Last night we went to the Mid-America Center to see the Foo Fighters, Serj Tankian, and Against Me, and there is only one thing that can be said about this show:
This lineup will rock your face right off. Seriously. My face? Gone. Rocked off. I believe Dave Grohl collects them and stores them in their tour bus for use later (rumor has it that he grinds them up and snorts them before each show).
The seats we won kicked some major ass… we were right in the perfect spot between both stages and we weren’t trampled by the unwashed masses below (then again, we were soaked with beer and saturated with marijuana smoke, so I guess it’s a give and take). The show started right at 7:00 PM with Against Me taking the stage… they put on a great show and it lasted about 30 minutes. Check it:
Once they were all done, the lights came up and the stage was set for a Mr. Serj Tankian, who is doing some solo work (you may know him as the lead singer from a little band called System of a Down). I will tell you this, Serj puts on a great show (it lasted close to an hour)… absolutely brilliant. It was hard to get good shots because of how animated he is (note him trashing the drums in the last pic), but I got a little something for my effort (I need a new “non-professional” camera, it seems):
Finally it was time for the big act… those fighters of foo… the Foo Fighters! The first hour or so of their act was performed on the “main stage” with Dave Grohl showing everyone that he’s still as awesome as we remember. The played a great variety of their old and new stuff, tons of solos (including a drum solo and a triangle solo), and there was just nothing to complain about at all. Pure awesome… here’s a little taste:
At around the mid-way point of the show, the band moved to the smaller “Second” stage, and performed some great acoustic versions of their songs. It was harder to get a good shot while they were there because my camera seemed upset at the lighting, but I got some:
In the end they went back to the main stage to finish off the night, then left….. or did they? After about 5 minutes Dave appeared on the big screen and asked if we wanted an encore… One song? Nah. Two songs? Nah… how about three songs? Sounds great! The band came back out and partied with us for another 15 minutes… it was spectacular:
We ended up getting home after midnight, but it was totally worth it. I can’t wait for our next big concert… I hope to have a better cam by then! 