This year's Louder Than Life festival was eventful for one reason, Hurricane Helene. Otherwise, it was a bit of a bummer.
Thursday, Dodger worked that morning, and by the time we got on the road and to the AirBnB, I wasn't down with trying to get to the festival after 9pm just to see Slipknot. It was raining and cold and we would have been driving roads we weren't used to.
THEN, Friday was completely rained out due to the hurricane in the Gulf of America. I know all of those coming to see Slayer were bummed. There wasn't anyone I cared to see that day, so it was a wash for me.
Saturday morning, we made our way to the nearest Walmart and scavenged what was left of all of the rain gear. We managed to find full sets for both of us and then headed to the festival. It was a total mess of mud just about everywhere. It was difficult to walk through most of it, and some places were purely unpassable. Falling In Reverse didn't play because the hurricane messed with their travel plans. That's who I really wanted to see. Lindemann played in their place. What a total perv. He's a weirdo in the bad way. We did see Disturbed, thank goodness. We also saw the Dropkick Murphys, always fun. We left as Motley Crue was starting. We just can't stomach them at this stage. We prefer to listen to them as they were in their prime. They need to hang it up. They can't hang anymore.
Saturday, it the mud was less messy and it didn't rain at all. It was actually pleasant most of the day. I know we saw Breaking Benjamin. We saw a bit of Korn but left after a few songs.
Here's a mashup of the videos I took. I didn't take many. I left my phone in the locker most of the time. Dodger might have more videos that I may upload later.
