I'm more than three months behind in concert blog posts.  Is it really December 3rd already.  What a whirl wind of a year it has been.  So many shows both large and small.  Here are just a few highlights.  

Black Label Society (Oct)- Zakk is a GOD, what else can be said about this amazing artist. This was probably one of my favorite shows of the year.   And Children of Bodom were amazing too.   

Bush (Oct)- Gavin, Gavin, Gavin.  It was so nice seeing them again after all these years.   What a fun girls night out too.  Went with Lisa and Ali, and at the end of the night we all got photos with Gavin.   They sounded awesome as well.  Gavin has that raspy quality to his voice, and I could hardly notice any degradation. They opened with Machinehead - of course I was in heaven.

Gwar (Oct) - Decided that it's best not to add any pictures of the Gwar show to this website.  None of them are really appropriate for mass audiences.  I am a bit disappointed that the blood washed out.  The show was so very cool.   Venue was small and it was easy to tell that their set barely fit on the Firestone stage.  But hey, the Palin massacre worked perfectly. 

American Carnage (Oct)-  Awesome show, too bad I can't remember Slayer.  Stay away from Purple Hazes at the Hard Rock Live.   Anthrax and Megadeth were awesome of course.  It was also a great night out for the Orlando Heavy Metal Meet Up group.  We had something like 25 peeps at this show.  Frank tells me that just about all of the meet up missed Slayer.   Some passed out, some, like me, don't remember much.

Godsmack (Sept) - This was a free one, Ali had an extra ticket.  I own none of their music, but I do like many of their songs.  Sully was amazing and quite the surprise.  I was very impressed.  

Uproar (Sept) -- BIG treat of the year.  Seeing Disturbed YET again.   What can I say for my number ones.   This time I had 4th row seats plus got to stand in the pit directly under David.  Just wow.   The rest of the show was amazing as well.  Lizzy was perfect, Stone Sour so fun, and wow A7X knocked everyone out.   

Smile Empty Soul (Aug) - This one felt like a personal show.   Teeny bar in Longwood Fla. Liquid Scripts.    There were no more than 50 people in the bar and most not really aware of SES.   This was a very special one.  Got to chat with all the guys, and T-shirt completed!!

Deftones (Aug)- Perfect set, by this very special band.   

Mayhem (Aug) -  I was there for Five Finger Death Punch, but WOW ZOMBIE!!!!    Just floored, probably the best show I have ever seen.  I really hope I get to see Zombie again.  So very impressed.   LOG and Korn great too. 

Cinderella (Aug) - Back stage passes to this one.   Very cool to meet Fred again after so many years.   I met them back around 85 on LI at the Sundance.   Fun show. 

Ali, Gavin, Lisa and Cyn at the Bush show, Ritz Tampa

David Draiman - Tampa

Sean from Smile Empty Soul & Me

Tom Keifer from Cinderella & Me