Summer Sanitarium, August following Senior Year of High School, 2003. Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Metallica.
Drove my 1970 Cougar to the event with a HS buddy. After drinking copious amounts of alcohol, we walked to seats at the USC Coliseum, think they were 90 bucks. Dying to get in the pit. After LP played, yelled at some guy walking up the steps with a pit wristband "Hey, I'll give you 40 bucks for your pit wristband!" He's down for it. Thing is loose, flexible, it fits.
Ditch the high school homie, slip on the wristband, and head down to the pit.
Bizkit gets boo'd off stage with middle fingers at Fred Durst.
Metallica comes on, I'm in the pit the entire time, thought I was going to die. I got so close, and they played all the greats.
Won't ever forget that one.