Shirt Inspection: American Carnage Comes To NJ
Posted by Chris Harris on August 13, 2010 in Exclusive, News, Rad, Reviews
Slayer!
But it would make sense at a show like Carnage, with two legends headlining the bill. Basically, these fans were representing for the band they consider to be the better of the two. Kind of like those Twilight tools and their “Team Jaggoff” or “Team Bunghole” or whatever shirts. And I’ve gotta say, it was hard to tell who had more fans in the Izod Center last night. But it was obvious who destroyed last night: Slayer.
Nice!
Even when I’m not at shows, I’m a people watcher. Last night between sets, I was watching…inspecting. Judging. I “T-shirt judge,” quit a bit. If I see a dude in a Godsmack shirt, I know what’s up: He’s an obvious fancy boy. If someone’s got an old school, almost-faded Emperor tee, again — you know what’s up. Last night, I didn’t see too many extreme examples. I did spot an Immolation shirt and a chick wearing a Celtic Frost baby doll tee, and I nearly lost my zipper. But for the most part, people were rocking shirts of the band’s on stage…and in this case, I permit such buffoonery. People had to represent — so you all get a pass. This time.
I’ve seen Slayer and Megadeth a bunch of times before, and — as a friend said — Kerry King has never looked better. Dude was tearing shit up on that stage and Slayer’s set was just a straight-forward, solid hour of headbanging goodness. My neck is paying the price today.
