I was also there. I seem to recall that show being just crazy. The most people in that space I have seen.
Raine Maida climbed the speaker tower or something at some point?
Yeah, a couple times I think. My favourite part of that show was Raine Maida wanted someone in the crowd to film a new song they were playing for the first time live and "put it on the internet". He spent like 3 minutes asking the crowd who had a phone that would record, and it wasn't going well. It's hilarious looking back as now artists will do anything to have fans put their phones away and experience the show first hand.
2006 was right on the cusp where everyone had phones but most were **** for the camera. "Okay, someone has to record this. Anyone?!?!".
Fun fact this is the song they were trying to get someone to film. It was also hilarious that OLP was still so big that Raine kind of brushed the show off as a "couple hundred people" while talking to the crowd, when the Coke Stage had 5k crammed in most nights and likely a thousand or two more that night as you couldn't move anywhere.
That Sum 41 show was insane and the catalyst for the Stampede stepping back and really paying attention to what kind of bands they bring on, not before fining the band tens of thousands for swearing up a storm.
Sum 41 was coming off their Chuck album and arguably too big for the Coke Stage. It showed in the crowd and they made a statement that they wouldn't book major punk/rock bands anymore.
Between the new (temporary?) location and booking Alexisonfire it would appear they’re at least testing the waters for rowdier rock/punk during Stampede again.
Quote:
Originally Posted by sleepingmoose
Except that it’s now by the Erlton CTrain station gate
Compared to the previous location the village is a world away from the Erlton station, yeah the crowds going to the coke stage and families going to the midway will still intermingle, but you won’t be paying your gate admission while some spiky haired youths are screaming at your family to get those middle fingers in the air!
As much as I loved the old coke stage and saw many memorable shows there, having a rock concert within 200 feet of a main entry gate was less than ideal.
Last edited by Regular_John; 06-05-2022 at 12:08 PM.
Fun fact this is the song they were trying to get someone to film. It was also hilarious that OLP was still so big that Raine kind of brushed the show off as a "couple hundred people" while talking to the crowd, when the Coke Stage had 5k crammed in most nights and likely a thousand or two more that night as you couldn't move anywhere.
You sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole, finding other videos of that night. I was about as far away from the stage as this person was, but on the opposite side:
Nope, no Chris or Andrew in our group lol. But still pretty cool to look back at something from like 15 years ago and realize you probably standing right next to someone else in the thread, haha.
The Following User Says Thank You to jayswin For This Useful Post:
Is it that surprising? It’s not like guns n roses is music that appeals to anyone who didn’t grow up with it really. Which is basically any music of a different time.
