I made it back home safely from the first night of Loud Park. It was a little after midnight. Tomorrow will be another full day of loud heavy music, and this time, Mikako will be joining me. Once again, I woke up early and we left the house at 9:30am. As you can see from the souvenir towel showing the bands playing on Sunday, I was definitely looking forward to seeing Ozzy and Motorhead as well. Although Loudness is listed, they only played the Kobe show on Saturday. I told Mikako I didn't want to miss 3 Inches of Blood. As we took the same trains I took yesterday, we were at the Saitama Super Arena just a little before 11am and inside the arena as 3 Inches of Blood took the stage.
AVENGED SEVENFOLD SET LIST
ラウドパーク初日から無事に帰りました。うちに着いたのは零時くらいだった。次の日も同じことするから、早く寝ないっと。明日は美香子と二人で参戦。日曜日も朝早く起きて、昨日と同じ電車に乗って、１１時前にさいたまスーパーアリーナに到着。昨日買ったタオルを見ると今日のラインアップも分かります。自分が一番見たいバンドはやっぱりオジーですね。あとモーターヘッド。ラウドネスも載ってますが、東京公演は不参加。土曜日神戸で行ったライブ
3 INCHES OF BLOOD SET LIST
01. Battles and Brotherhood
02. Silent Killer
03. Trial of Champions
04. Forest King
05. Wykydtron
06. Deadly Sinners
07. The Goatriders Horde
Oh, these guys were cool. I think they could hold their own with the likes of Testament or Anthrax. Excellent thrash metal from Canada. I'm glad we made it in time for their set.
カッコイイ！アンスラクスやテスタメントに負けないくらいと思う。カナダのスラシュバンド。彼らのセットに間に合って良かった。
TRASH TALK SET LIST
01. Hash Wednesday
02. Babylon, CA
03. Destroy
04. Explode
05. Dig
06. Manifest Destination
07. Incarnate
08. I Block
09. Envy
10. F.Y.R.A.
11. Worthless Nights
12. Vultures
13. Walking Disease
14. Well of Souls
15. Sacramento is Dead
16. Lepers to Feed the Lepers
17. Birth, Plague, Die
OMG! Someone forgot to take out the garbage!! I think these guys had the mistaken belief that an arena is a venue for an intimate club show. Their handful of fans (maybe about 10) created a small mosh pit that was embarrassing to watch. Even after the two songs we did try to stomach, when they ended, aside from their hardcore fans, the entire arena was silent!! Why they were added to the line-up in place of Five Finger Death Punch will always remain a mystery. They sucked so bad, I told Mikako lets not waste our time in watching any more of the "Trash"!
うわ～、何だこれ？誰かゴミ捨てするの忘れたみたい！このバンドは一番最低だったな。ここはクラブやライブハウスじゃないから、おめーらの演奏は時間の無駄だ！っと言いたくなるくらい下手だったよ。小人数のファンだけしか盛り上がってなかった。２曲も聴きましたが、それも時間の無駄だった。ハードコアファン以外に１曲と２曲目が終わったらシーンとゆう静かな会場は不思議だった。でもやっぱり僕と同じ考えが大勢に居たは間違いない！ボカリストは下手だし、演奏も下手だし、このクソのバンドなぜラウドパークに参戦してるのが理解出来ない。来れなかったファイブ・フィンガー・デス・パンチの変わりはないでしょう。つまらなすぎて、アリーナを去った。
RECKLESS LOVE SET LIST
01. One More Time
02. Wild Touch
03. Love Machine
04. Romance
05. Back to Paradise
06. Badass
07. Beautiful Bomb
I was still a little tired from yesterday's show and Mikako was unfamiliar with most of the other bands so we decided to watch the next two sets from the stands. Trash Talk's set couldn't end soon enough for us! This next band was a hard rock band from Finland. The term "cock rock" comes back to mind with a vocalist that looks like David Lee Roth from his hey days! They may be 30 years behind the times but it sure was some feel good music!
昨日の疲れはまだ完全に取れてなかったので、次の２組はスタンドから見ました。トラシュ・トークが早く終わらないかなと思いながら、アリーナに戻りました。次のバンドはフィンランド出身のハードロックバンド、レクレス・ラブ。見た目でちょっと苦笑いしましたな。だって８０年代の雰囲気を出してたわ！ボカリストもヴァン・ヘーレンのディビッド・リー・ロスとそっくり。真似してるのかと思うくらい。あの当時“コック・ロック”とも呼ばれたバンドの仲間入りだな。３０年遅いかも知らないが、やっぱり楽しい！このライブを見たら機嫌がまた明るくなった！
HALESTORM SET LIST
01. It's Not You
02. What Were You Expecting?
03. Innocence
04. Familiar Taste of Poison
05. Nothing to Do with Love
06. Dirty Work
07. I Get Off
The only thing I knew about this band is that the vocalist/guitarist is a woman, and she did have a great voice. I think this was the surprise of the evening. The band hails from Pennsylvania and was put together by the brother and sister team of Lzzy and Arejay Hale when Lzzy was only 13 and Arejay 10. It's some powerful hard rock. Excellent set!
知ってたことはアメリカ出身で女性ボカリストが居るくらい。彼女の歌声も最高だったし、演奏も素晴らしい。これから日本でも人気が上がるでしょう。あとから知りましたがアメリカペンシルバニア出身でヘール兄弟、リジーとアルジェイが１３歳と１０歳に完成したバンドだった。このライブは感動した！
TURISAS SET LIST
01. To Homgard and Beyond
02. One More
03. TVG
04. In the Court of Jarisleif
05. Rasputin
06. Battle Metal
A friend of mine who's a big fan of Finnish metal said this band would be fun to watch. I didn't know what to expect but had heard that they were another "Viking Metal" band. The band features an female accordion player as well as a violinist. The way they were dressed was entertaining as well. I rather enjoyed their music but Mikako said that all the songs sounded the same.
フィンランドメタル好きの友達がこのバンドのライブが結構面白いと言ってましたので、ちょっと楽しみ。またバイキングメタルとゆうジャンルらしい。でも昨日のアモン・アマースと違って、彼らの衣装やフェイスペイントが特徴。女性のアコーディオンプレイヤーも居るし、バイオリニストも居るバンドだ。ちょっと変わったバンドだな。僕は音的には好きだったが、美香子の感想と言えば、全曲が同じにしか聞こえなえって。
ALEXISONFIRE SET LIST
01. Young Cardinals
02. Boiled Frogs
03. Sons of Privilege
04. Drunks, Lovers, Sinners and Saints
05. No Transitory
06. We are the Sound
07. Old Crows
08. The Northern
09. This Could Be Anywhere in the World
We left the arena and went out for lunch so we missed the entire set of Alexisonfire.
昼飯の為にアリーナをさって、このバンドのセットを全然見ませんでした。
KUNI SET LIST
01. When We Rock
02. Shine On
03. Love Tacker
04. East Meets West
05. Metal Health (Quiet Riot)
06. Up All Night (Slaughter)
07. Lookin' for Action
08. All Night Long
09. Hands Up
We had to come back to the arena because I wanted to see Kuni. Okay, it wasn't Kuni that I wanted to see, but his backing band included members of Slaughter and Quiet Riot. Kuni is a well known rock guitarist in Japan. For this show, Mark Slaughter would be singing with Chuck Wright and Frankie Banali from Quiet Riot on bass and drums, respectively. So, I was really happy that they actually played "Metal Health" and "Up All Night". Heck, they should have borrowed Carlos Cavaz0 from Ratt and added Quiet Riot to the show. They could have called their band "Slaughter-Riot"! Kuni could be the second lead guitar. Oh well, it was a thought anyway.
僕がKuniのライブを見たかったからアリーナに戻った。別にKuniを見ようとした訳じゃない。そろったメンバーが凄い。スローターからマーク・スローターがボカリストで、ベスとドラムはクワイエット・ライオットのメンバーチャック・ライトとフランキー・バナリ。ラットのカルロスを借りてクワイエット・ライオットが出れば良かったのに。Kuniじゃなくて、Slaughter-Riotって名前で良いんじゃないかなと思った。そしてKuniはセコンドリードギターで。ま、そうはならないけど、“メタル・ヘルス”や“アップ・オール・ナイト”もやってくれて嬉しかった。
SPIRITUAL BEGGARS SET LIST
01. Left Brain Ambassadors
02. Beneath the Skin
03. Coming Home
04. One Man Army
05. Wonderful World
06. Fools Gold
07. Star Born
08. Concrete Horizon
09. Throwing Your Life Away
10. Euphoria
I really wanted to see more of their set but Mikako was getting a little restless and wanted to walk around a bit. So after watching a couple of songs we left the arena and walked around.
正直、このバンドのセットもっと見たかったが、美香子があんまり興味なくて、また会場内に歩きまわった。
ANGRA SET LIST
01. Viderunt Te Aquae
02. Arising Thunder
03. Angels City
04. Carry On
05. Nova Era
06. Lisbon
07. Awake from Darkness
08. Nothing to Say
09. Rebirth
10. Deas le Volt
11. Spread Your Fire
Power metal from Brazil. We watched this band from the stands as well. As I've seen them in concert before I didn't mind watching from the back. Mikako even enjoyed their set as well.
ブラジル出身のパワーメタルバンド。僕は前にも彼らのライブ行ったことがあったので、スタンドから見ました。美香子も結構気入ったみたい。
MOTORHEAD SET LIST
01. Iron Fist
02. Stay Clean
03. Be My Baby
04. Rock Out
05. Metropolis
06. Over the Top
07. One Night Stand
08. Thousand Names
09. Cradle to the Grave
10. In the Name of Tragedy
11. Going to Brazil
12. Killed by Death
13. Ace of Spades
14. Overkill
The show me and Tsutsu had been waiting for! We watched these guys from the floor. Damn, what a great set they did, playing new tunes as well as digging stuff out from their earlier albums. It was awesome! Lemmy is about the same age as Rob Halford but he sure had a lot more energy than Halford did.
待ってました！モーターヘッドはフロアから見るべし。セットも素晴らしい。新しい曲から結構古い曲までやってくれて、最高！レミはハルフォードの同じ位の年齢なのに、もっとパワーがあった感じ。本当良いライブでした。
AVENGED SEVENFOLD SET LIST
01. Nightmare
02. Critical Claim
03. Welcome to the Family
04. The Beast and the Harlot
05. Buried Alive
06. So Far Away
07. Afterlife
08. God Hates Us
09. Almost Easy
I was only familiar with the first song of their set that I had seen on YouTube. Even so, they gave a great performance and I think I may even have to purchase a few of their cds. Mikako enjoyed their set as well and said they reminded her of Linkin Park.
１曲目しか知らなかったんですが、それにYouTube見て知った。でも他の曲も結構かっこよかった。今後彼らのCDも買おうかなと思うくらい。美香子も気入ったみたい。リンキン・パークの感じだねと言ってました。
OZZY OSBOURNE SET LIST
01. Bark at the Moon
01. Bark at the Moon
02. Let Me Hear You Scream
03. Mr. Crowley
04. I Don't Know
05. Faeries Wear Boots (Black Sabbath)
06. Suicide Solution
07. War Pigs (Black Sabbath)
08. Shot in the Dark
09. Rat Salad (Black Sabbath)
10. Iron Man (Black Sabbath)
11. I Don't Want to Change the World
12. Crazy Train
13. Mama, I'm Coming Home
14. Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
What is there to say? Except, AWESOME! The Prince of Darkness may have aged as much as the Metal God and you could tell he also used a teleprompter but you can forgive the Oz as he also has a back catalog going all the way back to 1970 and he didn't spend his entire time trying to read the lyrics! The only new song from his new album that was featured in his set was "Let Me Hear You Scream". The rest of the set pretty much consisted of tunes from his first solo album and no less than 5 songs from Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" album. "Faeries Wear Boots" and "Rat Salad" was a surprise but who's complaining! And to think, I actually saw Ozzy on his first solo tour (with Randy Rhoads) and Motorhead opening the show in 1981! Here I am in Tokyo in 2010 and watching Ozzy and Motorhead again. How cool is that?
言う事は一つしかないー最高！ オジーもハルフォードと同じ位の年齢かも知りませんが、ずーとモニターを見ながら歌ったわけではない。彼の音楽も１９７０年まであるし、オジーだから許す。新しいアルバムで歌った曲は“レット・ミー・ヒア・ユー・スクリーム”。他はやっぱりソロデビューからの曲が多かった。あとはサバス時代で“パラノイド”のアルバムからなんと5曲もやってくれました！特に“フェアリーズ・ウェア・ブツ”と“ラット・サラダ”をやってくれたのはびっくり！思い出すと僕は１９８１年にオジーの最初のアメリカツアー（ランティ・ローズが居たとき）のライブも見たな、それにモーターヘッドが前座だった。あれから２９年も経って、東京でまたオジーとモーターヘッドが見れるなんて奇跡みたいな感じだ！
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