Ozzfest 2002 July 24, The Dock’s Toronto Canada The day started early, we had to get there early to catch a bus someone local had thrown together. My friends were late showing up, but with good reason, they quit their jobs, and went out with a boom at that. But we got to the bus and it turns out some of the guys from a local band Hexus were on the bus, so that made the trip interesting cause they were crazy. Anyway we had a long day ahead of us, it was fucking hot, and I mean fucking hot, it was a record breaking high for 2001.

The bus enters Toronto and you can see fans on every street, and we all knew where they were heading, everyone was leaning out of the bus and screaming, we got there and were about 100 people away from entering. About 30 minutes later we entered the docs, and could hear the music begin. The first band we saw was pressure 4-5 on a small stage inside the bar. A few bands later out came NONPOINT; they put on a great show and played really well! Elias Soriano (singer for Nonpoint) jumped down in the crowed during the last song, my friend Tim and I chased after him, just as he got to the gate to get backstage we tapped him on the shoulder and he was super nice and asked if we would like our picture with him, so Tim went first, then Me, and the pictures turned out AMAZING!

The day moved on a little farther, we waited for Mudvayne for so long, and finally they came out, and the pit got packed tight, and I mean tight, the show rocked, people were going insane and Mudvayne put on one hell of an amazing show, Kud was wearing Yellow greasepaint with his happy face in black, Train coveralls and blood everywhere, Gurrg had the usual black outfit with red and black greasepaint, Ryknow had his face completely silver with a bright orange mohawk and Spag had greasepaint fading from red to blue. After Mudvayne we needed to get some shade so we went to the vender’s stands and just sat beside one, like a half hour later who rides up on their bike with no greasepaint? Kud!!!!!! We called him over and he talked with us for like 15 minutes, it was insane, there were a few other fans but they all went away after, we stayed with Kud till he had to leave! He gave us autographs, let us take pictures with him, we talked to him about the tour. I remember him saying that he didn’t really like being on tour, it was his first major tour and he wasn’t used to it, anyway after him talking to us forever, he shook all our hands, and took off on his bike, we were going nuts, next thing we know Gurrg walks up to us! Looking for Kud! He talked very shortly with us, but he was still cool, we still got pictures with him and autographs and then he was on his way. That was INSANE! To experience something like that!! Now we were SO pumped for slipknot to come out, But Manson was on first. We didn’t watch him, but we watched when he stopped singing because a fan threw a bottle at him and hit him, so Manson challenged him to come up and do it again! The guy got up there, threw the bottle (not meaning to hit him) and missed, now it was Manson's turn, He picked up a bottle, and whipped it at the guy hitting him like no tomorrow. I wouldn’t have thought Manson had a good throw, but he does.

Time for SLIPKNOT to come out! We get right up front and centre. We wait and wait for the sound check, felt like forever waiting, then the defining beginning of 7426100027 came on, and you could hear Corey Taylor (#8) Saying, Slipknot is coming, SLIPKNOT IS COMMING, Shawn comes out on stage, everyone is going insane, More members come out, IN SINGLE FILE, where's Corey? Everyone was asking. Then he walks out "WHAT THE FUCK IS UP TORONTO!!!!!!!!!" Every single person in that crowed was just screaming. BAM they started playing (SIC) I believe.

By the time Black Sabbath came out, we had no energy, literally, we were sitting down, I watched almost the whole thing, but when your legs are giving way, you kind of have to sit down for a bit. The show totally rocked, I mean, I will never feel like I felt that day, It was pure amazing, and if you weren’t there, you should kick yourself!