
Bring Soundgarden over in their place since they we're snubbed from the BDO.
I saw a LIVE set of Slash's the other night on MTV. I hope they dont bring that singer whoever he was, he was awful.
I hope you arent talking about Miles Kennedy..... that guy ROCKS!
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I hope you arent talking about Miles Kennedy....
I don't think much to him either but friends love him :hmm:
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I think Myles has one of those voices that you love or you hate. Me personally, I really dig the guy.
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I dig Miles Kennedy as well.
Definitely a love or hate voice. Guy can shred on the guitar as well.
:rofl: at Avenged Sevenfold.
+1 for Soundgarden.
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Thrice are 90% confirmed as replacement, according to the organisers twitter.
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wikileaks says yeah!
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Slayer and Slash at the same time, lame.
Apparently there's murmurs (on the soundwave forum) that they may swap Slash's timeslot with the band before him to avoid the Slayer clash, which is great, until you realise it brings Slash into a direct clash with Dimmu Borgir...
Having seen Slayer twice and given there's even an overlap with the original timetable so as it stands I could still catch the last 20 mins of Slayer anyway, this change would bring about a far worse clash for me.
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Slash clashing with Dimmu, sounds like a good time to have a beer/wank/sleep.
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yeah they both suck too...running out bands to shit on
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I'll never run out of bands to shit on, because the world is filled with horrible music, which I am thankful for.
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well list a few you consider worth a listen...
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Change of venue, Claremont Oval, across from showgrounds
http://tickets.soundwavefestival.com/?EventID=17274
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Sweet i can walk there now
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ye bailay!
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Damn I think I might be working that day....might have to ask for it off. Cheers for the heads up mate.
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Since I work at the airport I'll have a first class view of the beast. I saw it last time it came in and depart, awesome aircraft.
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Here are a few memories from last time :)
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that ams cools
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I'd shave my balls for it :D
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fotze you work at the airport as well?
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draegish fotze ;D
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ON the Soundwave forum today.
Since Soundwave festival announced back in September last year that they would be moving from the Steel Blue Oval in Bassendean to avoid a clash with the Western Australian Football League preseason training, there has been much speculation, and concern, about the location of the Perth leg of the festival.
Well, we can finally confirm that the festival will be held at the Claremont Showgrounds ? the same venue that hosted the Big Day Out over the weekend.
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cheers steve dave ;D
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fotze you work at the airport as well?
Yeah
International
Skystar
Ah ok, QF man myself ;D
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tail is fucking good
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Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of SLAYER, was hospitalized late last month where he underwent emergency surgery on his right arm after contracting a serious infection, according to his bandmates Kerry King, Tom Araya and Dave Lombardo.
While Hanneman's doctors were not able to definitively identify the infection's origin, they diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis, and indicated it likely was rooted in a spider bite. The guitarist is now recuperating at home, has already begun the process of subsequent medical procedures including skin grafts, and is expected to make a full recovery.
In light of this situation and SLAYER's upcoming participation in the Australian Soundwave Festival tour that is set to kick off on February 26, the band has made the tough decision to play the dates without Hanneman, and will bring on a guest guitarist to fill in for him until such time as he has fully recuperated and is ready to return to the lineup. The band will announce details about the guest guitarist shortly.
"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years," said Araya, "so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."
"After everything that happened last year," King added, "we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again," referring to Araya's severe back and neck pain that prompted his January 2010 surgery, unfortunately leading to the band's postponement or cancellation of numerous shows in 2009 and 2010. "Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned. At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can. And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."
According to WebMD, necrotizing fasciitis is an infection caused by bacteria. It can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles. The disease sometimes is called "flesh-eating" bacteria. When it occurs on the genitals, it is called Fournier gangrene.
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/hannesolo.jpg)
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holy shit, he better be back before Perth. I wonder who the guest will be... Scott Ian perhaps?
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Yeah Scott Ian, or Andreas Kisser SEPULTURA, Gary Holt EXODUS, Jeff Waters ANNIHILATOR, Willie LAMB OF GOD, Phil Demmel MACHINE HEAD any of these cats would be cool filling in for some SLAYER shows.. or maybe Dave Mustaine can return the favor as Kerry once played in MEGADETH back in the day..
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Prob be someone from one of the other bands at soundwave.
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Shit. Might be the brown recluse spider.
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Did we really need to know what it was called when it's on your genitalia? Weird fucker of an author for that article.
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Did we really need to know what it was called when it's on your genitalia? Weird fucker of an author for that article.
I thought the same thing actually. Way more information than we needed to know and totally out of context.
Anyway, if it is someone from Soundwave my guess would be one of the dudes from Devildriver perhaps. Slash gets my vote though :)
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sucks that news...why couldnt it have happened to King instead :(
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Sounds like Hannemans in a bad way- necrotizing fasciitis does sound very metal though!
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yeah its almost like...u want it u got it
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Skin grafts for a spider bite ??
Necrotizing Fasciitis
Sounds like a Slayer song title
nah, a carcass song title!
this sucks. i'd like to see matt pike from high on fire fill in.
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Looks they've found a replacement :
SLAYER has recruited Gary Holt (pictured below) from veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS to be SLAYER's guest guitarist, temporary filling in for Jeff Hanneman who is currently recovering from surgery. Holt will immediately join Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Kerry King (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums) for their five-date Australian Soundwave Festival tour that begins February 26.
Hanneman underwent emergency surgery on his right arm late last month after contracting a serious infection, possibly caused by a spider bite. He is now recuperating at home and is expected to make a full recovery. He will return to the SLAYER lineup as soon as he has fully recovered.
While Hanneman's doctors were not able to definitively identify the infection's origin, they diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis, an infection caused by bacteria. According to WebMD, necrotizing fasciitis can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles. The disease sometimes is called "flesh-eating" bacteria.
"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years," said Araya, "so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."
"After everything that happened last year," King added, "we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again," referring to Araya's severe back and neck pain that prompted his January 2010 surgery, unfortunately leading to the band's postponement or cancellation of numerous shows in 2009 and 2010. "Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned. At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can. And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/garyholtsolo.jpg)
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Looks they've found a replacement :
SLAYER has recruited Gary Holt (pictured below) from veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS to be SLAYER's guest guitarist, temporary filling in for Jeff Hanneman who is currently recovering from surgery. Holt will immediately join Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Kerry King (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums) for their five-date Australian Soundwave Festival tour that begins February 26.
Hanneman underwent emergency surgery on his right arm late last month after contracting a serious infection, possibly caused by a spider bite. He is now recuperating at home and is expected to make a full recovery. He will return to the SLAYER lineup as soon as he has fully recovered.
While Hanneman's doctors were not able to definitively identify the infection's origin, they diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis, an infection caused by bacteria. According to WebMD, necrotizing fasciitis can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles. The disease sometimes is called "flesh-eating" bacteria.
"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years," said Araya, "so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."
"After everything that happened last year," King added, "we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again," referring to Araya's severe back and neck pain that prompted his January 2010 surgery, unfortunately leading to the band's postponement or cancellation of numerous shows in 2009 and 2010. "Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned. At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can. And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/garyholtsolo.jpg)
Bernard Fanning
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Gary Holt will probably play the Slayer stuff better than Kerry and Jeff do these days.
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great news!
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Fuck yeah!
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Really great choice - one of the original bay area pioneers, Gary from Exodus & Jeff from Annihilator are possibly the two tightest thrash metal players outside Mustaine so they got one of the best for sure. This will be a Slayer show not to be missed!
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Gary Holt will probably play the Slayer stuff better than Kerry and Jeff do these days.
these days for Kerry?
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Looks they've found a replacement :
SLAYER has recruited Gary Holt (pictured below) from veteran San Francisco Bay Area thrashers EXODUS to be SLAYER's guest guitarist, temporary filling in for Jeff Hanneman who is currently recovering from surgery. Holt will immediately join Tom Araya (bass, vocals), Kerry King (guitar) and Dave Lombardo (drums) for their five-date Australian Soundwave Festival tour that begins February 26.
Hanneman underwent emergency surgery on his right arm late last month after contracting a serious infection, possibly caused by a spider bite. He is now recuperating at home and is expected to make a full recovery. He will return to the SLAYER lineup as soon as he has fully recovered.
While Hanneman's doctors were not able to definitively identify the infection's origin, they diagnosed necrotizing fasciitis, an infection caused by bacteria. According to WebMD, necrotizing fasciitis can destroy skin, fat, and the tissue covering the muscles. The disease sometimes is called "flesh-eating" bacteria.
"Jeff is our brother, we've all been friends and together as a band for almost 30 years," said Araya, "so we just want him to completely recover as soon as possible."
"After everything that happened last year," King added, "we all agreed that we just can't let our fans down again," referring to Araya's severe back and neck pain that prompted his January 2010 surgery, unfortunately leading to the band's postponement or cancellation of numerous shows in 2009 and 2010. "Jeff is totally on board with this decision, so we will tour as planned. At this point, we can't pinpoint exactly what day he'll be back, but he'll be back as soon as he possibly can. And we can't wait for Jeff to get better and get his ass back on the road."
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/soulflypremiere/garyholtsolo.jpg)
Bernard Fanning
Burned Fanny
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Gary Holt will probably play the Slayer stuff better than Kerry and Jeff do these days.
Kerry yes, Jeff no.
So glad to see the Mustaine rumours weren't true. He and Kerry King on stage together would be gay porn, not thrash metal.
To reiterate, Dave Mustaine is a worthless cunt. He should start a band with Mike Patton and call it WE'RE SO SHIT IT MAKES YOU WANT TO FUCKING DIE.
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Gary Holt will probably play the Slayer stuff better than Kerry and Jeff do these days.
Kerry yes, Jeff no.
So glad to see the Mustaine rumours weren't true. He and Kerry King on stage together would be gay porn, not thrash metal.
what do you care? you wont be there anyway.... will ya?
Also, totally agree with the Kerry sucks, Jeff rules statements.
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They are as good as each other. :D
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To reiterate, Dave Mustaine is a worthless cunt. He should start a band with Mike Patton and call it WE'RE SO SHIT IT MAKES YOU WANT TO FUCKING DIE.
Bit wordy
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Word Salad.
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Toss my word salad!
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I've heard that Saxon have pulled out, due to recording commintments and family illness. :(
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ahh for fucks sake
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Farkin' hope not farkin', I got tickets to their side show in Sydney.
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FUCK IT'S TRUE
Thursday, 17 February 2011 "Dear fans, We are unfortunately forced to cancel our Australia trip due scheduling problems with the new album recordings. We apologise for cancelling but due to the bad weather conditions we had in the UK during the recording sessions we have suffered various delays and we can't just drop the production and leave - we have producers booked and mix engineers waiting to finish the album, which is titled "Call To Arms". We have looked at this from all sides, but too many people are involved so we have made the choice to finish the album and we apologise again. We hope you can understand that we have not made this decision lightly. Kind regards Saxon"
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Why not make a live album of their OZ tour..?
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That maiden set list looks killer. Will definitely be jizzing if they play most of those songs.
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might get a crowd jizz like the rammstein gig...though its maidena dn in english \m/
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Ex-Iron Maiden singer faces jail for benefit fraud
(AFP) ? 6 days ago
LONDON ? Former Iron Maiden lead singer Paul Di'Anno is facing jail after admitting fraudulent welfare claims, newspapers reports said.
He admitted having claimed ?45,479 after saying that nerve damage to his back prevented him from working.
The Department of Work and Pensions found out he had toured from 2002 to 2008 -- while claiming incapacity benefit, housing benefit and local authority tax payments.
The tattooed rocker was arrested last year on arriving back at London Heathrow Airport.
At Salisbury Crown Court in southwest England, he was bailed to return for sentencing on March 11.
"Prepare yourself for a prison sentence," judge Andrew Barnett told him told the singer.
Di'Anno, real name Paul Andrews, sang on the British heavy metal godfathers' first two albums "Iron Maiden" (1980) and "Killers" (1981).
The 52-year-old co-wrote songs including "Remember Tomorrow", "Running Free" and title track "Killers" before being sacked and replaced by Bruce Dickinson.
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Nice Maiden set list, looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun!
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Nice Maiden set list, looks like it's going to be a whole lot of fun!
6 days until MAIDEN!
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arrival?
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Gary Holt! is filling in!! :headbang:
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I have a spare ticket if anyone is keen. $150 and its yours. Will even express post it for free if it sells this week.
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I've got one to sell as well. $150 if anyone is interested. PM me (after Mago's is gone first, dont want to dog him out of a sale :P)
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I'll take a ticket please :-) Whoever hasn't sold
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I suppose they are sold out by now.
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I suppose they are sold out by now.
I dont think so, hence why I sold mine cheap.
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Huge congrats to Lacrymae for scoring a slot via Triple J Unearthed. I'll be there early just for you guys.
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I suppose they are sold out by now.
I dont think so, hence why I sold mine cheap.
cheap is 5 bucks bru ;D shitty airlines bargaining
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new timetable due to saxon pullout, only slight variations on times
http://images.soundwavefestival.s3.amazonaws.com/timetables/SW11-WA-TT-final.pdf
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anyone selling tickets? perhaps 2.. :)
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Does anyone have a copy of the map they've posted on their website?
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I've volunteered a days work help setting up the backstage areas in exchange for a ticket. I could probably get a few other people this deal if your interested? PM me asap.
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Does anyone have a copy of the map they've posted on their website?
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn101/neddavid/soundwave_2011_map.jpg)
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Im hoping stage 6 is the tin shed and not stage 4.
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Does anyone have a copy of the map they've posted on their website?
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn101/neddavid/soundwave_2011_map.jpg)
Thank you kindly!! :)
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We are in for one hell of a show guys. The show at Sydney Entertainment Centre was amazing.
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Melbourne was better :)
When the wild wind blows live was amazing.
Oh, and if you want a tour t-shirt I counted 12 different designs at the merch stand (and the cue was huge) $50-$60 each
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I was at the Sydney show, and the band are in top form! I reckon their new songs sound better live than on cd
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whats the likely hood of sniffer dogs at the gates?
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I've never seen sniffer dogs at Soundwave before, though i didn't go last year.
SLAYER didn't play today in Sydney because Tom is in hospital 'overnight'. They haven't said why.
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yeah, I just heard from a mate over east (about Tom). Hopefully he comes good. Didnt this happen last time? He didnt sing in Melbourne but when they got here he did (or at least, he tried to). The gig with Megadeth at Challenge I am talking about.
Slayer singer Tom Araya has been hospitalized in Sydney, forcing the band to cancel their set at Soundwave.
No details about Araya?s injury or illness have been released, but the decision to cancel was made just moments before the band was due to hit the stage at the Sydney Showgrounds.
Just before 6pm, the festival?s promoter AJ Maddah tweeted ?Tom Araya has been taken to hospital. Slayer set looking unlikely today :(? but within five minutes ?unlikely? had been upgraded to a confirmation of the band?s cancellation with Maddah confirming that Araya will be kept in hospital overnight, forcing the cancelation of the band?s set.
Araya?s unexplained illness isn?t the only medical issue for Slayer at the moment ? the metal veterans are touring with Gary Holt from the Californian heavy metal band Exodus standing in for regular Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman who is recovering from surgery on his right arm.
According to Maddah Araya ?will be OK? for Slayer?s next scheduled performance is at Soundwave in Melbourne on Saturday 4th March
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anyway, we have a week for him to get better. Im sure he will be fine.
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He better be! ???
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dropping like flies ... a week and all this hot weather
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Communicable necrotising fasciitis?
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The Racket's Andrew Haug was facing the toughest gig of his life: telling several thousand Slayer fans that Tom Araya had fallen ill and their appearance at the Sydney Soundwave Festival had to be cancelled. The audience had been gathering before Stage 4 for most of the previous hour, giving Ill Nino a crowd they ordinarily would not have had. But when the thrash legends failed to front for their slot after almost 10 minutes, and the police moved into the crowd instead of standing well back as they had for the rest of the day, most of us knew something was up. And before Haug had even finished speaking ? he got as far as apologising for being the bearer of bad news ? bottles rained onto the stage. Disgusted and disappointed fans tore their Slayer shirts off and set them alight. A full garbage bin ended up on stage, and the hail of bottles continued for at least a quarter of an hour. Then that was it. Their frustration vented, some of them went home. Others just went to the bar to wait for Rob Zombie or Iron Maiden to come on
Typical Slayer bogans, burning Slayer shirts....... FAN FAIL!!
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Maybe they could've appeased the crowd by handing out free train tickets back to Mt Druitt.
I'll bet a few wives in Sydney we're beaten senseless that night.
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Communicable necrotising fasciitis?
possible...my face just fell off
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The Racket's Andrew Haug was facing the toughest gig of his life: telling several thousand Slayer fans that Tom Araya had fallen ill and their appearance at the Sydney Soundwave Festival had to be cancelled. The audience had been gathering before Stage 4 for most of the previous hour, giving Ill Nino a crowd they ordinarily would not have had. But when the thrash legends failed to front for their slot after almost 10 minutes, and the police moved into the crowd instead of standing well back as they had for the rest of the day, most of us knew something was up. And before Haug had even finished speaking ? he got as far as apologising for being the bearer of bad news ? bottles rained onto the stage. Disgusted and disappointed fans tore their Slayer shirts off and set them alight. A full garbage bin ended up on stage, and the hail of bottles continued for at least a quarter of an hour. Then that was it. Their frustration vented, some of them went home. Others just went to the bar to wait for Rob Zombie or Iron Maiden to come on
Typical Slayer bogans, burning Slayer shirts....... FAN FAIL!!
what a bunch of fucking idiots. Im sure Tom didnt want to go to hospital and cancel. I mean, the dude was sick. Apparently he had a severe ear infection. I know how bad that fucks you over. Also, its not like he is strumming away playing rootsy blues music; its fucking SLAYER!! Only one of the fastest bands in the world. Give the poor geriatric a break
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I'll bet a few wives in Sydney we're beaten senseless that night.
I lol'd
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Slayer fans have wives?!
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Ex-Wives. AVO's. The whole shootin match
Visit Mt Druitt, its awsum.
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I climbed Mt Druitt 8)
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Mate of mine has 2 tickets for sale; $150 each... Send me a PM if interested and i'll forward on the details
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Merch preview (5th post)
http://www.soundwavefestival.com/node/99233 (http://www.soundwavefestival.com/node/99233)
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$40-$50 for a shirt?
Ridicu-fucking-lous.
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The Racket's Andrew Haug was facing the toughest gig of his life: telling several thousand Slayer fans that Tom Araya had fallen ill and their appearance at the Sydney Soundwave Festival had to be cancelled. The audience had been gathering before Stage 4 for most of the previous hour, giving Ill Nino a crowd they ordinarily would not have had. But when the thrash legends failed to front for their slot after almost 10 minutes, and the police moved into the crowd instead of standing well back as they had for the rest of the day, most of us knew something was up. And before Haug had even finished speaking ? he got as far as apologising for being the bearer of bad news ? bottles rained onto the stage. Disgusted and disappointed fans tore their Slayer shirts off and set them alight. A full garbage bin ended up on stage, and the hail of bottles continued for at least a quarter of an hour. Then that was it. Their frustration vented, some of them went home. Others just went to the bar to wait for Rob Zombie or Iron Maiden to come on
Typical Slayer bogans, burning Slayer shirts....... FAN FAIL!!
what a bunch of fucking idiots. Im sure Tom didnt want to go to hospital and cancel. I mean, the dude was sick. Apparently he had a severe ear infection. I know how bad that fucks you over. Also, its not like he is strumming away playing rootsy blues music; its fucking SLAYER!! Only one of the fastest bands in the world. Give the poor geriatric a break
You can probably partially thank Slayer for getting them worked up. Aren't getting what you want? WWWAAAARRR EEENNNSEEEMBBLLE!!!!!! Haha. As much respect as I have for Slayer they are still a business and they didn't provide a service. They failed a contract with their customers. But these are customers who are paying to be in one the worlds most violent moshpits. They are already worked up. Imagine how worked up they'd be if the gig got cancelled! I'm not really surprised. Just lucky it didn't happen when they played in Perth for the first time. Then there would be some real trouble.
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Its still childish and 'bogan'/herd like behaviour that makes metalheads look bad.
However I wish bands would go into better damage control for stuff like this. Getting Andrew Haug out is a bad start :P
Its a cop out, but if that happened and the band (or some members) come out and say 'sorry its not happening, but we'l stick around and sign autographs/take photos' etc it might quell the rage of the more 'devoted' fans perhaps?
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Protest The Hero are also playing.
Am i the only person psyched for this?
Cant wait !
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Protest The Hero are also playing.
Am i the only person psyched for this?
Cant wait !
You're not the only one, I can't wait to see them, very underrated band.
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The Racket's Andrew Haug was facing the toughest gig of his life: telling several thousand Slayer fans that Tom Araya had fallen ill and their appearance at the Sydney Soundwave Festival had to be cancelled. The audience had been gathering before Stage 4 for most of the previous hour, giving Ill Nino a crowd they ordinarily would not have had. But when the thrash legends failed to front for their slot after almost 10 minutes, and the police moved into the crowd instead of standing well back as they had for the rest of the day, most of us knew something was up. And before Haug had even finished speaking ? he got as far as apologising for being the bearer of bad news ? bottles rained onto the stage. Disgusted and disappointed fans tore their Slayer shirts off and set them alight. A full garbage bin ended up on stage, and the hail of bottles continued for at least a quarter of an hour. Then that was it. Their frustration vented, some of them went home. Others just went to the bar to wait for Rob Zombie or Iron Maiden to come on
Typical Slayer bogans, burning Slayer shirts....... FAN FAIL!!
I think Slayer's contractual obligations would be with the event organiser...who ever reads the GCs on their tix :hmm:
what a bunch of fucking idiots. Im sure Tom didnt want to go to hospital and cancel. I mean, the dude was sick. Apparently he had a severe ear infection. I know how bad that fucks you over. Also, its not like he is strumming away playing rootsy blues music; its fucking SLAYER!! Only one of the fastest bands in the world. Give the poor geriatric a break
You can probably partially thank Slayer for getting them worked up. Aren't getting what you want? WWWAAAARRR EEENNNSEEEMBBLLE!!!!!! Haha. As much respect as I have for Slayer they are still a business and they didn't provide a service. They failed a contract with their customers. But these are customers who are paying to be in one the worlds most violent moshpits. They are already worked up. Imagine how worked up they'd be if the gig got cancelled! I'm not really surprised. Just lucky it didn't happen when they played in Perth for the first time. Then there would be some real trouble.
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Protest The Hero are also playing.
Am i the only person psyched for this?
Cant wait !
Yeh but they clash with Maiden :(
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Protest The Hero are also playing.
Am i the only person psyched for this?
Cant wait !
Yeah you'd think by the fanboys in this thread it was a Maiden solo show (I couldn't give two hoots about Maiden, or one even)
Oh and stalking..errr 'meeting' them at the airport is kind of creepy (unless you're 12).
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$50-60 for a Maiden shirt Metal Steve?
I must say Protest The Hero are very interesting as you mentioned vocals are the mike Patton aquired quirky taste but technicality is through the roof.
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Protest The Hero are also playing.
Am i the only person psyched for this?
Cant wait !
Yeh but they clash with Maiden :(
Already seen Maiden once, so I'm happy to miss part of their show to see PTH, as I will probably never get to see them again
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There's a good chance that they might be collected straight from the plane as there's no need for them to enter arrivals since it's a domestic flight. There is also still no firm plan as to where the plane will be parked while it's here. Anything is possible at this stage. By the time I know exactly what's happening it will be too late to post on WF as I'll be on the tarmac
Up to you...
Wouldnt they need to dispose of any honey, nuts or fruit at the airport first? :P
As much respect as I have for Slayer they are still a business and they didn't provide a service. They failed a contract with their customers.
That would be true if it was a Slayer show, they are playing a Soundwave "festival" which they are a part of. You could make the same argument for Saxon, they never fronted.
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However I wish bands would go into better damage control for stuff like this. Getting Andrew Haug out is a bad start :P
Agreed, but hey you could've had someone even worse making the announcement....
(http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5213/kanyem.jpg) (http://img222.imageshack.us/i/kanyem.jpg/)
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Slayer played Melbourne SW yesterday and the turnout for them was huge. DEFINATLY should have had them on the main stage. $50 for Maiden, Slash and a few others shirts. $40 for Rob Zombie, SW and others.
Dunno how Bruce will go today in Adelaide as he was singing / screaming his ball bag off last night. Good to see all the emo kiddies hanging around & getting to see a REAL band in action.
The Rob Zombie sideshow was magic. As John 5 was playing his solo (he can play too!) Rob was walking through the crowd with a spot light.
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You raise an interesting point Steve. Slayer one of the worlds biggest metal bands prob #2 of the big four, a 25 year thrash legacy not on main stage, and have brought a cut down show, when One Day As A Lion a band with practically zip stock value are on the main stage is rather strange, they must have good negotiator as one reviewer said.
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Maybe Slayer are too metal for the main stage. Really, aside from Maiden, there isnt much real metal stuff on there.
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Yeah you are right they kind of have the designated 'metal stage' so to speak.
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Ed Force One has landed
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All the other bands came through from Adelaide today, with more in tonight. Gonna be a fun day tommorrow
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FUCKIN' SLAYER!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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FUCKIN' TODAY!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
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Slayer at the wrong stage = bottleneck EPIC fail.
Melvins, The Sword, Kylesa, Iron Maiden and Slayer were amazing :headbang:
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Slayer at the wrong stage = bottleneck EPIC fail.
Yeah man, fuckn unbelievable. who the fuck organises shit like that?
It seemed like they had things ass about face with stage selection too.
its got me how the bands with less a following were using the big stages, when Devildriver, Slayer etc were out back.
Maiden were awesome, Bruce's voice was as good as ever.
I thought the FOH speakers blowing around in the wind (auto pan) was another epic fail.
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Twas a great day!!!
Except for the Slayer Tragedy....I couldn't see a thing!!!!! They'd earnt the big stage.
Saw Iron Maiden for the first time. Still not a band I can easily get into, but an amazing live show!!!!!
Never realized the awesomeness of Bruce's voice.
High on Fire were great! And Dimmu of course. Primus too!!!!
Yep, it seemed that organisation was a bit of a problem. I spend a good portion of the day ''Lining up for something or other''.
Oh well, bring next year!
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You may have thought you were 'close to the stage' but check out were I was taking pictures from...
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SEVENDUST
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STANDING NEXT TO KERRY KING WATCHING DEVILDRIVER
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SETTING UP THE DIMMU BORGIR DRUM KIT
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SETTING UP DAVE LOMBARDOS DRUM KIT
Most people walk away with their ticket stub, I walked away with $550 and heaps of memorabilia... including 6 full sets of Dunlop guitar strings and a set of Dave Lombardos drum sticks!
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Lucky bastard!
Yeah awesome fucking day, had a fucking blast, The Sword was even better than last year when I saw them, great live band. Devildriver was great as usual, didnt recognise the bass player, what happened to Jon? Stone Sour were a bit of a disappointment, Slash was awesome but left early to get a good spot for Slayer, who fucking killed! Never headbanged so hard in my life, awesome crowd as well for that one. Saw some guy did a flip off the pit area and straight onto the floor over the rail head first. Fuck he was hurting after that! Rob Zombie was fucking unbelievable, crowd went nuts for them as well. Maiden kicked ass, was way far back though as by the time Zombie finished Maiden had started and the crowd was filled up. But good show from what I could see. Awesome day!
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Most people walk away with their ticket stub
Ha not in Perth. They scan it and still take it off ya :(.
Got my Melbourne & Sydney ones though :)
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Most people walk away with their ticket stub
Ha not in Perth. They scan it and still take it off ya :(.
Got my Melbourne & Sydney ones though :)
Yeah that was disappointing. What's the point of making nice shiny tickets, if you don't get to keep them as souvenirs?
Still, Maiden were brilliant!
Anyone else see the dimwit who climbed up the speaker rigging a little way back from the main stage?
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Top day/night despite missing Slayer. I could hear it no worries but saw nothing. Fucking chockers. Saw Dimmu though which was great. I'm sure Soundwave was no easy feat to organise but it was hardly user friendly.
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Had an absolute blast!!! Monster Magnet were great. Enjoyed Stone Sour but thought the sound was crap. Gotta love the wind swept sounds :laugh: I thought Slash kicked ass!! Even better was the dude selling cheap drinks at the bar during Slash's set. 3 beers for $10. Thank you kindly sir!! Slayer were amazing, Lombardo is a champ!!! Thought Gary did brilliant job too. I agree with the others though, Slayer should have been main stage. I ended up getting stuck behind a bloody tree and only being able to see half the stage. Still, had awesome time. Wanted to see Rob Zombie but decided to go straight to Maiden and get good spot. What can I say, Maiden are in top form as usual. Absolutely brilliant!!! Having seen them a few times now, I still enjoy them just as much every time. I was super impressed with the setlist!! Smile wont be wiped from my face for along time yet :headbang:
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I had a brilliant day. Here is a summary...
Devildriver - the first "proper" band I saw. They played great, the sound was great but its just not my style. Also when the singer basically did the complete opposite of what Tom Araya does by saying "if someone is in your way, just push them down" was pretty fucked. Dickhead.
All That Remains - certainly not my style, but tight and the singer was going off. He also went badly "off" when trying to sing clean.
Murderdolls - not what I expected at all. I was actually pleasantly surprised. It isnt metal per se, but it certainly wasnt bad, and their stage presence and getups definitely do their job. They look the part and they played well.
Primus - fucking gay. Aside from the last song, it was pathetic and they are defintely too old for this stuff. Everyone that was anywhere near me was complaining as well..... where was I standing? Right in the centre at the very front of stage 1, waiting an hour for.....
SLASH!! - the most surreal moment of my entire music life. I still cant get over it. Standing, dancing, moshing(ish), singing and screaming to the guy I have idolized for 19 years, and the whole time being close enough to see the sweat beads on his brow, and how badly faded his tattoos are. What a dream come true. Myles Kennedy totally ripped too. That guy is a true performer and suits Slash perfectly. In my eyes he was just as entertaining as Slash. He's like a mix of Axl and Sebastian Bach, but cooler. Looking through the wings I could see Sevendust and Devildriver watching and at one point they looked out at the crowd and were in awe. I didnt realize how big it actually was (since I was at the front) but from what I can gather, it was massive. Nightrain, Brownstone, Paradise City, Sweet Child - all expected songs, but total classics (all Appetite songs mind you) and also Mean Bone (from Snakepit) was cool as were the other random mix of Slash/VR songs. A great set, and something I will definitely never forget for as long as I live. Anyway, after barely being able to walk, I managed to scoot back over to stage 4, hoping to catch some pit action for....
Slayer - was very disappointing when I got there and realized that the "pit" pretty much went back to stage 4A. What a ridiculous set up. Decided that since I had seen them twice in the past (yes, thats seen; not just heard from a wind-blown distance) we would go and have a chill in the drinking area and catch the end of whatever band was playing.
30 Seconds to Mars - surprisingly enough I quite enjoyed what they did, even though we just treated it as nice background music while we chilled out. Covering War Pigs was way cool and made it all worth it. I still felt like a naughty kid wagging school walking away from Slayer, but I really couldnt give a fuck by that point in time.
I think I saw the first song of QOTSA before making my way back to stage 4 to watch Rob Zombie. I had a mate fly from Brisbane so he could watch Zombie with me, and my wife was hell keen, though she ended up not coming. I kind of felt obliged to watch him, and my wife has hammered him on the stereo enough for me to know at least his main songs. I wasnt overly excited. Then they started playing. MAN! They are one hell cool band. John 5 can totally shred despite looking like an emo version of Kieffer Sutherland on The Lost Boys. Joey Jordison is obviously a wicked drummer, and didnt disappoint, and Rob is the ultimate show man. Played all the classics. Thunderkiss was cool, and Supercharger Heaven was a surprise. More Human was a given, but was the song I was most looking forward to. House of 1000 Corpses went off, and naturally Dragula and Living Dead Girl were awesome and expected. I was actually more excited about the song he didnt play. That stupid fucking Sick Bubblegum (from Hellbilly Deluxe 2), which I hate and apparently he plays every single show (apparently except Perth). He played 4 White Zombie songs, which was not expected. I was very much impressed and to me was 2nd best gig of the entire show....
Maiden - really what more needs to be said? Its Maiden, and it was as awesome as ever. Im glad I had seen them when they came last time (Burswood) because it was a different and much more personal atmosphere, but it was great to see them on a huge stage with a monsterish crowd. Glad they brought Eddie too.
From what I heard they were tipping to get 40,000 people through the door, which is about 8000 more than Big Gay Out, so glad the metal crowd showed up in force and kicked the BDO in the nuts. No drink ticket system was also a plus, and the whole thing was quite well organized aside from Slayer being on stage 4 and not 1 or 2. Only regret is missing Dimmu Borgir, but I forfeited that to see Slash up close and personal, so its not really a regret I guess. It was a sacrifice that had to be made. All in all a very awesome and memorable day! Cant wait for next year.
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Devildriver - the first "proper" band I saw. They played great, the sound was great but its just not my style. Also when the singer basically did the complete opposite of what Tom Araya does by saying "if someone is in your way, just push them down" was pretty fucked. Dickhead.
I thought the same thing considering that you are told that kind of thing could get you removed. Another band is yelling out 'get drunk and smash shit motherfuckers'. ::)
Good to see the metal crew out in force too.
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Great day got a bit burnt, Maiden was amazing (naturally), Slash was wicked, Primus :headbang: missed The Sword :( only got to see a couple of songs from Lacrymae but they still sounded awesome and i had a few people asking me who they were and a few people wearing shirts after :) walked up to slayer couldnt see shit figured id seen them twice so left, no Zombie :( would of been awesome but i wanted front row for Maiden
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Awesome day all round, except for Slayer being on that shitty stage.
My only gripe is with the lack of bar staff and all bars running out of beer by 3pm, had extreme gutrot from premixes today, not so good.
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Stage setup was fucked.
At least at Blue Steel oval, if you rocked up late you could at least still see the stage. It was a bit annoying having fucking buildings impede my view of the stage.
Slash was alright, Slayer destroyed, Maiden was better live than on record.
Blue Steel Oval next year thanks.
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Awesome day all round, except for Slayer being on that shitty stage.
My only gripe is with the lack of bar staff and all bars running out of beer by 3pm, had extreme gutrot from premixes today, not so good.
Yeah, bar lines were terrible to say the least. Pretty much had to opt out of drinking until a little bit before Maiden, when the majority of the population migrated to the pit... otherwise, it was pretty much a choice of seeing a set, or getting a drink.
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I just didnt bother drinking at all. Wasnt worth the effort, the money or the hangover. I had way enough fun completely sober.
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You want that many people at Steel Blue???
Was a good day. Terror and Ill Nino were the highlights for me. Similar to other people i didn't see Slayer because that stage was bullshit and I have seen them before so thought best to give it a miss.
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Should have it at Adventure World.
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Oh something for those of you that don't know..
'Soundwave Revolution is coming'. What it is we don't know but the best guess people are having is that it will be another smaller festival mid year maybe something the size of No Sleep Till..
http://soundwaverevolution.com/
http://twitter.com/soundwaverev
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Should have it at Adventure World.
Now that would be fun.
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Should have it at Adventure World.
Now that would be fun.
either that was sarcasm or you were one of the dumbasses that spent valuable drinking money on those stupid rides :P
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Should have it at Adventure World.
Now that would be fun.
either that was sarcasm or you were one of the dumbasses that spent valuable drinking money on those stupid rides :P
Na. I spent money on water.
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Should have it at Adventure World.
Now that would be fun.
either that was sarcasm or you were one of the dumbasses that spent valuable drinking money on those stupid rides :P
Na. I spent money on water.
I knew you were being sarcastic, I was more talking to IG. $4-5 for a bottle of water was fucked up by the way.
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either that was sarcasm or you were one of the dumbasses that spent valuable drinking money on those stupid rides :P
You don't think it would be fun to watch a metal band while lounging around in a giant pool? Granted it would be more suitable for a private function than a large music festival.
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either that was sarcasm or you were one of the dumbasses that spent valuable drinking money on those stupid rides :P
You don't think it would be fun to watch a metal band while lounging around in a giant pool? Granted it would be more suitable for a private function than a large music festival.
no it would be fucking awesome. You could even bring your washing powder and dirty clothes and put them on "mosh cycle".
I just cant understand why you would want to go on that sizzler thing at Soundwave while there are bands on and shit. I guess there was patches where I didnt have much interesting to watch, but even the bands I dont like still entertained me. Live music is good regardless.
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I wasn't much different than adventure world. ie. Wait in line for 4 hours for one thing while you miss out on all the other things that your ticket supposedly bought you. Luckily though I was in the VIP area, no waiting there.
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SLAYER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKTR_4_wppI&tracker=False
KYLESA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9UmELIH6Hw&tracker=False
HIGH ON FIRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbUu7ybd3Vw&tracker=False
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fucking Bailey... where's your patented cheesy grin and thumbs up? ;D
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/gallery/21719/Soundwave-2011/photo#88 (http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/gallery/21719/Soundwave-2011/photo#90)
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Hahahaha sorry man, I will try better next year :P
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For those who have Facespoof, here are my photos from Monday...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=635173&id=538855716
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adventure world idea is tops...bands playing on the bounty revenge
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Idea Pagan metal stage :laugh:
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I see a pleasant theme developing here....
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Word is there is another soundwave coming september
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who would play...all the good bands are full flight in Europe around that time...well maybe slayer ... again
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Hellyeah and The Damned Things just confirmed. But so far, the rest is pretty poor but this years soundwave started out the same
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oh cools...Hell Yeah...get my hick on
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Hellyeah and The Damned Things just confirmed. But so far, the rest is pretty poor but this years soundwave started out the same
thats for this Revolution thing in September. Next years proper Soundwave should be heaps better than the shit that is being announced.
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Balls...total balls. The only thing remotely interesting me out of the bands so far is Skindred.
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Cannibal Corpse guitarist Pat O'Brien had his first show with Slayer yesterday in Zagreb, Croatia.
Check out fan filmed footage of Slayer with Pat O'Brien performing "World Painted Blood" last night below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLTSrpWynxA&feature=player_embedded
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hell yeah...hell yeah...
...hevy devy is playing i believe