SO THIS JOURNEY STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN I FOUND TICKETS FOR THIS $5 DANZIG SHOW AND WAS REALLY STOKED. I GOT TICKETS FROM TICKETMASTER AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED (YOU KNOW BECAUSE IM OBSESSED AND ALL). SO ANYWAY WHAT WAS I TALKING ABOUT? WHATS GOING ON HERE? OHH YEAH SO YESTERDAY IS THE DAY RIGHT, IM LIKE EXCITED BUT NOT REALLY. I DONT LET MY SELF GET EXCITED ABOUT THINGS UNTIL THEY ARE FOR SURE HAPPENING. SO LIKE AN HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW ME AND DEANA ARE HANGING OUT WITH OUR FRIEND BRIAN AND IM LIKE HEY I THINK THAT TICKETMASTER WAS SUPPOSED TO MAIL ME THE TICKETS. I CHECK MY PHONE AND THE EMAIL SAYS THEY WOUD SEND THE TICKETS ATLEAST 48 HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW. SO WE GO BY MY DADS HOUSE AND THERE ARE TOTALLY NO TICKETS. WERE LIKE "WELL WHATEVER, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT LETS JUST GO DOWN THERE". WERE ALMOST TO THE 5 WHEN BRIAN CALLS US BACK AND SAYS HE WANTS TO GO WITH US BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE HES MISSING OUT. WERE LIKE YEAH! COOL HE WANTS TO SEE DANZIG WITH US, THIS IS AWESOME. SO WE PICK HIM UP AND DRIVE TO LONG BEACH (YOU KNOW OUR FAVE PLACE).
WE GET THERE AND DECIDE TO CHECK OUT THE BACK/SIDE AREAS OF THE VENUE JUST TO MAKE SURE. I MEAN THE THING IS ITS EASY TO SNEAK IN PLACES IF YOU GET THERE 3 HOURS BEFORE OR SOMETHING, BUT NOT AN HOUR LATE. I MAKE UP MY OWN PARKING SPOT NEXT TO THE COP CARS AND TRUCKS IN THE LOADING DOCK AREA AND WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IN (WE BOUGHT SOME TICKETS FROM SOME DUDE).
THE THING IS IT WAS WAY BETTER THAT THEY NEVER SENT ME MY TICKETS BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE SUCKED TO NOT BE ON THE FLOOR. LIKE WHEN I SAW RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE IN HIGH SCHOOL I DIDNT HAVE FLOOR TICKETS AND IT LIKE HURT MY INSIDES TO BE SO CLOSE BUT SO FAR.
SO THE PEOPLE WATCHING WAS GREAT. THERE WAS ALL THESE CHICKS WITH BOOBS AND BELLIES HANGING OUT AND DUDES WITH NO SHIRTS ON. AND THERE WERE ALL THESE PUNK KIDS. AND DANZIG FAN KIDS WITH THEIR ROCKABILLY MOMS. THE WORST OF COURSE WERE THE SUICIDAL COPY CAT DUDES. LIKE JUST EMBARRASING HOW BAD YOU KNOW? LIKE SUPER DRUNK WITH THE BANDANNA ALMOST COVERING THEIR EYES AND JUST EEW...TAKING THE GANGSTER LOOK AND JUST GROSSING IT OUT. BUT WHATEVER ABOUT THAT, THAT DID NOT MATTER AT ALL, I STILL LOVE THOSE NASTY FREAKS. OH WE EVEN FOUND OUR METAL BROS TYLER AND JAMES. WE WERE LIKE DANZIG RIGHT? AND THEY JUST LOOKED AT US LIKE DUH DUDE COME ON. WHO KNOWS THEY COULD BE CLOSET PENNYWISE FANS.
SO FINALLY ALL THOSE OTHER BANDS WERE DONE FOOLING AROUND AND HAVING HUGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ON THE STAGE. THE STAGE FOR DANZIG IS LIKE SMOKE (OF COURSE) AND ALL THESE FUCKING WEIRD DANZIGY TOMBSTONE LIKE THINGS AND CREEPY CROSSES. FUCKING AWESOME. THEY DROP THE DANZIG BANNER AND ITS LIKE YESS FINALLY. DUDE WHEN HE CAME OUT IT WAS LIKE PEOPLE WERE MESMERIZED. OF COURSE ME AND DEANA ARE LOSING OUR MINDS BECAUSE HE LOOKS FUCKING INCREDIBLE!! HE LOOKS AMAZING, HES HAPPY AND NICE AND HE FUCKING SAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS! HES LIKE "FUCK THAT, I CAN SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS...THE DAY SOMEBODY TELLS ME WHAT TO DO IS THE DAY I PUT A BULLET TO THEIR HEAD." SO AWESOME! I HATE CHRISTMAS BUT THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME... THAT SHIT LIKE WARMED MY HEART OR SOMETHING. ANYWAY SO THEY START PLAYING AND EVERYBODY IS SO STOKED BECAUSE THEY SOUND INCREDIBLE.
AFTER LIKE THE THIRD SONG THERE IS STILL NO PIT AND EVERYBODY IS JUST SQUISHING AND PUSHING AND ME AND DEANA ARE LIKE WHY ARENT PEOPLE GETTING CRAZY? SO WE PUSH OUR WAY OVER TO THE MIDDLE AND START THE PIT ALREADY. THANK GOD THERE WERE SOME PUNKS THERE THAT UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU HAVE TO FREAK OUT AT A SHOW. I MEAN IT WAS BLOWING MY MIND HOW PEOPLE WERE LIKE NOT GOING CRAZY AND THEN DEANA POINTED OUT HOW PEOPLE WERE JUST STARING AT HIM. EVERYBODY WAS IN AWE, THERE WERE JAWS JUST DROPPED AND SHIT.
SO PRETTY MUCH IT WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER AND IT PROVED TO US THAT WE ARE FUCKING NUTS. I MEAN I ALREADY KNEW THAT BUT IT WAS NICE TO HAVE SOME CONFIRMATION. LIKE YOU HEAR ABOUT DANZIG SHOWS JUST LIKE GETTING CRAZY AND SHIT AND ME AND DEANA WERE IN THE HANDFUL OF CRAZY. ITS LIKE THAT LINE FROM THAT BRITNEY SPEARS SONG "YOU SAY IM CRAZY... I GOT YOUR CRAZY".
SO THE ONLY THING THAT COULD MAKE THE NIGHT BETTER WOULD BE THAT MY CAR WAS STILL THERE AND IT DIDNT GET TOWED. IT TOTALLY WAS!
PS WHEN WE WERE DRIVING AWAY ALL THE COPS WERE COMING OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THERE WERE ALL THESE COP CARS. NATURALLY I WANTED A PIC OF MY CAR NEXT TO THEIRS. YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER. SO THATS WHAT THAT PICTURE ABOVE IS ABOUT.
