Fortunately, the main stage bounced back big. Lamb of God absolutely
crushed every other band there except Daath and maybe Behemoth. Their
setlist covered every release to this date excluding Burn the Priest
(although the only song they played from New American Gospel was Black
Label). I sang/screamed/growled along when I new the lyrics, and by the
time I finished, my voice was near dead (I probably should have dished
out the $4 for water). The only distraction were the three guys in
front of us who were probably the biggest Lamb of God fans in existence
(one was wearing an orange Slipknot jumpsuit, go figure);they were
flailing their arms and legs around during every breakdown (see my
"Hardcore dancing is t3h suck" blog), and I really wanted to drop-kick
one of them.
Ozzy introduced his set with a bunch of videos
spoofing him into various movies/TV shows played on the screens. They
showed him as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Carribean 3, shitting on
the carpet in The Office, getting a fat guy's ass shoved into his face
in the naked fight scene from Borat, as the therapist in The Sopranos,
and a bunch of other random stuff. That cut out to a picture of a bunch
of crosses, and orchestra music started playing over the PA. Ozzy came
out, explained that he was doing the show with a screwed-up voice, and
went into Bark at the Moon.
You could tell right away that
Ozzy's voice was actually messed up, as he was struggling through some
of the songs (although he didn't have a problem screaming at the
audience to go nuts and be louder). I'm not sure if it was screwed up
more because he was sick, or he sounds like that every night. It didn't
matter to the crowd. They sang along just as if he was perfect, and
enjoyed the show just fine. Zakk Wylde had a 15 minute guitar solo that
included playing behind the back and playing with the teeth, ending
with his own interpretation of the Star-Spangled Banner.
People
started leaving a couple of songs after the solo. We left as he was
starting Mama I'm Coming Home, and came home after Taco Bell.
I'll currently trying to find setlists for the bands that played. I'll update this later.
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