Bamboozle 2023 Tour • Page 44

Passion of the Christ 2- exclusive test screening only at Bamboozle

 

this would be a good get for the fest tho so definitely not

 

Real talk: I've never heard Skillet. But I know I've seen their name next to Carnifex's on at least 12 different WimmerMetal butt rock fests over the last decade so... You might be legit onto something.

 

skillet are huge on buttrock radio

 

Oof, I knew a lot of dudes who were into this kind of shit when I was in high school

 

yeah man, you couldn't escape these dudes in like 2009. especially if you lived in the midwest or the south lol

 

As someone who grew up in a conservative Christian family in the Midwest and who started high school in 2009, I can confirm I and all my friends thought this was the shit.

For a while I had bragging rights that I caught their guitar pick at a show and kept it in my wallet.

thankfully I got better

 

I grew up outside of Roanoke, VA and I swear there was some combination of a 3 Doors Down / Staind / Seether / Skillet tour package there every fucking 6 months from 2005-2010

 

I grew up on the Central Coast of California. If you were a metal fan there, you were either into that post grunge-leaning stuff, 80’s metal, or TDWP/Asking Alexandria-era metalcore. There was no in between.

I was basically the in between because I liked Tool and Deftones lol

 

I grew up in Massachusetts in the late 90s/early 2000s. To say we had an odd array of bigger rock radio stations would be an understatement.

In the year 2000 one station was playing a mix of nu-metal and brit-pop, but like... Not just the bigger artists. But like, the B, C, and D teams as well. Another went full nu-metal and butt rock (because they were, in fact, the only station that really rocked). And the one that was the biggest was playing all of the core alternative rock acts, the biggest of the nu-metal... But also had like Jack Johnson, the Suicide Machines, and Insane Clown Posse all in heavy rotation for at least one week. While mixing in local/lesser-known bands intermittently (Cave In was a big one for them, at the time).

I really didn't know how good I had it at the time.

 

WBCN, WAAF and WFNX right? Which one was which?

 

it's 1:30 pm est and still not lineup

 

Yup! I know you've previously said WBCN was more "active rock" leaning, and they did have those tendencies but... WAAF was full-on active rock the full time.

WBCN was a whole lot of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, STP and the like along with the punk contingent (Green Day, Blink-182, the Offspring, Rancid) and the more oddball stuff (Weezer, Radiohead, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Eve 6). And they kinda dipped in and out of certain genres/artists as the years went on. Like, from 1999-2001 they did play a lot of nu-metal. But after 2002? They basically stopped playing all of that completely except for whatever new songs Korn or Deftones were releasing. '97-'99 was a lot of ska, pop-punk, industrial, and the like. They always gave lesser-known artists a shot.

WFNX was more like college radio after a certain point. Still did the Chili Peppers, Green Day, and Weezer or whatever but dropped the bulk of the legacy acts. They really peaked when like, the Postal Service started getting super popular.

 

Skillet’s comatose album is actually pretty solid, interesting use of strings that made their live show pretty fun (haven’t listened past 2008)

 

I think @mikeb1124 was on to something with the 4:20 PM announcement. I can totally see them doing that and thinking they're edgy

Also re: their video from today, it is SO cringey. I get they're trying to do the whole "laugh at ourselves so others can't laugh at us" thing but... no. Guy comes off as such a douche in every single post they make

 

You’re average butt rock fan hates tool and deftones too, it’s always a funny conversation.

“they’re boring”
“I hate the vocals”

 

I still can't get over the video they posted on TikTok in like, fall of last year, where John D was like: "Yeah, this band's from Philly. I think they suck. They're a terrible band. But whatever, they'll sell us a bunch of tickets. It'll get the punk and emo kids to come out."

Like, I have no illusions that the tastemakers behind a few of the festivals I appreciate will toss bands on the bill just because they'll draw. But at least have some fucking diplomacy about it... And maybe don't trash bands on your own festival?

Everything about it all has been painful to watch. And yet. We're all still here.

 

It’s coming at 2:45 (EST I presume)

 

High priced tickets, no high price headliners. I see you John!!

 

This is turning into a Lollapalooza 2004 type failure.

 

They will not have high priced headliners and he’s touting that as a positive? Despite charging more money than most other festivals with way bigger artists playing?

 

lmao "no high priced headliners" is plain english for "nobody we wanted said yes/chose other appearances"

just embarrassing. embarrassing on so many levels.

 

"bringing it back to how it started // with a scene" hes trying to tell his customers that it will be COOL to have less popular artists because it was simply cheaper for him lol

how was he being defended in here earlier????

 

Also being held in a city that is very very expensive for food and lodging.

 

folks gonna drop close to $1k before stepping foot into the festival grounds so they can watch Broadway Calls headline the Bamboozle