I chaperoned my sister-in-law and her friend to the Ozfest in Milton Keynes.
1999, probably. Awful. Coal Chamber, Soul Fly - who are these bands, and why are they all so shit?
Spent most of the time on the outskirts of the arena, eating Pot Noodles, but went in to watch the Foo Fighters. Dreadful production, they'd obviously left the setup as for whichever dirge-metal band had preceded them, so giving a bass-heavy, muddy sound.
Ended up behind one of the stages when Therapy? were playing, who were awesome, which was some compensation. Then we left before Osbourne took the stage, as our charges weren't remotely interested in seeing some pensioner perform. Bollocks all round. Got mocked on the way home for not knowing who Ugly Kid Joe were.

Saw The Cure at Wembley, a few years later, where they only played material from their new album - boooooring.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 15:42, 2 replies)

Coal Chamber aren't great, I prefer Devildriver (the singers other project)
Soulfly vary between great and shite.

Seems a shame Foo Fighters were poor, they were excellent when I saw them a few years later. From the looks of it, they followed Pantera (who I'm still gutted I'll never get to see)

Ozzy is worth a watch live, as he's far more energetic than expected, and much better.

The Cure are fucking wank.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 15:49, closed)

interestingly, after not hearing it for well over a decade
i hate everything about you was on absolute 90s this afternoon.

brought back memories of 6th form. and toasties.
(magictorch, Thu 25 Jul 2013, 16:09, closed)