Concert

Just got home at 3:30 this morning from a concert over in Evansville, Indiana. The lineup was:

 New Medicine

Hollywood Undead 

 Stone Sour

Avenged Sevenfold 

Can't say I care for New Medicine or Hollywood Undead a whole lot. They sound good live but aren't my favorite. The reason I went was to see Stone Sour and Avenged Sevenfold. The fact that Corey Taylor (Lead Vocalist for Slipknot) and Jim Root (Guitarist for Slipknot) are members of Stone Sour makes the band even more appealing to me. Avenged Sevenfold is my VERY CLOSE second favorite band. Second to ONLY Slipknot. So It was an exciting night for me. I've seen them in concert before but they never will cease to amaze me. One of my top goals in life is to see Slipknot in concert.

Something interesting to note about both Slipknot and A7X (Avenged Sevenfold) is that they've both just recently lost a band member each. Slipknot lost their bassist Paul Gray (a.k.a.- #2 and/or "The Pig") who was actually one of the two remaining founders of the band. Now the only remaining original member is Michael Shawn Crahan (a.k.a.- #6 and/or "Clown"). So now the band is slightly separated. Corey and Jim are with Stone Sour touring and Joey Jordison is Touring with the band Rob Zombie.

A7X lost their drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan. They talk about him at every concert they've had since he passed. Currently they've been trying out different drummers at their concerts.

Meet Jake...

Obviously my name's Jake. I'm 20-years-young and I live in the outskirts of Millstadt, IL. I'm currently going to school with the goal of being a college professor. My only issue seems to be that i am unsure with which major I want to go with. Though I have recently decided on going with a major in Literature.

My number one thing in my life, besides my girlfriend Lyss, is my music. I love almost any type of music if its properly placed but no matter what I'm always in the mood for my Metal. Slipknot is my favorite band and Avenged Sevenfold is a close second. I play Bass Guitar and enjoy doing Vocals primarily but I also occasionally play the Guitar, Piano/Keyboard, and, if my buddy Marc lets me behind his kit, drums.

I love my videogames they're a VERY CLOSE second to my music. My primary platform right now is Xbox 360. My  XBL Gamertag is "Jachai". No letters no numbers, pretty simple eh? I'm sure you've already deducted from my blog's background that I'm a fan of the Assassin's Creed series. Some other games or series of games I love are: Halo, Call of Duty, Mass Effect, Fable, etc.

I love to read but whats more is that I love to write books. I've been working on a novel since I was 16 and its a slow going process. On the right side I opened  toolbar for some websites that I frequent. currently there's only one there but I'll be adding more. "The Forgotten Realms RP Site" is a role playing site where you can create a character and "be" that character you created. To put it simply, you write stories through a series of posts. Not only do I find this just simply fun but it helps me to keep my writing skills sharp. Any RPG fans especially Tabletop RPG fans should checck out the site.

I love to draw but I've realized that I can only draw Tattoos. I can't draw animals or humanoids. I designed the cross I have on my back and I'm currently working on tattoos that I plan on getting sometime soon.