This was the first rock concert I had ever been to and I was really excited to go, The venue was Arco Arena which is the Sacramento Kings stadium. We got floor seats and I was amazed at how close we were, probably 20 feet from the barrier which was 7 feet from the stage.
Within 30 minutes, Hella came o­n, they looked like a bunch of zombies that lived o­nly to beat there instuments for half an hour a day. Talented zombies though, they re-created the music of there cds perfectly. They played maybe 8 songs and each member walked off leaving just the original two, the guitarist and drummer and then they jammed until the drummer threw his cymbals and the guitarist left. The drummer continued banging his drum set and throwing off pieces until all he had was just the bass drum, which he still kept beating until it broke.

The Mars Volta were also really good and played five or six songs. The problem with them is they dragged them o­n to long but even still they were great. It seemed like a really long time before the lights went out for System Of A Down but as soon as they did everybody tried running towrds the barrier and started bouncing around even before the show opened, surprisingly everybody got quiet for Daron to sing Soldier Side then they went into BYOB and it was crazy agan.

It was really insane, they played so good. They had the drummer from the Deftones who is from Sacramento play hte song "Science" and he o­nly screwed up o­nce. Serj told the audience that it was all unrehearsed and you knew it because the drummer came o­n like three songs before and just stood behind John.
Shavo also seemed to want to play the drums since he kept hitting the symbals with his bass. Daron asked Shavo what he wanted and Shavo said "I want to see Sacto jump around!!", "That was just what I was thinking of" Replied Daron as they began to play Bounce.

Before they played the new song 'Hypnotize' Daron said that it was a new song from the new album and he better not hear anybody sing it, but of course everybody sang it.

By the end of the show there was o­nly o­ne person in front of me and the barrier and I was about 7 feet from Daron which seemed really unreal. Of course what was even more unreal was how close I was to other men and how I was covered in their sweat. There was a long haired kid in front of me and everythime he bangged his head his sweat got all over me but by the end I was used to it.
I also had lost my shoe during the third song which miracuously I found at the end and it was nicely tied which was crazy since it wasnt tied when I lost it. It was a great show and I really hope they come back again soon.

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