One more thing I need to get off my chest: I am absolutely fed up with Serj, his entire band, and their crew. Honestly, what is with those hour-long soundchecks where they just blast Rage Against the Machine? And as for Guns N' Roses and their roadies—leave me out of it entirely.
I'll weigh in with my own review—I've got some serious gripes with the organizers, though I have to say Cyril was great and Dreadzone was excellent too. It’s just a shame because the Black artists absolutely crushed everyone else on stage this year.
I honestly want to erase yesterday's episode from my memory—especially that part where the lightning struck and cut the concert short. There were only three fans and five bartenders hanging around there 🙂 And as for that reporter? I couldn't care less about his opinion 😬
What a joke this band is—just a bunch of pretentious poseurs. They claim to be socially conscious and love talking about fighting against Bush, yet they won't even show up to a workers' protest when it actually matters.
At the New Orleans show, you'll see some members of Big Audio Dynamite performing—though the lineup is a bit smaller now after one of them passed away—along with Earl occasionally. As someone who grew up with a bit of an anti-establishment streak, it’s more than enough for me, though I’ll admit my taste is somewhat questionable.