Avenged Sevenfold

M. Shadows, lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold

So at the end of the month, Damien and I treated ourselves to a concert. It was our income tax/ my birthday treat. So we got up early and made the drive to Pittsburgh. It's really only about an hour and a half drive, but we ended up driving in circles trying to find a place to park in the middle of the college campus! That was funny, but terrible. After we finally parked and figured out where we were going we got in line for the show. Luckily the line was indoors, unlike when we went in Philidelphia and had to sit out in the wind and rain all day.

Johnny Christ, 'thinks he's tough' bass player of A7X

We got there at about 10 AM, and of course there were already some people ahead of us in line. But it wasn't so bad and we ended up talking to a few of the people in line while we waited. But i was most excited when we got inside and managed to snag a spot right next to center stage on the rail in the very front. The show started off with an opening act, Burn Halo....and they were just ok. Nothing special.

Zacky Vengance, guitar for A7X

But after that, Papa roach came on and I was really surprised at how AMAZING they are live. I forgot how much I really like Papa Roach and seeing them live has renewed my interest in them. The lead singer, Jacoby, even jumped out into the crowd and pushed the security away so he could get in with the fans for a while. I thought that was awesome. They even said that off all the stops on the tour so far, the Pittsburgh crowd was one of the smallest, but also one of the best crowds so far.

Jacoby shaddix, lead singer of Papa Roach

Synyster Gates, guitar for A7X

After that, Buckcherry came on. They're ok to listen to on the raido sometimes, but I was so ANNOYED by their lead singer! By the end of the first song, he had stripped himself from the waist up. And by the middle of the second song, his buttcrack was hanging out because the pants he had on were GIRLS pants and probably about 2 sizes too small. And he probably only weighed about 130 pounds soaking wet. It was like watching a rat trying to be sexy. Ugh. And he made WAY too many jokes about sex etc...it was just annoying overall.

Syn and Zacky in a classic guitar pose

But then, the moment we had been waiting for came, and Avenged Sevenfold came out playing the song 'Critical Acclaim', the opening track from thier self titled album. After that the show was just crazy good. Everyone was excited and pushing and people were jammed into my rib cage, but it was great. And Avenged Sevenfold also said that the Pittsburgh crowd was one of the best crowds on the tour. I loved the show so much. And at the end of the set, the guitarists were throwing picks out into the crowd, and Damien and I both got one! After the show we got t-shirts and went back to the car exhausted. I fell asleep almost as soon as I laid down, and my ears were ringing for the entire next day.

Our guitar picks from the show