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| Thursday
- We started off after the chatparty with
hatebreed as the first band. Some rumors said
they had cancelled, but that was not true.
They did however have some problems with water
and electricity mixed together because of
the rain. A very humble Hatebreed still succeeded
in getting things to work and the concert
was pretty good. Hatebreed did a little Metallica
cover that everyone enjoyed. They also had
a meet and greet in the merch stall :) |
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| Next band was something much
bigger and more anticipated than Hatebreed.
ARE YOU READY? |
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| Angel was, and the KORN concert
became one of the coolest concerts this year.
Much thanks to Angel who were doin her little
freaky dance throughout the entire concert.
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| KORN rocked! And like Hatebreed,
they paid their homage to Metallica. Everyone
in the crowd went nuts and soon everyone were
jumping and dancing around. In addition they
did a wicked cover of Pink Floyd's "We
don't need no education". That was the
best for me... |
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| Charming little thing was that
one of the band members actually wore a Hatebreed
T-shirt on stage :) |
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| And Jonathan Davis was excellent
with his bagpipes. I was very impressed actually.
Great concert! |
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| Friday
- Silver at Arena. This was the first time
they've ever played a big stage like that,
and their first time playing at Roskilde too.
But they did a good job moving the crowd,
and the visual looked very good. Some problems
with the sound made the volume a bit to loud
for my ears, but everyone around me seemed
very satisfied. Later on Silver met Jonathan
Davis backstage. >>
Read the interview with Silver |
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| Within Temptation were really
not my cup of tea. Though I like a lot of
Lacuna Coil, to whom they've been compared,
this is just whining to my ears. |
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| Photo: Jens Baier. But visually
they seemed to have a firm grip on what they
were doing, and it all looked very good. But
unfortunately I just couldn't stand there
too long, and wandered off backstage for some
food and beer. |
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| Meshuggah. I'm sorry guys..I
am sure they're very very good, but this concert
was outright boooring. The music was technically
good, but doing this kind of show in broad
daylight just didn't work out very well. Also
the singer seemed unhappy with the audience
for not responding too well. Not very smart
move. Next time Roskilde...remember to put
the metal bands on stage AFTER dark... |
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| Shake that ass! Ill Nino held
one of the best concerts at Roskilde this
year. I like their music and they do great
work on stage to get everybody excited. They
played both songs from their new album and
some older stuff that's really great. My favorite
song "Liar" was actually the climax
of the concert. |
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| They held a speech. A long
speech about how they do not agree to the
politics run by the Bush administration, and
how they admire the Nordic countries for being
more independant and thinking for themselves.
Then he presented the last song: "I would
like to dedicate this song to President George
W. Bush....LIIIIAAAR". Got me goin alright
:) |
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| Slipknot. They should have
played at Arena. Same "problem"
as with Meshuggah - they're not really a daylight
band. I didn't know much of their music when
I went to the concert, and I didn't even know
if I would like it at all. |
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| As it turned out, I had heard
a couple of songs..and Slipknot had turned
into a darker version of StoneSour...and that..I
can like. The show was a bit uneven due to
the band playing both old and new material
that doesn't really sound the same, but it
was a great concert. It made me go see them
again in Oslo in October with Slayer and Mastodon. |
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| And thankfully the weather
gods were being nice to us during these concerts.
Friday was to be the greatest concert day
this year with soooo many bands to catch.
I was running back and forth..almost no time
for beer. |
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| The crowd started lining up
early for the two most anticipated concerts
of the festival - NERD and THE PIXIES. We
heard about one song at Nerd, but it was just
like listening to the radio..and way too many
people. So off to Orange to wait for Pixies. |
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| After all these years I was
finally going to see Pixies live. I have often
said "If I could chose any band to see
live even if they don't excist anymore...it
would have to be the Pixies". And now
they were there....on Orange stage at Roskilde.
Pinch me! |
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| The concert was a roller coaster
ride into Pixies entire back-catalogue. All
the hits were there, and we were all singing
along with tears in our eyes and goosebumps
all over. |
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It was that genuine Roskilde
concert feeling...
"I will never be this happy again". |
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| After the Pixies I had planned
to go to bed, but instead we ended up listening
to the Hives. I've never really taken to their
music, but seeing them live was pretty neat.
There's absolutely something "Jagger-ish"
going on with the singer and he brought a
smile to our lips more than once with his
outbursts. So we stayed for a few songs "short
and sweet like you like it.." |
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