Every Time I Die -- Atlanta, GA -- November 22nd, 2011
 

Yeah, that's right, I skipped GWAR :cool:

I wanted to catch Warbeast, even though they're kinda mediocre, just because thrash is always fun live. But my parents wanted to take me to Ted's Montana Grill for some burgers, and I couldn't turn that down. Best burgers ever :drool:

Anyways, my brother and I got there just as ETID was about to go on! Five minutes later they ripped into "Bored Stiff," one of my absolute favorites. The crowd was packed, which I expected. I was in the front of the crowd most of the time, and like any ETID show, it was extremely physical. Very crazy and soooo much fun. The Heaven stage of The Masquerade is kind of a shitty venue, which sucks because that's where most of the big-name metal tours go. The sound isn't great and there's so much security. And, like JD will tell you, security at an ETID show is a boner kill. The only way people could get to the stage was by crowd surfing because there was security at the sides of the barrier, but there was also security in the middle so 95% of the surfers didn't even make it to the stage. Including me. JD, what's the proper way to surf again? I flipped over to my back each time I got up in the air but two of the three times people dropped me and I fell on my elbow. After that, the two guys that helped me up (and were helping everybody else up) ignored me when I motioned at them to lift me up.

Also, the last time ETID played at The Masquerade, they played the downstairs stage, which is much smaller with no security. The stage-diving at that show was incessant. Too bad I was a pussy, then. Either way, I had a fucking blast at this show. I was constantly shouting the lyrics in peoples' faces... good times.

[may not be in correct order...I was pretty drunk]
Bored Stiff
Ebolorama
No Son of Mine
She's My Rushmore
The Marvelous Slut
I Been Gone a Long Time
Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space
After One Quarter of a Revolution
Wanderlust
Diablo
We'rewolf
Floater

There's a lot more stuff I would've liked to heard, but for an opening set, this was great! Wasn't expecting to hear After One Quarter of a Revolution :rocker:

Afterwards I headed downstairs and got a water. I was hot, exhausted, and hungover. I didn't really want to stay for GWAR but we went up to catch a couple of songs. My brother summed it up best: "Their music fucking sucks, but they're entertaining." They were only entertaining as far as the costumes went, though. I forgot my earplugs so I didn't want to go to the front, so I didn't get any blood or cum shot on me.

I was genuinely surprised at how packed the show was, though! I've never been to a GWAR show in Atlanta before, so I dunno if they usually attract such a large crowd. I know they come here at least twice a year, so I was a little taken back. Besides, with all due respect to bloodofthekings, I never really thought that people actually [I]liked [/I]GWAR's music, just their shows :confused:

Anyways, I don't regret leaving early. I've heard from people that they come up to Burlington all the time so I'll have other chances.

Putting the mediocre opening band as the title :nonono:

You and apparently your whole family suck at liking good music.

[QUOTE=mankvill;417035]You and apparently your whole family suck at liking good music.[/QUOTE]

My brother hates ETID, too :tp:

[QUOTE=BloodoftheKings;417034]Putting the mediocre opening band as the title :nonono:[/QUOTE]

I just don't see how someone can like GWAR and not like Every Time I Die. Different strokes, I guess.

[QUOTE=larvtard;417031]Besides, with all due respect to bloodofthekings, I never really thought that people actually [I]liked [/I]GWAR's music, just their shows :confused:
[/QUOTE]

Why am I "that guy" who likes Gwar's music? We have a quite a few fans of their music on here and i'm only the second biggest (Dayan takes the cake with his giant collection of rare Gwar memorabilia). Honestly I don't get why so many people think they're music is shitty. I think many people don't really give them a chance and for some odd reason the main songs that pop up when you type in Gwar on youtube are [I]Fuckin' an Animal[/I] (terrible song) and [I]Penguin Attack[/I] (I like it but it's a bad introduction to the band). That and the people who only go for the stage show wouldn't get to hear the songs played very good because Oderus is a very sloppy performer (often forgets lyrics, skips verses, and changes the vocal melodies). Maybe there's something wrong with my ears but when I hear songs like [I]Crack in the Egg, Maggots, Vlad the Impaler, or Glided Lily[/I] I hear quality thrash that's just as good as any Exodus, Testament, etc. They also have a variety of sounds across their discography and I love most of them. Gwar are damn good musicians but people can't seem to look past the fact that they dress up like power ranger villains and spew fake blood and semen on their audience which makes them a joke band and nothing else. Also, I think the existence of the annual Gwar-BQ where for every year til this year they played out of costume and plenty of die-hard fans from all over still show up dis proves these accusations.

tl;dr: Your wrong.

EDIT: I was a little harsh on Oderus. When he fucks up the songs it's often because he's trying to rip the tits off a celebrity or something but I stick to my point.

[QUOTE=BloodoftheKings;417042]Why am I "that guy" who likes Gwar's music? We have a quite a few fans of their music on here and i'm only the second biggest (Dayan takes the cake with his giant collection of rare Gwar memorabilia). Honestly I don't get why so many people think [B]their[/B] music is shitty. I think many people don't really give them a chance and for some odd reason the main songs that pop up when you type in Gwar on youtube are [I]Fuckin' an Animal[/I] (terrible song) and [I]Penguin Attack[/I] (I like it but it's a bad introduction to the band). That and the people who only go for the stage show wouldn't get to hear the songs played very [B]well [/B]because Oderus is a very sloppy performer (often forgets lyrics, skips verses, and changes the vocal melodies). Maybe there's something wrong with my ears but when I hear songs like [I]Crack in the Egg, Maggots, Vlad the Impaler, or Glided Lily[/I] I hear quality thrash that's just as good as any Exodus, Testament, etc. They also have a variety of sounds across their discography and I love most of them. Gwar are damn good musicians but people can't seem to look past the fact that they dress up like power ranger villains and spew fake blood and semen on their audience which makes them a joke band and nothing else. Also, I think the existence of the annual Gwar-BQ where for every year til this year they played out of costume and plenty of die-hard fans from all over still show up dis proves these accusations.

tl;dr: [B]You're [/B]wrong.[/QUOTE]

Okay, okay, you make a good point. You still need to work on your handling of the English language, though :tongue: ;)

Is it just me or has the boards been especially shitty the last couple months?

[QUOTE=MPF;417047]Is it just me or [B]have [/B]the boards been especially shitty the last couple months?[/QUOTE]

Ever since I've dove deep into alcoholism, the boards haven't been the same, that's for sure ;)

[QUOTE=larvtard;417051]Ever since I've dove deep into alcoholism, the boards haven't been the same, that's for sure ;)[/QUOTE]

>2 beers
>Pee yourself
>Deep into alcoholism

;)