I had a great weekend away at my local Rock fest known as Download. This weekend festival has been going for about 7years and prior to that the venue was used for the Monsters of Rock event. This was the first big event I went to and I didn't appeiate it at the time. In 1986 I was a St John Ambulance member and got to work in the medical centre. I did get to see one of the bands but had no interest at the time and so didn't stay long. The event is held under the flight path from East Midlands airport so you can imagine that when there was no rock there was still plenty of noise.
This year the festival headliners were Friday: Faith No More and Limp Bizkit
Saturday The Prodigy and Slipknot and Sunday Def Leppard and Whitesnake.
Most of the bands were a bit heavy for me. Sitting around in the sun all day was a great break. No phone calls and no pressure. One of the best things about any festival is the people watching. Rockers are very colourful though black is still the favourite shade to wear. The age range was pretty varied and some of the clothing was downright outlandish. I will post some pics over the next week or two and add more comment.
