So, another day down and only one more to go! Time doesn’t half fly when you’re having bags of fun eh?
Today saw me interviewing Devil Driver, Dragonforce, The Blackout, Fei Comodo and Hardcore Superstar, as well as up and coming lads None The Less. Got to hand it to the Fei Comodo drummer though (whose name escapes me without my notes) as he was by far the nicest interviewee I’ve had all weekend.
Don’t get me wrong, most of the bands I’ve chatted to have been lovely, but there was some special sparkle with this guy, like he genuinely wanted to chat to us, it was really flattering and it’s good to see when there are so many ‘famous’ people around who only do press because it’s required of them.
I spent a lot of time exploring today and if I haven’t shed a few pounds trekking up and down the hills then there is no hope for people like me at all! The sheer scale of the place is unbelievable, and looking for the top of the hill towards the main stage, the hoards of goth bodies stretched as far as the eye could see (well, to the stage at least)
There were all here of course, to see Down, Marilyn Manson and Slipknot, with Pendulum weirdly slotted into the mix. I mean, it’s not very often you see a load of black metal fans chavving it up to Pendulum, and to be honest today was no different… in fact, the area around me was replaced by girls in teeny weeny skirts and guys with their tops of cradling a WKD between each finger.
After they’d gone was the act I’d been waiting for all day, Marilyn Manson, but oh, what a let down. Constantly just dropping his microphone and throwing things around, he really had to make his stage technicians work hard, and to be honest, he seemed like more of a diva than you’d imagine.
He did live up to his bizarre antics though; having dry sex with the stage, shoving loads of ‘pills’ in his mouth before ‘The Dope Show’ and generally acting like, well, MM. After all my excitement, all my hopes for the day now laid in the hands of Slipknot, and my, thank God they pulled it back.
Proving that they truly are the kings of all things true in metal, they pulled off the most epic set I’ve ever seen in my entire life, and the crowd loved every single second of it, chanting every line to every song back to the stage… and obeying the band as they instructed everyone to get on their knees before Joey started whirling around on his drums… what a party piece, and what a way to end another magnificent day. Seen Slipknot, seen Marilyin and hung out with my celeb best mates… oh and learned what a Mojito was from a rather foxy young man.
Result. Bring on Sunday!
Ruth. xx
