Bamboozle ’08 – Day One

{ September 30, 2008 @ 1:23 pm } · { Bamboozle, Metro Station }
{ Tags: 2008, Bamboozle, Metro Station, Paramore, Phil Bensen, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Secondhand Serenade, Tokio Hotel }

Ever wanted to see almost all of your favorite bands over the course of just TWO days? Well, The Bamboozle made that possible for me not once, but twice. I talked in a previous blog about Bamboozle of 2007. Well I went again to Bamboozle 2008 and it was insanely fun.

 

If I wrote about both days in one blog, your mind would probably go insane, so I’ll split it up. Here’s day ONE of Bamboozle. Saturday, May 3^rd, 2008.

 

Once again, I was lucky enough to have the backstage passes to all the bands that were there, which was really awesome because this year even more bands that I loved were playing there. I had been waiting for this weekend for months and when the day finally came, I could not sit still. Bamboozle is probably one of the biggest highlights of my year.

 

I had a very busy schedule for that day, here’s a picture of what my Saturday looked like (this was the actual schedule I used when I got there):

 

When I first arrived, it was about 12:20 so I had to run like a mad man to get to Secondhand Serenade before it started (at 12:30). I darted out of the car and ran through 2 backstage areas as a short cut. Once I spotted the correct stage, I had 5 minutes until starting time. There was a huge massive crowd that I’d have to get through to get to the backstage entrance, so we pushed out way through and finally got to the front and up to the stage in record time. His set was really great, as usual, but we had to run quickly from there in order to make Cute Is What We Aim For. We got there a little late, but, it was alright and we were still able to hear lots of songs that we knew and loved. Then, from there we left a little bit early because we really didn’t want to miss Metro Station, plus, we wanted to get a good spot of the stage right up front so that we could see well.  The plan worked and we were right up front for Metro Station! It was so cool seeing Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus there. They were so energetic on stage and kept turning around to us because we were surrounded by their personal friends (like Kelsey from their song “Kelsey”). We got to meet Trace and Mason afterwards, and they were so friendly and nice. 

 

We had plenty of time between Metro Station and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, so we walked around and then went up to the stage to make sure we got good spots on the stage again. They’re always so crazy and energetic, and at the end they even tore apart their drumset and threw it out into the crowd! It was awesome! I wish I could have gotten a piece!

 

Later, I also saw Hit the Lights, Mindless Self Indulgence, Tokio Hotel, Rocket Summer, Jack’s Mannequin,and The Bravery. Hit the Lights was fun, even though I don’t know many of their songs. Mindless Self Indulgence was CRAZY. They have so much energy and have the coolest outfits and hairstyles! It’s so entertaining to watch then perform. Tokio Hotel was really cool to see because I’d discovered their music a year earlier on the trip to France. They were on the cover of every magazine there and I’d never heard of them so I looked up their music and loved them. They have such a different style than American music but I love it. The Rocket Summer was really fun because I knew all the songs they performed so we could really enjoy hearing them live. They’re so good live, I love their sound. It’s so unique. Jack’s Mannequin was great but I only knew one of the songs that they played so I couldn’t rock out too much there. Haha. Then The Bravery played, but we didn’t get to hear much of them because we were in a time strain. But we walked by and stopped for the few minutes to listen from the crowd and they were really good too. 

 

Last was Paramore. I’m not a huge fan of Paramore, but we got to see the whole Band before they went on and they were so nice! Haley was really nervous but excited before going on stage. It was really cool to see how they all acted right before they went up. Then later, when their performance was over, they all ran off the stage and were jumping around because they were so excited from their great performance.

 

We ended up leaving before seeing Jimmy Eat World because it was freezing cold and we were extremely tired from the long day.

 

Overall, day one of Bamboozle was incredible, making me even more pumped for the second day. I’ll write about it soon!

 

I got lots of pictures with bands and of bands so you can check then out down here! Thanks for reading! Leave comments and tell me what you think! 

 

Bamboozle Schedule

Secondhand Serenade

Cute Is What We Aim For

Me and Trace Cyrus

Me and Mason Musso

Me and Phil Bensen

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Me and Ronnie from Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Tokio Hotel

The Rocket Summer

Me and Bryce from the Rocket Summer

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