I went with my friend Brandy Matney to see another great concert: Slipknot and Marilyn Manson.
We missed most of the opening band Of Mice And Men, but we heard most of their set.
Now, I know many people hate him, and I can honestly say I’ve never been the biggest fan in the world of him, but I do respect him and his music is pretty good, in my opinion. And his show is a lot of fun.
On this tour, he only plays for about an hour, but he packs it in with a lot of theatrics, effects, throwing microphones down, and rocking out.
The crowd was quite receptive to him. A native Ohioan, he was having a good time.
At one point in the show, he saw a woman in the audience, pointed to her, and invited her on stage to dance. Pretty cool.
Whenever I can afford it, I will be buying some of his albums. I’ve only ever heard one of his albums all the way through, and liked it very much, but just never got around to buying any.
I will, though, especially after finally seeing him in concert.
I liked all the songs he performed, his band is solid, and regardless of what anyone thinks, I enjoyed seeing him.
He puts on a fun show.
Now, to the main event: Slipknot!!
I had seen them once before in 2012, and have been a fan of theirs for a long time.
However, my friend Brandy had never seen them before. And Slipknot is her favorite band. And their singer, Corey Taylor, is her favorite singer ever.
So, this was a huge deal for her.
As much fun as I had watching Slipknot and Marilyn Manson, I had more fun watching Brandy have fun rocking out to her heroes.
Slipknot played many songs from throughout their career, had a great show, and Corey paced around the stage with the audience in the palm of his hand.
At one point, close to the end of the show, Corey asked the audience to get down on their knees and stay there until he told them to jump up.
Most of the audience, including myself and Brandy, did so.
When he told everyone to jump up, we did. Wow, what a sight!
Again, another great night.
But again, the most fun was seeing my friend Brandy again and seeing her have the time of her life.
I’ll be seeing Heart/Joan Jett And The Blackhearts/Cheap Trick next Friday.
Until then, have a great week everybody.
