Music Banter - Ozzfest 2006

I thought I would give a quick review of Ozzfest and I dont quite feel this belongs in the Cd review section, however if a mod thinks different then feel free to move it. Also, I included setlists according to ozzfest.com, so they may or may not be accurate, as far as I can remember, they are pretty accurate.

So I missed a good half of second stage because the friend I was going with wouldnt get out of bed and we ended up getting there about 11:30am. I missed Between the Buried and Me, Full Blown Chaos, Bad Acid Trip, All That Remains and The Red Chord.

With that out of the way, we arrived to a performance from A Life Once Lost.....awesome moshing. I had never heard of the bad, they were okay. Screamer was great, band not so much.
Rehash
Vulture
Needleman
Grotesque
Pain and Panic

Then Walls of Jericho came out, I was looking forward to them, so I was glad we didnt miss. The Frontwoman, Candace has so much energy, at one point she said, "We appreciate you from the bottom of our fucking hearts, so do us a favor, and tear this shit up!" And then she screamed "circle pit" and a humongous circle pit emerged. This was when I was cracked in the jaw and punched in the face. I'm still feeling that. Musically, they did not disappoint. And they played "Trigger Full of Promises," my favorite song.
(setlist not provided)

Strapping Young Lad came on next, I was kind of thrown off by the lead guitarist and frontman's half a head of hair. Though my doubts quickly went away because I thought the band was amazing. I found it funny when the lead singer goes "This Ozzfest fucking sucks......And you all fucking suck.....and you know what? WE FUCKING SUCK!"
All Hail The New Flesh
You Suck
Love?
In The Rainy Season

Then the main bands of Second Stage....first off was Norma Jean. Some nice pits came from this one but overall I was disappointed. Somehow not as great live as recorded. This is when the crown surfing began as well. The band was throwing water into the crowd....like full bottles....and I barely missed a water bottle to the head.
Shotgun Messiah
Memphis Will Be Layed To Waste
Bayonetwork
Murderotica
Liarsenic
Vertebraille

Bleeding Through was next. They are one of my friend's favorites, not so much mine. But the lead singer is fucking hot! Thats all I have to say about this band.
For Love & Failing
Tragedy In The Empty Streets
Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire
Love In Slow Motion
Revenge I Seek
Kill To Believe
On Wings Of Lead

None of us really like Unearth so we went to get some water. I'd be accurate if I said there was lots of pot smoking, water throwing, moshing and crowd surfing.

Atreyu came on and everyone got excited again because they are pretty damn good live. My friend caught the bassists' pick and we caught the lead singer's water bottle and drank from it. They are so comfortable with eachother on stage, it was pretty good.
Exs & Ohs
Lip Gloss & Black
Right Side Of The Bed
Her Portrait In Black
The Crimson
Creature
You Eclipsed By Me
Someone's Standing On My Chest

The same as Unearth, none of us really cared for Black Label Society so we went to the main venue to get good seats and we did, on the lawn, dead center. At the venue, DTE Energy Music Theater there is a pavillion of about 40 or 50 rows then there is the lawn, I had lawn tickets.

Anyway, Dragonforce was the first main stage band. I was actually disappointed. They are talented, but nobody was really paying attention so there was no energy in the crowd.
Through The Fire & Flames
Valley Of The Damned
Revolution Deathsquad
Cry For Eternity

Second main stage band was Lacuna Coil. It was as I expected. They are not really an ozzfest band type really. They did their best but only got a 30 minute set in which I knew like four songs. Christina was gorgeous as usual.
Heavens A Lie
What I See
Our Truth
Enjoy The Silence
Fragile
Devoted
Closer

I ignored the 45 minute Hatebreed set because I've never really liked Hatebreed. We spent this time throwing grass at eachother and a few in my group spent thier time illegally. lol. I can proudly say I got a few hits at Ozzfest. And this arab guy came up and offered some, but I wouldnt trust it.

So, then one of my favorites came on Avenged Fucking Sevenfold! They tore it up pretty well. Each one of them looking super fuckable. The crowd really got into it. I took a permanent marker and wrote A-7-X on my chest. Their show was really great. Lots of energy, the lights were perfect and they played a few older songs as well as a couple from Bat Country. It was a perfect mix. After their set I said if I died right then I would die happy. Also, their cover of "Walk" was absolutely amazing. The singer from A Life Once Lost came out to help with the screaming and the crowd got more into this song then any song of the night.
Beast and the Harlot
Unholy Confessions
Burn it Down
To End The Rapture
Walk (Pantera cover song)
Bat Country
Eternal Rest

Then a highlight of the night, Disturbed. Between songs David went on about new bands, all beginning with a "the" that suck ass. He even had the crowd shouting "Fuck that Shit" Set-wise they chose to play many of their bigger hits, which were definately a crowd pleaser. During "Down With the Sickness" we even got a mosh pit going on the lawn, which is a pretty steep hill. Not great conditions for moshing, there was lots of falling and rolling, lol. But I NEVER got knocked down once. Overall, they were one of my favorite shows of the night.
The Game
Stupidfy
Liberate
Down With The Sickness
Remember
Deify
Stricken
Just Stop
Prayer
Land Of Confusion
10,000 Fists
Voices
Decadence

System completed the show, with a 90 minute set in which they played songs from Toxicity, Mesmerize and Hypnotize. There were like two older songs. I didnt mind it, I like the newer cds, especially toxicity. A while back when argueing over System, somebody said Daron screws up a bunch live.....I see that now. lol. But the crowd REALLY got into this, screaming all the lyrics they could, bouncing up and down to the pure energy, it was really nice. They did not disappoint at all.
Attack
BYOB
Hypnotize
Kill rock N roll
Lonely Day
Soldier Side
Cigaro
Old School Hollywood
Question
Radio Video
Revenge
Violent Pornography
Suite Pee
War
Aerials
Chop Suey
Needles
Physco
Toxicity
Sugar

The atmosphere was great. I really enjoyed myself this year. Although now I am sunburnt and sore. It was worth it. I cant see why so many people dogged this year's show, it was awesome.