place: UCF Arena

year: 2007

shirt worn: SHADOWS FALL

bands:

GWAR

SHADOWS FALL

chimaira

EVERY TIME I DIE

nEcRo

JOBFORACOWBOY

darkest hour

AMON AMARTH

the acacia strain

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

heAvyheAvylowlow

THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU

GOATWHORE

THIS IS HELL

2Cents

went with: Franky Montacello, Ernesto, John, Nick, and some fat kid

show was: a fun trip

entry: 

I originally was going to spend the night at Ernesto's house the night before, but instead, I went with Mike to some million dollar recording studio that he and three guys (one of which is Chad Palmer, the guy who co-funds GSTAR) are going to buy. Shit was no nice and bad ass. So, the next day, 7/10/2007, I woke up at like 5:30. I was perfectly awake and immediately got ready. Franky and Ernie didn't get there till like an hour later though. I woke up early for nothing. So, Franky showed up in his mom's van. I sat in the back with Ernesto, and then there were these other guys with them, John, Nick, and this other kid. I don't remember what his name was. We were all drivin up there, listenin to my iPod and Franky's iPod. We ate at WAFFLE HOUSE in Palm Bay. We made it to Orlando. We went back to Franky's apartment. Eric doesn't live there anymore, who moved down here. I went into the room that me and Anna stayed in. That nice comfortable red bed was gone. It was just an empty room now. So, we're all just chillin in the house and stuff. They switched the show this year to the UCF Arena. Franky's never been there, even though he goes to that university. So, Franky, Ernie, and I got in the van and went to check the place out. We saw Mike Strevari, Nick Guido, Dan Asfor, and Bobby DeCastro walkin. I rolled down the window and yelled "Hahha! Yah! Y'all know what it is! Gangsta crizabs!" So, the place is inside. That's good. We went back and then we got everyon. We had to wait in a line forever. It was hot and disgusting out. The staff were being total douschebags. Everyone was pissed cause there was a sing outside that said "NO MOSHING." It's a metal show, do you expect us to just stand around and clap our hands. They finally let us in. It felt so good in there. The last two years, SOUND of the UNDERGROUND was held on a baseball field. This year it was on a basketball court. I felt like I was at some kind of a pep rally or a school event or some shit. I sat in the bleachers and caught up with Bobby. He and Nick were so pissed about the no moshing thing. 2Cents dropped off the bill. GOATWHORE was the first band to hit the stage. A push pit opened and Bobby and Nick ran down to the floor. The staff couldn't do anything about it. I went and sat next Ernie in the first row. After they were done THIS IS HELL got on. I went in the crowd.  They were bad ass. The whole time they played there was a whole lot of hardcore kids dancing. It was beautiful. I two-stepped for a little bit. There was a bunch of idiots who don't understand hardcore and were trying to boo at THIS IS HELL. So, the guitarist was like "Whoever is the first person to punch this mother fucker in the face and break his glasses gets a free shirt. Anyone who jumps these fuckin faggets gets a free shirt." One of these guys was right in the pit blatantly making fun of all the hardcore kids dancing. Eventually, he just threw this black kid that was dancing, and that was it. It was on. Every hardcore kid rushed over to beat his ass, but a security guard got in the way and just told the guy to chil out or he was gonna get thrown out. Then the acacia strain played. They fuckin leveled that place. Their whole set (which was one long break down) consisted of a huge pit on the floor of everyone dancing and moshing and getting their faces punched in. They put on one of the best shows there. I went outside on the balcony. Chris Anchors punched me in the chest, and his girlfriend punched me in the nuts. How fucking mature. I tried to tell him about the cool new studio but then that bullshit started spraying out of his mouth and he was tryin to tell me he knew all about that place and how it sucks. Fuck him. Fuck that fucking liar. What a dick head. Then him and Carry stood there and made fun of the acacia strain. I was like "Yah, well, I didn't see you down on the floor, cause if you were your faces would have been punched in." Then he was tryin to say that GWAR headlines the tour every year and the they started. OK. Right. I've gone every year. this is the first time they've headlined. I know they didn't start the damn thing. he also said that TESTAMENT was playing our date. You know where they were? No where in site. What an idiot. I went back inside and heAvheAvylowlow was getting booed off the stage. Wow. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA played and they were so awesome. Bobby got kicked out cause he kicked a kid on accident. It was such bullshit. That went pit went crazy for them though. Before their last song, the singer said "We just want you to know one more thing before we leave and that's that we believe in Jesus Christ and we know that may make some of you uncomfortable but that's what we're here to represent and we will never apologize for that." Then a bunch of people started clapping. Then they played the last song. Before a breakdown at the end, the singer was like, this is your last chance to move, and then the pit opened up like crazy, and then one just randomly opened up behind me, and I was caught between both of them. It was so crazy. Oh my God. THE NUMBER TWELVE LOOKS LIKE YOU got on stage. The deep screamer enigmatically walked up to the front of the stage hold his mike in a really odd way and said in a monotonous voice "Orlando. New Jersy is in the house." and then the band just broke into the heaviest grind shit. They were awesome but everyone was just kinda sitting there not knowing what to do. Then AMON AMARTH played. They were awesome. I wish the singer wore a shirt though so I wouldn't have to look at his fat jiggle around. He looked fucking hilarious when he did his helicopter head bang thing. He looked so fucking funny cause he made the stupidest face while his beard was going one way and his hair was going the other. He looked like a scruffy dog playing. They were fuckin awesome though. Apparently Chris Anchors got beat up by skin heads during their set, according to him. darkest hour played after them. I had to sit down during them. My legs hurt so bad. They did really good. Then it was JOBFORACOWBOY. They were so fucking good. OMG.  They played "Entombment of a Machine" and everyone in the audience let out a bloodcurdling scream at the one part where that happens on the recording. It was ridiculous. They had a huge a massive pit. It took up a big portion of the floor. There were pushing and dancing. nEcRo played. I gave him a chance but I didn't like it. No one liked it. People booed during his entire set. I was actually pissed about that. yah, I didn't like him, but I didn't boo. I was just pissed that people were only booing cause it makes them look cool to hate rap. I fucking hate people like that. The guy that was on stage with him who just said like one word in every sentence tried to throw his shirt to someone, but they threw it back at him.  That was funny. EVERY TIME I DIE was supposed to get on next but chimaira did instead. Their set was as follows:

1. Nothing Remains

2. Resurrection

3. Pleasure in Pain

4. Power Trip

5. Needle

6. Dehumanization Process

7. Pure Hatred

It was so fucking awesome. I felt like I was watching them and they were all grown up from when they were a younger bands. Like they came back and now they're........I don't know how to explain what I'm trying to say, so I'll just stop trying. They were my main reason for going though. It had been a while since I had seen them live, and they're a great band live. Everyone on the floor was singing the chorus to "Pure Hatred." It was SO awesome. "I HATE EVERYONE". EVERY TIME I DIE was bad ass. The singer was like "Fellas throw your fists in the air and go crazy. Ladies, maybe one of these..." and he started to lift up his shirt. They called a guy on stage and had him chug a beer while they played the "ultimate beer chugging guitar riff." SHADOWS FALL was really good except they only played one song from THE ART OF BALANCE, which was "Stepping Outside the Circle"  and everything else was like they're newer stuff. The biggest pit of the night was between SHADOWS FALL, EVERY TIME I DIE, chimaira, and JOBFORACOWBOY. We didn't stay for GWAR cause none of us like them. I wanted to stay because they're fun to watch, and I wanted to see them get this venue back by making it a fucking mess for the staff to clean up after being such dicks. So, went back to the apartment. Me, a nd two of the guys that aren't Ernie or Franky tried to watch Office Space. Then, like, twenty people come over for a kegger. Apparently, I won the funniest man alive award. I kept everyone entertained all night, and all next morning, and the whole way home. These were all kids going to UCF. So, it was your stereotypical college party or whatever. There were these kids there that were all from my middle school. Steven Goo and Andre. It was so crazy, and then there was Clayton Bender from my boy scout troop. Dude it was crazy. So, when I was tired of making everyone laugh, I went up stairs to go to sleep in that empty room that me and Anna stayed in that one time. I'm walking around the corner upstairs. There's this whigger guy with a bandana in the hallway with the lights off puttin the moves on this girl while she's up against the wall. He says "How bout we make a better use of that empty room?" I walked right past them two, went into the room, locked it and went to sleep. I didn't even realize how funny that was until I woke up the next morning. I woke up, ate some honey comb. This girl Erin, that worked with Taylor in Quicksilver was there. I kept her, our boys, and Nikkie and her metalcore chick friends laughing their asses off all morning while I was still in my The Rolling Stones boxers. Franky and Erin made us bacon, eggs, and waffles. It was all so good. So, then we all went home, and had WENDY'S on the way. The whole way home I talked about how gay VANQUISH THE WEAK is, how gay their guitarist Ernie is, and how they had to kick out their old singer Travis and their old bassist Franky for the fact that they were so hot that every time they would play hordes of females would trample the stage resulting in injured band members that would have to pay for that shit.