It’s been 24 hours since the Family Values Concert yesterday at the Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, TX. My ears have finally stopped hurting. Not only was it wicked loud, but also very hot–Texas hot. Luckily we were under the covered area. The people on the lawn baked. I saw quite a few red faces.

Here are the bands that played in order of performance:

• Deadsy
• Bury Your Dead
• 10 Years
• DIRENGREY
• Flyleaf
• Stonesour
• The Deftones Funny, because I always thought their lead singer was tone deaf. They put on a great show though.
• KoRn
  

Now for the rundown. Bury Your Dead was mostly screaming. 10 Year’s frontman was a really good singer, I thought they were good. I couldn’t figure out DIRENGREY. They took enormous pauses between each song and I didn’t connect with the music. They were interesting to watch though. Flyleaf was spectacular. Short set but the music was great. They had the best sound coming off the stage of all the bands. Stonesour I didn’t really know except for their last song–guess I’m not that big a fan but they were good. The Deftones were loud. They rocked the place. KoRn was the same as last time I saw them–completely awesome. I was just happy they still play A.D.I.D.A.S. It was a great show.

Highlights:

• 10 Years guy nearly busted his arse once. It was funny
• Seeing a Japanese hardcore rock band for the first time
• Jonathan Davis. When he played the bagpipes, the crowd went nuts.

Lowlights:

• The long line getting in.
• The searing Texas heat.
• The massive amount of decibels flung towards my ears.