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Friday, 01 August 2008 15:21 |
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 Shadows Fall mainman Brian Fair has checked in with an update following the bands performance at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Calgary.
Apart his performance, he talks about the night before, and some "of the most brutal versions of Bohemian Rhapsody" that were sung in the Karaoke tent.
Fair reports "Wow. What a weekend at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Calgary!! Now
that I am recovered from all the flight delays and jet lag (although my
airport troubles paled in comparison to Jason’s epic journey home) I
can take a minute to reflect on an amazing show and one hell of a
party.
The festivities actually began the night before the show at a small
sports bar next to our hotel. It started innocently enough when Jason,
Paul and I headed to the bar to see if the Sox vs. Yanks game was on
the tube. We didn’t find the game, but we did run into some dudes that
had drove out for the show and started buying rounds and shots for all.
Soon the rest of the band arrived and the beers and tequila shots were
in full affect. Our new friend Stubbs busted out some B.C. love to
spark off the night right and set the mood. The folks at the bar fired
up the karaoke machine and it was on!! First we were subjected to some
of the most brutal versions of a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by QUEEN and a
song by MUSE from a dude that was the spitting image of McLovin from
the Superbad movie. I think my ears are still bleeding.
Thankfully, we were all saved by the performance of the night, when
little James, a young fan who had driven 14 hours to attend the show,
stepped up to the mic and ripped the greatest version of ‘Holy Diver’
in karaoke history!! I’ve still got goose bumps. Rad.
After sleeping off the night’s fun, we all headed over to the
venue. The show was in a huge CFL football arena with a monstrous stage
complete with video screens and a gigantic PA. Besides a few monitor
issues during the first tune, the set was a blast. We got a nasty
double circle pit rollin’ during ‘Failure Of The Devout’ and I headed
down to the crowd for a sing along during ‘Redemption’. We wanna thank
all our friends in Calgary for making the show so memorable.
There were a ton of killer bands at the Monsters of Rock and here
are a few highlights. ZIMMER'S HOLE kicked things off with their insane
genre bending metal chaos. I wish I could pull off their singer’s stage
look but I just don’t have the ass for it. haha. PRIESTESS was up next,
they are one of my favourite new rock bands; these dudes just keep
pumping out killer riffs and tunes. TESTAMENT absolutely dominated;
without doubt they are the greatest thrash band of all time. It was all
about the towel waving insanity during HATEBREED’s set; they set the
place off like a hockey fight. I was lucky enough to watch Judas
Priest’s set from the side of the stage and was in total awe. What can
I say…they are the Metal Gods. Great set list from OZZY, mixing it up
from the last time I saw him. Zach decided to make some fans that day
when he tossed his custom Gibson guitar into the crowd after the first
song. Miraculously, the guitar made it back to his guitar tech in one
piece. Unfortunately, I missed sets by 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, VOIVOD and
CAVALERA CONSPIRACY while running around getting everything together
but I am sure they killed it.
It was an amazing weekend in Calgary. Now we are getting ready to
head to Korea on Friday for the Busan Rock Fest. Then we head home for
one day to sleep it off before heading to Dallas for the Ozzfest at
Pizza Hut Park. Gonna be an insane week. I’ll fill ya in when I get
back."
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