Coachella Weekend Day 1

Wow what a ride Coachella was this year. Honestly one of the best weekends of my life. So the weekend started on Thursday with the drive to Indio. Once we arrived in Indio we went to meet the rest of our group at Food 4 Less. We stocked up on our food and beer of choice for the weekend. Then tried to hide our growlers for the car check. We arrive at the Polo grounds at choose what we feel will be the fastest line of cars to get inside and try to set up camp before the sun goes down. An hour in and 12 pack later we are inside with the growlers safely hidden. We get camp set up just after sundown and the party had begun. We set up camp right next to some Australians that were party animals. Our first stop for the night was the roller skating rink. Courtasy of @logiebearsall we got hooked up with free skates. After about an hour of skating we went back to the campsite and continued partying and meeting the people around us. Friday started off with a DJ set from Tokimonsta and 12th planet. After 12th Planet I did 3 songs at !!!. They had amazing stage presence and really had the crowd moving. After that I made it over for 3 songs on Moving Units. Again a lot of energy on the stage along with a very talented lead singer. Omar Rodriguez Lopez was next on my list. I have seen him with The Mars Volta numerous times so I stayed until about 3:20 to get to the Sahara Tent for Skrillex. I am not one for this dubstep movement, but after seeing Skrillex I can finally say that I get it. He was my top preformance of night one. Pulsating beats and you can tell by watching him that he was enjoying himself just as much as the crowd was. About 2/3 through his set he gets on the mic and announces that he is gonna have some friends join him on stage for the next song. I thought to myself that it was going to be "From First to Last". Sonny Moore A.K.A "skrillex" first band. It was not but instead Jonathon Davis from Korn came out and preformed a new song that they said will be on their new album. After Skrillex, I made my way over the the outdoor stage for Warpaint. Warpaint was on a lot of peoples list as a must see up and coming band. They are 4 musically talented ladies from LA. After that it was time to relax in some shade and enjoy a cold beer. I wondered into the what I called the "Lack of beer garden". In this "Beer garden" you had the choice of Newcastle or Heineken. So I had a Heineken found some shade and listen to the sound guy shut off the sound of Cee Lo Green when he ran over his set time after arriving 30 minutes late. After my beer I made my way out among the masses again to get a good spot up close for Lauryn Hill. Again to my disappointment she asked the crowd if anyone was a fugee fan, making me think that pras and wyclef were going to come out and perform some songs. Instead she did them solo. Still this was a great show and left people knowing without a doubt that she still has it and when she chooses to is going to take over the female rap game. Next came Cold War Kids. Anyone that knows me knows that CWK are one of my favorite bands. It took so long to get over there from Lauryn Hill, I couldn't get as close to the stage as I would of liked. After half the set and my phone dead I decided to go over and drop my phone off at the charging station and watch the end of Sleigh Bells. What a great choice it was. Slamming bass and good looking girls running around on stage is just what I needed. Black Keys were my next choice. Touted as one of the best bands out right now I was very interested in seeing them. Sadly again the sound was just horrible. What made it even worse and harder to hear was the crowd chanting "turn it up". I decided to go get some food and attempt to listen to the rest of the set. Sadly you can tell on their faces on that they could tell the crowd was not into it. After my dinner, I went to watch Kings of Leon. I loved their first couple albums, their last album was not as good as previous stuff. I know bands have tendancies to play newer music. Kings of Leon however did not. They played a lot of old songs and really did put on an amazing show. After KOL I went to pick up my phone and stumbled upon Robyn. She had the crowd rocking and dancing for 11:45 at night after a long day of music. I retrieved my phone and headed back to camp. To my suprise their was no one back at camp yet. I deicided to relax in the tent and wait for everyone. Not to my suprise I feel asleep. Overall It was a great first day and was kind of glad I had got some rest for what was going to be an Epic Saturday.