I won tickets from the local rock station to the Trespass America Festival concert last night. (<< In case that comes as a surprise to you, I have eclectic tastes; what can I say?)

I got a pair of tickets, so I took my 17yo godson with me. He’s much cooler than me, as you can well imagine, 😉  and although he sat with me for a little while, he pretty much stayed down on the floor with the rambunctious crowd while the old lady sat in a real seat with discretely-placed cotton balls in her ears. (The cotton balls were perfect, because I was still able to enjoy the music without suffering ill effects later.)

The opening band took the stage at 5pm, and the headline band didn’t wrap up till about 11pm. (It was a 45-min drive home, so I needed a cup of coffee this morning!) All in all, seven bands performed. It was loud and raucous and awesome. My knee was bothering me off & on, so it was nice that I had a place to sit. (LOL – I really do sound like an old lady!)

I know a heavy metal concert isn’t normally the venue you might think of for melancholy introspection, but I missed my brother so much last night. He would have loved the concert, and I would have loved being there with him. I wore one of his t-shirts, though, so it was kinda like he was there. Ok, not really, but it seemed like the thing to do.

I didn’t think to take pics of every band, but here are several:

Five Finger Death Punch drummer, Jeremy Spencer, won Metal Hammer’s drummer award, so he showed off a bit, and it was awesome. I also really liked that they did a military tribute and ran a slideshow of their concert tour with the deployed armed forces overseas.

Killswitch Engage was my godson’s fave band, but I had a difficult time watching the performance b/c the strobes hurt my eyes. (Yeah, yeah – I’m an old lady. I think we’ve established that fact. 😉 ) Funny thing was that @kseofficial retweeted my snarky comment about the strobe lights. Heehee

By the time Trivium took the stage, the floor was really filling up.

One of my fave bands (Pop Evil) of the concert, because they actually sang, not just screamed.

It’s hard to tell from the photo, but the God Forbid guitarist (Doc Coyle, if I’m not mistaken), has very nice arms. Just sayin’.