(Unholy Alliance) -
Hammersmith Apollo
Sunday 10th October 2004
reviewed by guest reviewer DeadKittens (Slipknot Chick)
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from the show!
On first was Hatebreed, they were honestly quite boring, I guess it's because nobody really took them on, everybody was just hoping their set was short to hurry on to the masters & the end. For the little attention I gave to Hatebreed I give them a 2 outta 10.
Next on was Mastodon....I love these mother f**kers & was sooo f**king happy when I heard they were one of the opening bands for the tour. They were really f**king great & the crowd totally responded to them, they pumped up the crowd for Slayer & Slipknot. Mastodon is really a skilled band - the drummer is amazing, so if you haven't heard them yet go buy their album & catch a gig or two. They ROCK!!! I totally love them & for that show I give them a 8 outta 10.
Slayer...what can I say to a band that never seems to let you down. Total mind blowing performance as usual. Slayer fans were flipping out with salute respect for the legendary band, that was around half of them knew their abc's. The light show really is like no other band. The only thing is I like bands with a little more movement on the stage & not that Slayer needs it, but it would be nice once in a while. Great set list & closing act was amazing with blood raining onto the stage was a really great f**king way to go out.
Saving the best for last came...Slipknot. At this time I made my way to the front barrier in front of Clown. The Maggots went absolutely mad when this band came out...people were throwing cards at the stage for Clown & Chris (I think I even saw dead kittens fly over my head!) ;) My fourth tme seeing Slipknot within 5 months & the excitement never died. The energy that f**king rocks that stage is like no other, amazes me everytime. Nine men so very cordinated with each other & with their techs, as soon as Clown or Chris pelts away their sticks, the tech already throwing them another pair...& we all known how wild Clown is & Sid...when Sid comes over to Clown to beat his drums aswell - such remarkable timing. Unfortunately Craig (samples/media) wasn't there, he was having an opeartion on his mouth for some tooth or other. Without him & the show still went amazingly. Sid had to do his roll as well. But he was well missed. Slipknots antics onstage always have your eyes busy & totally entertained, with Clown, Sid & Chris...even Corey at times...jumping up & down on the percussion kits & flinging themselves back & fourth repeated is mind boggling. I took so many pictures...especially of my husband hiding behind the drum kit...Joey Jordison. I mean not only is he the best drummer in metal today...he is also the sexiest man in metal. Aye caramba! I love him! It was really a great choice of set list & was really cool when they performed Vermillion in their death mask...& Sid came over to the barriers right by me & I got to touch his mask...woooohooo...also so so great when Clown came & stood over me & this girl I met that was really cool & was next to me...cause she was madly flirting with him...so he came over to us, we hugged him & while other fans were gabbing at him, I yanked out strands of his hair to keep in my scrap book, but then I had no pockets in my skirt so I had to put the hair in my mouth...but somewhere between singing along with all the songs & screaming "Joey I love you" at the top of my lungs I manage to feel it slipping down my throat!
Slipknot owned that stage. Even the members of Slayer were standing at the side of the stage watching them. I give them 9.99 outta 10!
After the show I decided I had to f**king meet these motherf**kers finally, so I asked the guard what's the deal & she told me they come out at the side door to cross the road to go into their tour bus. So I waited for them along with about 8 other Slippy fans for about 30 mins in the freezing cold. Then Kerry King came out, took a few pictures & signed a few things then f**ked off! I didn't care to really meet him as I wasn't there for him & I already met Dave Lombardo at a drum clinic. I was there for Slipknot, a few minutes after that a tall big guy with long black hair passed in front of me crossing the road...I quietly said "wasn't that Mick?" & no sooner did I say it did the Maggots run after him. He was so cool, took pictures, chatted & signed autographs & then one by one Corey, Sid & Jim pop out of nowhere doing the same. I got pictures with them & video clips....they were so friendly & chatted away. Sid was the best, after all had f**ked off he was still talking to us not wanting to leave...they called & called for him to come on & get in the tour bus but he stayed & chatted about him being from the planet Orion, until the man came up & pulled him away.
Oh & just to clear this up (from review of previous night) mostly immature Slayer fans think that there were some rivarlry between Slipknot & Slayer fans, well from what I saw & took part in, it wasn't like that at all. I dunno if it was the day I went that everybody was in harmony but I was really impressed by how when Slayer was offstage the fans stepped aside for the Maggots. I guess the only thing was that the Slayer fans felt a bit intimated by the Slipknot fans cause of the numerous amount of them, that they felt they had to be on their big bad guard - which is a bit childish for such an older group!
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