Okay okay. I'm gonna try and sum up seeing Skid Row last night but I know I'm going to forget things and I still feel like I'm in shock so. HERE WE GO.
The night started with me having a panic attack, as I do, idk if it was the excitement or what but WHATAREYAGONNADO
Honestly I only watched like half of Buckcherry, I've seen them before and they're terrible live and I did not care to see them again 😅
As soon as their set ended I high tailed it to the side of the stage Rachel and Scotti stand on and got up to second row. Some ladies around me were talking about how they wanted to try and meet Rachel after and I was like CAN I COME? and we all made a plan but *foreshadowing* only one of us succeeded 😉
During the show was a bit of a blur, I was just trying to be in the moment, I took a few videos and pictures but otherwise I was just screaming all the words. During Chain Gang I was singing along and Scotti saw me and pointed at me and I like pointed back and he nodded as if to be like "YEAH YOU" and I was dying. They were so fucking good, like unbelievably fucking good. The set was a bit shorter than I expected, I didn't get to hear most of my favorite songs, but honestly I don't even care, it was still so incredible I'm not even mad.
So I convince my friend to go around back to the tour busses with me, something I have not done for any band in probably 10+ years, but I'm fucking determined to meet them. None of the ladies I met inside were there so I guess I'm the only one who followed through on trying to meet them, it was me, my friend, an 18 year old girl (who was actually sitting behind me at Warrant 2 weeks ago) and an older guy.
Maybe 15 minutes go by and Erik comes out, we say hi as he walks by and he's like "GIVE ME 5 MINUTES TO PUT MY STUFF AWAY AND I'LL COME HANG OUT", so he comes back and he's just so fucking sweet. He asked us if we were cold and my friend was like "I'm Canadian I'm used to this!" And he was like "I mean I'm Swedish so, me too" 😂 He took pictures with all of us, cracked some jokes, we talked a bit about the covers he posts on instagram, and then he left to go back inside.
Not long after that we see Scotti walking directly towards us and basically same as Erik, he said he had to put his stuff away and he'd be right back. He spent the most time hanging out with us of any of them. He saw my Pantera shirt and was telling me how the pictures of them on the shirt were actually polaroids they all took of each other when they were drunk and thought it'd be funny to put on a shirt, he complimented my jacket too, and was saying how he tries to respond to anyone who tags him in stuff on instagram. He was just super kind and funny and had the biggest smile the whole time. Genuinely one of the nicest band members I've ever met and I'm so fucking happy I met my favorite guitar player on earth 😭
Rob was next, he put his stuff away too and walked out of the bus while I was telling my falling at Iron Maiden and getting hurt story, so he was like "okay this story sound good I'm gonna need to hear all of it" 😂 so Rob Hammersmith now knows how I tripped in a pothole at Iron Maiden and busted both my feet 😂 and he had said "thank you guys for being patient and still showing up even though the tour got postponed" and I was like "nah it worked out great because I couldn't walk after that wipe out!" And he's like "YES there we go, we postponed it for you so you could be here!" he was super nice, my friend yelled BLUE STEEL while taking my picture with him and he actually did it, and was like "I need to see that, did it look good?!" He looks great, I am laughing like an idiot in the pics though 😂
After that we probably waited like 45 minutes, my friend left and so did the guy who was waiting, so it's just me and this girl I don't know, she brought her car over cuz it was getting cold and we waited in there, and eventually I'm like "I think I see Rachel..." So we jump out of the car, and from behind the bus I hear what is CLEARLY his voice and I'm like "YEP THAT'S HIM FOR SURE" and he comes over, and it's gotten colder so the puddles have frozen and bit and he was trying not to slip (which was fucking adorable ngl), he's still carrying his stage clothes but he stopped right away to talk to us. He didn't stay long cuz tbh it was coooold by now but he took pictures and was so smiley and sweet and this dreamboat of a man actually APOLOGIZED FOR HIS HAIR BEING "A MESS". I had to resist blurting out that it was beautiful I swear 😂 Guys when I tell you he is even more gorgeous in person I am not fucking kidding 🥴 Then he went back to the bus and was trying not to slip again and I was like "Please don't fall!!" And he was like "THANK YOU I'M TRYING" 😂
Then after that we saw Rob and Rachel get into a car that was taking them all to their hotel, so we knew Snake must already be gone, so it's a bummer we didn't see him but honestly I'm still just so happy we met any of them. I probably would have been in tears if I met Snake which would have been embarrassing so maybe it's for the best 😂😂
BUT as they were leaving their car drove right by us and Rachel waved at us through the window when they went by 🥺
I'm just so fucking happy I saw them, let alone got to meet most of them. Whoever said "don't meet your heroes" is a fucking liar, because meeting Scotti and Rachel was fucking amazing and they were just as wonderful as I hoped they would be. Last night might very well be the best night of my life. 😭❤️
Also I woke up to see this this morning:
SO YEAH BEST NIGHT EVER.
