Summer Sonic Top List

I was at Summer Sonic 2011 in Osaka on the Saturday, watching the artists playing on the Ocean Stage! These artists where playing there, in this order: Neon Trees, Mona, Hollywood Undead, Zebrahead, Panic! at the Disco, Maximum the Hormone, Yuki, X Japan and, the final big super-hyped act; Red Hot Chili Peppers.

I have made a list from the artists I enjoyed the least, to the artists I enjoyed the most!

9. Yuki
Some kind of cute j-pop girl… Compare her to the rest of this stage’s lineup (rock, metal, screaming etc) and you’ll be like “WTF”. She is so out of place… She was the one performing before the band I had been waiting 8+ years to see live. I just wanted her and her stupid sugary j-pop off the stage. :(

8. Zebrahead
I don’t remember much more than that these dudes seemed to provoke the audience to be violent, making me not being able to enjoy the show because I was fighting for my life while also dehydrated and dizzy (near 40°C and right in the sunlight), hahaha. I was very close to the stage up to (Neon Trees, Mona) and during this performance and the violence ultimately made the security guards take me out of there. I also dropped my compact camera during this performance. Fail. I heard there occurred serious injuries in that area later, so I’m glad I didn’t stay there.

7. Mona
They did such a boring show. ’nuff said.

6. Red Hot Chili Peppers
They were supposed to be the big awesome final act everybody had waited for, and for many I guess they were. Yeah, sure, I waited for them somewhat too, but to be honest I was waiting more for X Japan during the whole day (that played before RHCP). RHCP didn’t even play any of my favorite songs… This performance was also 30 min longer than all the rest, which made it even worse because I just wanted to go home, hahaha. Haha, this is so controversial! But I’m just writing down how I felt!

5. Panic! at the Disco
If I had been closer to the stage I guess I’d enjoyed them even more so that they’d come to at least the 2nd position! But anyways, I liked them, and they were OK!

4. Maximum the Hormone
So much energy from the band and fun audience made this performance really enjoyable!!

3. Hollywood Undead
Good show, good music, fun to be in front of the scene with everybody all energetic! One of the dudes from the band even crowd surfed on top of me, haha! :D

2. Neon Trees
First band of the day, second most enjoyable! Maybe because I had the most energy to use at this point, and got a spot right in front of the stage, but also because they do great music, and an awesome show!! Just because you’re the opening act of nine bands doesn’t mean you’re worst of them!!! :D

1. X Japan
Of course.
At first I was a bit sorry for not having a front-row spot for this performance, but that was all forgotten when they started the show. I had been waiting for so long, over 8 years, to at last being able to see them live. It was one of my dreams in life that came true. I am so grateful that they decided to re-unite and give me and many other newer fans this opportunity. I LOVE X JAPAN.
The show was so awesome… I sang along in every song… Yoshiki even made the whole crowd being quiet for a moment to think about the victims of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
I uploaded a video of parts of the show on Facebook (everyone logged in can view it (also, don’t friend request me if I don’t know you, sorry!)). I GOT X’d!!!

And that was Summer Sonic for this year… I don’t know if I’ll go there more times. I was so exhausted on all kinds of levels after this day. I now know that it’ll probably be much more enjoyable overall to just go to a live performance of ONE band I really really like, instead of a festival with mostly bands I barely care about. It was a bit hardcore to have seven bands play before the one I went there to see. It drained much of my energy. But X Japan made it all worth it. :) See ya!

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