LAist: Rock The Bells @ Hyundai Pavilion, 8/11/07

guest

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:17:25 -0800

Rage Rocked This concert was the most powerful show I have seen. The security was a little liberal with the pepper spray, but screaming past them along with another hundreed people as the gate came crashing down from the pressure of the sea of people behind it was worth it. I look to my right and see some guy rip the headphones off of a security guard and swinging them back at him after being sprayed a few times from behind a fence. Rage came on the stage and about ten seconds into the first song the gate was history. Needless to say, we got a much better view, but at that point, the camera was broken. Go figure. All in all, it was worth the 3000 mile road trip for the show. A broken camera, and a split lip are a small price to pay for a closer glimpse at the rage renaissance that was long overdue. I saw a hapiness from the band that I haven't seen in a long time. My point: Rage Rules! -B

Smidty77

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:19:09 -0800

Fantastic concert! Rage was unbelievable! B-Real and Chuck D sound exactly like they did on their early albums. Neither has missed a step. Everything that was not the actual performances was absolutely horrible. Food lines were about a 2 hour wait, the VIP section filled up so those that had a VIP pass had to sit in GA and when I got to my car I did not even turn it on for 2.5 hours since cars were not even moving. All together it took over 3 hours to leave. That venue needs to get their logistical shit together. By the way... the pictures are really great!

smokes_quantity

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:51:33 -0800

I was there too, but skipped out after the Wu Tang Clan's set ended (BTW, it only took me like 10 minutes to get out of the lot). Me and my brother left not because we didn't want to see Rage (actually, we were excited to see them), but because the buffoons on the lawn were lighting so much trash that it became difficult to enjoy ourselves. At one point near the end of Wu Tang's set I counted 8 different bonfires. And since the dumbasses in the crowd kept throwing plastic bottles in the fires the fumes started to smell really bad. We decided it wasn't worth putting up with all that shit, so we left. As someone who grew up in the Inland Empire (and never looked back once I moved away after high school), it was a stark reminder about how much I am glad I don't live there anymore. Besides that, the whole show was pretty awesome. Lots of great hip-hop to be seen, it's just too bad most of the crowd had no idea who most of the artists were since they only wanted to see Rage.

Ali Miller

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:13:26 -0800

Joey, these pics are unbelievable! Great job!

guest

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:06:09 -0800

I stayed for 3 songs of Rage and it still took me over 3 hours to get out of that parking lot. The idiot workers actually put a barricade on the road to force people back into the first parking lot. They should stick to producing meth out there, not putting on big events