HellYeah – Did I Enjoy Myself, HELL YEAH!
As one pulls into the strip mall in Mokena , IL you see an endless line of people waiting to get into the Pearl Room. The first words out your mouth might be "what the f(*(&k!" with the line. The weather was slush, rain, snow or whatever you want to call it…after a prolonged stand in line for good 30 or more minutes, you finally make it through the door into a club that is packed to the damn gills. There is no getting around, so what you must do is make way to where you going to make a stance for Machine Head and the headlining group that were recently coined by many as the "supergroup," HellYeah. HellYeah as most already know consist of pure drinking, swearing, rowdy bunch of Texans who formed a couple of years ago in 2006. The veteran metal icons are Chad Gray (voice) and Greg Tribbett (guitar) of Mudvayne, Tom Maxwell (guitar) of Nothingface, Bob Kakaha (bass) and Vinnie Paul Abbott of Damangeplan. Ofcourse we all know where Vinnie started, Pantera. This is HellYeah 2008 leg of the tour slightly renamed as "More Balls, More Volume, More Strength" Tour. The wait in line, the body to body count, the prolonged wait at the bar to get a drink, but it was all worth for super show by the supergroup.
I'm not going to say I'm some old son of a bitch, but you know the fans who were jammed packed into the Pearl Room date back to the 1980s, cause I know. You can call it a melting pot of head bangers from the early 80s right down to today new age "pierced everywhere in the face" youth metal punk heads of today. You can feel the era of Pantera with everyone. The brand of the band was strong on t-shirts, leather and jean jackets, in addition, the drink of choice seemed to be Jack Daniels. The Jack Daniels logo spread out on many fan's shirts, patches and tattoos. If you were one of the few who did not wait all damn night to get to the bar, Jack Daniels really represented this night, even the bar had "black tooth grin shots" on the bar menu to pay homage to the guitar icon Dimebag Darrell. He will be remembered by all rockers, if you love or hate, you know of Dimebag and the tragic death before his time.
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