Pop Evil & Escape The Fate Iron City Birmingham, AL 5/28/14

Pop Evil and Escape The Fate in Birmingham? Okay. Let's go.

Escape The Fate will always hold a special place in my heart because my first interview was with their guitar player TJ. So it was definitely a good time.

They played

Ungrateful

You're Insane

Issues

Picture Perfect

Gorgeous Nightmare

One For The Money

This War Is Ours

Pop Evil is always a good time as well.

They played

Flawed

Hero

100 in a 55

Behind Closed Doors

Divide

Monster You Made

Boss's Daughter

Last Man Standing

Goodbye My Friend

Sick Sense

Torn to Pieces

Deal with the Devil

Trenches

Rock and Roll is not dead. 

Buckcherry, Fozzy, & Nonpoint Iron City Birmingham, AL 5/22/14

Buckcherry once again returned to Birmingham, this time with Fozzy and Nonpoint.

I have wanted to see Nonpoint since I was 12 years old and I finally had the opportunity. I was stoked.

They played

That Day

Victim

What a Day

Hands Off

The Truth

International Crisis

Bullet with a Name

Then it was time for Fozzy, Chris Jerico the wrestler's band. I was not enthused.

They played

Do You Wanna Start a War

Lights Go Out

To Kill a Stranger

Martyr No More

Inside My Head

She's My Addiction

God Pounds His Nails

Shine Forever

Spider in My Mouth

Enemy

Sin and Bones

Sandpaper

Eat the Rich

It was time for Buckcherry. I was somewhat excited. I was really just there for Nonpoint. I have seen Buckcherry a butt ton of times. They played

Lit Up

Dead Again

All Night Long

Broken Glass

Everything

Sorry

Slamin'

Porno Star

Tired of You

Gluttony

Wrath

For the Movies

Crazy Bitch

Encore:

Say Fuck It (Icona Pop Cover)

Too Drunk...

Primus Iron City Birmingham, AL 5/12/14

Primus is one of the most interesting bands I have seen in my 17 years of concert going. I highly recommend going to see them just for the experience. It is unmatched. This was also my first experience that split the show into two sets without an encore. Bands do that?

Anyway, they played

Set 1:

Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers

Moron TV

American Life

Lee Van Cleef

Over the Falls

Last Salmon Man

Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

Over the Electric Grapevine

Set 2:

Spegetti Western

Here Come the Bastards

Southbound Pachyderm

Jilly's on Smack

John the Fisherman (My song!!!)

Dirty Drowning Man

My Name Is Mud

Jerry Was a Race Car Driver

There were many signs in the audience but the one that took the cake for me, was the one that said "Les, let's go fishing!"

Claypool saw it and talked about his rock star friends who had women who would throw their bras and underwear on stage and ask to go backstage with them and instead of that, he had grown men who wanted to go fishing with him.

That was so effing funny. 

Shaky Knees Music Festival Atlanta, GA May 9-11, 2015

My volunteer experience at Shaky Knees was a great way to get involved in a different festival aspect. The biggest highlight from a volunteer aspect was being able to work in artist catering. While I could not talk to the artists unless I was spoken to, it was interesting to see how they act when they are not in the spotlight. From a fan standpoint, seeing Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day play with the Replacements was wonderful. The best up-and-coming band was definitely American Aquarium. That is all I will say about that. They are wonderful. I cannot wait for next year's line-up and I expect this festival to grow beyond this year's capacity.

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