So am finally back from donington (well Monday actually) so how was my weekend??
Started all on thursday with big Steph (forum Vipe) coming along at about 7 am to head for car from easy rent a car, that was a massive fuck up from the start to say the least. The rental place needed £150 smackerros from us for car rental, on a credit card which we whernae told, so had to call my dad and get him to give us rental cash on his card over the phone, which apparently isnt allowed, but seeng as we had the car for five days they let us do it.
Left got Laura about nine and headed down to donington. Well so we thought, started off in typical Glasgow style traffic jam til about 10, then finally got heading, battered it down the m8, the m74 to the m6 then the a50 past uttoxoter/derby towards the m1 and castle donnington.
The fucking m1 is a bitch to drive down though, junctions are miles apart, stopped three times, once for painkilers for me (about 20 secs) once for munchies and pee (about 20 mins) and once for fuel.. Got there in about 3 hours, due to my shit hoty driving/speeding like a fucking mofo** Got out the car and headed to the campsite, wandered about once we set up camp then settled down for the night..
Friday -
Got up at 5am (what the fuck??) i have no idea why though, fuck sakes..
seen Flogging molly who where fucking ace again, seen them twice now, Ed liked them too, then we headed for mains taghe and sat on the grass, watched a tweeny goth band called Wednesday 13, who can, by the way, say fuck... Watched jj72, which for me where pish galore, The others, who i had never heard of and they where allright, Biffy Clyro, who again i dont really know but they ended their set with 57 which was actual supreme live.
Seen Megadeths last ever UK tour, not a fan but they where good live and ive seen their last ever gig, fucking boss...
Seen InMe (well the end of their set) then My Chemical Romance came on, they where, as usual, fucking amazing. Showed some english guy how to protect himself in a crowd and pitted liek a fucking maniac...Caught a few garbage songs then fucked off cause ive seen feeder far too many times now.
Saturday -
Seen The dwarves, Hewhocannotbenamed came on wearing, doc martins, socks and a mask, little chilly... They sang their wee hearts out, was fucking braw, said they where "rock fucking legends" didnt stop for applause, encouraged people chucking stuff at them, went 10 mins over their set and got the plug pulled, lead singer dropped his mike and ran into the drum kit, fucking ace...
Seen Mad capsule markets, bit screamy for my liking, 'A' Who where beyond pish, Bowling for soup, who where fucking hilarious, Anthrax, who where allright, HIM who got bottled chucked at them left right and fucking centre... Velvet Revolver who where fucking immense, slash himself fucking live beautiful and playing with Pink Floyd Wish y0u where here..a fucking mazinf beyond belief Saturday finished with Sabbath and ozzy playing to the masses at donington and reading off a teleprompter as we discussed the guys took mroe drugs than a fucking country...
Also seen Mat Hoffman doing some BMX stuff, fucking ace he was too, some fantastic skateboarding also and flying snickers bars...Seen the mascare story as well, they wherenae bad, dont know what day that was though
Sunday - Went to see henry rollins bumped into Semprini ( gordon) and scapegoat, as well as pret craig and some random other folks, seen surprising amounts of glasgow folks considering the amount of people that where at donington...
Seen Society 1 handing on meat hooks, Papa roach who sounded pish, which wasnt helped by the soundman but coby is a dick, or whatever swear word you prefer, they sang everything they ever wrote and bopped about a bit..Seen Killswitch engage who had quite a kool set and heard "Last Serenade" live, fucking ace..Didnt watch nightwish though as i was at Lacuna Coil, not becuase i like them you understand, but because im dedicated to being evil (apparently) Caught some slayer,
Seen slipknot for the fifth time, they where fucking awsome, joeys drum solo was the fucking da, they had some amazing pyro and sounded as good as ever, i do prefer them in a more intimate gig though. It would also be nice if they changed their sit list a wee bit every now and again, i seen them going the exact same set in 2001.
As the sun started setting on what was the end of the download festival, System of A Down eventually came on with the soldier side intro off their new album, watched them enteretain the crowd until Psycho Groupie, or just before then ran into the pit like a woman posessed and pitted my wee brains out for about 3 songs, saved my major pitting all weekend just for system, was fucking well worth it but the english are much calmer pitters than the scottish ever will be. Fucking immense set from System though, well worth the festival, went back to tent type thing slept and woke up on monday
Monday -
up at abpout 8 destroyed tent round steven, left at 9 for home..sat in a fuck load of traffic home, got home at 2..not bad driving again from me, 2 pit stops this time, one for food one for fuel for car..
Other than the bands, we sat alot, queued alot, drove alot, drank alot, eat alot and slept none, all in all it was indeed ..............
A Fucking immense weekend, cant wait to do it all again next year..rawk fucking on donington !! We shall be there next year
As well as well i remember, id rather look like im partained to be by a certain arse than like a fucker with a squint fringe and specs or like a horse currently, fake hair, fucked up face and all *smug grin*
Oh and some lyrics for a certain special someone in my life :)
Flogging Molly - Selfish Man
I don't eat I just devour, everyone in every hour
All is me, is all I need and that's all that I care
Propelled through all this madness, by your beauty and my sadness
I'll never change or rearrange, till I've finished what I've started.
And life leads me here
It shows me, I have never really loved no one but me
Like the time, you slipped through my hands
I'll never understand why I'm such a Selfish Man
Walk around me not before me
I'll pretend not to ignore ye
But I'll compromise if I realize you can do something for me
I'm ugly and you know it, but you think that I'm a poet
So I'll keep the rhyme if I feel in time, it gets me where I'm going
And life leads me here
It shows me, I have never really loved no one but me
Like the time, you slipped through my hands
And I'll never understand
No I'll never understand, why I'm such a Selfish Man
All I heard was an unearthly silence
Apart from the violence, explode in my head
Where all at once was this moment of beauty
No more since it slew me, no never again, again, again
No I'll never understand
No I'll never understand, why I'm such a Selfish Man
