Fozzy -- The V.I.P Experience

Thursday January 13, 2011 I had the opportunity to hang out with Fozzy at the Whisky. What a great time it was! I've lost the energy to write a lengthy post about everything in detail, so here is a bulleted list:

• Arrived at 3pm, found out our contact Marty was former WWE ref Marty Elias, what a great guy he was!
• We were supposed to get inside to watch Fozzy soundcheck, but all their equipment arrived late so we ended up standing outside waiting for 2 hours instead. Marty kept us entertained.
• Finally we got inside. First order of business was each of us (12 in our group) got an individual picture with the band. Rich Ward was exceedingly nice to me at this point.
• After the pictures we were able to mingle and have things signed. I gave Rich my The Duke CD and he was so happy to see it he HUGGED me. It was overwhelming, but so very cool. I also had a Stuck Mojo CD and he had already signed it but was glad to see I had it. Frank and Sean signed it. They all also signed my Fozzy Remains Alive CD (it came in the Survival Pack).
• Finally I took the CD to Chris, we took a picture and then he said "Don't I know you from somewhere?" I said "Groundlings!" and then he remembered.
• We had a bit of time to mill around, and during this time I had a rather intense one-on-one conversation with Jericho about criticism, and "fuck it! Do what you love and don't care what other people think!" 
• Walked down to the Rainbow Bar and Grill for dinner. They had us at a series of tables, and Rich wanted to be sure I sat near him...I ended up right next to Frank, and I bent his ear about a whole litany of things. He was a lot of fun to talk to...and I found out his wife is a Cure fan! And she likes Killing Joke...I like her already!
• After the meal I talked to Chris again, he asked me how long I've been writing. I gave him a book called "M Is For Metal"...a heavy metal alphabet book and said it was for his kids. He asked me if I wrote it...I said no but I showed him that "C is for Carol" and he thought that was cool.
• We met Jessica! We asked Chris to introduce us. She is so sweet, and so beautiful!
• Scott Baio was there, everyone was excited except for me.
• Finally we walked back down to the Whisky. Bought earplugs so we could make it through the first bands.
• ZO2 was amazing!!!!! David Z is hawt! Especially shirtless!
• Jeff Scott Soto was also really good...that guy has a lot of energy!
• Finally it was time for Fozzy. There was a lot of energy in the room. Chris said that when he was 12, playing in his first band, he dreamed of performing at the Whisky, and now here he was.
• I got a lot of pictures and they are here.
• They played until 12:30 and according to one of the VIPs who could see the setlist they played 16 songs...including: Under Blackened Skies, Martyr No More, Grail, Let the Madness Begin, God Pounds His Nails, Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Enemy, Wanderlust, To Kill a Stranger, Crucify Yourself, and Eat the Rich.
• The Miz came...we didn't meet him.
• The show was over at 12:30--12:40 ish. I was super exhausted by that time. 

Here's my pictures with Chris...and Rich. I think it's obvious that the Rich Ward experience was a bogus one.

 

It was an awesome experience....really meant a lot to me!