The irony of it all is, the phans made the band what it was and the phans destroyed the band as it was."
The MUSIC made the band and the MUSIC destroyed the band, thats all. and oh yeah, my opinion on the music at Coventry:
Set 1 of Day 2 was pretty fuckin good. Reba outro was great (i got choked up for sure, even shed a tear), Chalkdust & Possum were fun/pretty good versions, 1st Taste i ever got and was psyched, love that tune.
Set 2 of Day 2 was smokin, i thought. DWD may not have been tight, but the war was insane and at least trey played with a couple glowsticks for about 10 minutes, that shit was awesome, tons of energy. Wading was the only time that really felt emotional all weekend, need it. Split Open > Ghost by far the musical highlight of Coventry. even if some thought there were sloppy moments in Ghost, i can specifically remember moments where the funk was hittin hard and trey was actually plugged in, it shook me for sure. and the "orange biscuit" glowstick war just added to the fun.
BUT, they fucked it all up with a short and shitty Phinal set, and terrible encore. i was definitely expecting huge things that third set, why the fuck wouldnt you. Fast Enough made sense to open it and then a goddamn piper or 7 below and fucking simple, ARE YOU SER!?!? horseshit. horseshit. horseshit. but now looking back, at least we got those first 2 sets that were definitely good, whole first night sucked ass. yeah, that stash was a joke, along with the worst guyute ever.