Bayfest 2008

My second Bayfest was awesome! I saw Saving Abel, P.O.D., Puddle of Mudd, and Buckcherry. Saving Abel performed first and they opened with In God’s Eyes. Afterwards, they played Beautiful You, New Tattoo, Trying To Clear My Head, 18 Days, Drowning (Face Down), and Addicted. They are not the best band I have ever seen live but they were not awful either. After Saving Able was P.O.D. It was the first time I had ever seen them and I did not really know what to expect from this Christian Rock band. In 2008, I was only 13 and I was alone in the pit. When the all of the moshing started I was extremely scared. I will always be thankful for that one dude that started shielding me from everyone. Out of all of the shows I had been to up until that point, that was one of the bloodiest pits I had ever seen. I was fortunate enough to come out with a small bruise on my leg. P.O.D. opened with Boom! Afterwards, they played Set It Off, Addicted, Kaliforn-Eye-A, Without Jah Nothin’, Youth Of the Nation, Lights Out, Shine With Me, Condescending, Southtown, Celestial, Satellite, I’ll Be Ready, Alive, God Forbid, Bullet In The Sky (U2 cover), and Rock The Party (Off The Hook). They also played a song with Deftones that I forgot the name of. They put on a solid set. After P.O.D., it was time for Puddle Of Mudd. Kid Rock was playing at the same time as them and there was hardly anyone there for them. So that made it a lot better. I had a feeling that they would open with Control, and what do you know? They did!! Afterwards, they played Away From Me, Famous, Nobody Told Me, Blurry, TN.T. (AC/DC Cover), Livin’ On Borrowed Time, Out Of My Head, Breed, (Nirvana Cover), then they encored with Psycho and She Hates Me. What little crowd was left went absolutely insane for Psycho. Not going to lie, it was funny. And the last band for the night was Buckcherry. Their humor was insanely funny and they were very dirty. If you have small children, I do not recommend taking them to see Buckcherry. They opened with Dirty Mind and followed it with So Far, Broken Glass, Lit Up, Rescue Me, Don’t Go Away, Too Drunk, Next 2 You, Lawless and LuLu, Onset, Everything, Sorry, Crazy Bitch, and they encored with Cream. At some point during Crazy Bitch, Josh Todd started talking about reproducing and procreating. Like I said earlier, if you have small children, think twice about letting them go see Buckcherry.