Manilla Road is an American heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by lead guitarist Mark ‘the Shark’ Shelton (vocals and guitar) (born December 3, 1957, Wichita, Kansas, United States).
Members: Mark “The Shark” Shelton (g,v), Bryan “Hellroadie” Patrick (v), Joshua Castillo (b), Neudi (dr)
INBREED OPEN AIR 2014, några timmar på lördagkvällen. Bara sådär kort:
Hängde med Jonas (“Nord/Nebiros” MALIGN, ex-OFERMOD) och Joel (MONSTRAAT, ex-LIFELOVER) till Uppsala för Jonas skulle gästa MEPHORASH som spelade sist denna kväll.
Hann se lite av SUMMONED TIDE och ASSBLASTER, och nästan hela SECTU giget. Träffade på flera bekanta (flera av dom hade spelat tidigare på dagen. Bla den vid det här laget världsberömda memegubben/internetfenomenet Martin Ågren från ONE HOUR HELL)), men var rätt lam när det kom till att ta bilder. Så det blev bara några snaps på dom jag sprang på hela tiden och/eller fastnade en längre tid med. Kul liten festival och välordnat också. Allt elementärt
som ska finnas på en festival fanns där trots att det hela var gratis, på en liten yta och gjord med minimal (ingen?) budget.
Armband fick man vid ingången där man också kollade medhavda väskor (ingen egen alkohol tillåten till området), öltältet fanns direkt till vänster till ingången, det fanns två ölserveringar utomhus plus en inomhus i ett trevligt fik/bar där man även kunde köpa nått ätbart för en rimlig peng.Kön till bardisken kunde emellanåt bli lång och långsam men jag löste det smidigt med att hoppa av kön och istället sno åt mig en bit av Joakims (LifeR) hamburgare. Tack Joakim!!!
Hade dessutom några fina Convoy moments med samme man under kvällen;)) Johan från samma band såg till att jag aldrig blev ståendes nånstans utan en öl. Finfint folk! Kärlek!:)) Scenen var inte fy dum den heller. Fast kravallstaketet höll på att braka ihop vid nått tillfälle så crewfolk fick stå bakom och hålla emot under MEPHORASH spelningen. Backstageområdet avskärmat och logen var full med loppisprylar men funkade bra. Bra lineup med mest lokalanknytning. Och folk var fulla & glada:)
Fin liten festival, hade skoj, så bra gjort Link & co:))
Once again a WONDERFUL festival!!!!! Thanks to Jarne (and the rest of the staff) and loads of old & new friends. Some which I meet at the same place every year:) Awesome, awesome line up and shows!! The cheap beer and the late night waffles…the fantastic atmosphere I always start missing it all before it even has ended.
So many highlights!! Big thanks to Bert/Metalshots and Sunve/Sunvemetal for letting me use some of their pictures:) See you next year!!!
The high point after an awesome week of KING DIAMOND rehearsals in Denmark: the first gig on the tour! It was really hot and sunny but luckily the sun moved a bit after the couple of first songs so it didn´t shine straight on the bands faces. I had heard the whole setlist twice a day for a few days and it just grew more and more awesome (got the playlist on Spotify:)!
Loved the show!! And even more watching Håkon G., who I had the great pleasure of meeting for the first time. We were both shooting the whole gig and he was constantly switching from being a total pro photographer to a happy teen fan just dancing around and enjoying himself:) This was also Pontus (bass) first gig and he had already proved himself to be a genuinly awesome guy! He arrived to Denmark the same day as me after being contacted by the band just a couple of days before that.
He learned really fast for about 17 songs and was ready to go! He basically nailed it already on the first day of rehea
rsals. Just some fine tuning the rest of the week:)) Livia looked stunning as always!! Håkon took a picture of us together and I felt like a garbage bag besides her:) Luckily she´s incredibly nice! Like every one in the KD camp.
Anyways, afterparty was held at the hotel close by where the band stayed. Really nice evening and got a ride home with a couple of Kings guys. The end of one of the best weeks in my life. I hope to do it again sometime:)
The pic to the right is taken by my friend Johanna. I´m sneaking about. Håkon is there too:))
» A bit from the rehearsals in Denmark (Need to sort out some gallery at some point. Not everything is for public viewing:))
I was supposed to hang out w the KD people in Tokyo late 2013 but because of typhoons & stuff happened, all their gear got stucked in a Chinese harbour and never made it to Japan. So last minute cancelled trip for them:/
I was already in Japan by that time so made the best of it (with typhoon and all;)) sightseeing all over Tokyo & Yokohama, meeting up w friends and going to some gigs. So quite good trip overall.
Anyways I finally got to meet up with all of the KD people at the rehearsals for the Summer tour 2014. Kinda made up for Tokyo
Some really nice days in Denmark, 2 rehearsals a day, fun company, truly professional crew and the most awesome venue rented for the rehearsals.
In last minute there was the incident involving the former bass player and Pontus E. was asked to step in. He accepted, took the plane from Sweden the next day, rehearsed 14 songs within 24 hrs or so and played like he always been in the band. A hero!The coffin from the 80´s was tried out the first time since…the 80´s. This time Grandma was the one to be burned. She wasn´t too happy about it xD
The first gig on the tour was in Stockholm and they did some European gigs & festivals before a tour in US later in the year.[I need to sort out some pictures in the future which are ok for public viewing. Too many personal/private stuff for now]
Once more a brilliant and most entertaining show by the guys in HELL! They obviously played in a venue too small (lots of people didn´t get inside) and a way, WAY too short set, but for us who were there, it was still awesome:) A good mix of old and new songs.
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Some more pictures from BST: »
Lemmy at the backstage artist village in a golf buggy:D
One day, one night, loads of fun:))
Awesome to see these guys again! Even tho they weren´t fronted by J. Niemi anymore. The last rite of the Archmandal tour (w. Mr Peter Hayden), great performance and time for some beers in the nicest company. Tampere rules!
V. AJOMO – Photo: Soile Siirtola, extremmetal.se
Edit 2014-06-16: Added a live clip from Püssy a Go Go.
The awesome Japanese band at last in our basement!!:D A nice bunch of people and the gig was really REALLY good!! Not a dull moment there:)Tatsu Mikami – bass Junji Narita – drums Hideki Fukasawa – vocals & synthesizers Ikuma Kawabe – guitar
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