Laudio gave a nice review of the weekend. I don't want to rehash, but offer a lil of my perspective. Friday night kicked off with DeeExpus. A ROSfest favorite featuring Andy Ditchfield (party animal) and the hardest working young drummer in Britain, Henry Thomas. It was a good solid show. They were followed by Karmakanic, one of the best acts of the weekend. KW and JamForte said they were SO MUCH better than they were at Summer's End the year before. Great musicians with great music.
Saturday started off with a high energy show of the Aaron English band. Aaron is a great leader and I really liked his guitarists. They did 3 or covers and they did it in their style. Really good stuff. They should have been the Sunday morning prog church opening band!!!! They were followed by Resistor, Steve Unruh's band. Another solid performance and Steve is a great musician. Great show. That was followed by Hasse Froberg. Hasse's solo material is rockier but I really like it. His guitarist is going to be a great one eventually. Awesome play. Very good show. I was not disappointed at all. IQ was the Saturday night headliner. I was pre disappointed about them playing Subterreanea, but it came off so much better than I remember. I will listen to the cd again. I loved the costumes and videos that went along with the show. Because of travel problems beyond their control, their set started late and they barely got the whole cd in, so no encore. A very solid show.
Sunday morning in the prog church slot was Sanguine Hum. They were a very good band, but should have been on Saturday morning while we aren't so sleep deprived. George has always had a high energy band on Sunday morn to wake us up
Solid performance. They were followed by the best band if the weekend. IOEarth. Dave Cureton is an awesome guitar player with a love for playing kick a** prog/roll. I loved his jumping around the stage because it showed the passion he has for his music. Outstanding show by all the band members. Discipline was up next and they were awesome. Great musicians all around and a very solid show. The more they played the more I was digging it. Final headliner was Agents of Mercy. Great musicians and I loved the singers (Nad) facial expressions, banter, clothes changes and showmanship. Nad would be the perfect frontman in any band. Quite the comic and exudes confidence. All in all, I think this was the best ROSfest ever. No bad bands. Discipline, IOEarth, Karmakanic and Agents of Mercy were definitely the best bands of the weekend. But they weren't that much better than the rest.
So if you've never been to ROSfest, what are you waiting for. I guarantee the best time of your life. Ask Museman. He's coming back next year.