On Saturday May 17th my wife, brother-in-law, and myself went to the Rock on the Range concert in Columbus Ohio.  We arrived a little after 4:00, paid $15 for parking, parked in the boonies, and made our way inside.

Once inside we went to the 2nd stage, stood around for a little while and watched the band 10 Years.  Prior to seeing them live I had heard two of their songs on the radio but never knew the name of the band.  They put on a pretty good show.  Next we headed to the main stage to see Serj Tankian.

I was never really a big fan of SOAD but after seeing Serj he is now one of my favorite artists. He was definitely the most unique artist there, from his stage attire to his theatrics. I bought his CD Elect the Dead the following Monday and I still haven’t played it out yet. For anyone who never really liked SOAD but is looking for some hard rocking music with a message behind it definitely check him out!

After Serj was Staind. They played songs from their awesome catalog and Mr. Lewis did an acoustic version of Bob Seger’s Turn the Page.

Following Staind was Disturbed. They played several new songs from their forth-coming release and put on a great show. The crowd was the most enthusiastic about Disturbed because David kept saying “Let me see your fu$&!ng fists in the air mother fu$&ers”. Never fails. At all of the rock concerts I have been to I have always been called a “mother fu$&er”. It just goes with the territory I guess.

Finally after spending hours in a cool cloudy Columbus day STP took the stage. They played all of their great songs and put on a nice evening show. I got to see Scott Weiland twirl around in circles with his megaphone so I was a happy camper. It was great to see STP play their first reunion show. Weiland seemed a little more subdued than usual but it was a great end to a great day.