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Last year’s
Fort Rock in Ft Myers, FL was one of the best festivals I
have ever been to. Smooth running, it was great for fans and for those
of us who were working. This year was bigger and better, the event was
sold out by mid-afternoon with nearly double the attendance of last
year.
Squeezing through the VIP gate (which had a much longer line than the
General Admission gate!), we hit the ground running. Being too late to
grab the
Kyng interview, I jumped to the next “scheduled” meets…which
were still fluid when I arrived. Starting the day with a great interview
on
Theory Of A Deadman’s bus, I divided time between bands and photo
pits. I also recorded chats with
Black Stone Cherry, Nothing More,
Within Reason and
Lacuna Coil.
Since the presenting "terrestrial" stations were busy
doing what radio stations should be doing at a festival, the Media Area
was shared between me, a video blogger and a couple of online newspaper
photographers. The area was welcome relief from the super clear,
incredibly hot & sunny day but also gave us several opportunities to
just hang and chat with members of Korn, John 5, Cristina, Andrea &
Marco from Lacuna Coil, Jason & Zoltan from FFDP, Shim from Sick
Puppies, etc.
WAY more fun than interviews!!
Though a haze of sunscreen and water bottles, I caught most of the
performances during the day and my favorites included: Twelve Foot
Ninja, Nothing More, Kyng, Lacuna Coil, Seether, Theory Of a Deaman,
FFDP, Black Stone Cherry and Korn. Tons of killer pics and some great
interviews, it was a whilrwind day and I was a “kid in a candy store”.
From a radio perspective, these festivals are an amazing source of
inside info and exclusives.
Many thanks to the
Promoters/Organizers/Labels/Management who made it possible! Looking forward to next year.
I will also be adding some pictures of Rob Zombie, Korn and Black Stone Cherry
(Soon, all will be archived on RockfileRadio.com, too.)
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