mewzak: My Birthday: FILTERIZED/Fall Tour with Bush/Chevelle!

Me and Richard Patrick Take Two!

Gosh, where to start? I had a wonderful birthday and WEEK! And a rather large part of what made it great was FILTER! I got to make kind of a last minute trip to NC for the show at Ziggy's and got quite a few surprises. Richard Patrick said my name, which you can see in the video after this. Then he jumped off the stage right in front of me, hugged me and sang right in my face! One of the best adrenaline rushes ever! Plus, before the show we met and got pics with Phil Buckman and Mika Fineo. Then after the show we of course went to see Richard at the merchandise table, and even found Rob Patterson later in the parking lot. A link to my concert pictures is also below. To top it off, Richard told me Happy Birthday on Facebook for the second year in a row! So needless to say, my birthday was Filterized, and it was awesome.

Richard saying my name at the show! (Someone else randomly recorded this and I found it on youtube).

My Pictures of Filter at Ziggy's in Winston-Salem (Click the link for the full album!)

Bassist Phil Buckman

Drummer Mika Fineo

Guitarist Rob Patterson

The concert itself was amazing! This was my third Filter concert and this was the most energetic show I've seen from them yet! It was a wonderfully intense performance and I even lost half my voice from "WOO"ing so much. I didn't stay for Saliva, but one of the opening bands was very good: Anew Revolution. I met the drummer briefly before the show and he was the one who subbed for Mika in Filter for a few shows when he had an eye injury.

Rich crowd surfing in NC!

Richard's own video of the crowd in NC! You can see me and my concert buddies in the bottom left corner!
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2068264738485

We actually heard Rich on the radio telling us to come to Ziggy's when we were about 10 minutes away haha.
Saliva and Filter in studio (8-16-11) Josie Scott from Saliva and Richard Patrick from Filter stop by the Buzz studios before the show at Ziggy's in Winston

A few live vids my friend got!

Gimme All Your Lovin

Dose and Under (You can really hear me wooing during Under)

Hey Man, Nice Shot

Now for another big announcement: Filter will be joining Bush and Chevelle for a Fall Tour! I will be catching them in MD in October! Oh and I will actually be seeing them the night after I see Duran Duran for my fourth time. My two favorite bands two nights in a row! Wow, and I just realized it will be my fourth Duran Duran show AND my fourth Filter show! I'm also looking forward to Bush and Chevelle because I've never seen either of those bands live.