ATREYU

I recently went to a concert on 11-11-09. Luckiest day of my life. It was Atreyu, escape the fate, and Hollywood undead. I hope you’re ready for this one cause it’s long and also unbelievable. Well just to start, this Atreyu concert was the best one I’ve ever been to. So their cd had come out 2 weeks before the show and I had listened to it a ton and knew all the songs. When Atreyu came out I was freaking out. Dan (guitar player) threw one of his guitar picks by me and my cousin Joe so I told her to tell the guy to grab it cause she was closer and so she got it and gave it to me cause I was gonna trade her Dan’s for the Escape The Fate one I got earlier. So they played like 2 songs and then Marc (their bass player) came over to our side during a new song and played bass while singing along with me and then threw his guitar pic at me. It fell on the ground and we couldn’t find it so the security guy told us if he found it he would give it to us. Every time they said they said they were gonna play a song and would mention a title I knew I screamed really loud. Well there’s a new song that I am insanely in love with haha that I was hoping hoping hoping they would sing. The song starts out with just like the sound of a crowd and so the band leaves the stage and has a scream and then Brandon comes back on and starts playing the drums which is what comes next in the song. (Hopefully all that made sense). So when they left stage I started FREAKING out and screaming with all my might and jumping up and down. The bodyguard in front of us even jokingly went up to Joe and asked “are you with her?” haha. So when Brandon came back on stage and played the drum part I was beyond excited. Well they played my favorite song followed by 2 more and I still hadn’t missed any songs. So they announced that they were going to sing a new song called Gallows and I started screaming again. I guess Brandon had noticed that I was screaming and everything so he stopped and said “and this song goes out to that girl right there in front. She has known every song and our cd’s only been out for 2 weeks.” I was so amazed that the amazing drummer of Atreyu had just dedicated Gallows to me in front of the whole crowd. That’s pretty much calling me their biggest fan in the whole building. I saw Dan looking over and smiling at Alex (their singer). It was truly amazing. I still can’t believe it and it was 5 days ago. So they sang Gallows and then had one song left and sang that one. Then when the show was over Dan threw the set list to me and I got it. Then another member (can’t remember which one) came and threw their set list at me too. Then Brandon got out of his chair and got on the amp in front of me and specifically handed me his drum stick. I was shocked. It was super used too so some of my favorite songs were played with that drum stick. The girl next to me tried to grab my drum stick and I was amazed. Did she not just see that whole concert haha. So by the end of that concert I had 2 guitar pics, 2 set lists, and my first drum stick. Amazing!!! Joe was really glad cause she benefitted off of me and got 2 guitar picks too so technically I had 4 guitar picks haha. After the show I had Joe pinch me cause I couldn’t believe it but it was real.