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"ROCKTOBER FEST" 2006
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10-15-06 in Grand Island,Nebraska
Featuring:
Halestorm,Shine down,Earshot,
Deaf Pedestrian,& Three
Fantastic!

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GRAND ISLAND,NEBRASKA BECAME NEBRASKA'S
"ROCK CAPITOL",IF ONLY FOR A NIGHT,
AS "ROCKTOBER FEST" 2006
MADE IT'S WAY TO THE HEARTLAND EVENT CENTER.

FIVE BANDS PLAYING THEIR HEARTS OUT
FOR A RATHER SMALL CROWD,
THAT SOUNDED LIKE A HUGE CROWD.
OVERALL EVERYBODY I TALKED TO
HAD A GREAT TIME REGARDLESS.

HALESTORM KICKED IT OFF.
THEY PLAYED AN UNBELIEVABLE SET,
TO THE SURPRISE OF MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING MYSELF.
I WENT INTO THEIR SET NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT.
I TALKED TO THE BAND BEFORE AND AFTER THE SET,
AND THEY WERE VERY EXCITED TO BE IN NEBRASKA.
THEY WERE SURPRISED AND PLEASED WITH HOW NICE EVERYONE WAS.
WELL WHEN YOU PLAY AS GOOD A THEY DID,
IT'S HARD TO BE MEAN TO SUCH A GOOD BAND.
LEAD SINGER LIZ, WHOSE VOICE WAS GIANORMOUS,
WAS A TINY GIRL.HERE'S THIS HUGE SOUND,ON C.D.,
YOU LOOK UP AND SEE THIS SKINNY GIRL,
IT WAS AMAZING,SHE HIT EVERY NOTE,
AND HER BAND NEVER MISSED A BEAT.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE NEXT BIG THING!!!
THEY TOURED MOST OF THE YEAR WITH HEADLINER SHINEDOWN,
WHICH WILL HELP THEM OUT TOO.

SECOND WAS THREE FANTASTIC,
A BAND FROM TEXAS.
THEY UNLIKE THE OTHER BANDS, HAVE A VERY UNIQUE SOUND.
THEY MIX ROCK WITH JAZZ, BLUES, PUNK, EMO,
AND SEVERAL OTHER NAMELESS GENRE'S
TO COME OUT WITH A FINISHED PRODUCT THAT WILL SURELY PLEASE.
OR WILL IT? SOME PEOPLE WERE BAD MOUTHING THREE FANTASTIC
BECAUSE OF THEIR DIFFERENCE IN SOUND.
THEY WILL SCREAM,PLAY PIANO,THEN GO INTO A HARD ROCK BEAT
IN THE SAME SONG.THEY HAD SMOOTH TRANSITIONS,AND FLAWLESS TIMING.I ENJOYED THEM VERY MUCH.
THEY ARE VERY NICE GUYS,AND THIS WAS THE BIGGEST SHOW,
THEY HAVE EVER PLAYED AT.I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY,WITH THE RIGHT AUDIENCE,THESE GUYS WILL BE BIG.
IN FACT THE OTHER BANDS SAID THE SAME THING.

THIRD WAS A ANOTHER BAND FROM TEXAS, DALLAS
THE BAND IS CALLED DEAF PEDESTRIANS, AND THEIR SET, I THOUGHT, WAS THE BEST ALL NIGHT. THE SOUND CLARITY, AND ENERGY WAS ROCKING THE HOUSE.
AFTERWARDS THE BANDS CAME OUT TO THE SOUVENIR COUNTER TO SIGN AND MEET ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SAY HI.
THE BAND MEMBERS THEMSELVES WERE REALLY NICE.
I ATE LUNCH WITH THEM,AND WE TALKED SPORTS,AND MUSIC BIZ STUFF FOR A WHILE.ALL FIVE GUYS HAVE THE SAME GOAL IN MIND, AND THEY SURE SHOW IT ON STAGE. BETWEEN VOCALIST CHUCK'S DANCING AROUND, AND HUMOR, AND GUITARIST JASON'S DONKEY KONG SHIRT,YOU KNOW THEY WERE HAVING AS MUCH FUN,OR MORE,THAN ANYONE THERE.AFTERWARDS THEY WERE VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT THEIR SET, AND THEY SHOULD BE. I WAS IN THE CROWD,AND PEOPLE WERE JUST HAVING A BLAST.

NEXT BAND WAS EARSHOT.
THEY DID A VERY GOOD SET.THEY GOT THE MOSH PITTERS GOING AND HAD FUN.THEY DID HOWEVER HAVE SOME SOUND PROBLEMS,WITH SQUEALING FROM THE SPEAKERS,AND SOME LEVEL PROBLEMS.
THAT HINDERS MY DECISION ON THEIR SET.
THE VOCALS WERE A LITTLE DISTORTED,WHICH I DON'T THINK WAS INTENIONAL AND SHOULDN'T BE.
THEIR VOCALIST- WILL HAS A GREAT VOICE.
THEY DID DO A VERY AWESOME DRUM SOLO,AND DRUM BASS DUET, THAT KICKED SOME TAIL. MOST PEOPLE IN THE CROWD,DIDN'T NOTICE THE SOUND PROBLEMS, AND HAD A GREAT VIBE FROM EARSHOT. I HAD FUN WITH THEIR SET.
I DIDN'T GET TO TALK TO THEM AS MUCH BACKSTAGE
AS I DID THE OTHER BANDS.

AND NOW YOUR HEADLINER SHINEDOWN.
I WILL START WITH THEIR VOCALIST BRENT,
HIS VOCAL RANGE IS AMAZING!
THEY DID ALL THEIR HITS FROM 45
FROM,THE SONG 'I DARE YOU',
TO THE VERY POPULAR LYNYRD SKYNYRD REMAKE
'SIMPLE MAN',WHICH IS ONLY BRENT AND HIS GUITARIST.
THAT WAS AMAZING!
SHINEDOWN ALSO HAD SOME SOUND PROBLEMS.THEY WERE WAY TOO LOUD,I AM ALL FOR LOUD MUSIC,BUT THEY WERE SO LOUD THAT THE VOCALS,AND GUITAR GOT DISTORED.THAT WAS TOO BAD,BECAUSE THEY WERE SMOOTH,AND HAD A VERY INTERACTIVE SHOW.
IN FACT,BRENT CAME DOWN IN THE CROWD,WALKED TO THE SOUTH SIDE,RAISED HIS ARMS IN THE AIR AND WAS TELLING PEOPLE TO STAND,THEN CAME TO WHERE I WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE,AND THEN HE DID THE SAME,HE WAS ABOUT SIX FEET FROM ME.
I HAD ALREADY MET THE BAND PREVIOUSLY,AND THEY WERE COOL.
THEY STAYED MOSTLY IN THEIR NICE BUS,SO I DIDN'T GET TO BOND WITH THEM.BUT THEIR SET WAS VERY VERY ENERGETIC,
AND IT WAS OBVIOUS WHY THEY WERE THE HEADLINERS.

ALL IN ALL I THINK MOST IF NOT ALL PEOPLE
I TALKED TO AFTERWARDS WERE PLEASED,
WITH THE VENUE, THE BANDS, AND THE ATMOSPHERE.
IF YOU DIDN'T GET TO GO, YOU MISSED OUT.
MY STORY CAN ONLY TELL SO MUCH,
THE REST YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO SEE.

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