OZZFEST and SYSTEM OF A DOWN

I doubt whether I would be attending so many rock shows ever in my life again as I am doing them right now. The latest one was OZZFEST - the legendary rock fest pioneered by the legenedary Ozzy. There were many bands performing this time - Disturbed, System of a Down,Hatebreed, Lacuna Coil...Well on reaching the venue we were simply stunned. First of all such a big turnaround was something we didnt expect. And secondly, the crowd was simply stunning. Women in bikinis, topless women only in body paint, men without shirts, women with tatoos everywhere, body pierced to the max! It was something you can only imagine. Alocohol was flowing like water and there was smoke all around. One due to the cigarretes and what not that people were busy smoking and secondly due to the bornfires that people were creating burning whatever they could get hold of - trash, cups, their T-shirts - yes their own T-shirts. People were so high that they were tearing of their clothes and burning them. It seems that heavy metal brings out the animal within us!!
Well, the last band to perform was System of a Down. I had heard them eariler but was not a fan of theirs. But that day they simply amazed me. I was in awe after their performance. What a great band they are. They have so much variety in their music and are so talented!! I have been hooked on to SOAD ever since the show. It has been around 15 days and I am still hooked on to them. After Pink Floyd this is perhaps the second band to make such an impact on me...Iam dying to see another live performance of SOAD and I hope I would be able to catch up with them somewhere sometime....