As many of you know. Rainfest weekend has already come and gone, but not before leaving a long lasting imprint on 2010. I have had the good fortune of being able to play every year for the last 4 years, but this year was different. This year was COLOSSAL. Reunions from Indecision, Left With Nothing and even Eddie Leeway's new band, Truth and Rights. Also hardcore heavy-weights Terror, Trapped Under Ice and Hammer Bros. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't looking forward to this one more than the previous, because I definitely had been. Rainfest 09 was great, but we have progressed so much as a band, have newer songs that we play and have tightened up from playing out so much. I was really looking forward to our set. Unfortunately I we did not play until Sunday, which is fine, but it gave me time to watch every band and be nervous the entire fest... SWEET, minus the sweet. It was no sweat though. There was a heap of rad bands on the fest and some awesome locals on the lineup, like Grave Maker, Power, Vanguard, Gone But Not Forgotten, Crooks to Kings and much more. The weather was pretty undesirable on the first two days and the police presence was some of the biggest power-trippin' un-neccessary bullshit I have ever seen in my life. Jay-Walking tickets actually exist? They were just out in full force to flex and try to intimidate the community... thus furthering the PIG stereotype and shattering any mystery as to why people hate cops. Fuck the police. Any way, other than that small damper on the weekend, everything else was great and went off without a hitch. My man Q was there slangin' up BBQ, Taco Truck was delicious and 7-11 was full of snacks and beverages of coldness. I was there all three days, made lots of new friends, caught up with some old ones and had lots of fun. Here are some pictures from the Future Breed site of our set.
And there you have it. Rainfest in pictures! I know I have not been updating this blog like I used to, I blame that on a broken computer and Dell's refusal to help me get what I need to fix it. Fuck Dell and fuck the police. I will hit you with an update soon. Until then, Ill Nation, keep on!
