October 22, 2000 - Washington, DC - Nation

by CRIS - GEMINI00000069@AOL.COM

THE DAYS SLOWLY PASSED AS I WAITED TO BE REUNITED WITH THE SOULFLY TRIBE. RAPIDLY AS THE 22ND APPROACHED MY INTENSITY LEVEL INCREASED..."BRING DA MUTHAFUCKIN' SHIT ".

THE VENUE WAS A MIDSIZE CLUB LOCATED IN THE PROJECTS OF SOUTH EAST WASHINGTON, DC. THE TURN OUT WAS AROUNG 500 PEOPLE. A FARE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE JAMMED IN A SMALL ROOM WITH BLARING METAL . . .NSANE !!!

SLAVES ON DOPE OPENED THE SHOW WITH A KEEN SET. THE CROWD WAS APATHETIC AT 1ST BUT AS THE SET GROANED ON WE CAME TO LIFE. THAT WHEN THE MOSHING STARTED, MAD AND INTENSE ALL NIGHT LONG. AFTER THE SHOW 3 OF THE DUDE FROM SLAVES... WAS HANGING OUT AT THE T-SHIRT STAND. THERE WASN'T MANY PEOPLE THERE SO I GOT TO CHILL WITH THEM FOR A WHILE AND GOT SEVERAL AUTOGRAPHS. COOL DUDES- - - - -THANX!

NEXT WAS PRIMMER 55 WHO GOT THE HOUSE ROCKING. THE PIT GOT HOT AND THE CROWED UP FRONT SIC. THIS WAS ALSO THE 2ND TIME I'VE SEEN PRIMMER 55. THEIR SET WAS MAD ASS. I LEFT IT SWEAT COVERED AND READY FOR MORE MADNESS.

THIRD WAS DOWNSET. IT WAS THE 1ST TIME I SAW THEM AND I ONLY RECOGNIZED 1 SONG BUT WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THE SHIT. JUST GET IN THE DA PIT AND THROW A FIT. SO I DID !!!

LASTLY WAS WHAT I CAN HERE FOR, MY HERO. THE BAND I MOST LOVE. SOULFLY AND MAD MAX. THE SOMETIME QUITE CROWD ROARED TO LIFE AS MAX AND THE REST OF THE CREW TOOK THE STAGE. THE ANXIETY THAT HUNG OVER THE CROWD LIKE A PUNGENT FOG EXPLODED IN A FLURRY OF MADNESS AS SOULFLY OPENED THE SHOW WITH "PRIMITIVE." THE WHOLE AREA IN FRONT OF THE STAGE BECAME A GIANT MOSH PIT AS THE "TRIBE" GOT WICKED. SLAMMING-SMACHING- BASHING-CRASHING MY WAY TO THE FRONT. I MANAGED TO FIGHT MY WAY TO LESS THAT FIVE FEET FROM THE FRONT RAIL BEFORE I WAS ENGULFED IN THE SURGE AND FORCED BACK INTO THE RAGING PIT. AT TIMES I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING FLUSHED DOWN A TOILET FILLED WITH TERDS. THEN I WAS HELPED BACK TO MY FEET TO SPREAD MORE MADNESS. IT WAS GREAT ! DURING THE PART OF THE SONG "TERRORIST", -BRING DA PAIN TO THE MUTHAFUCKIN' PIT-KILL-BRING DA RAGE TO THE MUTHAFUCKIN' PIT-KILL-BRING DA SHIT TO THE MUTHAFUCKIN' PIT-KILL ...I LET THE SAVAGE IN ME FLY FREE AND GOT SIC. SPINNING AS I THREW PALM PUNCHES WHILE SCREAMING THE LYRIC. FATE HAD BROUGHT ME TO A RATHER QUITE SPOT ON THE FLOOR CLOSE TO THE STAGE AT THAT TIME AND I WOKE THE MUTHAFUCKER'S UP.

THE COOLEST THING ABOUT SOULFLY SHOWS IS THE BANDS INTERACTION. THE DUDE FROM "PRIMMER 55" SANG "BLEED". THE DUDE FROM "DOWNSET" SANG "TERRORIST." THERE WAS A PIECES WITH ONLY DRUMS THAT WAS PHAT AS SHIT. THE SET CONSISTED OF A GOOD MIX OF OLD AND NEW SONGS AND ONE SONG FROM THE SEPULTURA DAYS-"ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS". THE SOUND WAS GREAT. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS AWESOME AND THE TIME WAS RIGHT. SEE SOULFLY IF YOU CAN THEY ARE DA SHIT. MAD NSANE PITS BUT FRIENDLY. EVERY TIME MAY ASS HIT THE FLOOR I WAS BACK ON MY FEET QUICK. 3 TIME---WOOOOHOOOO ! MY ONLY PIT INJURIES WERE BOTH MY BIG TOES GOT SMASHED SEVERAL TIMES. WORD OF ADVISE JUMP WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. GO WITH THE FLOW AND GO ALL OUT. LEAVE YOUR HEART ON THAT FLOOR IN FRONT OF THE STAGE. SOULFLY DOES IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT FOR US SO IT'S THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR THEM.

ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO I HAD THE SOULFLY SYMBOL TATTOOED ON MY LEFT SHIN. IT'S A SIC GREEN WITH A BLACK OUT LINE. ANOTHER KEWL THING ABOUT THE SHOW WAS THE TICKETS WERE ONLY $20.00. THANX MAX-THANX SOULFLY. CAN'T WAIT TILL THE NEXT TRIBAL MEETING. GO SEE SOULFLY (((((((NOW)))))))) !!!