The Mohegan Sun gathering!!!

 

ALL RIGHT!!!!!!! SIT BACK AND READ THIS MUTHA FUCKA'S!!!!!!!!:

THE ORIGIONAL PLAN CALLED FOR ME TO LEAVE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH JAWBREAKER. THE CARZY FUCKER IS A VAMPIRE!!!!
HATES TO BE OUT DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS.......HE TOLD ME HE WAS PROB LEAVING AT AROUND 3AM.......AT FIRST I WAS LIKE , "OK BRO!!!!! I'LL MEET YOU IN MANHATTAN AND I'M GONNA' HOP IN WITH YOU!!!!"

AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, I DECIDED I WASN'T GOING TO WANT TO HOP ON THE LIRR AT 2-2:30AM AND MEET HIS BIG CRAZY ASS AT 3AM AND THEN DRIVE 3 HOURS TO CONNECTICUT!!!!

I TOLD HIM TO GO WITHOUT ME, AND I ARRANGED TO CALL HIM SUNDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL WHERE HE HAD A ROOM AND I'D CRASH THERE FOR A BIT AND SHOWER UP AND GET READY TO MEET YOU FUCKERS AT THE DUBLINER!!!!!

I HAD SOME FRIENDS WHO LEFT VIA BUS ON SATURDAY MORNING TO THE MOHEGAN AND THEY SAID THAT THE BUS RIDE WAS 4 HOURS OF HELL AND THAT IF THEY WERE TO TAKE THE BUS BACK HOME, IT WASN'T LEAVING 'TILL MONDAY NIGHT AT 7:30!!!!

I DECIDED THAT I WOULD JUST DRIVE UP MYSELF IN MY CAR THIS WAY I COULD DRIVE THEM HOME AND SAVE THEM THE TORTURE OF THE BUS RIDE AGAIN...........(THANX TO ALL YOU FUCKERS WHO OFFERED ME A RIDE BEFORE I DECIDED TO JUST DRIVE MYSELF!!)

SO EVERYTHING SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT GOOD....DRIVE UP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, HOOK UP WITH EITHER JAWBREAKER OR MY BUDDY, (BOTH OF WHO WERE ALREADY GOING TO BE UP THERE) FOR A PLACE TO REST AND GET READY FOR THE DUBLINER.

SO I LEFT SUNDAY MORNING AT 9AM........DIDN'T HIT A SINGLE DROP OF TRAFFIC AND MADE IT TO THE MOHEGAN IN JUST OVER 2 HOURS!!!!!!

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO REACH FOR THE CELL PHONE TO CALL JAWBREAKER TO LET HIM KNOW THAT I HAD ARRIVED AND TO LET ME KNOW WHAT ROOM # HE WAS IN................JUST AS I WAS GOING TO DO THIS THE PHONE RINGS AND IT'S MY BOY THOMAS.....HE CALLED TO TELL ME THAT JAWBREAKER WAS JUST GETTING HIS SHIT TOGHETHER TO LEAVE NOW!!!!! HE DIDN'T LEAVE THE NIGHT BEFORE BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHECK INTO HIS ROOM UNTIL 3PM SUNDAY NAFTERNOON.

OK....NO BIG DEAL....I STILL HAD THE BUS PEOPLE TO CALL AND HOOK UP WITH AT THEIR HOTEL......ONLY PROB WAS THAT THEY WEREN'T ANSWERING THEIR CELL PHONES AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HOTEL THEY WERE AT!!!!!!

SO, I WAS STRANDED FOR A BIT. WAS ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET THIS WEEKEND SO I WAS REALLY TRYING TO AVOID SPENDING CASH FOOLISHLY JUST TO KEEP MYSELF BUSY ....... SO I JUST DROVE AROUND IN CIRCLES FOR CLOSE TO AN HOUR BEFORE THEY FINALLY WOKE UP AND GOT MY VOICEMAILS.........GOT THE DIRECTIONS TO WHERE THEY WERE AND HEADED TO THEM.

WHEN I ARRIVED THEY TOOK MY CAR AND DID A LITTLE SITE SEEING WHILE I HAD THE ROOM TO MYSELF TO SLEEP A BIT AND GET READY........THEY RETURNED ABOUT 3:00 JUST AS I WAS OUT OF THE SHOWER.

THE CALLS STARTED COMING IN ALL AT THE SAME TIME......HAD ALREADY SPOKEN TO SHAGR SO I KNEW HIS STATUS.....BUT THE MAN IN BLACK CALLED AND SAID HE ARRIVED AND WAS ON SCHEDULE FOR THE 4:00 ARRIVAL AT THE BAR.......METALGOD4EVA & FAMILY WERE ALREADY HERE......JAWBREAKER CALLED, HE FINALLY ARRIVED AND WAS CHECKED IN AT THE HOTEL........EVERYONE WAS ON SCHEDULE!!!!!!! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!

CALLED A CAB TO THE MOHEGAN WHICH TOOK FOREVER TO ARRIVE, BUT WE FINALLY MAD IT TO THE MOHEGAN......GOT COMPLETELY FUCKING LOST TRYING TO FIND THE DUBLINER......THIS PLACE IS FUCKING HUGE!!!!!! AND THE FUCKING BIG ASS MAP THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO SUPPOSEDLY HELP YOU FIND EVERYTHING IN THE CASINO WAS AS USEFUL AS A USED TAMPON.

WE JUST WALKED AROUND COMPLETELY LOST FOR A WHILE.
IT WAS KINDA FUN THOUGH.......I COULD JUST FEEL THE STARES AND HEAR THE WHISPERS!!!!! THE PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT A DOUBT WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK WAS GOING ON THERE FOR THE DAY!!!!

FINALLY WE FOUND IT!!!!! THE DUBLINER!!!!!
VERY COOL PLACE.....GREAT CALL BY SHAGR PICKING THIS BAR!!!!!

SO....WE WERE ALL THERE!!!! ME, JAWBREAKER, SHAGR, MTLGOD4EVA, THE MAN IN BLACK, THRASHER, SCRAMBLE, WRATH OF GOD, FUGITIVE, MBHOCKEY, MARCBAL.....IF I FORGOT ANYONE, I APOLOGIZE.......I'M SURE THAT THERE WERE OTHERS, BUT I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER RIGHT NOW.

WE KILLED MANY BEERS AND SHOTS UNTIL AROUND 8:00......JUDAS PRIEST WAS SCHEDULED TO GO ON AT 8:30......ENTERING THE ARENA WAS SIMPLE AS FAR AS SECURITY GOES.......SECURITY JUST SIMPLY ASKED, "ARE YOU CARRYING ANY WEAPONS"?
I SAID "NO"......
"OK...ENJOY THE SHOW"
(WALKED RIGHT IN CARRYING 2 DISPOSABLE CAMERAS!!!!)

MY SEAT WAS RIGHT ON THE AISE IN SECTION 2 WHICH WAS THE CENTER STAGE SECTION......AROUND 9TH OR 10TH ROW.....I'M SURE I GOT SOME KILLER PHOTOS!!!!!!! CAN'T WAIT TO GET THEM BACK!!!!
(JUST A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THIS ARENA.....IT'S LAID OUT PERFECTLY FOR A CONCERT.....THERE'S NOT A SINGLE BAD SEAT IN THE PLACE.......BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR A SHOW!!!)

PRIEST HIT THE STAGE RIGHT ON SCHEDULE AND COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE PLACE!!!!!! FROM START TO FINISH HALFORD ROAMED AROUND THE STAGE AND WORKED THE CROWD INTO A FRENZY WITH HIS VOCALS, HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND THE WAY HE MOVED!!!!!! WITHOUT A DOUBT THE GREATEST FRONTMAN IN THE HISTORY OF HEAVYMETAL!!!!! NO ONE IS A CLOSE SECOND IN MY OPINION!!!!

THE SET WAS AMAZING.....UNITED WAS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION ALONE.....THE ACOUSTIC OF DIAMONDS AND RUST LEFT EVERYONE SPEECHLESS AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TURBO LOVER GOT THE CROWD GOING!!!!!

ONCE AGAIN THOUGH, HALFORD WAS AT HIS BEST DURING PAINKILLER.....THE MAN JUST FUCKING OWNS THIS SONG!!!!!
"THISSSS.....IZZZZ....THE....PAINKILLER.......WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
"PAIN"!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING INTENSE!!!!!!

AFTER EACH SONG YOU REALLY ENJOYED THE PRESENCE OF HALFORD BEING BACK WITH PRIEST......THE OZZFEST SHOWS WERE GREAT BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIME RESTRICTIONS ROB WASN'T ABLE TO WORK THE CROWD IN-BETWEEN SONGS LIKE HE USUALLY DOES.

THESE HEADLING SHOWS REALLY ALLOWED HIM TO GET BACK TO FORM.....AFTER EVERY SONG HE WORKED THE CROWD INTO A FRENZY BY EITHER TALKING A BIT, POUNDING HIS FISTS IN THE AIR OR BY SIMPLY JUST STANDING THERE WITH THE MOST INTENSE METAL STARE I'VE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!

SEVERAL TIMES HE SAID "I LOVE YOU" OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO THE CROWD....THE MAN IS A FUCKING GOD.....ANYONE WHO SAYS DIFFERENT IS A DICKHEAD.

NOW IS WHEN IT GET'S GOOD!!!!!
(KEEP IN MIND THAT NONE OF WHAT I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU WAS PLANNED....THIS WAS JUST PURE FUCKING LUCK!!!!)

SHOW ENDS, LIGHTS GO ON AND THE CROWD STARTS TO PILE OUT.....I SIT IN MY SEAT FOR A FEW THEN I NOTICED JAWBREAKER AND HIS GIRL STANDING UP IN THE SECTION TO MY RIGHT......WAS ABLE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH HIM SO I WALKED UP TO WHERE THEY WERE STANDING. WE ALL AGREED TO MEET BACK AT THE DUBLINER AFTER THE SHOW SO I SAID TO THEM, "READY? LET'S GET BACK TO THE BAR AND GET FUCKED UP!!!!!"
JAWBREAKER LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS, "THE SECURITY IS PRETTY LAME HERE....LET'S HAVE SOME FUN....WANNA' CRASH THE AFTERSHOW PARTY?"
I
SAID, "HOW THE FUCK WE GONNA' DO THAT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PASSES?"

"JUST FOLLOW ME" HE SAYS!!!!!

WE WALKED RIGHT BACK ONTO THE FLOOR AND RIGHT UP TO THE SIDE OF THE STAGE...THERE WERE 2 SECURITY GUYS THERE BUT JAWBREAKER COMPLETELY IGNORES THEM AND WALKS RIGHT PAST THEM TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE STAGE.....FINALLY WE GET STOPPED AND HE TELLS THE SECURITY GUY TO RELAX, WE'RE GOING TO THE AFTERSHOW PARTY AND THAT WE'RE WITH KEN DOWNING.

THE GUY SAYS THAT THE AFTERPARTY ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THIS AREA AND GIVES US DIRECTIONS EXACTLY WHERE TO GO!!!!
(KEEP IN MIND WE HAVE NO PASSES AT ALL DURING THIS)

SO WE GET TO THE AREA AND RIGHT TO THE DOORS THAT ARE LEADING TO THE AFTERSHOW MEET & GREET.....DOORS ARE CLOSED AT THIS POINT WITH SECURITY STANDING IN FRONT AND THERE'S ABOUT 10-12 PEOPLE WAITING ALL WEARING JP AFTER SHOW PASSES. (AT THIS POINT I HAD MY DOUBTS ABOUT US GETTING ANY FURTHER WITHOUT A PASS)

I HAD TO PISS SO I HIT THE MENS ROOM......JUST AS I'M LEAVING THE MENS ROOM AND START HEADING BACK OUT INTO THE HALLWAY I WALKED RIGHT INTO THIS GUY AND ALMOST KNOCKED HIM OVER......I DIDN'T EVEN STOP OR LOOK AT THE GUY. I JUST KEPT WALKING AND SAID "SORRY 'BOUT THAT BRO"..........

THE GUY GOES "HEY WHAT'S UP MAN????

I STOP AND LOOK....IT'S FUCKING METAL MIKE!!!!!!

I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE QUORUM GATHERING UPSTAIRS AT THE DUBLINER AND HE SAID HE'D TRY TO POP IN.......

HIM AND JAWBREAKER BEGAN TO TALK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DOORS OPENED AND EVERYONE BEGAN TO WALK IN FOR THE MEET & GREET.......
METAL MIKE WALKED RIGHT IN AND THEN STOPPED AND YELLS TO US: "YOU GUY'S GOT PASSES???"

JAWBREAKER ANSWERED "NA MAN"......

THERE WAS A GUY AT THE DOOR WITH A LIST AND METAL MIKE SAID SOMETHING TO THE GUY AND THE DUDE HANDED US EACH A FUCKING PASS!!!!!

WE WERE IN!!!!!!!!

FUCKING GOT TO MEET, TALK, AND TAKE PIC'S WITH GLENN, K.K., IAN AND SCOTT!!!!!
(ROB NEVER SHOWED)

IT WAS FUCKING AWSOME!!!!! IAN WAS FUCKING COOL AS ALL HELL!!!!! HE HUNG OUT THE LONGEST.....GLENN TOOK OFF PRETTY QUICKLY...KK HUNG AROUND QUITE A WHILE ALSO AS DID SCOTT.
THEY WERE ALL GREAT GUYS AND I HAD A FUCKING BLAST TALKING WITH THEM.....I'LL BE SURE TO POST THE PIC'S AS SOON AS JAWBREAKER DEVELOPS THEM.

AFTER THAT I WAS JUST FUCKING NUMB AND WENT RIGHT BACK TO THE BAR AND TO TELL EVERYONE AND JUST SLAM TONS OF BOOZE!!!!!

HAD A FUCKING BLAST MEETING EVERYONE FROM THE QUORUM.....THE SHOW WAS AMAZING.....AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO END THE NIGHT THAN WITH A NICE CHAT AND PHOTO SHOOT WITH THE FUCKING METAL GODS!!!!!