The main stage bands were supposed to be Pigeon John, Skillet, Anberlin and Relient K. Unfortunately, Relient K's bus caught fire on the PA Tpk, so they were a no-show. (http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=69670&r=1). They are just one of the many bands trying to do both Creation and Cornerstone. Stupid to schedule them the same w/e if you ask me. So without Relient K, Anberlin became the headliner and they added Jonezetta as one of the openers. Pigeon John was LA hip-hop which neither N or I cared for. Jonezetta was ok - pretty standard rock stuff.
Before the headliners, there was an awesome sunset. This pic shows the sunset and also the "natural" amphitheater that the main stage sits in.
Skillet and Anberlin blew the place away. Serious wall of sound stuff - N was 2nd row and I was just slightly further back but with no one in front of me so I could get pics. Both N and I had our hearing protection and it made a world of difference. You could still feel the bass (are your pants supposed to move by themselves to the music?) but no numb ears in the morning. It cuts out some of the treble and maybe muddies the sound a bit but that may have been the mixer. I saw another post where they complained about Anberlin being too much bass and distortion. I thought Skillet's mix was much better.
Skillet & Anberlin
As we walked out, we stopped at one of the "after hours" shows - a band called Seventh Star. Very screamo but you could still hear the message - I think one of the line was "you can't do that in God's house". N and I haven't done a lot of it, but if you just wander around there are bands playing everywhere and you might just happen on something good (or really bad ). Anyway the weather was cool and cloudy so we weren't completely wiped by the end of the day.
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