Rock on the Range is tomorrow!

• osudarby08

  

  Who else is going? Tcarrier32 and I will be going together, and it should be a fun weekend.
  
  
  As far as tomorrow, I am pretty excited to see Killswitch, Helmet, Rise Against, and Godsmack.
• tcarrier32

  

  i wouldnt be caught dead at rock on the range. pussies.
• KnightXC1

  

  First time in 2 years I am not going. Not enough bands that interest me although I would love to see a couple (Godsmack, Halestorm, and Coheed). Headliners are just weak this year and lineup is just not as good.
• cbus4life

  Mastadon is pretty much the only band i would want to see.
• tcarrier32

  

  mastodon would be worth the full price of admission if they were playing a full set. hopefully the 8 or 9 songs they play are rowdy.
• cbus4life

  Indeed.
  
  I'm sure their small set will still be amazing.
• End of Line

  

  Too expensive for me right now. I would love to go and see Limp Bizkit for once.
• tcarrier32

  

  crosby - if you happen to know anyone who goes to OSU who is not going to ROTR you can use their buck ID to get a second day ticket for thirty.
• j_crazy

  

  i'd like to think there'd be some dio tributes.
  
  that alone would be cool.
• Strapping Young Lad

  

  Fuck dude, if I'd have known Mastodon was gonna be playing in C-bus I'd have saved some money up for this.
  
  So you can get someone's BuckI.D. and get tix to Sunday for 30 bucks???? Can it be like 'will call' or something???
  
  Like can I just call someone from OSU and have them order the tix or do I have to have them actually go to the venue w/ their I.D.???
• End of Line

  

  tcarrier32 wrote: crosby - if you happen to know anyone who goes to OSU who is not going to ROTR you can use their buck ID to get a second day ticket for thirty.

  Damn. I might have to do that.
• namod65

  

  Isn't Rob Zombie headlining one of the days? That's really the only reason I would go this year.
• Fab4Runner

  

  I'll be there both days. Haven't been since the first year...can't wait.
• DESCENTdmc

  was gonna go to see a few bands but my hookup on free entry dropped off the face of the planet.
  
  Whkever wanted to see Killswitch Engage, pretty sure Phil from all that remains is doin vocals since Jones has disappeared
• osudarby08

  

  DESCENTdmc wrote: was gonna go to see a few bands but my hookup on free entry dropped off the face of the planet.
  
  Whkever wanted to see Killswitch Engage, pretty sure Phil from all that remains is doin vocals since Jones has disappeared

  Howard has been back for a little while now rumors were everything from alcoholism to sex addiction to him being but all that matters is that hes back lol
• tcarrier32

  

  Strapping Young Lad wrote: Fuck dude, if I'd have known Mastodon was gonna be playing in C-bus I'd have saved some money up for this.
  
  So you can get someone's BuckI.D. and get tix to Sunday for 30 bucks???? Can it be like 'will call' or something???
  
  Like can I just call someone from OSU and have them order the tix or do I have to have them actually go to the venue w/ their I.D.???

  you would have to give the person 30 dollars and go to the new union on high street and buy them at the front desk.
• DESCENTdmc

  osudarby08 wrote:

  DESCENTdmc wrote: was gonna go to see a few bands but my hookup on free entry dropped off the face of the planet.
  
  Whkever wanted to see Killswitch Engage, pretty sure Phil from all that remains is doin vocals since Jones has disappeared

  Howard has been back for a little while now rumors were everything from alcoholism to sex addiction to him being but all that matters is that hes back lol

  yeah he had some shit goin on, didn't know he was back. He had changed all his emails/phone numbers and wouldn't talk to anyone or bothered to let anyone know he'll be in town this weekend.
• IggyPride00

  

  Make sure to catch Slash tomorrow. Myles Kennedy from Alterbridge is fronting his band and they are awesome live. They will for surely play Paradise City, Sweet Child and Nightrain and a bunch of other GNR/VR/Slash hits. If you haven't heard of Myles before check him out, he has made vocal range and is a hell of a singer.
• Tinkertrain

  Just returned home after bailing a early today due to not feeling all that well because of the heat and my medication not mixing well apparently. As always ROTR was a good time. I loved Rise Against and Killswitch and was pleasently surprised by Drowning Pool, Airbourne, Skillet, Taproot and Five Finger Death Punch. Not always my taste in music but it was a solid time with some good friends.
  
  
  Although for the life of me I cannot figure out why they cannot get extra ATM's for the idiot's who cant bring enough money with them. The lines really clog up the flow around the stadium and punish those of us that are smart enough to bring enough cash with us.
• tcarrier32

  

  of the bands i saw Killswitch and Mastodon were by far the best.
  
  taddy porter was the biggest surprise for me, they were killer as well. overall a good ROTR 2010! Here's to next year!
• IggyPride00

  

  Here is the Dispatch's review of Rock on the Range from yesterday.
  
  http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/05/24/Concert-Review-Rock-on-the-Range.html?sid=101
  

  CONCERT REVIEW | ROCK ON THE RANGE
  Zombie, Slash give crowd enough thrills
  Monday, May 24, 2010 12:02 AM
  By Kevin Joy
  THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
  
  Rock on the Range, a blistering outdoor bacchanal where uncouthly phrased T-shirts and glow-in-the-dark devil-horn headbands are de rigueur - and baring one's breasts atop a companion's shoulders can easily win as much audience affection as a headlining band - is about more than skin and sin.
  
  The two-day festival, which concluded last night in Columbus Crew Stadium, was, in part, about reunions. The night closed with a performance by 1990s rap-metal revelers Limp Bizkit, who joined up again last year because of their "boredom" with and disgust for the state of the rock industry.
  
  Perhaps they should have stayed defunct.
  
  Judging by the opening songs, which featured 39-year-old frontman Fred Durst whining about how "drama makes the world go round" and dropping a tidal wave of angst-free f-bombs, the entertainment's expiration date was evident when the audience began to filter out early.
  
  To be fair, Durst did perform My Generation, whose chorus repeatedly states that he doesn't care much about what you think, anyway.
  
  More context, though, would have helped; Limp Bizkit began 20 minutes past its scheduled start time, and the full set couldn't be viewed to meet deadline.
  
  Yet Rock on the Range was also about not being too old to, well, simply rock - or, as Rob Zombie demonstrated, be moderately ridiculous.
  
  The devilish 45-year-old amped up the crowd with yowls, small talk and a sense of ghoulish fun.
  
  His stage show featured giant moving robots (prominently showcased during a performance of his 1995 hit More Human than Human), synchronized plumes of fire and snippets looped from B-list horror flicks - including his own, House of 1000 Corpses.
  
  In Zombie's case, at least, the music had beat and bite, including an extended guitar solo (yes, there was a tooth-plucked Star-Spangled Banner riff) by band member John 5 as well as electro-tinged songs that chugged and churned (Superbeast, Scum of the Earth) with Zombie's snarls to "bury me as a dog / icy hands surrounding me."
  
  Despite the heavy theatrics, it was about showing a softer side, too.
  
  South African alt-metal band Seether had tattooed limbs swaying with its beefed-up cover of 1985's Careless Whisper by Wham!, and it also showcased a radio-ready balance of heart and muscle that ranged from rowdy (Gasoline) to reflective (Fine Again, Broken).
  
  It was also about familiarity. Yesterday's best moments came in fits of nostalgia, thanks to Slash.
  
  The former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist, billed under a singular name but playing with a full band, didn't hesitate to dip into his catalog.
  
  When the curly-haired musician - who hasn't seemed to age, sunglasses, top hat and all - launched into Sweet Child o' Mine, a time and place would have been difficult to pinpoint (Myles Kennedy, a vocalist who fronted the ensemble, sounded remarkably like GNR's Axl Rose).
  
  While listening to Paradise City in a sweaty pit of tattooed, sunburned bodies that were cooled intermittently by not-so-clean water from hurled plastic bottles, the heat and hordes became less icky and instantly more tolerable.
  
  Too bad not all the day's flashbacks were as memorable.

• Fab4Runner

  

  Absolutely miserable at work right now...but it was worth it.
• Gblock

  i have to admit im not really a rock and roll fan but my brothers lawfirm had a suite that no one was using with free food and beer so i spent all day sat and sunday up there and it was a good time...i probly only recognized a few songs mostly some of the covers that the bands did but it was fun to people watch and rock out a little bit
• Tinkertrain

  I mean honestly who wasnt surprised that Limp Bizshit sucked? They sucked in the 90's and they surely suck today.
  
  The metal gods were truely playing some kind of cruel joke on us all by taking Dio and leaving us with the return of Fred Durst instead.
• Fab4Runner

  

  My group was always easy to find when we got separated.