Day 20 - I forgot/Sevenfold!

So I forgot to blog today, but technically it's still today so I'll go for it haha.

It's going to be a very short one as I'm on the coach home from seeing Sevenfold. Amazing show will post the pictures and videos tomorrow on the review post.

Battery is running low so it's time to get comfy  for an hour and half bus ride. Yay...

Day 19 - I'm home!

Its the best time of the week, the weekend. And to top it all off, I'm in my hometown of Wakefield seeing the family.

It's been a long day at work, mainly because I didn't have an awful lot to do, which is a bit of a change. It's strange how having a really busy day makes you're day go much faster. I guess when I'm not doing anything I'm constantly watching the clock, not good. But it that's time I can do nothing and enjoy it, the weekend!

Well I say so nothing, going to see A7X tomorrow along side FFDP, very excited about that! Then I have Papa Roach on the Monday. So it's a nice long weekend for me filled with chilling and live music, hooray to the weekend!

Day 18 - I.Got.Junk

I caved and got some bad food and I'm going to enjoy it! Get over it haha. Yeah I'm having an off health day, but I've gone all these days and went for a run yesterday and I think it's time I took a break. Soon as I got in I went to the shop and made a banana and Nutella sandwich feel like a kid again, and it's awesome! Also found a new love for peanut butter, it's cheap and tastes nice.

Today I became a full time iPhone guy and bought some of them hands free headphones, so now I can be one of them guys that looks like they're talking to themselves, hooray haha.

Tomorrow I'll be heading off back down to the land of Wakefield to spend a day with the family. Really looking forward to it, it's been a while since I last saw everyone, and my dog! And then on Saturday I'll be seeing Avenged Sevenfold, I'll be doing a little review of that show like before. Also just heard that Five Finger Death Punch are supporting, woo!

Day 17 - I.Want.Junk

Got some serious cravings today for some bad food, but I'm staying strong and going with pasta tonight. I know, boring! Even considering going on a run around the park, but it's really dark and scary so I might give it a miss till the weekend.

Been another long ass day what with getting up early and then work. Very very slowly getting use getting up early, still feel like crap when I do though. One day though, I will get up fine I'm sure haha...and then we'll end up going on a night out and ruining it all!

Work has actually slowed down a little recently over the past few days, so hopefully will be an easy 2 days before that lovely weekend comes.

Speaking of the weekend it should be a good one. On the Friday I'll be seeing my grandparents, who are the greatest people in the world, and then on the Saturday I get to see one of my all time favourite bands, Avenged Sevenfold. Going all the way to Manchester to see them for the 4th time I think it will be. They were one of the first bands I saw live and one of the bands that made me want to be in a band. I watched the self titled album making of so much when I was 15/16, just made me what to pick up my guitar and record, perform and write, probably wouldn't be in a band today if I hadn't have watched that DVD and seen them live. Hopefully one day I'll get to tell them this.

So weird, every time I go "time to blog" I have nothing in my head, now all of a sudden I start typing and words just flow out, I don't understand it but let's hope I can keep it going.

Day 16 - METZ, The Wytches + Cheatahs - LEEDS BURDENELL SOCIAL CLUB - 25th Nov 2013

Well here it is, my first review of a show I've been to.

I have a long string of gigs I'm planning on going to over the coming weeks, and this is by far the smallest, so it's nice to start things off small and get better as the weeks go on.

(The photos I took are pretty naff but you can see what's going on haha)

Firstly, The Burdenell is such an awesome venue, it has the perfect size stage for decent size up and coming artists to perform on and has plenty of room for lots of people. No matter what type of gig it is the sound is always perfect in my experience.

Cheatahs were first to take to the stage, sort of took on the indie/punk feel. Not what you expect for a punk rock show but never the less they took to the stage well and everyone seemed to enjoy the music.

Next up, The Wytches. For a 3 piece they were dangerously heavy. I use dangerously in the good sense of course. Ever single part was perfectly played even though they had so much energy about them on stage. Reminded me of a hardcore Placebo. The rock and roll finish to their set was brilliant as well, smashing up equipment is always cool after rocking out for 30 minutes. One thing I found interesting about the set was the band didn't speak much in between songs, this gave out a big feel of tension between the giant riffs The Wytches came out with which you don't normally find.

It was good to see a pretty big punk rock band setting up their own equipment. As Metz made sure everything was set up correctly the odd member of the crowd go walk up and shake hands with a band member. Was good to see friendly interaction between a band and the crowd between bands.

Then came the music, packed full of energy! They walked on to silence and kept the set pretty striped back which was good to see. Especially at a small venue like the Brudenell. After a quick word from Alex Edkins (vocals/guitar) the crowd soon span into a frenzy and bodies were flying everywhere. Which coming from someone who has played some small shows is always a great sight to look over whilst playing. Heyden Menzies (drums) sure kept us all pumped with his crazy drumming skills.

Here is a video of Metz Performing Headache (a personal favorite of mine).

All round it was a fantastic and loud show! I want to know the magic that is keeping Alex's glasses on through the set when he is whipping his hair back and forth.

Day 15 - METZ TONIGHT

It's going to be a quick one tonight because I've just got in from work and I have an hour to watch The Walking Dead and make food!

Going for sweet chili fried rice, feels good to actually prepare and cook food rather than putting shit in a oven and waiting 20 minutes, my mum will be ever so proud haha.

Really excited to be getting back into gigs, it's been a while since I last been to a gig, and it'll be cool to actually watch a band play rather than being the band. But don't get me wrong the best feeling in the world is playing a gig! 2nd best is watching haha.

I'll post a review and some pictures tomorrow of the show!

Day 14 - No oven, no internet

Here we go week number 2. It's coming to the end of the weekend, but the beginning of a great few weeks. Got so many gigs lined up, which I'm really excited about. It all starts with METZ tomorrow, like I said in previous posts I'll do a little review of the show the day after, not that I'm much if a reviewer. Tomorrow will actually be the first gig I've been to on my own, which will be a little weird for me but I'm sure I'll have a great time.

Really trying to stop myself from watching Star Wars tonight, promised my  girlfriend we'd watch them all together. I'll just have to stick with The Office tonight. I'm still surprised I like the US version of The Office, I'm a really big fan of the UK version and a big Ricky Gervais fan and I thought I wouldn't like it but it won me over after a season and I'm hooked. For anyone who likes realistic style sitcoms I recommend it to you.

So I get back to the house after a weekend away and I find myself with NO internet and NO oven. The 2 most important things in my life gone! I was ready to cry myself to sleep and carry on but turns that we tripped a fuse in the basement and now, thank The Lord it's all sorted and I can get on with being a lazy, internet and food based student.