HellFest 2005[views:7112][posts:45]___________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 2:50am - poopsmcgee ""] Summer has begun, which means, among other things, the start of the summer concert season. Advertisement Hey, and look what’s coming to Trenton! Hell, some people might say. But to be specific, it’s Hellfest. Yes, Hellfest 2005, the all-hardcore three-day festival which will roar into Sovereign Bank Arena Aug. 19-21. It’s a big deal to music fans, and could be a big deal to local businesses, too. It’s a minor coup for Trenton to score a big music event like Hellfest. But some people of a certain age might bristle at the name. Scared? Of a festival with "Hell" in the name?" That’s okay. Like many negative stereotypes, summer concerts have earned their bad reputations. A nasty precedent has been set with Woodstock ’99, which set the benchmark for price-gouging ($8 for water? Where’s the class action lawsuit?) and later on in the weekend, rioting and terrifying vandalism, no doubt prompted by said gouging. The only upside to Woodstock ’99 was that it may have helped hammer the coffin shut on Limp Bizkit’s career. When your audience is crowd-surfing on burning pieces of plywood they’ve looted, it’s time to get off the stage. Woodstock ’99 not only soiled the memory of the first Woodstock, but ruined massive outdoor concerts for many. And that was before we entered The Age of Terror. Promoters have to be as responsible as those that go, or else, there will be hell to pay. And then, there was the mother of all bad scenes at summer concerts. Altamont, 1969. An estimated 300,000 people showed up to attend the so-called "Woodstock of the West." What happened that day was the opposite of peace and love, though. The big mistake at Altamont can probably be traced to the Rolling Stones, who hired local Hell’s Angels as security. When the Rolling Stones played that night on December 6, Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Alan Passaro, a Hell’s Angel. It’s worth mentioning that Hunter was African-American. His concert-going companion was not. This may have attracted attention from the Hell’s Angels, which led to a brawl, which led to Mick Jagger famously saying, "People, people, why are we fighting? Who wants to fight?" Passaro was acquitted by a jury after they saw footage from the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter," which showed Passaro fatally stabbing Hunter -- after Hunter was shown brandishing a gun. The jury ruled Passaro acted in self-defense. Hunter’s family fought the ruling for years, arguing there was a second stabber. The investigation was renewed two years ago, but last week, Alameda County sheriff Sgt. Scott Dudek said the case is closed, finding Passaro the only party wielding a knife at Altamont. Hellfest 2005 could easily go without incident. Last year it just raised a lot of eyebrows. It depends on who wants to fight. People? |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 2:54am - poopsmcgee ""] only band that I heard was playing is taking back sunday |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 2:57am - poopsmcgee ""] A weekend concert celebrating extreme music, that last year caused quite a stir in Elizabeth with its sometimes violent fan base, is coming to Trenton's Sovereign Bank Arena. Organizers said tickets will go on sale today for Hellfest, a three-day ritual of ear-shattering music with a worldwide appeal, headed to the city Aug. 19-21. Now in its ninth season, Hellfest features the best in independent hardcore, metal and punk rock bands on three different stages with The Trentonian exclusively learning yesterday über-popular New York emo band TAKING BACK SUNDAY will be headlining. "New Jersey has always been a great market for underground music, so what better place to do this than the capital city?" said Hellfest co-promotor Shawn VanderPoel, of the Mount Holly company Radiotakeover, noting the show's name is due to the summer heat, not Satan. "The kids who come to this, and come from all over the world, come to this because it's a giant hardcore show that breaks down the barriers," he added, applauding the SBA for hosting the event. The festival will feature more than 180 bands, from all walks of the extreme music culture, performing on three stages. An expected 1,800 screaming metal fanatics a day are expected to come into the city, spending $99.99 a piece for a three-day pass, organizers said. Last year, when the festival tore through Elizabeth's recently bankrupt RexPlex, more than 7,000 fans paid similar ticket prices to throw elbows, mosh and stage dive with the best the hardcore scene has to offer. VanderPoel, whose first-ever concert experience in 1989 was seeing vegan idols SHELTER at Trenton' defunct City Gardens, said Trenton's arena has the perfect makeup for an event like Hellfest. He said the event should bring the city $200,000 in extra revenue during a summer weekend when residents tend to flee the city heat for the Jersey shore. Organizers liked that the arena was within walking distance from NJ Transit' Riverline and the Trenton train station — a thoroughfare for fans traveling from Philadelphia and New York City — and is an easy venue to get to from Interstate 95, Route 1 and the New Jersey Turnpike. Metal heads need to eat too, so local eateries along the Broad Street corridor should also benefit from Hellfest. In fact, promoters said the Pizza Hut next to the Syracuse Fair Grounds, in New York, where Hellfest had been housed for the first seven years, earned $350,000 in extra revenue feeding hungry hardcore fans. As of yesterday the plan was to put the main stage inside the arena and two other stages outside in the SBA's parking lot. The festival grounds will also include food merchants, a "punk rock flea market" and a variety of tattoo artists invited to tag up the sunburned crowd. And what makes Hellfest such a unique event is that the bands don't hide behind barriers but encourage crowd participation. During the more popular bands, hundreds of fans will scale mountains of flesh, squished at the base of the stage, to sing along or jump back into the crowd. A sight to see up close, recent documentary DVDs showcased the festivals' often-misunderstood dance styles. During the most spastic moments, fans who make it on stage, are seen walking across the heads of those fans jockeying for position down low. As VanderPoel explains, Hellfest is as much a celebration of the music as it is the culture, which from time to time involves hard elbows and feet-first kicks to the head. He says 60 percent of the fans in attendance share straight-edge lifestyles, where a strong mind is key. Vegan straight-edge followers eliminate drugs, alcohol, sex and meat from their lives to keep the body pure and hardcore dancing is one of those ways to relieve the angst, passion and aggression trapped inside. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 7:14am - Kalopsia ""] those advertisements are retardedly stupid |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 1:16pm - poopsmcgee ""] yeah I dont need that much info,just the line up |
| _____________________________ [Jun 2,2005 1:53pm - blue ""] yeah, its definetly unecessary to publish these generic releases. what are they supposed to do, attract people who have no clue about the fest? |
| __________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 2:16pm - SteveSac ""] there will be hell to pay with Today is the Day....pfff. i thought violent angry bands played this shit. thats so gay. why dont they just call it Fagfest or Super Happy Emo Gay Time? |
| __________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 2:18pm - SteveSac ""] shit i meant to say Taking Back Sunday... whatever its all the same |
| _______________________________ [Jun 2,2005 4:12pm - mOe_rk ""] yeah, TBS is the only band i've heard thats on...i hope it doesnt suck, there's no way i'm driving almost an hour to Trenton for Hellfest if it sucks |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 2,2005 4:22pm - poopsmcgee ""] 2 hours for me,I really hope its a decent line up |
| ________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 1:35am - Lyndal ""] yeah im coming from australia, so cursed better be playing. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 1:36am - Lyndal ""] Fall river are playing. thats the only good band ive heard on the bill so far. |
| ________________________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 1:42am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] how the fuck do I find out who's playing? this website for the fest is useless. we played a show with Fall River in PA. I talked about how i read this book about Led Zeppelin, and at one part they filled a hot tub with baked beans and hot dogs, then these babes went in the tub and dogs ate the beans and franks out of their vaginas. the moral of the story is: Dogs Will Eat Anything. then the singer of Fall River called my story sexist, and i said "The moral of the story was Dogs Will Eat Anything. How is that sexist?" besides, i didn't do it, Led Zep did it. |
| ________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 9:37pm - Lyndal ""] its really annoying me that the site says nothing. Fall river have confirmed hellfest on their site, so why cant the hellfest site confirm anything? fall river are awesome... |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 9:42pm - poopsmcgee ""] so 2 bands is all we know. I wonder if tix are selling at all. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 6,2005 11:08pm - RichHorror ""] A band named themselves Fall River? That's fucking hysterical and sad. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 7,2005 1:04pm - anonymous ""] horse the band pale horse tbs <--gay i heard deadwater drowning might play there final set. 108 last show ever thats all i heard. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 7,2005 1:08pm - anonymous ""] this fest sucks |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 1:08pm - Jesus_Slaves ""] you figure with the name Hellfest, it would have something Hell related. whats the fun in going to a festival that is primarily vegan and straight edge? posi-core is weak. it should be borecore. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 1:12pm - powerkok ""] the_taste_of_cigarettes said: then the singer of Fall River called my story sexist, and i said "The moral of the story was Dogs Will Eat Anything. How is that sexist?" besides, i didn't do it, Led Zep did it. Was this a male or female? |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 2:09pm - poopsmcgee ""] They need a headliner like Slayer. |
| ___________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 2:21pm - poopsmcgee ""] hahahahaha I just typed in hellfest on pollstar.com to see if they had a lineup, and it came up as .... Helen Keller Festival Located in Tuscumbia, AL |
| ________________________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 2:49pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] powerkok said:the_taste_of_cigarettes said: then the singer of Fall River called my story sexist, and i said "The moral of the story was Dogs Will Eat Anything. How is that sexist?" besides, i didn't do it, Led Zep did it. Was this a male or female? guess, cowboy. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 8,2005 3:05pm - powerkok ""] Ima gonna go out on a limb and say either it was a feminazi or a fag. |
| __________________________________ [Jun 9,2005 2:06pm - YOUR MOM ""] www.skyturnsgrey.cjb.net |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 9,2005 2:08pm - sky turns grey ""] can everyone please check out my band sky turns grey |
| ___________________________________________ [Jun 9,2005 2:14pm - intestineshredder ""] hopefully some decent bands will show up, Glass Casket would kick major ass!! |
| _________________________________ [Jun 14,2005 8:42pm - Lyndal ""] the bands are a bit shit. no cursed. but YOT, pig destroyer, red chord, converge... but no Cursed. |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 15,2005 5:52pm - poopsmcgee ""] its not to bad |
| _________________________________ [Jun 21,2005 6:35pm - Lyndal ""] CURSED are playing. Best day of my life. |
| ________________________________________________ [Jun 21,2005 7:29pm - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] i'm thinking about going to this ! CONVERGE CRYPTOPSY CURL UP AND DIE CURSED THE END THE MISFITS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD NILE PIG DESTROYER PSYOPUS SICK OF IT ALL SINCE THE FLOOD SPITFIRE SUFFOCATION TERROR TODAY IS THE DAY |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 22,2005 5:48pm - anonymous ""] mOe_rk said:yeah, TBS is the only band i've heard thats on...i hope it doesnt suck, there's no way i'm driving almost an hour to Trenton for Hellfest if it sucks almost an hour? shiiiiit, i live in Illinois and i'll be there. quit complaining. |
| _____________________________________ [Jun 22,2005 9:37pm - mOe_rk nli ""] i'll complain all i want, i ve already dropped 100 bucks on a fest that wasnt worth it onnce this year, and goddamnit i dont wanna do it again.... but, The Secret was added to the fest, giving me a little more incentive to go....throw in a Despised Icon, and it will be hard for me to resist |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 23,2005 2:11am - poopsmcgee ""] whiskey_weed_and_women said:i'm thinking about going to this ! CONVERGE CRYPTOPSY CURL UP AND DIE CURSED THE END THE MISFITS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD NILE PIG DESTROYER PSYOPUS SICK OF IT ALL SINCE THE FLOOD SPITFIRE SUFFOCATION TERROR TODAY IS THE DAY I agree |
| ____________________________________________________________ [Jun 23,2005 2:33am - Spaldino on a fucking mac... lame ""] gay |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 12,2005 11:57pm - poopsmcgee ""] holy shit fucking Colesce is playing |
| _________________________________________________ [Jul 13,2005 12:27am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] poopsmcgee said:holy shit fucking Colesce is playing yup, another reason for me to go ! |
| _______________________________ [Jul 13,2005 12:30am - blue ""] i just crapped my pants when i found that out. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jul 13,2005 12:46am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] and it's Coalesce ! they're doing two show total this year Hellfest and something in Kanas. then gonna figure out what to do next, i'm hoping for new record and a full tour ! |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 13,2005 12:48am - JonahBloodbath ""] I'm playing hellfest with backstabbers inc. shit is gonna be FUCKIN' WEIRD. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jul 13,2005 12:52am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] whiskey_weed_and_women said:i'm thinking about going to this ! CONVERGE CRYPTOPSY CURL UP AND DIE CURSED THE END THE MISFITS MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD NILE PIG DESTROYER PSYOPUS SICK OF IT ALL SINCE THE FLOOD SPITFIRE SUFFOCATION TERROR TODAY IS THE DAY Backstabbers Inc. Coalesce Doomriders Ion Dissonance Public Enemy |
| ______________________________ [Jul 13,2005 1:36am - blue ""] JonahBloodbath said:I'm playing hellfest with backstabbers inc. shit is gonna be FUCKIN' WEIRD. OH MAN. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 13,2005 2:58am - JonahBloodbath ""] its gonna be a little different then a basement show, haha |
| ____________________________________ [Jul 14,2005 4:02am - poopsmcgee ""] I cant wait to see Coalesce |
| ______________________________ [Jul 14,2005 8:09am - Lamp ""] There's quite a few good bands playing this, but the number of crappy bands and bands I don't know seems to outweigh it...surprise surprise I guess. |
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