This was the 2nd time I’ve seen Kreator, and the 1st for Carolyn. My first time was 19 years ago! Stupid parents wouldn’t let me go to The Bayou in MD alone, so I made my dad wear my Danzig shirt (which I no longer have–wtf?). This time was much easier. It’s only an 11 minute drive to Jaxx!
We arrived just in time, almost missing it because Jaxx has no clue when their own bands go on and gave us conflicting info (11PM, then 10PM). All this means is that everytime we go to Jaxx, we’re going to call at least 3 times to get a range of answers. (sighs)
Anyway, it was your typical metal show. My foot hurt, I leaned against the wall a lot, and was recovering from the gastrointestinal distress of all the freakin’ food we ate at Evan‘s cabin this weekend. We had napped earlier in the day, but were still pretty tired. And stone cold sober. I can’t believe Jaxx removed the water fountains so they can sell $2 water bottles. I think that should be a violation of code.
The setlist was weird. Some roadie named Taz put his name into every song. Maybe I should start putting the word Taz into every worTaz I sayTaz?
Metal Chris, a friend of mine (through Shannon’s sister Summer) who I haven’t seen in a few years… And still didn’t see even though he was 20 feet from me, took some videos (as well as the above setlist picture):
Violent Revolution:
Destroy What Destroys You:
Enemy Of God:
Terrible Certainty:
During the encore… For Flag Of Hate… They brought out… Hate cheerleaders. Shirts with “H”, “A”, “T”, “E”, and fucking pom poms. If you haven’t seen dudes waving pom poms around at a thrash metal show… Well… Actually, you might be lucky.
He also had the “honor” of having a 300lb guy cheerleader stagedive onto him. It was Rob Dukes, the singer of Exodus. No, Jaxx doesn’t usually allow stagediving, but when you’re part of the band’s crew (I assume), and it’s the last song… What are they going to do? This happens around 2 minutes and 50 seconds. Dude basically jumps into the camera filming the video:
Flag Of Hate / Tormentor:
Pom poms are NOT metal. So it’s good to know that not every band takes itself so seriously.
Here are some more pictures from Metal Chris:
Miland "Mille" Petrozza
Miland "Mille" Petrozza And Sami Yli-Sirniö
Christian "Speesy" Giesler And Miland "Mille" Petrozza
Sami Yli-Sirniö
To see every concert I’ve ever been to, go to my List Of All Concerts page.
Mood: ready for Fox cartoons
Music: Agent Orange – I Kill Spies
May 18, 2009 at 9:20 PM
I’m pretty sure most, if not all places give you free tap water. You have to ask for it though.
May 19, 2009 at 12:21 AM
Pom-poms of Hate would make a great band name. DIBS.
May 19, 2009 at 7:03 AM
I agreed with Chriggy in that I thought they had to have tap water. Clint told me he didn’t specify tap or bottle so of course they are going to push the one that gets them money.
May 19, 2009 at 11:50 AM
UPDATE: Pictures added. Special thanks to Metal Chris.
May 19, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Yeah, if you just ask for water, they’re going to sell you the bottle. Of course, at that point you can be like “No, I meant tap water, not bottled water”. I’ve done that before. Don’t try to sell me shit I don’t want.
May 19, 2009 at 5:31 PM
The best way to ask is: “I’d like a glass of water”.
May 19, 2009 at 11:07 PM
The thing I’ve learned about Jaxx is on weeknights (Sunday night thru Thursday night) they tend to end shows early. This one was over at what, 11:15? Don’t bother calling to find out what time they’ll be playing, it’s pretty useless as the people answering the phone usually have little to do with the schedule. It’s usually better to get there early than late and if you get there too early and have to order an extra beer, that’s not a big deal if you really wanna see the band. Shows on the weekend (Fri and Sat) tend to end later, often with headliners not hitting the stage until around midnight. Some of it depends on how many bands are playing and how many local acts too. look at the schedule and see what time the show starts (not to be confused with when the doors open), figure in about 30 minutes for each local band, plus about 15-20 mins for set up after each one of those. the national touring bands usually give at least an hour playing time to the final 2 bands, and about 45 mins to bands earlier than that but are on the national tour. estimating how long each band will play plus the set up times can give you a rough estimate of when to get there, and then try to get there before THAT time. this plan goes to hell when one or more of the opener bands doesn’t play due to illness or something.
May 22, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Good tips. I still have yet to miss more than 5 minutes of any band I’ve wanted to see at Jaxx. On the flip side, I’ve actually fallen asleep AT Jaxx waiting 3 extra hours past when they said a band would come on….
May 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM
and the award for best use of the name Taz in a Kreator setlist, documentary, or variety show goes to…Extreme Tazgression!
May 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM
hahaha, nice
May 22, 2009 at 3:03 PM
tho I kind of like “Hordes Of Taz”
August 31, 2009 at 5:34 PM
What t shirt was mile wearing?