Rockstar Uproar Fest 9/13/13

  On September 13 I went to the Rockstar Uproar Fest and go to see The Dead Daisies, The Walking Papers, Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, Janes Addiction and Alice in Chains!

  I first got there and the Dead Daisies were already playing and they sounded amazing, I only got to hear about 2 songs but I really liked them and I even got to meet them afterwards at the signing and they were really nice guys. I got an autographed poster and a huge plastic banner with there name on it. The banner was just zip tied onto the little metal gates, so I just ripped it off and took it.

  The next band was The Walking Papers and the lead singers voice was so amazing! I loved they way they sounded, and I got to listen to their whole set. At one point the lead singer jumped down into the crowd and was singing and giving people high fives and it was really cool! They also did a signing and I got lucky and ended up finding one of their posters on the ground and when I was in line their manager told me that whoever got one of the Walking Papers posters was lucky because they went by fast when they were handing them out. I also bought their CD in line while waiting and got a picture with Jeff!

Half of the Walking Papers and I

Jeff Angell of Walking Papers

  After the Walking Papers finished, you could head down to the second half of the amphitheater to see the more famous bands and they also had more stands to buy merch and one of the tents there was an Avenged Sevenfold tent where they were handing out posters of the Hail to the King tour so I got one of course and then you had to walk up this huge hill to get to the main stage.

Avenged Sevenfold tent

  When I got to the main stage, Circe Survive was playing and I never heard them before but hearing them in concert and seeing them perform was still an awesome experience because they're a great band! I could understand them and you could hear the meaning behind there songs it was great. You could tell a lot of people at the concert were huge fans of them because you could hear them singing along and it was just great! 

Circa Survive

  After Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria played and I had heard of them before and I really like there songs so being able to see them in concert was a real joy. All the people in the very front of the stage just kept piling up when Coheed and Cambria started playing and they were so good! They sound exactly how they sound on CD's which most bands dont anymore. Theyre really an awesome band!

This is a terrible picture but it's Coheed and
Cambria.

  Then Janes Addiction came on and there performance was amazing! Most people know that Perry Farrell's wife performs on stage with them and it was her and 3 other girls, 2 on stage at a time. At one point two of the girls were hanging by hooks in there backs, swinging around above the stage, it was awesome. Of course they played Been Caught Stealing, it was one of the first songs they played and I was really hoping they would play Jane Says, but they didn't. It was cool though because Dave Navarro played with them and the whole band except Perry went up to the front of the stage and started playing these big bongo drums and it sounded so cool!

  Then the final band came on, Alice in Chains and they are so awesome to see in concert! They had at least 8 screens behind them and the pictures and little videos they showed were awesome and really added to the concert. It's crazy how William DuVall, there current lead singer sounds exactly like Layne Staley, it's almost weird how they sound so much alike. Alice in Chains is one of my favorite bands so being able to see them in concert was amazing but I think it would have been amazing for anyone to see them. They put on a great show along with all the other bands that night.