Slipknot has been on my top 10 list for a few years now and they finally decided to pay Vancouver a visit.  Great Show!

Opening for them was Killswitch Engage and Unearthed; an all ages show. 

The PNE forum (just a big ass room with a stage at one end) was a needed break from the typical Commodore Ballroom (a fairly large night club).  The line up in the "Beer Garden" sucked and was expensive.

I'm sure some of you saw Slipknot perform on Jay Leno a while back.  They stuck out like a sore thumb.  I think Jay was scared for his life.  A bunch of weird fucks in clown suits jumping around and banging on shit with bats. 

Amazing to see a group of 9 or 10 guys feed off of each other for energy, which in turns feeds into the crowd and enormous mosh pit.

About 1/2 way through the performance he got everyone to shut up and actually go down on one knee.  The entire crowd was down.  He instructed us what his que will be when we all can get up.  Amazing to see that the entire crowd actually listened.  Drunk kids, adults, stoners, cronics, goths, everyone in synch waiting in anticipation for the single word to jump and finally it came and we all screamed and jumped to our feet.  Fun.

I wonder if Steve Ballmer was trying to have this effect in is famous "Developer Developer developer" speech back in the day.  Ha.

One last thing.  This wasnt the first time they came to Vancouver.  They were here a few years ago, second stage at Ozzfest.  Thats one festival I just lost of memory of....I wonder why...  ;)

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