Tuesday night I had tickets to see one of my favorite bands, Drowning Pool. I had seen them twice before at Ozzfest two different years but that was with Dave Williams (RIP). I hadn’t seen them since. I didn’t really care much for their first album after Dave. It was mostly Jason Jones, vocals, that I just couldn’t get into. Nobody will ever be Dave but he just didn’t have what I wanted in Drowning Pool and came to expect. After finding out Ryan (former vocals for SOiL, another great band live) joined the band and hearing the new album I just had to see the new lineup live.
It was great to find out that they were going to play The Iron Horse Pub here in Wichita Falls, TX. The Iron Horse is not a very big place but after touring so long doing major cities, Drowning Pool is on a small-venue tour which I’m sure is amazing. The feeling you get at a small venue is great. I ended up directly in front of the stage and as time went on found myself to the right of the stage in front of the speakers. I normally go to shows in bigger venues like Kay Yeager and Superpages.com Center so it was a change to be right in front of the stage and the band and able to feel their energy.
I’ve seen so many bands live (check out the about me page) from 4 years of Ozzfest and other shows including Metallica, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Godsmack, Korn, Godsmack, Sevendust, Saliva, and plenty more and this is by far the best show I have ever been to. They had a great mix of old school Drowning Pool (Ryan pays plenty of respect to Dave) and new stuff off their latest album. Overall it was an amazing show and without a doubt a band I plan to see again very soon. Next week I’m going to Dallas to the Superpages.com Center for Mayhem Fest headlined by Disturbed and Slipknot, as I love getting lawn tickets, I think I will leave missing something that I found at the DP show. Being able to feel the energy from the band.
As per my last post I was still thinking about going to Ozzfest to see Sevendust and Drowning Pool, even though I had already seen Sevendust a few months ago. I was running sound/lights at The Railhead in Lawton this weekend and had a band from here in Wichita Falls play Friday called Down-Stares. They happened to mention that they were opening for Drowning Pool at The Iron Horse Pub here in the falls. Of course this prompted me to talk to the band after their set for the details and had to go Saturday and purchase my ticket. I have seen Drowning Pool before back in the Dave Williams days (RIP) but haven’t since. I’m really looking forward to the show on July 15 and then Mayhem Fest in Dallas the following week.
We also found out a week ago that the Backyardigans were coming to town to the KY on July 31. We took the kids to see Playhouse Disney Live in January and they loved it so we figured we would go ahead and take them to another show since it was here. Tickets are a little cheaper then the Disney ones so that is nice. Overall it will be a busy month.
On a quick side note; I have some great news that I will be posting about very soon (within the next week or two). If you follow me on twitter you may already know.
Last month I saw Sevendust and Saliva in concert and really wanted to go to a bigger show this summer. After Ozzfest was announced as being in Dallas, TX only and the line-up was posted I had that in my sights. I hadn’t been to Ozzfest for a few years after going 4 years straight. Granted I have seen most of the bands at Ozzfest a few I really wanted to see again including Drowning Pool (saw them back in the Dave Williams days, RIP). I ended up waiting a little too long to purchase OzzFest tickets as they only had some crappy seats available, with a notice during checkout that your view of the stage may be obstructed. I really didn’t want to pay $100 for a seat that I may or may not be able to view the stage. So, I looked at the Rockstar Mayhem Fest instead. I have seen Disturbed and Slipknot several times before but would love to see them again with new music. I also wouldn’t mind seeing Five Finger Death Punch, DragonForce and Walls of Jericho. Today I finally purchased my ticket for the July 25 Dallas, TX date. Anybody else going to either Ozzfest or the Mayhem Fest?
