Avenged Sevenfold, Augusta Ga.
So, Avenged Sevenfold show last night. In all honesty, I was really disappointed. Not by the band at all, but by the overall show. The floor was just....pathetic. They didn't move or jump or dance for ANY of the bands until Avenged came on stage, and then, there was no mosh pit. Overall it was one of the most pathetic attempts at a rock show I've ever seen.
My own frustration and boredom on the floor aside though... the show was really good. I was really excited to see both Saving Abel and Shinedown. Neither band disappointed. They both played extremely well and were a lot of fun to watch. I really like the lead singer of Shinedown. He's creepy as hell but he's a great performer. He talks to the crowd a lot and I dig that.
I really could have down without Buckcherry. I was trying to be open minded about them, despite the fact that they were all fug. (Because clearly bands are only worth my time if they have sexy members, right?) But, they totally lost my attention when they started singing about being a cokehead like it was the ~best thing~ in the world. Ummm, nothxbbs.
During their set, seemingly out of nowhere, this HORRRRRRIBLE noise starts blasting and everyone has to like cover their ears and no one knows what is going on. We thought maybe it was an alarm of some kind that had gone off in the building. Later someone else said that they blew a speaker? So I'm not really sure what happened, but it was obnoxious.
There was a fight on the floor during their set as well, and we have cops fucking diving into the crowd trying to break it up and this one girl apparently got her ass handed to her.
Avenged played last, opening with Critical Acclaim. I don't remember their entire setlist, and definitely not in order or anything, but I know they played Bat Country, Beast and the Harlot, Dear God, Unholy Confessions, Scream, Afterlife, Gunslinger and Almost Easy.
There were a lot of gay Brian/Johnny moments and I swear I was not imagining them just because they're my OTP. At one point, Brian and Johnny were beside each other, and Johnny was looking out at the crowd, and Brian was staring at Johnny hardcore with this little smirk on his face, whilst Johnny continued to ignore him. And then I swear, Brian looked down and checked out Johnny's ass and then Johnny looked at him and grinned. I about died.
The gratuitious guitar solo returned, and Julie got a video of it that I'm pretty sure she plans on posting eventually. She didn't get the part where the band returned without Matt and they played In the House - In a Heartbeat, which is one of the pieces in the score from 28 Days Later. But there a similar video from Asia I think? As Matt was leaving the stage for Brian's solo, he reached out and rubbed up on Brian's chest. Not even one of my pairings so I'm definitely not making that one up.
And basically, Johnny just looked fucking amazing the whole damn show. I for real could not stop staring at him and just...being in awe. I've seen Avenged 4 times now and he's never looked as good as he did last night.
After the show, invader_julie and I headed to the back towards the buses. We really didn't have to wait that long before people started coming out. First we talked to the bassist from Saving Abel, and he signed some stuff and Julie got her picture with him. Thennnnn, we talked to some dude. And I don't know who he was, tbh. I'm pretty sure he was with Saving Abel, but I don't think he was actually in the band? He was drunk as fuck and provided the lulz. He took a picture with Julie and was kissing on her lips. I was amused.
At one point while we were waiting, Matt Berry ran out to the bus, and I didn't see him the first time he ran by but I could seen between he buses and I saw him get in. He was too far away for me to be able to tell if he was Matt or Jason, but when he came back by again, I said "We love you, Matt." He kinda stopped walking and looked back, and then just laughed and walked off again. He's adorable.
Zacky came out first, with Danny, and he waved at everyone and was cute and smiley as he was smoking, and everyone asked him to sign or take pictures, and he and Danny both said that he'd come back out. I was one of the last people that he had to walk past to get to the bus, and when he did, I was just like "We love you Zacky!" and I blew him a kiss, and he grinned and blew me one back, saying he loved us too. Then a few minutes later Matt came out and Danny encouraged him to just keep moving but he wanted to stop and sign things. What had previously been a line slowly but surely turned into a mob all around Matt, and I just rolled my eyes and stayed in my spot. I asked Danny if he was just gonna work down the line and Dan said he would so then a lot of people just moved back to their spots instead of crowding him. He talked to everyone and took lots of pictures, and while he was in the process, Brian came out with Michelle beside him and Pinkly all snuggled up to his chest. Everyone cooed and waved at Pinkly and Brian took Pinkly's paw to wave at everyone, saying "Say goodbye, Pinkly." Johnny and Jimmy came by too at about the same time, and Jimmy shook a few people's hands and Johnny just hid under his (and by his I mean Matt's since he was wearing Matt's hoodie again) hood and scooted his tiny little self straight to the bus.
As soon as Matt finished signing things, all of the security guards that were out there with us got a cop, and they forced us all to leave, so there was no chance for Zacky or anyone to come back out. That was kind of a bummer, but it was cool that we got to see Matt for a bit.
And Dan is fucking hot as hell. Like, really. Ngh.
I don't think I have anything else to say about the show. If I do, I'll edit later.
My own frustration and boredom on the floor aside though... the show was really good. I was really excited to see both Saving Abel and Shinedown. Neither band disappointed. They both played extremely well and were a lot of fun to watch. I really like the lead singer of Shinedown. He's creepy as hell but he's a great performer. He talks to the crowd a lot and I dig that.
I really could have down without Buckcherry. I was trying to be open minded about them, despite the fact that they were all fug. (Because clearly bands are only worth my time if they have sexy members, right?) But, they totally lost my attention when they started singing about being a cokehead like it was the ~best thing~ in the world. Ummm, nothxbbs.
During their set, seemingly out of nowhere, this HORRRRRRIBLE noise starts blasting and everyone has to like cover their ears and no one knows what is going on. We thought maybe it was an alarm of some kind that had gone off in the building. Later someone else said that they blew a speaker? So I'm not really sure what happened, but it was obnoxious.
There was a fight on the floor during their set as well, and we have cops fucking diving into the crowd trying to break it up and this one girl apparently got her ass handed to her.
Avenged played last, opening with Critical Acclaim. I don't remember their entire setlist, and definitely not in order or anything, but I know they played Bat Country, Beast and the Harlot, Dear God, Unholy Confessions, Scream, Afterlife, Gunslinger and Almost Easy.
There were a lot of gay Brian/Johnny moments and I swear I was not imagining them just because they're my OTP. At one point, Brian and Johnny were beside each other, and Johnny was looking out at the crowd, and Brian was staring at Johnny hardcore with this little smirk on his face, whilst Johnny continued to ignore him. And then I swear, Brian looked down and checked out Johnny's ass and then Johnny looked at him and grinned. I about died.
The gratuitious guitar solo returned, and Julie got a video of it that I'm pretty sure she plans on posting eventually. She didn't get the part where the band returned without Matt and they played In the House - In a Heartbeat, which is one of the pieces in the score from 28 Days Later. But there a similar video from Asia I think? As Matt was leaving the stage for Brian's solo, he reached out and rubbed up on Brian's chest. Not even one of my pairings so I'm definitely not making that one up.
And basically, Johnny just looked fucking amazing the whole damn show. I for real could not stop staring at him and just...being in awe. I've seen Avenged 4 times now and he's never looked as good as he did last night.
After the show, invader_julie and I headed to the back towards the buses. We really didn't have to wait that long before people started coming out. First we talked to the bassist from Saving Abel, and he signed some stuff and Julie got her picture with him. Thennnnn, we talked to some dude. And I don't know who he was, tbh. I'm pretty sure he was with Saving Abel, but I don't think he was actually in the band? He was drunk as fuck and provided the lulz. He took a picture with Julie and was kissing on her lips. I was amused.
At one point while we were waiting, Matt Berry ran out to the bus, and I didn't see him the first time he ran by but I could seen between he buses and I saw him get in. He was too far away for me to be able to tell if he was Matt or Jason, but when he came back by again, I said "We love you, Matt." He kinda stopped walking and looked back, and then just laughed and walked off again. He's adorable.
Zacky came out first, with Danny, and he waved at everyone and was cute and smiley as he was smoking, and everyone asked him to sign or take pictures, and he and Danny both said that he'd come back out. I was one of the last people that he had to walk past to get to the bus, and when he did, I was just like "We love you Zacky!" and I blew him a kiss, and he grinned and blew me one back, saying he loved us too. Then a few minutes later Matt came out and Danny encouraged him to just keep moving but he wanted to stop and sign things. What had previously been a line slowly but surely turned into a mob all around Matt, and I just rolled my eyes and stayed in my spot. I asked Danny if he was just gonna work down the line and Dan said he would so then a lot of people just moved back to their spots instead of crowding him. He talked to everyone and took lots of pictures, and while he was in the process, Brian came out with Michelle beside him and Pinkly all snuggled up to his chest. Everyone cooed and waved at Pinkly and Brian took Pinkly's paw to wave at everyone, saying "Say goodbye, Pinkly." Johnny and Jimmy came by too at about the same time, and Jimmy shook a few people's hands and Johnny just hid under his (and by his I mean Matt's since he was wearing Matt's hoodie again) hood and scooted his tiny little self straight to the bus.
As soon as Matt finished signing things, all of the security guards that were out there with us got a cop, and they forced us all to leave, so there was no chance for Zacky or anyone to come back out. That was kind of a bummer, but it was cool that we got to see Matt for a bit.
And Dan is fucking hot as hell. Like, really. Ngh.
I don't think I have anything else to say about the show. If I do, I'll edit later.