Ever want to go to a concert, but can't find anyone to go with?
07-12-18, 05:25 PM
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Re: Ever want to go to a concert, but can't find anyone to go with?
Fellow metal fan and I've only been to 5 concerts with someone else and only 3 were metal (Mayhem Tour 10 and Iron Maiden last year and Exodus/Municipal Waste last year). I've been to over 50 concert by myself just because no one I know listens to metal and certainly not extreme metal. I love going to concerts by myself. Generally someone will strike up a conversation about a patch on my vest or some other random thing to keep me entertained between sets. Only time I've ever really wished I had someone there is when I go to a concert several hours away and I have to drive alone home. That shit gets boring.
And oh man, a several hour road trip by yourself would suck. Luckily this will be less than a 90 minute drive for me.For the past 5 years or so, I've gone to 20 to 25 metal shows a year. At first, I was going alone, but I tend to do the Meet & Greep VIP, and get the same spot in the front, so I was starting to see the same people at most of the shows, and now a group of us talk on Facebook about shows coming up and who is going to what show.
My daughter graduated college a couple years back, and I've been bringing her to a few shows a year, usually the bigger ones like Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, along with some more mainstream metal bands like Asking Alexandria or Kamelot that I may not have gone on my own to.
But yeah, I'll still go to a few shows alone, I'm there to see the bands. But the social element does help in the excitement for announcements of tours.
My daughter graduated college a couple years back, and I've been bringing her to a few shows a year, usually the bigger ones like Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, along with some more mainstream metal bands like Asking Alexandria or Kamelot that I may not have gone on my own to.
But yeah, I'll still go to a few shows alone, I'm there to see the bands. But the social element does help in the excitement for announcements of tours.
07-12-18, 06:56 PM
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I don't do road trips for shows like that. I think I'm actually seeing Alice Cooper at the Greek Theater on the 19th, so I'm booked either way.
07-13-18, 09:33 AM
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I'm going to Maryland Deathfest by myself next year (got in on early bird tickets). That should be interesting. I assume my wife and kids might come up for the weekend to at least hang out and see Baltimore although they might go to a friends in Florida for a visit.
07-13-18, 12:27 PM
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I drove 3 hours to see the Misfits a couple years back (yes, the non-Danzig "Misfits"). That might have been a mistake, I got back at like 4 in the morning on a work night. The next day was exhausting. (And I found out they were playing locally two weeks later on a Friday! But I got sick that day and couldn't go anyway.)
Other than that, I drove 3 hours to go to GWARBQ twice. Once up Friday night and back Saturday night, and once just up and back for the day. Well worth it. Two years ago, I think, they added a clause, the parking lot wouldn't be open for cars with only the driver. Not sure if they were trying to manage parking and crowds or just "going green" but that would have prevented me from going (if I had planned to, I didn't like that year's lineup.)
Other than that, I drove 3 hours to go to GWARBQ twice. Once up Friday night and back Saturday night, and once just up and back for the day. Well worth it. Two years ago, I think, they added a clause, the parking lot wouldn't be open for cars with only the driver. Not sure if they were trying to manage parking and crowds or just "going green" but that would have prevented me from going (if I had planned to, I didn't like that year's lineup.)
07-13-18, 02:22 PM
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