Home » Blog » 2011 » August » Recap: Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2011

Recap: Rockstar Mayhem Festival 2011

The fourth annual Rockstar Mayhem Festival started the tour in San Bernardino, California at the San Manuel amphitheater. The location is well known for bringing the summer desert heat, dusty mosh pits, and bon fires at night. Sponsored by Jagermeister and Rockstar energy drink, the festival attracts thousands of people from across the country to see some of their favorite bands. This year Disturbed, Megadeth, Godsmack, Machine Head, In Flames, Hatebreed, and Trivium were performing on the main stage. On the two second stages that were placed side by side was the Jagermeister stage that had a rotating appearance of bands for the tour, on the San Bernardino stop the band Nihilist kicked things off bringing the energy to warm things up and get people awake. Along with Unearth, Kingdom of Sorrow, and Red Fang playing later in the day on the stage, the Revolver stage featured Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, and Straight Line Stitch who created some of the best pits while the Metal Mulisha motor cross bikes flew through the air performing stunts to the band's music as they played.

Rockstar Mayhem Festival is a great way to see some of your favorite bands perform live, discover some new bands by exploring the grounds, buy some great merchandise then get it signed at the many different booths after the bands are done performing, and making some new friends that share the same passion that you do for music.

The heart and soul of Rockstar Mayhem festival, the fans!

Straight Line Stitch was performing songs from their new album entitled "Flight of our Lives" and lead singer Alexis was signing items for fans at the Revolver tent after their performance.

Click here to listen to Straight Line Stitch - Taste of Ashes

Suicide Silence gave fans the opportunity to get the unreleased CD "The Black Crown", both the regular and deluxe editions at the show and walked away with them signed.

Here is a sample track entitled “Your Creations”

 

09-Your Creations by SuicideSilence

For more information about Suicide Silence go to their website http://www.suicidesilence.net/ and make sure to purchase their new album.

Roadrunner record's Trivium kept the crowd alive with great fan interaction and an unforgettable performance.

For more information about Trivium and other bands under the Road Runner Records label go to http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/

Usually after the second stage is done everyone slowly migrates to the bathrooms, refills on food and drinks, and then gets ready for the main performances of the night.

Godsmack had an amazing performance with great classic songs, guitar solos, and the dueling drums session. Sully Erna even took some time out from the performance to interact with the crowd and let some things off of his chest that were bothering him on the first stop of the tour.

Disturbed has been in the industry for over thirteen years and still is an evolving band that can perform just as well in the studio as they can on stage in front of thousands of people.

Dethklok’s virtual band performances featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse and on stage as a real band put on a great overall show that will have the crowd wanting more. The dark lighting on stage allowed the videography that was on the screens to promote the animations and storytelling that was happening.

We all will patiently wait for the announcement of dates and bands that will be participating in the 2012 Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Thank you everyone involved who made all the shows possible and for hospitality to allow us to be a part of it. See everyone next year.