Recency bias: Tool - I hadn’t been to a concert of that caliber in years, it was exactly what I was craving. Setlist was incredible and the band were on top of their game. 9.5/10 wish they’'d played vicarious instead of the pot.

Favorite band: Rush - saw them back in 2012 on the Clockwork Angels tour. There’s no way these guys tour if they can’t play, show was great despite a lackluster setlist. I’m a 70s/early 80s rush fan and that era of their discography was largely unplayed.

Childhood: System of a Down - I was a massive fan of these guys and a young teenager and my old man took my brother and I to see them in '05

Honorable mentions: Black Sabbath, Slayer, Rob Zombie

Toxicity - System of a Down was an incredible album about American exceptionalism and war hungriness. The towers were hit a week after the album was released.

From “Losing It” by Rush

“Some are born to move the world to live their fantasies, but most of us just dream about the things we’d like to be” was a lyric in the album following Moving Pictures which was Rush’s biggest album and they firmly sat in the former category at that point in their careers. Still my favorite band though