From the arrival Wednesday in the car park, the party atmosphere was palpable, rockers, goths, skaters and everyone else inbetween, all together for one reason, to rock!
Finding a suitable campsite and room to set up being all part of the fun, and at the end of a long day, settling down to sleep knowing that Friday could very well be the start of the best weekend of your life!
Finally the big first day comes, bringing such heavyweights as Mötley Crüe, Limp Bizkit and of course, the pulse pounding Faith No More, rocking us all to our cores to finish us off for that amazing night. We knew then, bruised and battered from hardcore pitting and wrestling our way to the front in such an immense crowd, what we had really let ourselves in for.
It all kicked up into the next gear the next day, Auger Bane, No Americana, The Crave and Tom 'Ripper' Owens to start us off, having our a**es handed to us on silver platters all the way through to The Blackout, Anvil, The Prodigy (Amazing!) And of course on the main stage, Pendulum whirling the crown into a frenzy, Marylin Manson was, well, Marylin Manson, and, after so many hours of waiting and trying to hold a place in the crowd, it was time, for Slipknot, to emerge in the fading daylight hours, headbanging and rocking us into the late night, with their heavy riffs and legendary drum beats still pounding in our ears all night.
The final day came round on a very early start to rush down to get a good spot for some breakfast for our stomachs and a feast for our ears as Stone Gods come to destroy the stage in the morning, followed in ever increasing heaviness by Tesla, Skin and the incredible Black Stone Cherry. Journey inspired the crowd with their flawless power-rock, and Dream Theater next to shake us all back out of our trance. Then it was off to the Tuborg stage for the unmissable Steel Panther, and coming back to catch the last few chords of the ever epic ZZ Top as the 'Classic Rock' night revs its engine to send us steaming into Whitesnake, epic as ever, making the swaying crowd feel like one big family together for one purpose, to salute the gods of rock with their fists in the air. And for the final treat, the unstoppable, the almighty Def Leppard, to send us on home, happy, satisfied, and completely and thoroughly fulfilled.
Overall, an astounding 5 days, I would definately recommend everybody tries it, and as for me and my friends, we're coming back next year without a doubt, and bringing everybody who hasn't experienced it with us!
