Summer Concert Series: Lollapalooza

For this show I was only there to see Queens of the Stone Age and Audioslave. We got there kindof early to see what they had going on besides the bands, but wasn't much impressed.

The first band we saw was Queens of the Stone Age. They were amazing, playing stuff from all their albums, which I was hoping they wouldn't spend most their time on songs for the deaf. The only sad part is that few people were really into them until they played No One Knows. The radio and MTV is way too powerful. Oh well, its their loss, and didn't seem to effect the band. It would have been nicer to see them in a smaller venue, I'll have to keep an eye out.

The next band I was there for was Incubus. They sucked. I guess I don't listen to the radio enough. Everyone else seemed to like it, but I wasn't impressed at all.

Audioslave was really good, but a little watered down. I was really only there because of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden. I still had a great time.

Summer Concert Series: Pearl Jam

This started off pretty early. We had fan club tickets, which we had to pick up at the ticket window which opened at 3. We got there ate 2, and already the line was wicked long. It was odd, but they gave us tickets so we could leave the line and come back and find our place, which was nice because we were able to grill up some burgers in the parking lot.

The show started off great. Before the opening band came on (Buzzcocks) Eddie came out and played Dead Man Walking. It was an awesome version, and was pissed to find out that it wasnt on the official bootleg, which arrived at my door a week after the show. The Buzzcocks weren't too bad as far as opening bands go, they were very ska.

Pearl Jam rocked! I'm not going to go into what they played, but it was a well rounded and energetic performance. Eddie said that since they were playing 3 shows in Boston, they were not going to play the same song twice in any of the shows, which was awesome because they were going to get to a lot of rare stuff, but sucked because I could only see this one show.