There were three bands I was looking forward to seeing at the Taste of Chaos festival, The Deftones, Atreyu and Story of The Year. Unfortunately Story of the Year did not show up, which really pissed me off, because now out of the 16 or so bands playing, I was there for just two of them. Had it been a year earlier maybe I would have cared to see Thrice as well, but after that terrible last album of theirs I lost all interest in them.
Atreyu did not disappoint, it was a short set, but awesome none the less. The guitar player was soooo 80's up it was hilarious, but still he knows how to rock that guitar, so I let his shenanigans slide. With a short set they didn't have time for much, they did a good amount of old stuff and two or so tracks from the new album. I hope they come back for a head-lining show of their own soon.
Surprisingly there was a band on the "second stage" which did make an impression, they were called Street Drum Corps. They are a kind of Punk Rock / Blue Man Group mix, which were quite entertaining.
The Deftones were the headliners for festival and were on fire. I was in the moshpit right up in front of Chino the whole time, it was stupidly hot in there. The air conditioning was not turn on, so it got pretty crazy in there. With all the moshing and jumping around and such, I thought I was going to pass out from heat exhaustion. In other words it was AWESOME. I was hoping to hear them play material from the new album they are working on but unfortunately they did not treat us with any new material. What they did play was awesome though, they opened with Feiticeira, which oddly enough I was singing along to in the car right before getting the show : )
They then did a variety of songs from their four albums, and no Engine No 9, but still plenty of songs from their debut album which rocked, I'm sure singing along to the songs combined with the heat was not helping my light headed, ready to pass out feelings, but it was well worth it.
Atreyu did not disappoint, it was a short set, but awesome none the less. The guitar player was soooo 80's up it was hilarious, but still he knows how to rock that guitar, so I let his shenanigans slide. With a short set they didn't have time for much, they did a good amount of old stuff and two or so tracks from the new album. I hope they come back for a head-lining show of their own soon.
Surprisingly there was a band on the "second stage" which did make an impression, they were called Street Drum Corps. They are a kind of Punk Rock / Blue Man Group mix, which were quite entertaining.
The Deftones were the headliners for festival and were on fire. I was in the moshpit right up in front of Chino the whole time, it was stupidly hot in there. The air conditioning was not turn on, so it got pretty crazy in there. With all the moshing and jumping around and such, I thought I was going to pass out from heat exhaustion. In other words it was AWESOME. I was hoping to hear them play material from the new album they are working on but unfortunately they did not treat us with any new material. What they did play was awesome though, they opened with Feiticeira, which oddly enough I was singing along to in the car right before getting the show : )
They then did a variety of songs from their four albums, and no Engine No 9, but still plenty of songs from their debut album which rocked, I'm sure singing along to the songs combined with the heat was not helping my light headed, ready to pass out feelings, but it was well worth it.