Pantera had a ridiculous wall of speakers on that tour... I like my music really loud, but they were too loud. Still, it was really cool to see Pantera before they broke up and before Darrell's untimely passing.

Possibly. Jeebus doesn't have money for concerts anymore because he's saving up to get an apartment with his girlfriend, but greeneyedzeke and his friends were probably going and I might go with them. Dio-fronted Sabbath is badass.

I've never seen Maiden do "Wasted Years", which sucks because it's a cool song. They probably won't do it on their next tour either. Supposedly their next big tour is going to use the old Powerslave set and they're going to play mostly stuff from Powerslave/Piece Of Mind/No Prayer For The Dying and possibly Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. That should be cool.

If you listen to fools, the mob rules.

No, I gave up, because as you said, it got pretty weak. I kinda wish that I went to 2004 and 2005, because those actually had pretty respectable line-ups, certainly way better than 2002 and 2003.

2004 you had Ozzy, Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, and Black Label Society on the mainstage. You know, that actually might be the best mainstage line-up ever. They usually find a way to sneak some shitty band like Limp Bizkit, System of a Down, Adema, Linkin Park, or Crazy Town onto mainstage.

And 2005, they had Maiden, Zombie, and Ozzy, all of which are awesome, but I'd rather see do full sets instead of that 30 minute bullshit. Besdies, Sharon was a total cunt to Maiden.

I kinda wanna go this year because 1) it's free and 2) Lordi.