Maniac!: Furnace Fest '21

Snake. 09.15.21	maybe next year
Maniac! 09.15.21	Sup losers. Long time no see
loveisamixtape 09.15.21	will be listening to main stage acts from the bar i work at basically next door, against my will. might try to sneak in for glassjaw
Minushuman24 09.15.21	I wish i could go this year, killer lineup
Maniac! 09.15.21	"will be listening to main stage acts from the bar i work at basically next door, against my will. might try to sneak in for glassjaw" What bar? I'm getting a hotel for the whole weekend (or don't dox yourself if you don't want to)
blubbo 09.15.21	Really hyped for this, I bought tickets almost exclusively for august burns red but a lot of other bands playing have me excited as well
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	lol let’s just say i work at literally the closest bar to sloss furnace that’s not the strip club called the furnace. if anyone happens to find my bar and addresses me by username at said bar i will gasp make u a cocktail of your choice
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	disclaimer tho they haven’t set shit up for furnace fest and to us locals it’s kind of a joke (mostly bc of the price and who booked it) but like, there are def bands playing that i wanna see and might sneak in for
Emim 09.16.21	Couldn't justify going all the way there from CA by myself, but I'm jealous of those that do. Literally a who's who of my favorite bands.
Feather 09.16.21	I am going for Friday and Saturday and am PUMPED. I’ll be at riot fest this weekend though starting tomorrow!
Feather 09.16.21	@loveisamixtape challenge accepted
Maniac! 09.16.21	"lol let’s just say i work at literally the closest bar to sloss furnace that’s not the strip club called the furnace. if anyone happens to find my bar and addresses me by username at said bar i will gasp make u a cocktail of your choice" I like Negronis. See you soon.
Maniac! 09.16.21	"disclaimer tho they haven’t set shit up for furnace fest and to us locals it’s kind of a joke (mostly bc of the price and who booked it)" Can you explain so I know what I'm getting myself into? I am flying in from out of town
blubbo 09.16.21	@loveisamixtape I agree with maniac can you elaborate on that
Feather 09.16.21	Also flying in for the days I am going ... [3]
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	yo I love Negronis and making them i mean it’ll prob be fine lol it’s just been v tumultuous with covid etc. no one has prepared for the volume of ppl that will be here for that and there’s nowhere to park here ever. i rly hope it goes well for all of u
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	hope y’all are prepared for the most unvax’d / covid apathetic place u have ever been to. people here don’t give a fuck
TheSpaceMan 09.16.21	for camp out weekend fests this year, ive done: peach circus of life max creek and im going to hulaween
Maniac! 09.16.21	"i mean it’ll prob be fine lol it’s just been v tumultuous with covid etc. no one has prepared for the volume of ppl that will be here for that and there’s nowhere to park here ever. i rly hope it goes well for all of u" Oh boy. It's going to be a zoo of antisocial metalheads. "hope y’all are prepared for the most unvax’d / covid apathetic place u have ever been to. people here don’t give a fuck" Got my vax and I'm bringing a super soaker loaded with hand sanitizer and I will mow people down with my plastic bubble
Maniac! 09.16.21	SpaceMan fuck camping out at a festival. Definitely not worth it. I'm getting a hotel room for that weekend.
RadioSuicide 09.16.21	would give my left nut to be there if they would've picked somewhere less.... bible belt. lol. missing work, 11 hour drive down, and $300 for a 3 day.. tuff. absolutely mental lineup though.
Maniac! 09.16.21	Sacrifices must be made
Feather 09.16.21	@spaceman I was supposed to go to bonnaroo this year until it got swamped out. Camping fests are tough … last time I went to roo I got about 2.5 hours of sleep a night haha
Maniac! 09.16.21	yeah that sounds terrible
Jebull 09.16.21	Of course. I live 1 hour away from Sloss my entire life, then move to another continent, then this happens the next year. Wtf?!
Jebull 09.16.21	"hope y’all are prepared for the most unvax’d / covid apathetic place u have ever been to. people here don’t give a fuck" Also this.
Relinquished 09.16.21	they don’t give a fuck anywhere
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	i've left the state multiple times within the past 2 months and been all around the country, alabama is def the worst that i have seen. our vax'd rate is 40% we barely have ICU beds and nurses at UAB are often protesting outside
Jebull 09.16.21	AM however glad to be missing that shit. They are taking the pandemic way more serious here in Germany.
loveisamixtape 09.16.21	https://www.al.com/coronavirus/2021/08/dozens-protest-covid-vaccine-requirement-outside-st-vincents-hospital-in-birmingham.html different hospital, less than a mile from UAB, nurse walkout/protest because of vax requirements
Maniac! 09.22.21	I'm not surprised
botb 09.22.21	Don’t miss that hopesfall set. Caught em a couple years ago when their last LP came out and they were 10/10
Lord(e)Po)))ts 09.22.21	Wow I would truly rather grate my nipples off but have fun
Maniac! 09.22.21	"Wow I would truly rather grate my nipples off but have fun" Throw that on your OF. I'll sub.
Feather 09.24.21	Update: just asked the bartenders at Cardigan’s if Sputnik meant anything to them and they had no clue what I was talking about. @Loveisamixtape will continue looking for you tomorrow! @Maniac I am also in a hotel downtown, if you see someone around in a white riot fest shirt that says Chicago across it, it might be me.
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Hopesfall is playing two sets. One of them is tonight I think at Cardigans. I was wanting to go to this when the lineup was originally announced. Wish I was there. Hope you have the best time Feather! 😀
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	lol u went to the right bar i just am not working tonight that’s so funny
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	first try too damn. i’m on tomorrow and Saturday specifically the one closest to sloss furnace, unless I call out tomorrow to go see Thursday 🔥
Feather 09.24.21	@loveisamixtape see you sometime this weekend then! Not a brag but I got the recent highscore on the Medieval Madness machine.
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	I saw Thursday in 2012 at a dive bar it was glorious. That one three piece band that was popular and got in a fight on stage a couple times played too that night. Can’t remember their name but the main guy was also pissed that night at the sound guy lol
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	that’s the best one :’)
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	If Hopesfall isn’t playing an unreleased song they still might be playing “Hall of the Sky” for the first time live. I would love love love to catch that song having it’s first live performance.
Feather 09.24.21	@storm I will party to hopesfall for you. They are on my short list!
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Hooray! I watched their 2001 set at furnace fest recently. They did another year there with Emery I believe as well. I think they will be a band with enough experience in Birmingham and Furnacefest that they will have one of the better sets compared to others.
Maniac! 09.24.21	Look for a blue "cuckoo farms" shirt and flip flops
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	i’m legitimately trying to sneak in to watch END at 2:30 before work tonight hahah wish me luck
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Good luck mixtape!
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Someone please if you have a good quality video camera please record any new Hopesfall song or if they perform Hall of the Sky
Maniac! 09.24.21	I'll do my best. Tomorrow is gonna be stacked T that stage Hope's fall into Shai Hulud into Living Sacrifice into Deafheaven
Maniac! 09.24.21	Stupid phone typing
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Yeah I couldn’t believe that line up when I saw it yesterday. So jealous but also so happy for this to be happening.
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	today is most stacked imo, cave in, END, Thursday, converge. tomorrow is glassjaw W&T though which is easily what I wish I could see the most
Maniac! 09.24.21	I'm sad I have to pass on underoath to see converge today. I'm just glad I've already seen underoath
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	i went to Starbucks on 3rd this morning and saw like a billion tatted beard people walking around it’s so funny that we’re randomly this metalcore tourist town. nothing rly ever happens here otherwise
Maniac! 09.24.21	My Uber drivers said the same shit lmao
Maniac! 09.24.21	How late you working tonight?
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	probably like midnight ;(
Maniac! 09.24.21	There was a zao show? Lol
Maniac! 09.24.21	I might stop by after converge if I can still move
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	I’ll pay someone $10 to yell shit band in between Converge songs. 😁
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Shirt band will only get you $5
Maniac! 09.24.21	You shut your whore mouth
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	yeah zao played at seasick last night and Norma Jean played at iron city and emery played at saturn lol
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Ugh. Alabama of all fucking places. Why not Tulsa!? 😭😭😭
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	just bought a day pass for 30 bux lmao I’m officially going for a few hours
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	Nice. Have so much fun!
Maniac! 09.24.21	Fuck yeah. Let's grab a claw and chat
cvlts 09.24.21	Man, kinda bummed I decided not to go. Just seemed like it would turn into a shitshow lol
Maniac! 09.24.21	Purty smooth so far
loveisamixtape 09.24.21	so crowded. I’m watching END soundcheck
Maniac! 09.24.21	Omw
Storm In A Teacup 09.24.21	If covid is better next year my main mission in 2022 is to go
Maniac! 09.24.21	We'll have to schedule a global sput meet up next year
Maniac! 09.25.21	Converge fucking killed it. Underoath did too. They played When the Sun Sleeps for what they claim is the last time ever
Storm In A Teacup 09.25.21	That is a horrible thing for them to say. WTSS is top 10 underoath
loveisamixtape 09.25.21	converge set was insane agreed, never seen anyone play drums like that in my life
Maniac! 09.25.21	I was in the front row moshing and catching motherfuckers
loveisamixtape 09.25.21	i migrated there the moment Thursday finished and it was already fucked, had to fight my way up to see them at all, and i then just stared at the drummer the whole time. was expecting to enjoy their set but man that was somethin. think my favorite set overall was Thursday though
loveisamixtape 09.25.21	cave in was also incredible. also maniac hungout with us while as cities burn played SILYAYD front to back
Maniac! 09.25.21	Cave In ruled. HIL slayed today
Maniac! 09.25.21	Hopesfall is purty cool still
Maniac! 09.25.21	Feather where you at
Emim 09.25.21	"played When the Sun Sleeps for what they claim is the last time ever" I think Spencer just needs a swift kick in the taint
Maniac! 09.25.21	Storm it ain't much but I got a small shitty clip of Hopesfall for you if you want
DominionMM1 09.25.21	just looked at converge’s setlist. hopefully theyll keep it similar for their tour next year.
Storm In A Teacup 09.25.21	Yea yea yea
Intothepit 09.25.21	I almost went since it's just a few hours from where I live, but ya know... Covid.
loveisamixtape 09.25.21	i’m prob gonna go see glassjaw when I get off work can’t fuckin waaait
Maniac! 09.26.21	Deafheaven and Touche were fucking amazing
Storm In A Teacup 09.26.21	I bet. New defheaven a lot or?
Feather 09.26.21	Deafheaven and Touche were fucking amazing [2] Touché especially. I’m a bit bummed Deafheaven didn’t play honeycomb, but oh well. My girlfriend and I got seats up on the wall for Deafheaven and it was incredible.
Maniac! 09.26.21	Deafheaven played all of Sunbather
Maniac! 09.26.21	"My girlfriend and I got seats up on the wall for Deafheaven and it was incredible." I was up on the left wall
botb 09.26.21	Hahaha this reminds me of the time we met up at dangers in dc Great vibes in here
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	wish u were down here dawg make the drive today for turnstile
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	they play at like 9:30 now so u could definitely make it just sayin...
botb 09.26.21	Hahahaha mannnn that would be so fun. But I go into work in an hour
Maniac! 09.26.21	"Hahaha this reminds me of the time we met up at dangers in DC" BROOOO I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. that show fucking ruled
Maniac! 09.26.21	Piebald is up next. I heard they're a good band. Hope they emo my flip flops off.
Maniac! 09.26.21	Might check out the judas cradle instead
Maniac! 09.26.21	Nvm they suck
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	lmao yeah i'm about to be in for piebald. not much i care about today. my friend gave me his sunday pass bc andrew WK dropped, which is strange, but either way get to see turnstile for the first time ever
Maniac! 09.26.21	Awesome dude. I'm gonna be at unearth during turnstile I think
Maniac! 09.26.21	Piebald are kinda meh but the singer rapped Tribe Called Quest so it's cool
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	forgot how long the god damn walk from where i park is to there so I’m on the highway rn. might watch microwave
Maniac! 09.26.21	I'm at comeback kid. I'm gonna try to stay on the left wall as long as possible
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	also at comeback kid but right wall. they’re killin it
Maniac! 09.26.21	MIS SIGS SONG
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	i was not prepared for that at all i sang every word. fuckin amazin. got me emotional because one of my oldest and best friends died earlier this year and that was his favorite band ever, he would’ve been so pissed they dropped but so hype on that random song. he had a 3 day pass just for mis sigs
Maniac! 09.26.21	RIP your friend, my dude. He lives in your heart now. I'm so glad you got to see this.
Maniac! 09.26.21	I never heard Bury Your Dead before, but they slam
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	thanks man i’m glad i watched comeback kid
Maniac! 09.26.21	You better find me during killswitch
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	bro turnstile at the same time though 😭 i’m not doing shit until then basically chilling by main stage food trucks in the shade. would link up
Maniac! 09.26.21	Turnstile already played?
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	nah man they are closing plug your holes tonight after knocked loose
Maniac! 09.26.21	Oh yeah I see now they changed the lineup
Storm In A Teacup 09.26.21	I found a good audio video of UØ playing When the Sun Sleeps and it featured the full speech before the song. Pretty awesome.
loveisamixtape 09.26.21	tbh that speech was so annoying just play the song. i don’t need 5 minutes of “this is the craziest fucking shit you will ever fucking see” before predictably playing a really old song. either way tho very cool to hear that
Storm In A Teacup 09.26.21	I would have liked the speech just the anticipation of what song it would be and it being that song is a big reward. Been on a huge Cries of the Past and Changing of Times kick for a month.
Maniac! 09.26.21	I was totally on board with all of it. Also I'm sorry, storm, I tried to get Hopesfall but my phone was overheating :(
Storm In A Teacup 09.26.21	It’s okay! My phone overheats once or twice a week when I doordash in 95 F weather and 70% humidity
Storm In A Teacup 09.26.21	At some point you gotta tell me the story of how Hopesfall went
Maniac! 09.26.21	It was really hard to get in there. It was packed to the mouth of the stage. I couldn't even see them while holding the camera over my head. They sounded great though. Obviously had a huge fan base.
Maniac! 09.27.21	Motionless in White is just shitty slipknot
Storm In A Teacup 09.27.21	Yeah they never got over with me on record or live.
Maniac! 09.27.21	They're loud, I'll give them that I guess
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	Man they suck so bad lmao
Storm In A Teacup 09.27.21	There’s a couple bands out there I never liked on record or even hated but then they opened for people I went to see and they did good or great live, coming off as a completely different band, I think a few of them were My Children My Bride, Alesana, bless the fall, and within the ruins. A couple others from the mid 2000s to mid 2010s scene.
Maniac! 09.27.21	Mixtape come all the way to the left of the stage where the fence is
Maniac! 09.27.21	Storm I didn't care about darkest hour or stretch Armstrong but they were so good live that I'm gonna check them out again
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	Lol I am now at PYH trying to get ready for turnstile. Come over here we’re in the back right before the crowd
Maniac! 09.27.21	But l will miss all these sick cookie cutter breakdowns
Storm In A Teacup 09.27.21	Oh man. There was one stretch Armstrong album I really liked 20ish years ago. They kind of had the spirit of a BoySetsFire if I recall correctly. Darkest Hour is one of my top 10 favorite modern metal bands, mostly for their Undoing Ruin album in 2004 and Deliver Us in 2007. Tons of people think their album a year-ish ago is their masterpiece. I’d say it’s their 4th or 5th best album.
Maniac! 09.27.21	Mix, help me. Where are you
Maniac! 09.27.21	Look by the table near the stairs
Maniac! 09.27.21	If we don't meet up again before my flight, it was great meeting you brochacho. Stay safe.
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	I’m at turnstile right wall prob 20 feet passed sound booth. come on over
Maniac! 09.27.21	ABR and KsE fucking killed it
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	when’s ur flight ?
botb 09.27.21	“ BROOOO I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. that show fucking ruled” Yeah man, the one and only time I’ve ever seen dangers. Hope you’ve been good!
Feather 09.27.21	I am seeing ABR in Chicago tomorrow which was a main factor in me being okay with not being able to attend Sunday! Bummed I missed Turnstile and Microwave though.
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	turnstile was sick but my favorite Sunday set surprisingly was comeback kid, esp with the misery signals cover. knocked loose set was kind of annoying and also there was drama with security and the vocalist
Feather 09.27.21	A misery signals cover had to have been awesome. I was definitely bummed when they dropped.
loveisamixtape 09.27.21	yeah for sure. fest aside though what did y’all think of birmingham? i’m talkin expectation vs reality, the whole thing
Maniac! 09.27.21	At least where I was staying, it was emptier than I expected. But I live in the DC area so I don't know how much that skews my perception. The back 40 brewery was cool
Feather 09.28.21	I was impressed by Birmingham tbh. Nice downtown area. El Barrio was pretty solid on Thursday night. Back 40 was great. I’m still dreaming about that medieval pinball machine. My gf nearly screamed when I blew up the castle and when the goblins popped out. Also the convenience of being able to take the path down 1st Ave to get to the fest was clutch.
Feather 09.28.21	For reference I live in Chicago and my gf grew up in San Fran and went to school in New York City, so we had no idea what to expect our first time in bama.
loveisamixtape 09.28.21	el barrio rules! one of the best for food in town. b40 is also cool i just never go there bc they allow kids and all people do is bring their kids there but yea that’s cool i’m glad y’all had fun! people always expect it to suck a lot but bham is way different than the rest of alabama
loveisamixtape 09.28.21	i’m also glad that u played our best pinball machine feather hahah my roommate is one of the ones you talked to at my bar and he kept sayin he saw you at FF when i wasn’t by him
Feather 09.28.21	Yeah! We ran into him again in a beer line and talked a bit. Bummer we never ended up running into each other but I consider it a huge win finding your bar haha
Maniac! 09.28.21	"Also the convenience of being able to take the path down 1st Ave to get to the fest was clutch." Same. I was staying at the fairview so it was like a 1-1.5 mile walk. It fucking sucked to walk back at the end of the night but I'm glad I didn't have to wait hours on uber
Maniac! 09.28.21	I liked what I saw of bham. I wish I had more time to explore the city while I was there
Maniac! 09.28.21	Feather I'm like 90% sure we were hanging out near each other a lot of the time and didn't know it
Storm In A Teacup 09.28.21	And you saved spending $30 on Uber lol
loveisamixtape 09.28.21
loveisamixtape 03.25.22	eyes
Emim 03.26.22	Wish it wasn't all the way in AL, would love to see Maylene.
Maniac! 03.26.22	this year's lineup is cool, but not nearly as stacked as last year. Should be expected I suppose
loveisamixtape 03.26.22	saturday mystery is like 90% gonna be sdre low key
Feather 03.28.22	this year's lineup is cool, but not nearly as stacked as last year. Should be expected I suppose [2] The venue and city were so cool I am still considering getting out there again. Not nearly as hyped about the lineup though.
Maniac! 03.28.22	I agree with you agreeing with me
Storm In A Teacup 03.28.22	The 21 lineup was ridiculously epic.
cvlts 03.28.22	not nearly as stacked as last year. still worth the price of admission
loveisamixtape 03.29.22	i am playing on friday which means i’ll actually be free all weekend this time fwiw
Feather 03.29.22	still worth the price of admission [2] Easily. The Plug Your Holes stage was insane.
Maniac! 03.29.22	might go again too
loveisamixtape 09.22.22	any of u in town this weekend?
Maniac! 09.22.22	not this year, brochacho
PotsyTater 09.22.22	Is it called furnace fest because that’s where all these artists discographies belong?