Taste of Chaos - March 3rd, 2005 - Stade Uniprix, Montreal, Quebec
Okay. So. Update. Big one. Because....*drum roll* TASTE OF FUCKING CHAOS TOUR MARCH 3RD!!! THE BEST DAY OF MY FUCKING LIFE.
Oh. And I got a haircut too.
But TOC first.
So...We, being Sam, Braeden and I, got to the venue at around 1 or so. That's after they came to my school, got lost along the way in the metro, and then walked back to the metro a half-hour later. Which meant that really, I could have just met them at the metro cause I was skipping English and Humanities. But yes, back to the truth, we got in line. And I told Sam and Brae to watch my bag because I did what I always [try to] do. Find the buses. Which was actually pretty damn easy. Anyways, I'm walking around to the back and I see the buses, and I'm all "JACKPOT" like when you see dollar signs for eyes in cartoons. I walk to this white bus. Turns out it's...MCR. So I get all giddy. Call Sam in line. Tell her. I see the driver. I start talking to him. His name was D.W. and he's from the Tampa Bay area in Florida and he's driven around GC, Sum 41, Jojo and he does Warped. He didn't like the cold. I then asked him if any of the merch guys knew French. None. So I then offered to help translate. And it worked. We skipped the fucking line, hung out with different merch guys, hung out with the PeTA guy [Leslie Colton], got out of the cold and got working passes which lead to anywhere. :D
I call in Sam and Brae. We walk around as everything is still being set up. It was just an amazing thing watching everything go up. I had a picture, but um, I dropped the camera and it broke so no pictures of the show, really fucking sadly. But we met some kick ass people that took some pictures and sent it to us. While the doors were still closed, we were standing right behind Brandon of The Used and we talked with Frank from MCR. Such a cool fucking guy. We talked to him for like ten minutes, then he told us he really appreciated what we were doing with the translating and that we better do our job good. Told him I was skipping school for this.
Frank: Eh, school sucks anyways. Who needs it?
Different people we hung out with during set up: Eric [John Candy] and BJ - Merch for MCR and our 'bosses' for the night; Will - Merch for Underoath and/or A Static Lullaby; Tyler and Jeff - Merch for TwentyTwenty/The Used; and Leslie Colton - PeTA tent. Tyler's mormon and kept calling us Canadian girls. Eric kept on going '4 more shows' to get through the night, cause him and I think BJ too were leaving the tour to go back home. They also didn't understand Canadian change so anytime they got Looney's and Tooney's, BJ would go "FUNNY MONEY!" and hold it out for me to count. Me and Sam were also not allowed to touch merch and money just in case we'd steal. Doors opened at around 4:15. Got in our positions. I have no idea how many people I knew came into buy merch and they'd be all "OMG!!! What are you doing here?!!!?!" and I would show them the pass we had. I saw Viv, Amanda, Mire and Chri, Jade, Levana, Vanessa, Tommy, Fabio, whom I went to school with and many others.
Anyways, we sold until about 6:30 when the crowd died down and we could walk around and go see bands and stuff. I'm pretty sure I walked into the guys from Underoath/Killswitch Engage/Senses Fail/and most other bands there that the members are not easily reconozable unless you really know the band and follow them religiously. We went to the TwentyTwenty/The Used booth cause I wanted a shirt but we ended up talking to Tyler and then HI! Brandon was there again, and he was trying to sell his company, but the only think people understood was "THE USED" and "DRUMMER". So, while Sam tried teaching him how to skateboard in French [planche a roulettes] Brandon and Tyler made me get up on the table and translate for him! haha, yes. He had his mouth near my ear. :D
After we finished there cause people looked REALLY jealous of us, we walked back to MCR. But first, I asked Brandon if we could watch the show from the stage with our passes. He said yes, so off we went. We get through 4 guards, then the last ones like 'You're not allowed to be here.' So we leave. And find Jade and walk around to get water. By this time, I'm getting hungry, so I try getting to catering. Sam and Jade don't wanna come. So I go through coat check. Show them the pass. Walk up. Run into Bert McCracken. He's fucking bouncing off the walls and looks at me and goes "hey, what's up?" and walks into catering. I am then very fucking nervous and shy. After standing outside the door for a few minutes, and the guard looking at me, I go in, get some water, and walk out. Into Gerard Way. And yes. I know it's makeup, but he's fucking pale. He looks like Micheal Jackson with a nose. I talk with him for a bit and then I meet Mikey. And aww, Mikey's so cute and he has a deep voice. Awww. I go downstairs, find jade and Sam, tell them what they missed. Give them water. Go back to the merch table and ask when the MCR hoodies are getting there. They have no idea cause they were late a whole lot. Walk around listening to Underoath and Senses Fail. This time, we meet these five kids [the guy isn't there] and they have gifts for MCR. I tell them that we can try and get them up to the guys. They begin to freak just at the word try. Me, Sam and Jade, cause Jade's still thirsty, go upstairs. To catering. Again. We bump into Gee again and we introduce and I tell them about the kids downstairs. He says that after the set, he'll try to come down. We pass Frankie and he goes "You better be translating girls!" Gee then went to warm up in the stairwell. So we hear him singing and as we're going down the stairs, we see Bert come to the railing and start screaming try to throw him off. I laughed my way out to kids and I told them and they freaked out COMPLETELY and apparently, they were screaming so loud people thought they were high so they called security.
We stick around behind the stage and watch as Senses Fail does an interview for Musique Plus with Babu. The interview ends and I call over one of them [turns out to be Dave] and I tell him my friend Dina was supposed to come to the show but her parents wouldn't let her. Sam warns him that if he hears silence on the lines, it's not because she doesn't know what to say, it's because she passed out or something. I call her. This is the convo.
Me: Hey Dina, I have someone on the line for you. *hands over to Dave*
Dave: Hi, this is Dave from Senses Fail. Your friends here wanted me to...Hello?.....Hello?...Hello? *me, Sam, Jade start laughing* Yeah, it really is Dave, you missed a kick ass show, blahblahblah.
Apparently, Dina dropped the phone. :D We then go to the side of the stage to watch MCR play. And holy fucking shit. You have no idea what it's like to see all those kids from the stage, mouthing every single word, doing everything a band tells them to. When you see almost 2000 people clapping their hands over their heads all at the same time. I nearly fucking cried. I got Bob's drumstick.
After we get off stage, we go find the kids and tell them to stay near the coat check so we know where they are. I go find Mikey and he's wearing the Anthrax shirt and I actually asked if he had more than one.
Mikey: It's just a very lucky shirt. Next time I see them, Mikey's getting a new shirt. I tell him about the kids and he's amazed, I see Gee, he sees me, comes over and I tell him about the gifts. He tells me that since they don't have passes, they can't be brought up. However, that we should go get the gifts and bring them up. One of their security tells me to be back in ten minutes with the stuff to go up. Meanwhile, The Used is getting ready, so we're kinda like but we wanna see The Used. 15 minutes pass, and the guy comes down and we take the gifts and their camera and go up. We go into the dressing room, and Gee and Frankie were there. We hand them the gifts and Frankie's amazed and what they got. Looted by MCR Gee: Black tie with white spots in a heart shaped box. It's the box on the table with the bow. Mikey: Black rose with a jelly bracelet. Bob: A red scarf Frankie and Ray: Guitar necklaces. You can see Frankie wearing them over his ears in the picture it Gee. MCR: A Charlie Chaplain dancing box. You can't see it in any pictures but Frankie was amazed at it. He started turning the box over and screaming "I'M MAKING HIM DANCE!" We hung out with them for about 30 minutes, watched The Used play from the upstairs dressing room windows, ate nuts with My Chemical Romance [Which Frankie laughed at, a lot], had them sign the drum stick, Sam's watch;and Jade's belt. Because the watch is a slap-on one, Bob slapped it on Frank. Then Frank signed. And did something funny. Frank: Bob, put your arm out. Bob: You won't be able to get it on. My sleeves have bumps in them. See? Frank: The roll them up. Bob: Fine. *pulls sleeves up* Frank: *prepares to hit Bob on the arm* One...Two...Three *slams watch across Bob's forehead* Other things said... Jade: *totally serious* I'm changing my MSN name tonight to "I ate nuts with My Chemical Romance." Frankie: *takes a handful of nuts and chokes and laughs* I'm not exactly sure which nuts he was thinking about.... Bert: *from the stage* EEE, OHH, OHAHAHAH, BING BANG, WALALA, BING BANG Bob: That fucking guy... Me: How many times do you hear that? Bob: At least once a night. Bob: Hmmm...That's a new stick, how did you get it? Me: Well, you threw it and it hit Jade. Bob: Oh my god really? Sam: She ducked in time. Bob: Oh good. Don't want you hurt. They wore the stuff during the encore and I love Bob. I really do. And Frank too. He had to tie Gee's tie because Gerard doesn't know how. Gee: Frank, can you tie it for me? Frank: *puts tie around neck* I wonder if you're gonna give me any diseases. *grins* We got hugs from them all. Gee: Well, sure, but you have to come and get it yourself. *cigarette in hand* We also got to see him powder his nose. And Bob offered Frank to do my essay. hahah, Frank didn't seem too enthusiastic about it. As we were leaving, they thanked us for translating and Frank told Jade to do her homework. We get down, give them the autographed things to the kids. Gee drew a drawing for them. They freaked and then there's this picture, minus Nick cause he took the picture. We told them to go back in the crowd for the encore and that the guys were wearing their things during it and that they really loved the Charlie Chaplin box. The freaked out when they saw Gee wearing the tie. I got to see Ray before they went on for the encore and told him about the gift, and then we went to watch from the stage [minus Jade cause the guards wouldn't let her through because she didn't have a pass]. Bob saw me and I pointed at the scarf he was wearing hardcore dancing style and I raised my arms and yelled and he yelled and pointed at it. They played under pressure and I have a little clip from it if anyone wants. As well as from Helena. We went back to the merch table, got our shit, said bye to the guys, had them sign the drumstick, then went back to Tyler, had him sign the stick, and then we left. And I think that's it. Now, I still can't look at a clock at night without squealing.
Mikey: It's just a very lucky shirt. Next time I see them, Mikey's getting a new shirt. I tell him about the kids and he's amazed, I see Gee, he sees me, comes over and I tell him about the gifts. He tells me that since they don't have passes, they can't be brought up. However, that we should go get the gifts and bring them up. One of their security tells me to be back in ten minutes with the stuff to go up. Meanwhile, The Used is getting ready, so we're kinda like but we wanna see The Used. 15 minutes pass, and the guy comes down and we take the gifts and their camera and go up. We go into the dressing room, and Gee and Frankie were there. We hand them the gifts and Frankie's amazed and what they got. Looted by MCR Gee: Black tie with white spots in a heart shaped box. It's the box on the table with the bow. Mikey: Black rose with a jelly bracelet. Bob: A red scarf Frankie and Ray: Guitar necklaces. You can see Frankie wearing them over his ears in the picture it Gee. MCR: A Charlie Chaplain dancing box. You can't see it in any pictures but Frankie was amazed at it. He started turning the box over and screaming "I'M MAKING HIM DANCE!" We hung out with them for about 30 minutes, watched The Used play from the upstairs dressing room windows, ate nuts with My Chemical Romance [Which Frankie laughed at, a lot], had them sign the drum stick, Sam's watch;and Jade's belt. Because the watch is a slap-on one, Bob slapped it on Frank. Then Frank signed. And did something funny. Frank: Bob, put your arm out. Bob: You won't be able to get it on. My sleeves have bumps in them. See? Frank: The roll them up. Bob: Fine. *pulls sleeves up* Frank: *prepares to hit Bob on the arm* One...Two...Three *slams watch across Bob's forehead* Other things said... Jade: *totally serious* I'm changing my MSN name tonight to "I ate nuts with My Chemical Romance." Frankie: *takes a handful of nuts and chokes and laughs* I'm not exactly sure which nuts he was thinking about.... Bert: *from the stage* EEE, OHH, OHAHAHAH, BING BANG, WALALA, BING BANG Bob: That fucking guy... Me: How many times do you hear that? Bob: At least once a night. Bob: Hmmm...That's a new stick, how did you get it? Me: Well, you threw it and it hit Jade. Bob: Oh my god really? Sam: She ducked in time. Bob: Oh good. Don't want you hurt. They wore the stuff during the encore and I love Bob. I really do. And Frank too. He had to tie Gee's tie because Gerard doesn't know how. Gee: Frank, can you tie it for me? Frank: *puts tie around neck* I wonder if you're gonna give me any diseases. *grins* We got hugs from them all. Gee: Well, sure, but you have to come and get it yourself. *cigarette in hand* We also got to see him powder his nose. And Bob offered Frank to do my essay. hahah, Frank didn't seem too enthusiastic about it. As we were leaving, they thanked us for translating and Frank told Jade to do her homework. We get down, give them the autographed things to the kids. Gee drew a drawing for them. They freaked and then there's this picture, minus Nick cause he took the picture. We told them to go back in the crowd for the encore and that the guys were wearing their things during it and that they really loved the Charlie Chaplin box. The freaked out when they saw Gee wearing the tie. I got to see Ray before they went on for the encore and told him about the gift, and then we went to watch from the stage [minus Jade cause the guards wouldn't let her through because she didn't have a pass]. Bob saw me and I pointed at the scarf he was wearing hardcore dancing style and I raised my arms and yelled and he yelled and pointed at it. They played under pressure and I have a little clip from it if anyone wants. As well as from Helena. We went back to the merch table, got our shit, said bye to the guys, had them sign the drumstick, then went back to Tyler, had him sign the stick, and then we left. And I think that's it. Now, I still can't look at a clock at night without squealing.
