San Isidro Rockfest 2006 (Mexico)

And then I found the San Isidro 2006 Rockfest concert involving five different rock bands and more large outside speakers than would be needed for a town several times bigger. Even when I returned to my hotel at least 15 blocks away out of town and on the highway, I could still hear the last session of the last band.

I need Sleeve, my son, to help me understand what I watched. Much of the music was heavy, very heavy drums and electric guitars. Many of the songs were in English, but still not easy to understand. Most, but not all, folks were wearing black, at least black tops, many with paintings that reminded me of Dungeons and Dragons. It made me think of the Goth concert I ran into near the baseball stadium in Boston when I was walking around one night. But here there was no black makeup and no black scarves or veils.

The guys, young, would get right up in front of the stage and jump up and down with their arms in the air. Some of them would climb up on the stage and sing and jump off into the crowd. A few even dived off the stage and were caught by the others. There was a lot of shoving and pushing, in a friendly but tough manner. Some of the guys, 5 or 6, would form a line with their arms around each others shoulders and then would turn fast until the last guy was thrown off, and continue faster until a couple of more were thrown off and down on the ground. Then there was a lot of beer thrown up in the air coming down all over them. Every now and then I saw a woman in with the crowd of guys, but mostly the women were in the back watching.

All of this was outside in a fenced-in field with about a dozen policemen with rifles watching.

The best description I can give is a rock-n-roll punk goth rave. What do you think Sleeve?

I think I'm gonna post this on ILM! His description sounds pretty accurate to me, except that he missed metal which actually sounds like the main ingredient. I think this is an intriguing example of genres blending and mixing. And the last bit about the rifles is quite different than a typical US concert...

Your thoughts?