"a matter of life and death".. so they sang,the "monsters of the rock"

"its the first time they performing in India dudeh.!"
"they air freighting 20 tonnes of equipment"
"once in a lifetime opportunity macha, don't u dare miss it."


i succumbed to all those n finally decided to head bang with the rock crazy fans of b'lore city and boy did we screw our necks as they belted out there terrifying numbers..!!

it was my "maiden" concert n skepticism was running high.."be careful ann ppl go there doped..!" ,"anything can happen"... hiding behind my fears i jumped behind jagan's bike and zoomed away to the venue.. on our way we bumped into koti n eshan(who flew down from mumbai n spend more money on air tickets then the passes.!)..as we approached malleshwaram my fears turned true before my eyes..there were swarms of dopey-eyed college kids in black t-shirts(eternal color of death metal) sculling downs bottles of the sacred drink(vijay mallya hail thee) or rather "preparing" themselves for the show.Indignation,pity,remorse..i had to conceive my emotions.

we reached the venue well ahead of time but realised we were rather late by concert standards...black, black everywhere and lotsa drops to drink..they were doing it everywhere .. behind trees,inside cars and on the streets. we were frisked at the gates but the utter lack of security was revealed by the amount of ciggie smoke going up inside the arena... ppl were smoking left right n center and i couldn't but wonder how could the security guards create a folly so many fuckin times...

the indian denizens(parikrama) opened the show which was well received..i was amazed to hear ppl singing along with them,which meant to say they were more famous then i thought..n then entered lauren harris(steve harris's betti).. boy the fingers that went up were a joy to watch..she belted out around 6 songs but her voice was drowned in the "fuck u" sung by the impatient audience..drugs were making the rounds n ppl were doing it without any quelling... man i did rub my eyes in disbelief.!!

finally the group that was christened after the medieval torture device descended on stage and all hell broke loose...the sound of the drug infused fans cheering turned me deaf(well that was the calm before the storm)..n i thought to myself "gosh they are real"...my subconscious mind failed to register the fact that dudeh's n dudette's you see and worship on TV actually live like you but with extra pearls around there neck...they sang songs that sounded gibberish to me but the feel of it was outta this world..the loud-wild music,the crazy backdrops(skeletons galore),mascot eddie parading across the stage, head banging fans et al.! this will forever be etched in my memory..i could call it a day but not yet.. we were hungry with a capital H..after haggling for 10 min over where to satisfy our growling stomachs we finally zoomed towards paramount...we reached there to be confronted by the same fans we fought with for space back in palace grounds..the place was packed with not an inch left for a fly..aching backs n necks,sore legs(we stood for 8 straight hours.!!) and memories of a blaring night mingled with butter chicken n kababs brought an end to an eventful day..lying on my bed with the evening prayer on my lips i heard my self sing "hallowed be thy name" (was that meant for jesus or iron maiden i dnt know.!!)...