Hey..
Well, long time no blog. I'm bored shitless at home at 9am, and I've been reading My Chemical Romance reviews on Blogger, so I thought why not update my own blog, so here I am!!
So, I haven't really been up to much since I last blogged.... pft, what am I saying!? I've been up to A LOT. I've met my hero, I've seen two of my favourite bands live, I've met more of my heroes.. yeah, that's nothing, right? ;) So, I better fill you all in!
So, it was 19th October, the day I was seeing my hero in person, yes, I was finally seeing Stone Sour live!!
I woke up at 7am, just like I normally would for college, I quickly got dressed and got everything organised for what was going to be a very long day. I left my house at half seven, making my way to Camden Dingwells, all set to queue for 12 hours. Unfortunately, I wasn't going to get to my desired location as quick as I expected as I had ended up getting the school kids.
I sat at the bus stop waiting for my stupid bus for 10 minutes - which had seemed like an hour. Thankfully, not one of my buses - but five of my buses appeared. I managed to get on one of them and got a seat right by the engines so I could warm up. Oh, how I was going to enjoy the cold air today. It took me half an hour to get to Camden, which is actually longer than going any other time. I walked down Camden high street on my way to Dingwells, kind of weirded out by none of the markets being open. It was very weird for Camden to not be as busy as it usually is. I found the location in no time, and I was the first one there. I looked at the time and it was 8am. I had to wait another half an hour until Steph arrived. Thankfully, them minutes vanished quickly, and Steph was here. We stood by the doors of the venue, constantly complaining about how cold it was. I had then explained a story to Steph about how a weird guy came over to me asking if this was Dingwells and how he was going to get a truck around here for Stone Sour... that story had made my heart beat so fast as it had then hit me that I really will be seeing my heroes live.
It wasn't long until two other fans appeared, and thankfully, these girls were really nice. Their names were Mirela and Eli. We managed to make friends with them in no time. We sat there for hours and hours on end, until two other people (who's names I cannot remember) arrived. We all sat there for a few more hours, telling each other random Slipknot and Stone Sour stories, which thankfully kept us occupied until something great happened.
We noticed that bassist, Shawn Economaki had arrived. It had then struck us that the other members may be arriving any minute now, so we decided to split into three to guard both entrances. Mirela and the two other people went to the back entrance while Eli, Steph and I stood at the front entrance. It wasn't long until we had received a phonecall, meaning that people have arrived - it was then time to meet Jim Root and Josh Rand.
I was shaking so bad as I stood next to the very tall Jim. He looked down at me after taking a photo with Eli and I quietly said, "hi".. he then said "hello" and smiled down at me, which had made my heart melt. It was then my turn to get a photo with them, and they smiled! I was so psyched that I managed to meet them, I was just hoping that I'd meet the other three soon.
After Jim and Josh went into the venue, we all went back round the front. It was only seconds later that I recognised a laugh. I spun around to see a short man standing there, with that trademark hat on. I stopped breathing. It was Corey fucking Taylor. I started whispering a load of jibberish to Mirela, mostly saying, "he's here, he's here, Corey's there, oh my fuck" and using my eyes to point over to him. I couldn't believe this was happening. However, before I went over to meet him, we noticed that Roy Mayorga was here too!! We went over to Roy first to say hello, and get a photo. He seemed so thankful that we asked for a photo. He was so sweet, I love him!
It was then time to meet him. I felt a panic attack coming on. I stood in front of Corey, shaking like a leaf. I took a photo of Steph and him together, and then it was my turn. I politely asked for a photo and he was like, "Sure!" and I went and stood next to him. He wrapped his arm around my waist which had made me shake even more. He wasn't as fidgety in my photo like he was in everyone else's, but what can you expect? It's Corey Taylor, he doesn't know the meaning of "shut up!"... and that's the reason why most of the fans there had several photos with him. After the photo was taken, I looked up at him and quietly said "thank you", he then smiled over at me and said "You're welcome" and that was it, my life was complete. I knew exactly how I was going to act when I met him. I'd either be very shy and not say a word, make a fool out of myself and just... embarrass myself or be totally fine with him. I was shy and hardly said a word.
After hours and hours of queuing, it was then time to go and watch my heroes play life. Steph and I managed to get barrier, which was what I had always dreamt off when I first seen Corey perform life. Josh Rand, the rhythm guitarist that I had met earlier, had came over to us stood at the barrier and gave us his guitar plectrums, which I found ever so sweet. I swear, I just want to pinch his cheeks, he's so adorable!! :)
After about an hour of just standing there and waiting, it was then time for Stone Sour to come on stage and perform. They started off with Mission Statement and carried on with old hits and new hits for the next hour and fifteen minutes. My life was absolutely complete. I also received Jim Root's plectrum at the end of the show which means I have Josh's and Jim's plectrums!! :) And I swear Corey looked at me several times during the show which had definitely made my heart melt.
That was one of the best days of my life. I would do anything to relive it.
As for the other concert and meeting another special person, I'll post that in another blog later on. Until then, peace out! x
