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I’ve outdone myself again! Not only was Wednesday night’s concert the best I’ve ever attended; it was also the best day of my life so far. My roommate Nicole and I went to Gigantour at The Rave, and she wanted to see Job for a Cowboy while I was dying to see Children of Bodom and also kind of wanted to see In Flames and Megadeth.
For those of you who don’t want to read all the minute details I need to document to preserve this wonderful memory, here’s the basic rundown of what happened:
- I met an awesome guy from Lake Geneva named Robbie who is potential boyfriend material, which is saying a lot because I’m kind of picky.
- Roope Latvala from C.O.B. and Stone walked behind me in the ballroom to get backstage, and Robbie chased after him and met him.
- The pit was really intense, but I stuck it out until after Bodom played. Robbie and I arranged to meet outside the doors after the show was over.
- We left after Children of Bodom played and stalked the buses in hopes of meeting some of the bands when they came out.
- Matt from High on Fire invited us on Job for a Cowboy’s bus, where we partied with him and all of JFAC for six hours. I only had a Jaegerbomb, but I was totally giddy and zoned out for half an hour before I could focus my eyes again. JFAC’s drummer was so nice and waited on me, mixing a drink and bringing me water while I sat on their couch. Nicole got totally wasted and reached groupie status with a certain member of JFAC.
- I met a guy from In Flames’ crew and another from C.O.B.’s crew because they are Germans and wanted to speak German with me.
- While I was talking to the Germans, Roope was behind me signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. I went on the bus to get my camera, and tried to chase Roope down, but he left and went back onto Bodom’s bus. There I met up with Robbie again.
- At midnight, JFAC’s manager got Janne Warman, the keyboardist from C.O.B. and Warmen, to come and hang out with me for an hour and a half. Nicole made me sit by him, and I was pretty much freaking out the entire time, but luckily I didn’t go into obsessive fan mode on him.
- Before they all had to leave for Omaha, Henkka and Jaska from C.O.B. came on the bus, and I got to meet them.
- Once we all got kicked off the bus, I finally met Roope in the parking lot.
There’s only one picture because I didn’t want to annoy any of the guys, so here’s Janne and I.
I’m not bummed out anymore that I didn’t buy a $275 meet and greet pass because I got so much more than that for free. I wish I would have been able to meet Alexi, but people from the other bands said that he doesn’t care too much about meeting his fans, which is really disappointing because he’s a huge musical inspiration for me.
( All the details + 24 photos )
For those of you who don’t want to read all the minute details I need to document to preserve this wonderful memory, here’s the basic rundown of what happened:
- I met an awesome guy from Lake Geneva named Robbie who is potential boyfriend material, which is saying a lot because I’m kind of picky.
- Roope Latvala from C.O.B. and Stone walked behind me in the ballroom to get backstage, and Robbie chased after him and met him.
- The pit was really intense, but I stuck it out until after Bodom played. Robbie and I arranged to meet outside the doors after the show was over.
- We left after Children of Bodom played and stalked the buses in hopes of meeting some of the bands when they came out.
- Matt from High on Fire invited us on Job for a Cowboy’s bus, where we partied with him and all of JFAC for six hours. I only had a Jaegerbomb, but I was totally giddy and zoned out for half an hour before I could focus my eyes again. JFAC’s drummer was so nice and waited on me, mixing a drink and bringing me water while I sat on their couch. Nicole got totally wasted and reached groupie status with a certain member of JFAC.
- I met a guy from In Flames’ crew and another from C.O.B.’s crew because they are Germans and wanted to speak German with me.
- While I was talking to the Germans, Roope was behind me signing autographs and taking pictures with fans. I went on the bus to get my camera, and tried to chase Roope down, but he left and went back onto Bodom’s bus. There I met up with Robbie again.
- At midnight, JFAC’s manager got Janne Warman, the keyboardist from C.O.B. and Warmen, to come and hang out with me for an hour and a half. Nicole made me sit by him, and I was pretty much freaking out the entire time, but luckily I didn’t go into obsessive fan mode on him.
- Before they all had to leave for Omaha, Henkka and Jaska from C.O.B. came on the bus, and I got to meet them.
- Once we all got kicked off the bus, I finally met Roope in the parking lot.
There’s only one picture because I didn’t want to annoy any of the guys, so here’s Janne and I.
I’m not bummed out anymore that I didn’t buy a $275 meet and greet pass because I got so much more than that for free. I wish I would have been able to meet Alexi, but people from the other bands said that he doesn’t care too much about meeting his fans, which is really disappointing because he’s a huge musical inspiration for me.
( All the details + 24 photos )
