Rob Zombie with Slayer

Rob Zombie was as usual very entertaining singing his great songs from White Zombie and all of his solo material.  It was a visual overload with 3-D skulls, fire, and confetti.  There were clips on the big screen from his movies and old horror movies.  There were also half-naked women from the 60’s playing guitar and Charles Manson.  He played his “Werewolf Women of the SS” that he produced that starred Nicolas Cage.

Mr. Zombie dedicated ‘Pussy Liquor’ to the girl who couldn’t keep her shirt on and he said it was their most popular song and he ‘really wasn’t sure why’.  It was also John 5’s birthday and he had the audience sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to him.  The band came out for the last few songs wearing red and white Canadian maple leaf outfits.

Slayer had a very basic stage, it had stacks of Marshall amps, and 2 large hanging Slayer eagles lit up.  The audience screaming for Slayer was almost as loud as the band themselves.  Any person could appreciate the musicianship of Kerry Kings’ guitar playing whether you are a thrash-metal fan or not.   He is unbelievable!  Tom Araya did not say too much in between songs, but he did dedicate ‘Mandatory Suicide’ to the freedom fighters.  He said ‘You don’t have to wear a uniform to fight for freedom’.  This was by far the loudest show we have ever been too!