Sligo Whiplash

silenoz

I'm new here btw... but anyway.

Just got back from Sligo, a lot of very impressive bands (Steel Tormentor, Erin Maiden, and those young lads in the battle of the bands).
It was a decent turn-out, hopefully enough to make further events worth while...

Opinions anyone?

HomeBrewPlease

It was a brilliant weekend. Just starting to recover. Some class bands - Steel Tormentor, Speedking, Erin Maiden, Scorched Earth and Metallitia blew the place away on Sunday night. There was a great crowd on all the nights but especially Sunday night. Awesome. Looking forward to Whiplash 06 already

Red Soup

i missed the whole thing, went to leechrum instead. all those cover bands have really cheesy names. what about scorched earth? are they the ones from killybegs? what stuff did they play?

JIZZLORD

i wasnt arsed going to it, i expected it'd be plagued with the kind of tweens that live in the trades club and hang on rockwood parade in their HIM hoddies. Was it any good?

Tar.Aldarion

JIZZLORD wrote:

i wasnt arsed going to it, i expected it'd be plagued with the kind of tweens that live in the trades club and hang on rockwood parade in their HIM hoddies. Was it any good?

over 18s hehe


anyway i had an unbelievable time and am regretting being so close to the amp for metallitia...the ringing still hasnt stopped.
i thought a lot of bands were class esp. metallitia,dawn and speedking.
i can only vaguely remember the first day due to way too much drink but i learned to stay coherent after that thank God.
thought it was a really nice setup and that drumkit on the last night was unbelievable i mean wow
i enjoyed chattin to some of the bands,the crowd chanting slayer in the botb and when metallitia gave us a free album \o/
06 come on! and hopefully the pics and vids of the gig will be up soon!
only bad thing was by the time i stopped the socialising and drinkin all the tshirts were gone!

Tar.Aldarion

oh ya like to thank the guys that organised it,really good job tbh and it was vry good to see people coming from far away to sligo for metal lol.next time better jukebox selection guys :P

Pinhead

JIZZLORD wrote:

i wasnt arsed going to it, i expected it'd be plagued with the kind of tweens that live in the trades club and hang on rockwood parade in their HIM hoddies.

You couldn't have it more wrong. Tight jeans, Metal t-shirts and denim/leather waistcoats all the way! The only time there was young folk there was during the BOTB on Sunday afternoon. Old school Metallers the whole weekend!!

I'm currently splicing the Video footage I got (around 4 hours) and the few hundred photos taken. I'll burn them onto a DVD for you if you want, Tar.

Pinhead

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

next time better jukebox selection guys :P

Cheeky fecker! I made a comp CD for in between sets- Nile, Morbid Angel, Dio, Skyforger, Black Sabbath.. the whole shabang. The jukebox in the pub is absolute ****e though, but there's nothing we can do about that.

Or is there?! We have 12 months to figure it out

HomeBrewPlease

Red Soup wrote:

i missed the whole thing, went to leechrum instead. all those cover bands have really cheesy names. what about scorched earth? are they the ones from killybegs? what stuff did they play?

Scorched Erath were brilliant. Good heavy thrash - all their own stuff apart from one cover at the end - Orgasmatron - ****ing lethal stuff.

Well impressed with these boys.

As for all those cover nabds - there were only two. Erin Maiden were excellent on Saturday night while Metallitia blew the place on Sunday night.

A class weekend - roll on Whiplash 06

Tar.Aldarion

Pinhead wrote:

I'm currently splicing the Video footage I got (around 4 hours) and the few hundred photos taken. I'll burn them onto a DVD for you if you want, Tar.

ya that would be really cool,thanks.


edit...i must be in there somewhere..im at the front!! ...thats a lot of footage!
nicely organised to get that stuff.

Tar.Aldarion

Pinhead wrote:

Cheeky fecker! I made a comp CD for in between sets- Nile, Morbid Angel, Dio, Skyforger, Black Sabbath.. the whole shabang. The jukebox in the pub is absolute ****e though, but there's nothing we can do about that.

Or is there?! We have 12 months to figure it out

ya the cd was actually good ;p but we didnt stay outside waiting...we went to the drink and crap jukebox....to listen to the same songs again lol

silenoz

A lot of bands really stood out... And some didn't! who were those guys with the hair-cuts (and make-up) on Sunday?

But dammit, those guys in Scorched Earth can play! A bunch of young lads sounding better than some of these guys who have been trying to thrash for years...
And Erin Maiden: Brilliant sound, excellent covers and the singer really knew how to work the crowd! Quality...

Tar.Aldarion

silenoz wrote:

A lot of bands really stood out... And some didn't! who were those guys with the hair-cuts (and make-up) on Sunday?

Atreyu

and i detest iron maiden...so that erin maiden werent my cuppa tea...but drink helped me enjoy that one.

Pinhead

silenoz wrote:

A lot of bands really stood out... And some didn't! who were those guys with the hair-cuts (and make-up) on Sunday?

You must me taking about the Vitaria lads? They were a bit on the emo side alright. But good at what they did.

rich metallitia

phew thought ye were talking about me or Flash for a min.. lol I don't remember us in make up ever.. haha
and those cd's I gave out are my other band Carraig, in which I play drums not guitar. hope it doesn't bore ye all too much.. and if ya want heavy, throw on the last song HAM on it.. that should be heavy enough for everybody ( crowbar style )..

great fun indeed. would love to do it again next year

Pinhead

Pictures add at http://www.sligowhiplash.com/media.html! More to be added soon!!!

Tar.Aldarion

rich metallitia wrote:

phew thought ye were talking about me or Flash for a min.. lol I don't remember us in make up ever.. haha
and those cd's I gave out are my other band Carraig, in which I play drums not guitar. hope it doesn't bore ye all too much.. and if ya want heavy, throw on the last song HAM on it.. that should be heavy enough for everybody ( crowbar style )..

great fun indeed. would love to do it again next year

ah very good...doo iiit
ya i got that carraig cd...listen to it soon...!

ya and i saw those pics yesterday....the first one i saw of me and my friends...none of us can recall at all...i mean nada lol

silenoz

rich metallitia wrote:

phew thought ye were talking about me or Flash for a min.. lol I don't remember us in make up ever.. haha
and those cd's I gave out are my other band Carraig, in which I play drums not guitar. hope it doesn't bore ye all too much.. and if ya want heavy, throw on the last song HAM on it.. that should be heavy enough for everybody ( crowbar style )..

great fun indeed. would love to do it again next year

Might see ye in Mullingar (the stables) on Saturday... Good luck with that gig, man that place is so feckin small!

Tar.Aldarion

are the vids and stuff goin up two? i have crappy 56k,how big are they?

Pinhead

I'll throw up a few clips (maybe 5-10 minutes of each of the bands I caught). I won't know how big they are until I compress them. The full length videos can be ordered through me - I'll burn them onto a DVD for yez.

Tar.Aldarion

hmm i might order one off ya,how much..and il give ya a black dvd if need be....they are not rare round here.

Pinhead

I haven't discussed a price with the other organisers yet. E-mail me your address at dirtyrottenbarry@gmail.com and i'll keep you up to date.

Tar.Aldarion

pm sent instead..im lazeh!