Graspop Festival 2023 - The Heat claims another Victim! - Saturday PART 9
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In this series of upcoming Videos I have tried to show what a FULL Graspop Festival experience is like (in 32°c heat) from Start to finish. I'll be posting 1 video every other day at 7PM until we are out of footage & these will be "Premieres" so we'll have a Livechat along the way if thats your thing & yes it's really me typing! ha!
SO
🤘🏻Graspop 2023🤘🏻
Well that was one of the best weekends I've ever had!
In terms of a "Perfect Festival" it's an 11/10!
I tried all weekend to find at least one fault and it was borderline impossible! A true credit to Belgium 🇧🇪🖤
So to start, we left Download (and you'll see the absolute state we were all in in a few videos time 😂) & we had literally 12 hours to do all our washing, get Bartek back to our place in Folkestone and get on the Ferry to France to drive to Belgium. I had never driven a right hand drive car on the "right side of the road" either. But yeah we somehow pulled it off. (Cheers to Ruby Dad for letting me borrow one of his cars because of the Hearse fail)
For comparison, We got on the Ferry, drove through France & into Belgium, parked up at Graspop and had 2 beers in QUICKER time than it took to leave the carpark at Download!
I really had concerns about not speaking the language but this is the weirdest thing in every direction theres another conversation with another language! So at all times you'll be hearing syllables and pieces of words from 5+ cultures and yet everyone knows perfect English and makes the effort with us. - it made me feel insanely uncultured and thick knowing 1. But it didn't hinder us at all.
Band/crowd wise, you REALLY notice a difference between foreign gigs and London gigs!!! It's ridiculous! People have manners and ask to get by with pleases & thank yous thrown around all the time. & The crowd is less Vocal/rowdy. But they just seem more respectful to the music.
Band Highlights
Pantera!!!! FINALLY!!! - It's a tribute, treat it as a tribute! But they did everything right. It was cool to see what it could have been & the Solos were done as a tribute not a like for like carbon copy, it's exactly what I wanted to see. (& Yeah I choked up) 🖤 - (People at DL were asking for the Southern flags to be taken down & arguing about it etc, but musically it was perfect).
Avatar - VIP!!! It'll be on yhe Vlog as to how I got our group there! 🤣
Deathstars - it's been forever, I love them but they Keep cancelling tours & gigs in London so was about 10years or so since the last time.
Watain - I love that show!!! - Cool to see Rubys reaction to a satanic Death Metal band 🤘🏻
Amon Amarth - You'll have to see the Vlog as to why! 😂
Behemoth - We were front row/ pit and they are perfect!!! Good set list too.
Motley Crue - John 5 has totally changed this band!!! It was a cool new direction & the best I've seen them for ages!
Obviously Guns n Roses!!!! 3 hours of classics! 🖤
Machine Head - Always
Skindred...I absolutely love them
Not Bad...but kinda disappointed
Slipknot! NO CLOWN 😔 I get the reasons why, but man you miss his stage presence/performance as a hype guy as well. - that said we saw them like days before & it was still cool & a permanent favourite!
Motionless in White - purely a visual thing but I miss Chris old stage gear 😆 the rest of the band still tart up but the hoodie just feels kinda flat.
I know I'm REALLY clutching for those negatives too!! 😅 But it's nearly impossible! There's so much good & that thats the Best/Worst I could come up with.
But yeah doing this roadtrip with my Best mate & Girlfriend (+ meeting the others) was one of the best experiences I've ever had personaly but absolutely Exhausting!!! I know that you know we go hard, but 14 days in tents, with 30°c heat + the rest is tough! - to the point I'm only just coming too now 😂
So yeah, this Festival🇧🇪...
EVERYTHING is Fucking Perfect! The people, the Organisation, the polite multilingual Staff, the food & drink prices, how clean & respectful it was, the town/area it's in & obviously the line up! I literally can't put that all in to words....
All I can say is DO IT!
Absolutely Loved it!
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-Thanks for reading this & Watching! It means the world to our little group of craziness that you'd come up at the festival & say Hi or whatever we all chatted about. We are all real approachable people! 😂 We all exist in real life & you'll never be tuned away. Really appreciate the feedback!
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If you have your own Festival Vlog (Or know of any others) Please feel free to drop a link in the comments!!! I absolutely love checking these out! Especially those who have different opinions, use different campsites and see different bands!
I’ve binge watched all of these. Absolutely love this format. This festival looks insanely good. You all did great coping through the heat and exhaustion, especially straight after Dustload.
I think all of us feel mentally violated after Download.
Cheers!!! 😎🥃
Dustload man!!! Haha that ruined my hair! It was like fucking Straw for ages!
- But looking at the poor lot at Wacken I'd take Download anyday!!! Have you seen that yet?
@@billymayhem I have been keeping up to date. It’s madness. Wacken seem to be handling the whole situation great and with a lot of class. These European festivals are so efficient and are a lot better at communicating. Puts the UK to shame. 😂
You’ve definitely convinced me to travel next year.
25 hours to wait 😢I'm too excited 😅😅
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Cheers!! This one's got some quality "Bartek moments" haha
@@billymayhem ohhh let's go😫😂😂😂 love you lot! Make us who are watching feel apart of the festival 🤝🤘
That's exactly the aim with it all!!!
I'm so chuffed that it's coming across that way!! You only live once!!!
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Graspop looks & sounds amazing!
Literally 11/10!!!
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All the food looks killer! Thanks for all the great footage!🤘
We ate at every food Vendor!!!
The only one that was a bit lame was the Pasta, not because it was bad! Just not much value for money.
Everything else was really REALLY good! 🤘🏻
I don't think you'll ever go to download again and I don't blame you x
It's hard to justify!!!!
Not even heat can take out the great Bartek 🤘🏼
He's immortal!!!
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Just discovered your channel en indeed Graspop is organized to perfection in comparison to other festivals.
Hopefully you stick around!!
Cheers!!!
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I was in front for skindred. Helicopter tshirt was awesome 😎 love your videos 🤘
The Drop just didn't get to the guys further back!! 😂
Absolutely love Skindred, but the sound here was really quiet!
Thanks for watching our craziness!!!
I like the way you look after your mates but you always do which I like 😊
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Nobody Gets left behind...
They'll be taken the piss out of! & Probably filmed but yeah 😂
Cheers for the shout out! I've got my eye on a few festivals but did buy a Download ticket for next year. Will sell if the line up is shit. Hacked off with the money ripping bastards though. Hopefully catch you at Bloodstock for a drink.
No problem man!
It's good to show people a totally different outlook on a festival & you cover that stuff so well!
So glad I didn't book us lot Wacken! I saw tickets pop up at £70 including camping but It's torrential rain & they are absolutely screwed! - I'm thinking of booking Powertrip in California, it looks good but expensive!
@@billymayhem been seeing the wacken horror stories on socials. I mean it's always wet there but this one looks horrendous. Love how the locals are all helping out with camping and shuttles though. Power trip is exactly the kind of thing I'd never do. Shit like that is pushing the price of live music beyond all but retired boomer cvnts who will probably all be me me me and talk loudly throughout because they're only there to be seen. Not that I have any opinion on it or anything 😂
@@PeteDevlinootnaboot
I know right!!! I'm not sure they'll be able to keep Wacken going this year! 1 more downpour and it would make any navigation around the site impossible! I have a few friends who've actually made it in and the videos are insane, it's literally knee high swamp mud where the village is... I would be moaning non stop! 😂
& Yeah Powertrip!!! It's a tough one, it's on the site of Coachella so you can imagine the prices + the Americans just don't drink like we do, which would cost me more than the ticket & flights!! 😂
That said I'm curious as to an American festival... Not sure I can justify it, but the curiosity is definitely hooking me.
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- Also my pal in Hamburg said last night as it was flooded, they were giving out FREE sausages & beer to the stranded Metalheads!! Literally the most German thing ever!! 😂 UK crowds would just be filming & taking the Piss!
- it took them 14 hours to get in...
Im sure i know Bartek from The Ship in Croydon.
Yeah!!!
We were all regulars there for ages!
The Sheep, Cartoon, Harp, Ship, Blue Orchid hell even had a Walkabout! Haha Croydon used to be absolutely Buzzing!!
So sad walking through there now...
@billymayhem Black Sheep was my go to years ago. Shame all of those places have gone now but at least the Ship is standing strong.
@@Gunnerty85
Marks a Top bloke in there too man!! Really helped me out a year or so when I was going off the rails!
Heart of Gold! I'll have to pop by at some point! 🍻🥃🍻🥃🍻🥃🍻🥃
No it was nice weather this year haha last year we had a heatwave for 4 days . Love the videos. I hope we meet one of the festivals . I have my one bartek haha you would love the guy 😂
Everyone needs their own Bartek!! 😂🍻
Check the Weather for Wacken atm! Fuck that!!! We were lucky!
Another awesome vid! This is legendary me hearty! Capturing the festivals. Absolutely love these vids! Masterful catch Bartek! 🤣☝
Thank you mate!!!
We'll have to rent a boat out for some real pirate stuff soon!! Haha
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@@billymayhem Sounds masterful me hearty! How about if we commandear one instead! 😉☝🏻🚢⚓🌊🏴☠️
@@captainwozza5306 YES!!!! Ha
" nice t-shirt billy "
I wish the shirt lasted!! Hahaha 🤣
I would really love to go to that festival
It is PERFECT!!!
Do it!!!
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I am going to try and save the money to go I have always wanted to go to a festival🤘🤘
@@aaronfildes3678
This was cheaper than Download! So keep that in mind. If you can get cheap ferry/channel tunnel it's a massive win! 🤘🏻
Thanks so much I don't want to go to download festival this seems like the festival for me
love your channel, I am a volunteer at gmm (VIP lounge) glad you enjoyed yourself so much.
Cheers so much!!!
We will be coming back next year as a big group!!
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@@billymayhem I'm going to try to find you guys to say hello and bring some free beer.:)
@@edgardvernimmen8977
Awesome!!! I look forward to it!!
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I've done two festivals back to back in short week I know exactly how you feel and we had both in heat. We slept in day because so tired. Took a week to recover 😂😊
It's so hard isn't it!! 😂
We were all feeling it, & the dust from Download made it really hard!
We should have taken a week off! Haha we go so hard at these things
Bartek was bitten by a Daywalker, Blade style. Best to leave him before he turns.
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We wouldn't notice a difference!!!
Like the burger that is proper & free beer with pizza 😂
It makes me so Hungry looking back!!!
I miss the food just as much as the music!!!
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Great advice and another top video bro 🤘🍻see you at bloodstock bro
It's creeping up!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!
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I love slipknot but just didn't feel it at DL. Hoping they were better there! Should take a paddling pool and reckon that'd sort you out at camp!
Much the same mate! I appreciate they had a full lineup at least. But the set choice was strange & short + they had a few slow ones.
I have always wished Slipknot played longer sets!!!
At Graspop he barely had a voice left & Clown was gone again, same set. So wasn't as good as Download. But still easily a 7/10 with Download being an 8/10.
I know I'm being a critic but I've seen literally every Slipknot tour since early 2000s so can compare it to some seriously perfect shows they've pulled off. My absolute favourite being Sonisphere where everyone was so emotionally involved in the performance followed by the 3 nights at Hammersmith with fantastic support from Machine head & Children of Bodom!!! Great memories & will always be a favourite of mine!!! 🤘🏻
@@billymayhem I remember poss 2008 or 09 seeing them at DL and being so wasted I spent more time lay on the floor than not. Regretted it ever since. Been every tour possible and was gutted when they cancelled knotfest at Milton Keynes, 😭 I'd love to do slipknot at sea if they do that again. That'd be an experience!
@@Phil.Oakley
I'd definitely be up for a Metal Cruise!!!
That would be absolutely mental!!
Bartek would be overboard in seconds though! 😂
That first Download Headline set was fantastic too!! Ughhh Feel so old looking back!
@@billymayhem permanent life saver ring on him.. Might be getting older, but that just means seen more than anyone younger!
You seen imune to the heat hun? I missed a few bands at BOA last year due to the heat.
😂 I guess!!! Maybe I'm too drunk to realise it!
You must of seen all the Wacken stuff going on atm, I'd be terrified that I'd book a European trip and something like that could wipe it out. We were so close to doing Wacken too!!!
I'd take the Sun anyday! Haha
& we missed a few too! But it was unavoidable, we were always looking after eachother or another fallen pal!
I love your content & I've binged all your videos multiple times but as much as I enjoyed this series the constent moaning about Download got a bit tiresome.Having said that it looked like a great time & I can't wait for the bloodstock vlogs
Cheers!!! 🤘🏻😎
I totally get what you mean, it was amplified by the timing of it all. We had a gap of 1 day before Graspop!
So we were absolutely exhausted! 🤣 It wasn't a bad festival as such, it just could have easily been so much better ya know?
It was such a suprise having this place totally blow us away.
Bloodstock is just perfect! It always gets me smiling and the community vibe is just spot on. I'm working my way through them now, should have one up at 7PM tonight.
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Was bartek OK?
Who can Tell?!?!
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He's an expert!!
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I approve of the decapitated t shirt, bartek has shocked me that he has such good taste . 👌
We literally wear the same clothes!!!
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It becomes difficult as so many gigs/pubs it's Behemoth, Slayer or Mayhem
@@billymayhem yeah decapitated is one of my favorite in bands, I love art work of cannibal corpse and dimmu borgir . I noticed you was wearing motorhead great band.
Proper Metal!!! 🤘🏻