July 4, 2000 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amp

by Joe - mysoulfly@yahoo.com

I recently saw Soulfly for the second time in Atlanta.... The first being at the Tabernacle in which I was fortunate enough to see Max kick some security guard in the head for roughing up a crowdsurfer... the second time was at Ozzfest 2000 at the crappiest place to have a concert in Atlanta otherwise known as Lakewood. The temperature was about 100 degrees, but as usual, Soulfly was full of energy from beginning to end of their 45 minute set. They played almost all of their first cd with the exceptions of "Soulfly" and "Predjudice"... maybe a few others were ommitted, too. They also played a new song, but I don't remember which one. They seemed to have a fatter, fuller sound than before, and Joe Nunez, their new drummer, was better than Ray Mayorga. The mosh pit was one of the most brutal I've seen, and the rest of the crowd was very involved. The only mishaps were some guy in the pit having to be carried out because he hurt his leg pretty bad, and the idiot sound people didn't turn the microphone on on the thing that Max uses at the beginning of "Tribe". After the show, Marcelo came out to sign autographs along with Joe. Max and Mikey were busy doing something or another in the tour bus. I didn't get Mikey's autograph, but Joe was probably the nicest person that I've ever met. He was the most sincere celebrity that I've ever met as well. I showed him my Soulfly tattoo, and he thought it was pretty cool. Overall, he and the rest of the band pretty much reminded me why I consider Soulfly the greatest band of all time.