when in dallas, we also saw Marilyn Manson (on halloween).
good show, though we missed the first 2 bands. the first one was called “Lo-Pro.” i thought they were the same “Lo Pro” that is/used to be a local (lubbock) rap/hip-hop group, but they’re not…white guys with tattoos. they were playing on a side stage when we got there. liz and i walked around for a while because they weren’t letting anyone sit in their seats in front of the main stage yet. she bought a manson shirt and we bought $4 waters.
anyway, we ran into my ex-boss/liz’s current boss and this guy that they work with and his girlfriend, so we talked to them for a bit, and then sat down when we were allowed to. yeah. after a while, some guy from some dallas radio station announced that “Jibe is up next” and that the first two bands had already played. whoops, we missed “Element 80,” who i’ve heard are really good…i wanted to see them to find out if that’s true, but alas.
“Jibe” is a local dallas-area band, and they pretty much sucked. Sevendust was up next, though, and they’re amazing. i’d seen them before, back in 1999 (right before liz and i started dating)…i have one of their albums, but the albums are not as good as the live show these guys put on. they’re insanely heavy live, but the albums are more mellow. odd. anyway, it was cool.
after Sevendust (anybody know what “Sevendust” means?), Staind played. liz and i walked around during their set because, well, they lick balls. we ate really salty pretzels and sat and talked and watched the people walk by in their costumes. we decided that some of them were probably in halloween costumes, while others probably would have dressed exactly the same for that show, regardless of the show’s date.
anyway, after much waiting, it seemed, manson finally took the stage. very cool, though the setup was kind of odd…the drummer was facing off to the side, sort of, and he wasn’t in/near the center of the stage, unlike the format most bands use. manson himself kept his clothes on (pants anyway), didn’t rip up a bible, and didn’t hump any of the band members, as he does in all of the live videos i’ve seen. that’s okay with me, but i thought it was weird. in his autobiography, i think, he mentions that in some localities, he has to tone down aspects of the show…perhaps ripping up a bible on stage in texas isn’t advisable; i don’t know. anyway, i knew the words to most of the songs they played, because i like the newest album and have heard it several times and the stuff he played from the older albums is the more recognizable stuff. i had a really good time at the show, though standing on the stadium-like seat was horribly uncomfortable (but necessary, since the person in front of me was standing on her seat).
after the show, liz and i called seth on the cell phone he’d let me borrow, to ask him if he could direct us to some sort of public transportation so we could get to his house. he said that his sister and brother-in-law were already there waiting for us, though, so that was really cool. liz declared that we should “walk in this direction,” and, as it turned out, we ended up right on the other side of the fence from where trish and jason were parked, waiting for us. we walked to the gate, then got in their minivan, and we were off to plano for the chach-house halloween party.
‘twas a good concert experience, yes indeed. ‘twas a good weekend overall, as i already mentioned.
