Mama Let Me Go To The Show!

Now Sonisphere Festival has been and seen. It was a good festival until everything just went going wrong. Let me start my story from the very beginging.

We left to Pori on Friday evening. After the hard 240 kilometres the clock was something around 7 p.m. when we arrived to Pori's downtown. We parked our caravan at some parking place which was 24h free and the best thing was that the parking place was just in front of Kirjurinluoto. There was tens of caravans parked all over the downtown even though there was own camping place rented for the caravans. It just was too pricy for some people like us. It would have costed over 200 euros for us to sleep at that camping area from Friday to Sunday.
We arrived Pori day before the festival began. What we did on Friday evening? Well we played cards, listened to music with my old friends Toni and Joni who were there also and then we also played at Pelle-Hermanni (in English it is Clown Hermanni park) park.

Then Saturday came. The gates opened 10 a.m. but we were at the area right after noon when Stam1na started the whole festival. That kind of thrash metal isn't for me but luckily Perttu Kivilaakso (from Apocalyptica) saved the gig when he came on stage and played with Stam1na their last song.
Then Negative had their gig. It was almost like from my childhood but without Sir Christus.
Serj Tankian... What can I say? Again not for me but my friends liked the gig.
From The Cult's gig I don't remember anything so maybe that tells everything from it.
At Apocalyptica's gig I made new friends. There was a man in his thirties with his girlfriend, mom and dad. The dad and mom came to see Alice Cooper. There was lots of retired persons. I was really surprised. I could say that there really was the 'true fans' of Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden, the fans who have been fans since the bands have exist. I had many good conversitions with those fans so thanks to you all strangers.
And before I stop to remember Saturday I must say that HIM isn't a band which should be on the stage. The gig was so awful. Ville didn't even remember the lyrics of Wicked Game. On the radio they sound good but not live.

Then Sunday came. It was nice sunny warm morning and day until the evening was coming. But not yet of the evening. First the day.
We didn't listen to Insomnium and Profane Omen 'cause no one of us isn't for that kinda music. So the first gig we went to see was Anthrax's gig which began little over 1 p.m..You can't describe the gig. It was so good. The dudes knew what they were doing. (And Belladonna was so good-looking!) One thing I must say: I've seen better mosh pits. But I'll never forget the gig.
Once again I didn't watch the gig of Finnish band Mokoma. It's one of those crapy Finnish thrash metal bands.
After Slayer's gig the thunder storm began. Behemoth's gig was begining at the time. It was a huge storm even though it lasted only 10 to 15 minutes. It was pouring, thundering, blowing and hailing and there was also a tornado. The t-shirt tent flied in the wind right above us and almost hit us. The tent flied over 50 meters to the toilets from the entering gates. It was pretty scary storm even to the finns who are used to that kind of storms. 40 people got hurt but only 4 got hurt badly and needed hospital treatment and all of them are just fine now. Sonisphere was in the eye of the storm.

The storm ruined Iggy And The Stoogies' and Mötley Crües stuffs so Crüe cancelled their show but Iggy playd 4 songs for us acoustic, 4 the biggest hits of his. It was pretty rough gig and I liked it. Iggy was even though joking about the accident like how all the electronics are exploding some day and every band have to play acoustic. The road crews were building Alice Cooper's show at the back of the stage while Iggy was on the stage. The time table was over 2h late from the orginal one.
Theatre Of Death was awsome. You really should not miss Cooper's show. It just takes your breath away. The show priced the long waiting and so did Iron Maiden's gig as well. They were my very first Cooper's and Maiden's gigs and I'm very pleased that I saw them both now atleast. Those guys really know what a good show means and what fans want to see on the stage. By the way Bruce Dickinson said that that gig was their best gig in Europe and in Finland ever. So it must have been more than good.

It was over the midnite when Maiden ended their gig and then we started to make our way to home. The clock was over 5 a.m. when we were back at the capital area. Long way to home. We all were tired after the long weekend but w were pleased as well after great gigs, great people and crapy jokes we told eachother.
I could take it again. Maybe next year when Crüe promised to have their gig.

Boys Are Back In Town

It's been over a month since I wrote here last time. So what has happened to me in that month? If I'm honest I'll say nothing has happened. Really. July and the end of June were so quiet that it almost scares me. My summers have ever been this quiet as this one is. Well there's been few highlights I admit them such as Mariam's first visit at my place, an adventure at Hietsu's market place and... I guess there they were.

There hasn't been any gigs or festivals for me which is kinda sad. I would have loved to go to Ruisrock but I didn't have the money. And ofcourse Ozzy Osbourne and Slash weren't playing on same day.

Enough crying now. Less than a week and then it's Finland's Sonisphere Festival at Kirjurinluoto, Pori. Yippee! I'm really looking forward seeing Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper and Anthrax. I've seen Mötley Crüe already so... But as they say the second time is already a tradition. I'm hoping that 69 Eyes will have better gig at Pori than Sauna Open Air. That gig was so awful and terrible and everything between that. Have the guys become old?

After Sonisphere it'll be only a week to Ankkarock which is in my home town Vantaa. Ankkarock will be the last highlight of my summer 'cause right after it the school starts again. And once again I'm gonna be very fresh in my first day at school. I'm waiting Sunday 15th day ;)
What would be a summer without COB's gig? Hahahahahahaha xD