Name: Kim~Boli~
Date: May 26, 2001
Venue: River Rave


1. Count to Six and Die
2. Irresponsible Hate Anthem
3. Astonishing Panorama of the End Times
4. The Dope Show
5. Disposable Teens
6. The Fight Song
7. Rock is Dead
8. The Nobodies
9. Sweet Dreams
10. The Beautiful People

At the end Manson destroyed Ginger's kit, so I was sad that there wasn't going to be an encore, but I had had such an amazing day, that I didn't mind all that much. And Ginger fell again when he jumped off of his riser. I don't think he was hurt even though he just stayed on all 4's for a second.

Now for the complete run down of the day: The festival started at 1 pm with American Hi-Fi on the Main stage. I was really impressed with them, they did a really great job. I didn't go to the pit stage at all, because I really didn't want to see any of the bands that were over there, except Stabbing Westward, but I'll get into that later.

Around 1:42 pm (all the times are what were printed in the booklet that you get upon entering the venue, so I know some of the times are wrong from what was performed) Coldplay went on. They were WAY too melo for this type of concert. I didn't pay too much attention to them.

At 2:24, Locals Dropkick Murphys went on. Now I'm not the biggest punk out there, but I think that they did an excellent show.

At 3:06 Lifehouse went on. They were right up there with Coldplay. I just wasn't interrested in them.

3:48: Sevendust. They got me really pumped for the rest of the day. They were really good.

4:30, Everlast. The highlight of his performance was when he did "Jump Around" and "What it's Like".

At 5:12 it was System of a Down. And after a couple songs, it all sounded the same, and it just gave me a headache.

The same goes for The Cult, who went on at 5:54 pm. I just had no interrest whatsoever in them. Up until this point, I was in the field at what should have been the 50 yard line or so. But when Green Day went on at 6:41, I went into the pit. I started in right when they started playing, and got draged up to the 5th row by the end of the song. Then I fought my way up even farther, and was second row by the time the second song was over. I ended up staying there through Manson (only at the end I was front row).Green Day was awesome. I really enjoyed their set, and to top it off, Tre Cool set his drums on Fire at the end. It was cool.

Live was great too. They went on at 7:28 and at 8:13, Ed joined Tricky and that performance was outstanding. I loved it. I saw Live 2 years ago at River Rave 99, and they were better this year.

At 8:20 the Black Crows took the stage. By this point I was ready to pass out, and I would have if it didn't start to rain. That helped alot.

At 9:07, More locals took the stage and everyone by storm. Aerosmith. What can I say about Aerosmith? They were...WOW. That's all I can say. They blew everyone away. The only sad thing is, they only played 5 songs, but it's Aerosmith, so it doesn't matter.

Now, Marilyn Manson. They took the stage at 9:54 pm, and Foxboro will never be the same. It was a rotating stage, and when it turned, the first person you saw was Johnny 5 trying to hide behind an amp. Then you could see Ginger behind his set. He looked so fucking good. Then Pogo got onto his platform, then Twiggy came from the side, then Manson. They all (except Manson) had on the same thing they did for the Lowell show, only Ginger didn't have the long sleeve shirt, but he hasn't had that since he fractured his collar bone. I can't describe what Manson was wearing, you have to look at the pictures your self. They were the shit. I'm still in awe of the performance. And on top of the lights, the sound, the sweat and everything, it was raining, the temperature was perfect (even in the pit), and just behind the stadium there was lightning and unheard thunder. I don't think it could have gotten any better.

I can't wait until next year. Here is the web site to the concert if you want to see some pictures and stuff on all of the bands that were there: River Rave

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