Machine Fucking Head! – Special report at MFH meet & greet in Tokyo by Jacob
How many times have you experienced mind-blowing metal show in your whole life so far? I've been to many passionate fabulous concerts in my life, however, Machine Head is the best live act with their maximum energy injected performance, I feel so every time. That was the fourth time Machine Head show for me after the critical situation by the sudden postpone they announced the day before the Japan Tour because of the Robb's health issue.
After finished my work, I was heading for the venue in Shibuya(Tokyo) as rapidly as possible to make it on time. My heart was beating super fast which is not only by my brisk walking through the humid city in Tokyo but by my super excitement for them live after a bit long interval. Needless to say, they destroyed everything as usual! Until the very last second of the final song "Halo", they didn't stop their relentless assault and blew us away entirely! I guess most of the readers of my blog have an experience of them live already, so I don't write nonsense about it.
Actually, one of my brilliant metal friends in Tokyo went to Meet & Greet before the show. His name is Jacob, he told me his great experience there, showed me wonderful photos and managed the following pretty impressive report for my blog. I send my massive thanks to the awesome metalhead Jacob for sharing it, you rock!
So, enjoy his awesome experience at the meet & greet!
Machine Fucking Head! by Jacob Mayer
We started out getting our laminates around 17 and then went up stairs to get in the mercy line. There they handed us a poster and flag, we then got the opportunity to purchase any mercy from the booth before anyone else. After that they brought us inside where they had 2 tables set up and after getting in line the tour manager explained that this is the biggest group they’ve had (35) and to please have everything ready for signature so we could move through everyone through quickly. All of the members were so incredibly pleased to meet each individual fan and you could tell that they were truly grateful to be there even though they had to postpone.
A guy behind me was wearing 3 laminates and when the drummer Dave asked why he explained that his friends could not make the rescheduled date due to work. After the initial signature line was through, Dave went on stage and grabbed 3 sticks for him and his two friends that couldn’t make it, AWESOME guy! When the signature, hand shake line was over they had everyone get together for a group photo with the band and then with the few minutes they had left broke up to take individual photos and talk with all the guests. Again they were extremely grateful to be back in Japan and that they were able to keep the show on and meet all the fans.
Once our time had run out they brought everyone back outside but made sure we were the first back in. Overall it was such an amazing experience and it is always so humbling to meet a world renowned group of artists and for them to be so down to earth and grateful to/for their fans. When I asked Rob if I could ask him a question for my amazing metal head friend’s blog he stated with question and amusement, “You want to interview me!?” He then stated that he’d have to see how much time they had and unfortunately it did not work out.
- Jake
