So I did the WV1Fest over the weekend and it was bloody brilliant!
Basically, two days of some of my fave bands playing*!
*Tribute
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Beastie Boys etc. it was bliss and because it wasn't the real deal, each band seemed genuinely pleased with the responses from the crowds and you could get close to the stage - for Download, I felt like I was a kilometre away from the stage for the real Maiden.
Some bands just played the tunes (Radiohead, QotSA), others did a little bit to look like the bands (RHCP, Biffy, The Smiths, Faith No More, Audioslave, Greenday) and a few were full on looks and sound (Judas Priest, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix, Motley Crue).
A couple of bands weren't my thing (The Cure, Pink Floyd), but all the others I saw were brilliant.
Highlights for me were The Smashing Pumpkins, who rarely tour here and they always seem to play obscure stuff, but this was a particularly heavy setlist and Radiohead, whom I've never seen live and again would never play a "greatest hits" set and I was proper singing myself hoarse to them and would definitely see these two again on their own.
To be fair, The Prodigy and Beastie Boys were a proper party, the latter got the "Pumpkins" guitarist onstage to finish with "..Brooklyn", "Fight For Your Right" and "Sabotage". Would deffo check them out again.
However, I did a mini review of every band and how much they were like their inspiration.
"Jimi Hendrix" was spot-on even the upside-down guitar and curly lead but if "Kate Bush" hadn't referenced Kate in the 3rd person, I'd have thought it was her, she had the voice and mannerisms down.
Brilliant weekend and I'm hoping the wife will let me out to play again next year!
Basically, two days of some of my fave bands playing*!
*Tribute
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Beastie Boys etc. it was bliss and because it wasn't the real deal, each band seemed genuinely pleased with the responses from the crowds and you could get close to the stage - for Download, I felt like I was a kilometre away from the stage for the real Maiden.
Some bands just played the tunes (Radiohead, QotSA), others did a little bit to look like the bands (RHCP, Biffy, The Smiths, Faith No More, Audioslave, Greenday) and a few were full on looks and sound (Judas Priest, Kate Bush, Jimi Hendrix, Motley Crue).
A couple of bands weren't my thing (The Cure, Pink Floyd), but all the others I saw were brilliant.
Highlights for me were The Smashing Pumpkins, who rarely tour here and they always seem to play obscure stuff, but this was a particularly heavy setlist and Radiohead, whom I've never seen live and again would never play a "greatest hits" set and I was proper singing myself hoarse to them and would definitely see these two again on their own.
To be fair, The Prodigy and Beastie Boys were a proper party, the latter got the "Pumpkins" guitarist onstage to finish with "..Brooklyn", "Fight For Your Right" and "Sabotage". Would deffo check them out again.
However, I did a mini review of every band and how much they were like their inspiration.
"Jimi Hendrix" was spot-on even the upside-down guitar and curly lead but if "Kate Bush" hadn't referenced Kate in the 3rd person, I'd have thought it was her, she had the voice and mannerisms down.
Brilliant weekend and I'm hoping the wife will let me out to play again next year!
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