I'm hitting up Coachella for the first time this year. 3 day pass w/ on-site camping. Have any other blades been before? Experiences/stories? And what bands are you stoked to see? On my list are: Old Crow Medicine Show Jay-Z (Not a "fan", more like just because) Gorillaz Muse MGMT Tiesto and I know that there are many other awesome bands I haven't heard before, which IMO is the more exciting part about going. I love live music (unless it's Jimmy Eat World).
Hey man! I been to 2004, 2005, and 2006. Had some of the most amazing times of my life. Camping is hella fun and this is the 1st year they letting u park ur car where u camp, b4 u had to hike all ur shit in so that will be much better. 2 things i'd advise of are the heat, especially if ur not used to the desert and 2nd u gotta be careful smoking weed or anything illegal esp during the day. I saw undercovers bust people just 4 smoking, they dont play and they search u pretty good when u go in so u gotta be a little careful. You will have an amazing time, i am thinking about going back this year cause the lineup is crazy. Anyway, if ya have any questions hit me up man! Peace!
Sweet, thanks for the tips man. I figured I'd have to get creative with the weed thing, especially if they're going to be letting cars in the camping area. I'd assume that there would be some sort of border-check stuff goin on before they let you drive into the campsite, and I'm really hoping dogs aren't involved (that'd be a low blow). I'd just put it in a sealed plastic bag and stuff it in a sunscreen bottle or something. Definitely looking forward to meeting all kinds of people, mainly because so far I'm the only one I know of that's 100% for sure going And a side note, someone posted a sweetass Dubstep song I found to really like on the Real Life Stories forum (Rusko - Jahova), and turns out Rusko's gonna be at Coachella! Gettin more stoked every day, can't wait till April.
Yeah wouldnt be worried about dogs goin in to camp, but they do search pretty through goin to the festival. That's where u gotta be careful. I would just wrap my party favors up in a bandana and put it btw ur legs. I got lazy one time and stuffed weed and some thizz in my pack back, the guy smelled it and started searching more throughly and almost found it. I jus told em that i just smoked in my tent that's why my stuff smelled so dank, but that was a close call. Just gotta be careful, that's all. And its hella hot during the day, then at night it gets cold and windy so u gotta be dressed right and have extra layers. First time i went was when i just moved to cali and i didnt know what the desert was like, i just thought it was hot even at night. Needless to say as soon as the sun went down i was freezing. But all that aside, its the best festival i have been to, you'll go crazy! The sahara tent is where the real party is at, that where all the dj and electronic artists perform, its like a 12 hour rave 3 days in row!!!
Only 8 more days! Bump. Pending conflicts, got a new list of sets I'm gonna be at for sure: P.O.S Avett Brothers deadmau5 Bassnectar Tiesto Rusko Old Crow Medicine Show Muse Jay-Z Any other blades attending?
hell yea dude!! i'm pumped for them crooked vultures, coheed, gorillaz, and mother fuckin BASSNECTAR..pretty lights and INFECTED MUSHROOM!!!! WHAAAA holy balls im gonna be tripping my face off
overpriced, i wouldnt go even if i lived near it. they always have a couple good bands (they had the jesus and mary chain one year, id have liked to see them), but overall they just blend a ton different popular shit... the fuck is jay-z doing there? im not down
Seems like (IMO) this year the lineup isn't quite as good as they've been in the past... 07 was awesome, I almost went but couldn't :\. They still have a ton of good acts though. Plus enough mediocre/noname acts to get you through the day. But who knows, I'll be looking forward to hearing new stuff, might find something I really dig. I was kinda suprised to see Jay-Z headlining Friday, but like the peanut gallery said, they book popular/big acts. Also, Yeah it's expensive, but it'd cost more to see all the bands that I want to see individually. For me it's well worth it. Plus the overpriced food/water doesn't bother me either, since me and the person I'm goin with are bringing our own. On-site car camping ftw. 3 days of sweet live music in the desert, camping/partyin/chillin with tons of different peeps, and a whole lotta love? I'm down. So final bump for me. Chicago homie makes 2 blades goin, any others lookin forward to next weekend at Coachella?
Fuck I wish I could go to this. Faith No More, Old Crow Medicine Show, De La Soul, Thom Yorke, Muse, Corinne Bailey Rae, The Dead Weather, and Sunny Day Real Estate are reason enough to go.
Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, Rusko, Tiesto, and Deadmau5 are enough to make me wanna go badly lol...gorillaz, MGMT, and Muse are just added goodies too bad im on the other side of the country so i wont be able to go
Muse are INCREDIBLE live. They'll blow you away. And Thom Yorke should be good if you're into Radiohead.
It's my first year too, I'm stoked. Going down with about 12 of my friends. Wednesday night I'm seeing Portugal The Man in Santa Cruz and leaving after the show for Indio. I wanna see the bands you listed plus Portugal. The Man, Porcupine Tree, Les Claypool, Them Crooked vultures. I've seen Les claypool and TCV before they were both amazing