I am so excited that I have just wet myself silly and my spelling may be awful, so I apologise in advance as my hands are shaking. The reason is that not only my footbal (soccer) team is winning and top of their league table, BUT I have just bought a music CD of one of my favourite extreme metal bans AND I am going to a concert to hear one of another favourite extreme metal bands in Wolverhampton. All I can say to all of that good new is.......WHOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO.

Congratulations Met. Sounds like you need a few to further enjoy youself.

Out of curiousity which metal bands?

Originally posted by clouddancer Congratulations Met. Sounds like you need a few to further enjoy youself.

I'm ahead of you there CD, though I won't drink a lot as I would have to get up for work the next morning at 5 am.

Originally posted by shamrokchick Out of curiousity which metal bands?

The CD is called Versus by The Haunted and I will (finally) will see Nile at Wolvehampton's Civic.

Sounds like you're going to have a great time, Met! I am so happy for you!

I have been only to one concert, though I was silly enough to leave early and heard only 2 bands instead of the 3 that were there. I am not going to make that mistake ever again, I can assure you, though I may be deaf the next day, which is good news as I won't be able to hear customers ask me if I work at Homebase.

Congrats, Met! Have fun!

I'm glad for you, Met! I'm more into trance techno than metal, but I can well understand the excitement of getting a new CD or, better yet, seeing someone live, with the big sound system and the energy of the crowd all around you... I hope you have a great time, but having to get up at 5 AM isn't much fun. I once drove two and a half hours to see Paul Van Dyk, stayed until 2 AM, and then drove back, got exactly one hour of sleep and then went to work -not a fun day at work! I was a zombie.

I am thinking of the best way to handle tomorrow. As I am working until 12.30, I am thinking of either leaving my rucksack my uniform in, so I don't need to worry about that, or go home, leave my stuff at home and then go back to Wolverhampton.

Congrats Met! Sounds like it'll be great! Oh, for the days that I would go to the clubs, hang out 'til 2am, drive an hour back home, stop off at a diner on the way because we were starving, get about an hour sleep, then get up and be at work by 8am... Nowadays, I don't even know what the other side of midnight looks like, let alone leaving a club at 2am! Anyway, I would definitely pack the uniform in the rucksack and take it with you. At least this way you can go to work, sleep for an hour or 2 in the stockroom, then go out onto the floor for the day. No matter what you decide, I hope you have a great time, Met!

Actually we have in our DIY store a small shop that sells beds call Sharps and they have 2 displays, so if I could have the keys to the store, I could simoly sleep there and have chocolate, a packet of crisp and coffee for breakfast. But in reality, I finiish work at 12.30 and the concert probably won't start until 7.30 or something like that, which means I will have to drink 5 or 6 hours which I could do really, really, really slowly.

Have fun Met... I went to my first concert this summer and it was awesome... good luck drinking slowly ;P

That's going to be the biggist problem. I can only dirnk 1 pint per half an hour. So I may go home, dump my stuff there, go back to Wolverhampton and then start drinking and that will mean I won't be drinking a lot.

Hope you have a great time at the concert Met. + =

Met it sounds like its all happening in your camp!! I hope your soccer team keeps up its winning streak!

Wonders in thread and ignores all the chatter until he feels a hand on his arm. Turns aorund and see's one of the swans talking but he can't hear and shouts, "WHAT? CAN'T HEAR YER."

Erm......Sorry about the photos, not brilliant I know but best I can do.

Looks like you had a good view, Met!!!

I did at the beginning, centre of the first few rows, until somebody decided to throw some unknown liquid of us, so I moved to the side. Couldn't see the guitarist handling the guitar in the second from the bottom pic. Of course, I have been told that they have to turn the music down a bit as people were going to deaf. All I can say to that is "PARDON." and "That's the idea."

Nice pictures... looks like you had a great time, aside from the mystery liquid getting on you.

My brother warned me but I didn't really listened as I wanted to take more photos and even try to video it a bit on my phone before the phone getting wet but.....well, it didn't quite go to plan, but luckily that was at the beginning of Nile's section and the only time I got wet with unknown liquid.

Originally posted by Metaliant Of course, I have been told that they have to turn the music down a bit as people were going to deaf. All I can say to that is "PARDON." and "That's the idea."

I know what you mean -I've been to techno shows where I can literally feel the sound hitting me, and afterwards my friends say their ears are ringing. Me, I shove in those little foam ear plugs, as my hair hides them and no one can tell I'm being a wuss. Cool pictures, Met!

Couple of years ago, I was reading Kerrang, a rock mag, and one blokes says that he uses cotton wool, which not only helps in not making you deaf but also makes the sound clearer. Apparently, deaf people need the music extrememly loud, so they can feel the vibrations. The Beach Boys song Good Vibrations springs to mind.