This year we traveled to Rockingham North Carolina for theCarolina Rebellion Festival. We arrived to find a dessert like environmentfilled with crazy concert goers of all shapes and sizes who braved the intenseheat of the day to come out and see their favorite bands perform, and discovernew ones that they may someday have a spot on their favorite playlist. The fanswere very supportive of each and every band that took each of the festivalsthree stages, which really made the whole environment seem great. This yearslineup included rock heavyweights KORN, Shinedown, Evanescence, Five FingerDeath Punch, Staind, and P.O.D. along with many others. To me I was veryhappily surprised by some of the smaller bands on this years lineup. First wasSouth Carolina rock band, Weaving The Fate. Front man Brian Conner just has oneof those great rock voices, and the beats and tones of the music flow soseamlessly that it makes it hard not to get into this band. They opened as thefirst of the bands to take the main stage and showed why they were deserving ofdoing so. Another performance I was very pleased with was RED, who played onthe festivals third and smallest stage. The band from Nashville Tennesseedelivered one of the most powerful and energetic performances of the day. Theyare one of those bands that show a ton of emotion on stage and makes it impossible for you not tostart jumping, fist pumping, and crowd surfing. Of the headlining bands thatplayed at this years festival, I think KORN and evanescence had to be my favorite/the best performances ofthe entire day. Evanescence’s performance was such a treat to take in. thiscoming from someone who has never seen them live before, it was amazing to hearhow great the band, and especially the vocals of singer Amy Lee sounded. Theenergy of the set was at a high level and the acoustics were nothing short ofamazing. KORN on the other hand I have seen several times, and I have enjoyedthem each and every time. The performance at Carolina Rebellion was a little different from what I haveseen in the past. The band really shook up their set from the normal play list.The set was filled with “oldie but goodies” and included songs that youwouldn’t usually to hear included in a typical KORN set. To cap off an already well done set,front man Jonathan Davis announced that for the bands final song of the nighthe would like to bring out “a special guest, and old friend.” To the delightand surprise of the crowd, out cam former KORN member Brian “Head” Welch with aguitar raised high above his head. As Welch slung the guitar strap over hisbody the band started a heart pounding rendition of “Blind.” This marked thefirst time that Welch had performed with his old band since leaving the groupin 2004. Funny enough, when speaking with Welch before KORN’s set, when askedif he would be performing with the band he replied “ You know it’s been a longtime since I’ve seen the guys. I think I may just watch.” After the song endedDavis and Welch embraced one another in a brotherly hug before leaving thestage, an amazing end to an already amazing day of music. If you have neverbeen, have been before, or are just a fan of music, Carolina Rebellion is oneof todays must attend festivals. Good times, good people, GOOD MUSIC!PHOTOS FROM CAROLINA REBELLION CAN BE SEEN HERE!
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