Author Topic: OZZFEST/KNOTFEST (Read 1017 times)

oh8wrx · « **on:** September 21, 2016, 10:45:21 AM »

Anyone going this weekend in San Bernardino? If so, who are you looking forward to seeing?

countoftuscany42 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2016, 01:57:51 PM »

Will be there both days

Main bands I'm excited for are Black Sabbath and Opeth, but disturbed, megadeth, goatwhore, Slipknot, slayer, Amon Amarth, anthrax, Sabaton, and overkill is a wonderful lineup

oh8wrx · « **Reply #2 on:** September 21, 2016, 02:11:23 PM »

Awesome! I'm there both days too! Definitely can't wait to see Sabbath, Megadeth, Disturbed, Suicidal Tendencies, Slipknot, and Overkill

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2016, 02:13:34 PM »

The lineup is pretty cool. I'd definitely be checking out Huntress along with all the big names if I were there.

cramx3 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 21, 2016, 02:17:02 PM »

Sounds like a sweet meet up of touring bands.

Saw Sabbath, Slipknot, and Disturbed all at their own shows this summer and all were very good.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #5 on:** September 21, 2016, 02:26:09 PM »

Quote from: cramx3 on September 21, 2016, 02:17:02 PM

Sounds like a sweet meet up of touring bands.

Saw Sabbath, Slipknot, and Disturbed all at their own shows this summer and all were very good.

I've been wanting to see Sabbath for a while now..finally able to see them! Never seen Slipknot..well, saw Stone Sour but that doesn't really count.. or Disturbed.

cramx3 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 21, 2016, 03:01:23 PM »

I'm honestly not much of a slipknot or disturbed fan but both bands were really good live. Disturbed had a great stage show too with fire, which I loved. You will have a blast, I can't imagine all of those big bands sharing a stage.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #7 on:** September 21, 2016, 03:04:32 PM »

Luckily, they won't be sharing a stage (per se)..i've never been to an all day fest so i'm not sure if they swap out stage decor and such or what... can anyone tell me?

cramx3 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 21, 2016, 03:14:33 PM »

Probably not.

I find it odd the Sabbath is getting two hours... their touring set is only about an hour and a half long (I think it was a little less actually). It was the shortest headliner I've seen all summer and then for a festival they get a timeslot longer than what they are playing.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #9 on:** September 21, 2016, 03:20:54 PM »

Quote from: cramx3 on September 21, 2016, 03:14:33 PM

Probably not.

I find it odd the Sabbath is getting two hours... their touring set is only about an hour and a half long (I think it was a little less actually). It was the shortest headliner I've seen all summer and then for a festival they get a timeslot longer than what they are playing.

It's probably in case Ozzy forgets the song lyrics and they have to start the song(s) over

bosk1 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 21, 2016, 04:06:31 PM »

Whenever I see a festival, I always go through the mental exercise of, "Hypothetically, even if I somehow had the time to go to a multi-day festival, how many of these bands do I have to like for it to be worthwhile?" It never seems to quite work out.

As with this one, the math isn't good.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #11 on:** September 21, 2016, 04:15:07 PM »

Quote from: bosk1 on September 21, 2016, 04:06:31 PM

Whenever I see a festival, I always go through the mental exercise of, "Hypothetically, even if I somehow had the time to go to a multi-day festival, how many of these bands do I have to like for it to be worthwhile?" It never seems to quite work out. As with this one, the math isn't good.

Yeah, planning to head in towards the afternoon to just catch what we want to see...

bosk1 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 21, 2016, 04:20:11 PM »

It never seems to quite work out for me where they are bunched reasonably close. Seems like it's always a handful of acts spread as far apart as humanly possible over both days.

cramx3 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 21, 2016, 04:31:08 PM »

Agreed. On a festival like this I would typically show up in the evening. I don't think I have the energy to do the whole day. At Warped Tour this summer I went early and was dead before 4pm.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:00:11 AM »

Quote from: cramx3 on September 21, 2016, 04:31:08 PM

Agreed. On a festival like this I would typically show up in the evening. I don't think I have the energy to do the whole day. At Warped Tour this summer I went early and was dead before 4pm.

Haha! Yeah, there's like no shade or anything at this venue either so we'll likely get there a little later, not about to try and do the full day both days.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #15 on:** September 25, 2016, 10:39:26 AM »

Oh man, Ozzfest was amazing! Opeth, Megadeth, Disturbed, and Sabbath all sounded great! Ozzy had a little trouble singing bc he was sick but everyone else on stage was killin it..

Going to Knotfest in a bit, whenever my liver gives me the thumbs up

cramx3 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:15:03 AM »

I feel like Ozzy is always sick when they tour and make it to the west coast

How was day 2?

oh8wrx · « **Reply #17 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:31:23 AM »

Knotfest was AWESOME - Slipknot has now become the loudest band I've seen. They were playing the entire Iowa album so I was a little bummed they didn't play some of their popular stuff like "Wait and Bleed" or "Eyeless".

I thought Sabaton put on an entertaining show on one of the smaller stages, Amon Amarth was great on the main stage, but Slipknot just knows how to put on a show!

El Barto · « **Reply #18 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:37:49 AM »

Quote from: oh8wrx on September 22, 2016, 09:00:11 AM

Quote from: cramx3 on September 21, 2016, 04:31:08 PM
Agreed. On a festival like this I would typically show up in the evening. I don't think I have the energy to do the whole day. At Warped Tour this summer I went early and was dead before 4pm.

Haha! Yeah, there's like no shade or anything at this venue either so we'll likely get there a little later, not about to try and do the full day both days.

I couldn't imagine somebody wanted to spend 2 whole days out on that lawn. I found the 4 hours I was there remarkably entertaining, but the whole thing was a chore. One of my coolest concert experiences, and certainly one of the strangest. As for Sabbath getting two hours, I think they played about 1:40 here, and they can always add another 20 minutes to that damn drum solo.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #19 on:** September 26, 2016, 08:50:05 AM »

Yeah it's definitely a chore to have to get up there and tough it out for the whole day (both days). We got there about 12pm and just tailgated in the parking lot, headed in around 2pm both days. After a while, it does get tiring but was still a lot of fun bc I saw bands I wouldn't normally have considered seeing.

cramx3 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:02:18 AM »

Oh wow, they played all of Iowa? That's pretty awesome although, since I'm not a crazy fan, I like you would have preferred to see some of the other songs, but that's still an amazing experience.

oh8wrx · « **Reply #21 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:07:16 AM »

For sure! We left and they still had like 3 songs left to play but wanted to beat all the traffic. The night before, a friend stayed the entire show (we left and BS still had 2 songs left), he didn't get out of the parking lot til 3am

and the show finished just after midnight...SMH

El Barto · « **Reply #22 on:** September 26, 2016, 09:22:36 AM »

That's the only venue I've ever paid for VIP parking for. I was in a 4WD jeep, and I still wouldn't take that thing into some of the parking areas. Partly because they were Amazonian and partly because I knew it'd take hours to get out. It was still a mile walk to the grass field they called VIP, but at least I was out relatively quickly. Honestly, that place really is a disaster.

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Author Topic: OZZFEST/KNOTFEST (Read 1017 times)