Day 2 @ ROCK ON THE RANGE 2014

Day 2

Bit O Java was on site again for the 2nd day of the biggest Rock festival in the US on Saturday, ROCK ON THE RANGE, at Crew Stadium.

Credit: Jason Squires/AEG Live

BANDS WE SAW:

POP EVIL

CROBOT

THEORY OF A DEADMAN

THE PRETTY RECKLESS

SLAYER

AVENGED SEVENFOLD

POP EVIL: With a chart topping single out ( Torn to Pieces, #4 on the Itunes Rock Chart) , Pop Evil is taking the US by storm on tour with Avatar & Escape The Fate. At the end of the show, before playing Trenches, Pop Evil brought out Marines and the Eyes Of Freedom paintings, honoring those who have fallen.

SETLIST:

Hero
Boss’s Daughter
Monster You Made
Goodbye My Friend
Sick Sense
Torn to Pieces
Deal with the Devil
Goodbye My Friend
Trenches (with DMC)

Credit: Jason Squires/AEG Live

CROBOT: This was Swedish band Crobot’s first time playing a festival in the US and they they had the biggest crowd at the Jagermeister stage that I saw all weekend. Check them out here. They will be big in the US in no time.

SETLIST:

The Legend of the Spaceborne Killer
Weigh Me Down
Night of the Sacrifice
La Mano de Lucifer
El Chupacabra
Skull of Geronimo
The Necromancer
Fly on the Wall

THEORY OF A DEADMAN: Roadrunner Records signed, Canadian band , Theory Of A Deadman took the stage on Saturday after Pop Evil. They played through hits Bitch Came Back (which frontman Tyler Connolly announced as a song for the ladies in the crowd) , Bad Girlfriend and more. The crowd was on their feet the whole time.

SETLIST:

So Happy
Lowlife
Bitch Came Back
Not Meant to Be
Hurricane
Drown
Savages
Hate My Life
Bad Girlfriend

Credit: Jason Squires/AEG Live

THE PRETTY RECKLESS: Remember sweet , little Jenny (Taylor Momsen) from The Upper East Side? She’s morphed into a rock goddess, citing The Beatles, Kurt Cobain and Led Zeppelin as inspirations and started a band called The Pretty Reckless. This was one of the bands I was most excited to see at Rock On The Range. They took the Ernie Ball stage at 6:00 Saturday, starting with Follow Me Down off of their new record , Going To Hell, which dropped last month. This was their first time playing Rock On The Range and they were easily one of the biggest crowds at the Ernie Ball stage.

Follow Me Down
Since You’re Gone
Sweet Things
Cold Blooded
Heaven Knows
Make Me Wanna Die
Going to Hell

SLAYER:

And the winner of the craziest, most violent & insane mosh pit at Rock On The Range during the weekend goes to SLAYER. This was Slayer’s first time playing Rock On The Range. Cars were shaking in the parking lot 1,000 yards away. This was Slayer’s first time playing the festival and one of the largest crowds of the weekend.

SETLIST:

World Painted Blood
Hate Worldwide
Disciple
Mandatory Suicide
Postmortem
Chemical Warfare
War Ensemble
Hallowed Point
Seasons in the Abyss
Hell Awaits
South of Heaven
Raining Blood
Angel of Death

Credit: Jason Squires/AEG Live

AVENGED SEVENFOLD: Avenged Sevenfold was amazing. There is no other word for it. M Shadows started out the show asking the crowd why we were all still there. (It was frrrreeeeezzziiiinnnggg!). The Orange county based band kicked off their set with Shepherd of Fire, the latest single off of “Hail To The King” and The set ended with an Encore of Unholy Confessions.The crowd was on their feet the whole time, horns up. There was fire. There were fireworks. Synyster Gates did an amazing 5 minute guitar solo. It was epic. \m/ \m/

Shout out to the little girl in the pit with the cookie monster shirt on for having a killer taste in music already!

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