My Friends Just Met The Band!!

Cosmo

From the Foo Fighter Bulletin Board:
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Tai and I went around the back of Pauley Pavillion after the show and hung out waiting to see who would exit our way. Within seconds, a stealth Pete Townsend drove in on a golf cart, waved quietly to the crowd, and went home without fuss. We waited a bit more, then tons of other rockers came out. Roger Daltry signed a few autographs, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam spent some time with the crowd. We waved to Taylor Hawkins off in the distance. I'm fairly certain I saw Nate walk by too. Rami Jaffee walked close by unsuspected by anyone but me but I was too shy to scream out hello. Kyle Gass (Tenacious D) waddled by (no wave to anyone). Jeremy Priven was in sight. Mila Kunis from that 70s show walked by. Sean Penn gave us a wave. Probably more I'm forgetting.

My personal highlight was Brandon Boyd of Incubus (sex). He patiently went along the rails and took photos and signed autographs. He waited till I fumbled and borrowed a marker AND took a photo (which I look so scary in that I may never post it! but it makes me deliriously happy about it because he is sex and I love Incubus).

Last of all came "Mr. Vedder" whom everyone saw on and off again out in the distance. They gave us a small warning that he wanted quiet and no photographs. He came over to the rails and patiently signed autographs. I gave him Tai's ticket stub but I had nothing solid to put under the paper so he used my hand. It started slipping then he said, "No wait, please let me do this right" and proceeded to give Tai a very nice autograph all while holding my hand. How cool was that? Before he got to me, he kept telling the crowd, "Last one" so to insist on doing the autograph "right" was cool indeed. Thank you Mr. Vedder.

Eddie and Brandon were the most patient and generous of all the passerbys, I must say. I felt lucky to have a little interaction with both. I didn't really care about the others anyway and our Foo boys were nowhere to be found (except in passing). There were probably tons more rock people passing us but I was oblivious as to who they were.

As for the show itself...AMAZING. Even though it was a tv event, it wasn't that awkward. I've been to worse? It ran much like a concert with only one or two gaffes, and they'd fill the time between bands with cool footage of the Who and all the rockers who were influenced by them. Powerful performances by all involved. I don't know if I should say more. I don't want to ruin the broadcast for anyone.

I had a great time hanging out with Tai, Robin (Foo'dforThought) and Vyan. And we saw Cosmo!

Now I'm off to dream about Brandon. I know I sound like a kid, but that's how it feels to see these bands you've loved as far back as when you WERE a kid play great rock, then to see some of them 2 feet away (or closer). It was an amazing night in rock history and just plain fun.

AmentsChick

Cosmo wrote:

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Sorry. He was being hushered in (they all were) by the production 'Talent Escorts'.
Next time, for sure.

HAHAHA...Lucky for him. That wouldn't have been an awkward conversation at all.

decides2dream

i LOVE these stories!


cosmo, thanks for taking the time to type that all out, what a GREAT read and how fantastic for you both!



ahhhhh.....someday i would love to meet one, all....whatever.....somebody.....:p i've met/ran into a couple 'celebrities'....but none that i actually CARE about. i would so love to run into some in the band and have a great convo....


one can always dream........
:cool:



yield...congrats on the teaching job! and again, thanks for sharing the news. always great o hear/read stories of fellow friends/fans meeting the boys. love it, love it, love it.

flamingo1013

Cosmo and Marcia - Great meeting you and hanging out Friday. What an afternoon!

Cosmo

flamingo1013 wrote:

Cosmo and Marcia - Great meeting you and hanging out Friday. What an afternoon!

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THERE YOU ARE!!!
For the life of me... I could not remember what you said your screen name was. I kept thinking it was 'Florida-something-er-other'. Must have been the Flamingoes... Florida... well, you can see the connection, right?
That was pretty decent entertainment for free, wasn't it? Aren't those EBay stalkerazzi guys funny to watch? Did you hear the one guy on the cell phone to his buddy (who I guess, was on the other side of the building)... "Abort mission... abort mission..." when they thought Ed was trying to sneak out through another door.
And were we being the laziest Pearl Jam fans of all time or what?
It was fun and it was nice meeting you two and spending that time together.

flamingo1013

Florida! That's funny. Yes those ebayers were a piece of work. It is funny, we were lazy and like the Walmart greeter PJ fans...Hey Rainn--Hi!, Hey Jeff -- Hi!--no one can say we weren't friendly!
I did feel bad for Pete, he was swarmed by those crazy guys!
Hope to meet up again and hang out, had a great time!