Sound Advice Amphitheatre
I flew down from Saint Augustine, FL to Fort Lauderdale, FL since it was much cheaper than flying directly to West Palm Beach, FL. G met me at the airport and we drove to West Palm Beach. We stopped at "Don Pan", an international bakery where we had cachitos, empandas, and arepas for breakfast.
Our friends Pat and Cindy Svatek met us at G's Mom's house in West Palm Beach and we piled into one car and drove to the Sound Advice Ampitheatre. We had put on a lot of sunblock because the day was hot and sunny. After checking out the vendors we headed over to the Second stage to watch In This Moment, Daath and 3 Inches Of Blood. Aside from In This Moment, nothing much was too noteworthy for that stage.
We then grabbed a bite to eat. We availed of the free hot dogs and soda after signing up to be designated drivers. G ate mine for me and I got a veggie wrap. It was $10 for the wrap and you could put as many toppings on it as you wanted. I made it huge. I could not eat it all, even G could not finish it for me.
Pat and Cindy then scoped out there place on the lawn and G and I headed into the assigned seating area under the roof. We had 2nd row seats right at the end. Great view of the entire stage.
Black Tide was good... whole bunch of high school kids. They sounded good, got the crowd going. They even brought out a bunch of freaks on their last song. Too funny!
Next came Lordi. It was like Gwar but set to 80's glam rock. G couldn't stop laughing. Too funny! And all the pyrotechnics and costumes were just too much.
Finally came Static-X. One of G's favorite this OzzFest. They played some songs from Wisconsin Death Trip. G was having a lot of fun singing along. At the end of their set, Wayne threw a whole bunch of his picks into the crowed. I dove to the ground and clawed my way to get a pick. It was purple... How perfect was that?!?!
Next up was Lamb Of God. Neither G nor I liked them very much. Glad when their set was over.
Then it was time for Ozzy. He started out a little rusty, but then the show picked up even though he did not move around the stage all that much. He played songs of the new record along with some great oldies, such as "Crazy Train" and "Howl At The Moon". Alongside musicians Zakk Wylde and Mike Bordin, the music couldn't have been any tighter.
The rain machine was working and then Ozzy would blast the crowd with foam. It was so much fun. He ended with G's favorite Black Sabbath song "Paranoid".
It was one great free-of-charge OzzFest.
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