Midnight's set during the showcase made me think of all the iconic ProgPowerUSA moments there have been over the years. I'm not talking about the cool thing that happened in your hotel room, or how you hung with band members from fill-in-the-blank, or when your friend got really drunk and did whatever. Nothing individual.
I'm talking about the moments that involved everyone at the fest. I'm talking about the special moments that seem to happen only at this unique festival. Here are a bunch, purely from memory. What have I missed?
* Curtain closing on Gamma Ray during PPIII.
* Firewind singer touches himself and performs lewd acts with a microphone.
* Ingar of Conception comes out in full black goth metal regalia, and makes weird tongue gestures to Kahn.
* Midnight performs a late night (early morning) acoustic show on the concourse of the old Fairfield hotel.
* Dead rat outside for PPIV.
* Hurricane Ivan fails to disrupt PPIV (but does create some classic "F*#k Ivan" shirts)
* Midnight's train wreck poetry showcase performance at PPIX.
* Nightwish's last wish for Mark at PPIV.
* Bubble wrap and coconut bras.
* Balls of Steel presentation to Glenn.
* The "Glenn's f'd up" chant.
* Rage playing to a mostly empty arena. (Okay, by definition this was NOT seen by many people, but it is still an iconic moment).
* Midnight's drunken stumble and forgetting lines during Kamelot "Call of the Sea".
* Edguy's Tobias Sammat "F*#k" chant.
* "Stars" . . . with only half the mics working.
* Damian Wilson's erotic art stripper during The All Star Jam.
* Marriage proposal(s) during Evergrey's set @ VII.
* Glenn doing backup vox for Thunderstone's "Forth Into The Black" @ VII
* Curtain closing on Savage Circus @ VII
* Fairfield Flu @ III & IV
* Glenn's stage dive
* Tom Englund's Hair being stuck in the ceiling of JJ Kelleys for PP I while he was headbanging
Thanks again to Glenn for making all of these moments possible.
Steve in Philly
I'm talking about the moments that involved everyone at the fest. I'm talking about the special moments that seem to happen only at this unique festival. Here are a bunch, purely from memory. What have I missed?
* Curtain closing on Gamma Ray during PPIII.
* Firewind singer touches himself and performs lewd acts with a microphone.
* Ingar of Conception comes out in full black goth metal regalia, and makes weird tongue gestures to Kahn.
* Midnight performs a late night (early morning) acoustic show on the concourse of the old Fairfield hotel.
* Dead rat outside for PPIV.
* Hurricane Ivan fails to disrupt PPIV (but does create some classic "F*#k Ivan" shirts)
* Midnight's train wreck poetry showcase performance at PPIX.
* Nightwish's last wish for Mark at PPIV.
* Bubble wrap and coconut bras.
* Balls of Steel presentation to Glenn.
* The "Glenn's f'd up" chant.
* Rage playing to a mostly empty arena. (Okay, by definition this was NOT seen by many people, but it is still an iconic moment).
* Midnight's drunken stumble and forgetting lines during Kamelot "Call of the Sea".
* Edguy's Tobias Sammat "F*#k" chant.
* "Stars" . . . with only half the mics working.
* Damian Wilson's erotic art stripper during The All Star Jam.
* Marriage proposal(s) during Evergrey's set @ VII.
* Glenn doing backup vox for Thunderstone's "Forth Into The Black" @ VII
* Curtain closing on Savage Circus @ VII
* Fairfield Flu @ III & IV
* Glenn's stage dive
* Tom Englund's Hair being stuck in the ceiling of JJ Kelleys for PP I while he was headbanging
Thanks again to Glenn for making all of these moments possible.
Steve in Philly