by Cwej » 10th Aug 08, 18:18
was bit weird this year , the rain meant a lot of the drag strip events were cancelled , fireworks and the red arrows display were pulled too , on top of the grief with getting the licence this year the mood was a little weird . the ever-moving stage was now swpped round with where the fairgrounds been in previous years and was a fair trek through the somme to get to . the market was similary swamped , and a lot of traders and punters had given in by earlyu saturday when they saw the weather wasn't getting any better .
the wrestling was a little better this year ..
the bands were all geared towards having a great party atmosphere and did their part to raise spirits admirably . one dampener was the addistion of a second barrier meaning the crowd were further away from the bands than ever this year , probably contributing to the weirdness of it . the previous 15ft or so BEFORE the first barrier is where you get press / VIPS / etc , so those are the only ppl you can really pick out from the stage .. Ginger described it like one hte gigs in Japan where you can feel people are into it but the responses aren't so visible .. it definitely was jumping in the 'front' row and audience where i was but theres no way they could really see that from the stage .
there were a few guitar and monitor issues and thats why ginger had to do a bit or rambling to cover while cj's guitars were fixed . after another speil about t-shirts one of the angels took umbrage at ginger banging on ( mainly about how much he loved being here and the audiece , so i can't see what the guys problem was ') although from gingers subsequent comments i think he did mistake 'weirdest' experience for 'worst' so he can't have liostened to anything else ginger was saying ..
Ginger did compare it to when they playyed in 2001 and went down a storm but were followed by Feeder who recieved a more muted response ..
It def wasn't down to the band , and it didn't feel it in the crowd . I guess it was just the effect of the gulf dividing band and crowd . they really need a bigger tent .
for merch hunters , there was a new design availablle in black and white of a skull with guitars behind it .. a little nondescript , bit like the ones from a few years back , but it was also available in a white and yellow on red tshirt which was a little more exciting .
the incident with the guy coming up and grabbing ginger round the neck before ben from orange goblin and the crew intervened was just before suckerpunch . as introduction , ginger said ' i'm not saying a word ! '
set was :
vanilla radio
ocd
caffine bomb
tv tan
sick of drugs ( dedicated to tim smith gettign well soon )
this revoloution will be televised
unsung ( had to restart cos no guitars )
carmelita
my baby is a headfuck
rooting for the bad guy
suckerpunch
29 x the pain
i wanna go where the people go
don't gimme your manson lamps
