The Ultimate Skillet Experience!

Hello Friends! It has been a long time since I have put out a blog and I honestly have missed writing them, so here we are! I recently had an awesome concert experience and I thought it would be fun to share about it. It is a good follow up to my last blog I wrote about what rock music meant to me. So, here we go! 

I recently attended a concert with my siblings. We saw Eva Under Fire

Adelitas Way

and of course, Skillet!

It was phenomal! 

At this concert, my siblings and I had the opportunity to meet Skillet and attend a Q/A session which included a trivia time. It was so cool! 

Once we were let into the venue, we had a bit of a wait with a small group of people whom were waiting to meet Skillet too! Hanging out with these people was an enjoyable experience. We all just talked about our mutual interest of Skillet and our past concerts we attended and shared some good Skillet stories. In particular, my siblings and myself met one fan whom we got to know a bit and sorted adopted into our group since this fan was there by himself. It was fun hanging out with this fellow fan. That is what is so cool about concerts in general, for me at least as an awkward person, I'm not so awkward at concerts and it is easy to strike up conversations with people. It truly is amazing! My siblings and myself also ran into some family friends at the concert too. You never really know who you will run into or meet at concerts. 

Inside the venue, they had setup a Skillet backdrop for photos and seeing that is when it became surreal for me that, "Hey, I am actually getting to meet Skillet!!" I have been a fan since 2008 and this was my 10th show. This was my first time meeting the band as a whole. I got to meet one of the band members, Seth, years ago at another show, but I had never met the whole band. Here is the backdrop in the venue:

Soon the time came to meet the band; I had so many butterflies in my stomach from being so nervous, especially when I saw the band walk in and straight to the backdrop where they started meeting and greeting people. Soon my turn came and here it is!

So cool! They were so friendly and genuine. You could tell they were genuinely happy that you were there and you came to their show! I told them I had been a fan for years and that was my tenth show. I also told John that I enjoyed his book. Jen Ledger, their drummer, thanked me for coming back to their shows, that was great! 

The meet and greet came and went, way too fast for sure, and we then had some down time. My siblings and myself and the fellow fan whom joined our group walked around the venue a bit. I bought a shirt. Soon the Q/A and Trivia session began. That was fun too!

Before hand, everyone apart of the Q/A had the opportunity to submit a question to be possibly asked. My question got asked. Mine was asking each member of the band what their favorite Skillet music video is. John and Korey said "Monster" was their favorite. Jen said their newest one, "Surviving The Game" was hers. Seth said "Back From The Dead" was his favorite. So cool to have my question chosen. The Trivia was tough and I honestly was amazed at some of the other fans' knowledge. I guess I still have ways to go yet before I am truly a Panhead ( what skillet fans are called).

Before the Q/A and Trivia event ended, we took a group photo with the band. So, what an experience! 

Eventually the concert came and it started off with some difficulties and due to technical difficulties, Eva Under Fire was only able to perform two songs, but she gave it her all and interacted with fans. So she still made what she could of it. That was impressive. 

 Addelitas Way played next and they were really good.

Their setlist was: "What It Takes", "Sick", "Ready For War (Pray for Peace)", ""Still Hungry", "Good Versus Evil", "Last Stand", "Criticize", "Notorious", and "Invincible"

Finally, it was Skillet's turn to perform and they did not disappoint! They were amazing!

Their setlist was: "Feel Invincible", "Not Gonna Die", "Sick of It", "Whispers in The Dark", "Legendary". "Lions", "Surviving The Game", "Awake and Alive", "Back From The Dead", "Hero", "Anchor", "Undefeated", "Stars", "Comatose", "Monster", "Rebirthing", and "The Resistance." 

What a show! They played most of my favorites and they even played a new song that isn't on a full album yet. It was a night to remember.