Desert Rocked!
Riiight..
It's been a long time since I posted.. well who the hell cares anyway. .
So riight... the story starts off in Jan when Mohannad tells me "Sepultura" is coming to Dubai for a rock concert. For those of you who don;t know.. Sepultura is a famous "thrash/heavy metal" band.. My reaction was "what crap.." I mean a rock concert in dubai? This is like the most stupit thing I've heard.. (For god's sake even Limp Bizkit din't come to dubai!) and Sepultura coming to Dubai is absurd! They are huge.. very famous among metal fans..
Anyway 2 months on.. Mohannad tells me that their's gonna be an annual rock concert in Dubai which would showcase International Bands.. It's called "Desert Rock" .. and he informed me again that Sepultura are definately coming to perform.. the other band are Saxon(!!!!) , Machine Head, Within Temptation and THE DARKNESS (Headlining Band)! Again I told Mohnnad u are full of crap.. then the next thing I see there's an add in EPlus Magazing.. and they have finnally announced it..! These bands were actually coming... WOW!
Anyway Saif and I decide to go for it we were very thrilled.. our first rock concert!.. Ticket prices were 195 (all).. So I begged my Mom! I told her this would be the last time I'll go out before my exams.. and surprisingly enough she said "Ok"
So March 22nd we get our tickets.. Mohannad decided not to go cause he was having problems.. He pissed us off pretty bad with his decision.. (I'm still pissed at him)
25th Friday! That was ROCK DAY! I was so anxious for this concert that I just kept thinking abt it.. all the time.. Samnan tells me 2 days before the concert that Saxon won;t be coming.. I was very disappointed .. cause Saxon are a legendary band.. Anyway I told my self that atleast they still have Darkness and Sepultura..
The day finally came.. I woke up early to do some Maths... but still kept on thinking abt the concert.. Samnan picked Saif and Me after Juma Prayer.. we first had some McDonalds.. then off we went to Dubai Country Club.. We lost our way a bit.. but finally we reached there.. And oh god... the security..! It was like a military zone.. they were checking everyone pretty closely.. the three of us made our way towards the Stage.. It was huge!.. Anway at around 4:30 a local metal band "Nerve Cell" started playing.. uff.. they were so cool.. but nothing great.. everyone started head banging like crazy.. i got pushed everywhere.. and I fought back by pusing random people! There was utter chaos! Anway those huge Bouncers kept moving everywhere! They didn;t let anyone do anyting stupit.. After Nerve Cell , another local band "Julianna Down" started playing.. they SUCKED!
Alrite... so we three got together and met up with the rest of the gang (Imad, Haroon, T2.. and the others) The next band was Sepultura! OH GOD! THE CHAOS! The moment the announcer mentioned their name.. Everyone ran towards the stage (So did we) Anyway after half an hour.. of waiting the finally come out! OH GOD.. IT WAS ACTUALLY THEM! Uff.. the music.. Uff the madness! They were so damn good! They rocked everyone! So much of head banging went on.. I rmember getting pushed badly and then noticing this arab kid.. who smiled at me with his mouth bleeding..! Just at Maghrib they stop playing cause it was prayer time.. Surprisingly they didn;t swear on stage! Anyway they played till the end of daylight..! It was amaziing!
Then the had the Air Guitar competition.. which was cheesy.. and funny.. the guy who won(Johnny Van Halen) .. just managed to win because he was just jumping around all over the place.. rather than showing any skills...
Anyway so the next band was Within Temptation (w/ a girl singer.. she is hot).. they are gothic rock band..I HATE GOTHIC ROCK.! well they were the least cheered band anyway.. Man the music was bad.. ! The girl.. started dancing like a boothni.. (a ghost).. it was a funny sight..
AND OH GOD THE CHIIIICS! IT WAS HEAVEN! The girls were SO FREAKIN HOT.. IT WASNT EVEN FUNNY.. Angels from heaven..... I've never seen so many hot chics go crazy.. lots of "other" stuff was going on too... if u know what I mean
Anyway Within Temptation were so bad.. We three decided to go to the parking lot.. and just sit and relax (we were damn tired!).. Sam's car refused to start as the battery was completely dead.. Suddenly we hear the announce mention MACHINE HEAD.. after a while though we hear this ROARING THUNDER.. PEOPLE SCREAMING THEIR LUNGS OUT.. Saif and I ran towards the stage.. Machine Head started performing.. and wow.. ! they kicked ass! Everybody went crazy again.. they lifted the crowd like anything.. it was out of this world.. Their was one perofmance where the played a song "Creepin' Death" with Sepultura guitarist.. that was fun..
Alrite now the last performance THE DARKNESS! They were the prime reason I came for this concert!.. So we wait an wait.. it was at 11 30.. when they finally came out.. IT WAS BIG.. THE stage was lit up so well! Their was fire works and smoke! They started with Black Shuck.. man that guy hawkins is crazy.. uff the amount of jokes he cracked
"ITS SO GOOD TO BE IN THE DESERT"
Man that guy is SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! He was so funny..! I couldn;t stop laughing.. freakin clown! the best part was he said he was not allowed to swear.. so for the first time in history he announced that they are gonna play the first and only "clean" version of "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" before that he said he found a new word to use instead of "Motherf****r".. "MelonFarmer" then he said he needs help to learn it.. so he asked everyone to help him.. So he said Melon on the Mic.. he expected all of us to Say Farmer.. but everyone said "Fu***r"..he kept on saying "Melon" and everyone replied saying "Fu***r" (so did I) .. it was damn hilarious..
He was a bloody cartoon on stage.. the whole act was brilliant! He got this keyboard/guitar instrument on stage later saying "Do u get these in Dubai?".. and also "I call this agressive guitar playing".. "They call it a Keytar" "But I call it Geyboard" "So what do I call it..?" Everyone replied "Geyboard" he then said "Get BORED! Whoever said that should just get out of here right now" ... theyplayed lots of songs.. they according to me were the best! They rocked !!!
Alas.. every thing comes to an end.. and so did the concert
I got back home at 2 AM.. Had school in a few hours.. Couldn;t sleep... My voice was completely gone.. I thought all of that was a dream..
My first rock concert.. WOW..! IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOMENT IN MY LIFE!
It's been a long time since I posted.. well who the hell cares anyway. .
So riight... the story starts off in Jan when Mohannad tells me "Sepultura" is coming to Dubai for a rock concert. For those of you who don;t know.. Sepultura is a famous "thrash/heavy metal" band.. My reaction was "what crap.." I mean a rock concert in dubai? This is like the most stupit thing I've heard.. (For god's sake even Limp Bizkit din't come to dubai!) and Sepultura coming to Dubai is absurd! They are huge.. very famous among metal fans..
Anyway 2 months on.. Mohannad tells me that their's gonna be an annual rock concert in Dubai which would showcase International Bands.. It's called "Desert Rock" .. and he informed me again that Sepultura are definately coming to perform.. the other band are Saxon(!!!!) , Machine Head, Within Temptation and THE DARKNESS (Headlining Band)! Again I told Mohnnad u are full of crap.. then the next thing I see there's an add in EPlus Magazing.. and they have finnally announced it..! These bands were actually coming... WOW!
Anyway Saif and I decide to go for it we were very thrilled.. our first rock concert!.. Ticket prices were 195 (all).. So I begged my Mom! I told her this would be the last time I'll go out before my exams.. and surprisingly enough she said "Ok"
So March 22nd we get our tickets.. Mohannad decided not to go cause he was having problems.. He pissed us off pretty bad with his decision.. (I'm still pissed at him)
25th Friday! That was ROCK DAY! I was so anxious for this concert that I just kept thinking abt it.. all the time.. Samnan tells me 2 days before the concert that Saxon won;t be coming.. I was very disappointed .. cause Saxon are a legendary band.. Anyway I told my self that atleast they still have Darkness and Sepultura..
The day finally came.. I woke up early to do some Maths... but still kept on thinking abt the concert.. Samnan picked Saif and Me after Juma Prayer.. we first had some McDonalds.. then off we went to Dubai Country Club.. We lost our way a bit.. but finally we reached there.. And oh god... the security..! It was like a military zone.. they were checking everyone pretty closely.. the three of us made our way towards the Stage.. It was huge!.. Anway at around 4:30 a local metal band "Nerve Cell" started playing.. uff.. they were so cool.. but nothing great.. everyone started head banging like crazy.. i got pushed everywhere.. and I fought back by pusing random people! There was utter chaos! Anway those huge Bouncers kept moving everywhere! They didn;t let anyone do anyting stupit.. After Nerve Cell , another local band "Julianna Down" started playing.. they SUCKED!
Alrite... so we three got together and met up with the rest of the gang (Imad, Haroon, T2.. and the others) The next band was Sepultura! OH GOD! THE CHAOS! The moment the announcer mentioned their name.. Everyone ran towards the stage (So did we) Anyway after half an hour.. of waiting the finally come out! OH GOD.. IT WAS ACTUALLY THEM! Uff.. the music.. Uff the madness! They were so damn good! They rocked everyone! So much of head banging went on.. I rmember getting pushed badly and then noticing this arab kid.. who smiled at me with his mouth bleeding..! Just at Maghrib they stop playing cause it was prayer time.. Surprisingly they didn;t swear on stage! Anyway they played till the end of daylight..! It was amaziing!
Then the had the Air Guitar competition.. which was cheesy.. and funny.. the guy who won(Johnny Van Halen) .. just managed to win because he was just jumping around all over the place.. rather than showing any skills...
Anyway so the next band was Within Temptation (w/ a girl singer.. she is hot).. they are gothic rock band..I HATE GOTHIC ROCK.! well they were the least cheered band anyway.. Man the music was bad.. ! The girl.. started dancing like a boothni.. (a ghost).. it was a funny sight..
AND OH GOD THE CHIIIICS! IT WAS HEAVEN! The girls were SO FREAKIN HOT.. IT WASNT EVEN FUNNY.. Angels from heaven..... I've never seen so many hot chics go crazy.. lots of "other" stuff was going on too... if u know what I mean
Anyway Within Temptation were so bad.. We three decided to go to the parking lot.. and just sit and relax (we were damn tired!).. Sam's car refused to start as the battery was completely dead.. Suddenly we hear the announce mention MACHINE HEAD.. after a while though we hear this ROARING THUNDER.. PEOPLE SCREAMING THEIR LUNGS OUT.. Saif and I ran towards the stage.. Machine Head started performing.. and wow.. ! they kicked ass! Everybody went crazy again.. they lifted the crowd like anything.. it was out of this world.. Their was one perofmance where the played a song "Creepin' Death" with Sepultura guitarist.. that was fun..
Alrite now the last performance THE DARKNESS! They were the prime reason I came for this concert!.. So we wait an wait.. it was at 11 30.. when they finally came out.. IT WAS BIG.. THE stage was lit up so well! Their was fire works and smoke! They started with Black Shuck.. man that guy hawkins is crazy.. uff the amount of jokes he cracked
"ITS SO GOOD TO BE IN THE DESERT"
Man that guy is SO COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! He was so funny..! I couldn;t stop laughing.. freakin clown! the best part was he said he was not allowed to swear.. so for the first time in history he announced that they are gonna play the first and only "clean" version of "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" before that he said he found a new word to use instead of "Motherf****r".. "MelonFarmer" then he said he needs help to learn it.. so he asked everyone to help him.. So he said Melon on the Mic.. he expected all of us to Say Farmer.. but everyone said "Fu***r"..he kept on saying "Melon" and everyone replied saying "Fu***r" (so did I) .. it was damn hilarious..
He was a bloody cartoon on stage.. the whole act was brilliant! He got this keyboard/guitar instrument on stage later saying "Do u get these in Dubai?".. and also "I call this agressive guitar playing".. "They call it a Keytar" "But I call it Geyboard" "So what do I call it..?" Everyone replied "Geyboard" he then said "Get BORED! Whoever said that should just get out of here right now" ... theyplayed lots of songs.. they according to me were the best! They rocked !!!
Alas.. every thing comes to an end.. and so did the concert
I got back home at 2 AM.. Had school in a few hours.. Couldn;t sleep... My voice was completely gone.. I thought all of that was a dream..
My first rock concert.. WOW..! IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST MOMENT IN MY LIFE!
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