CROWD OUTSIDE THE MILE END TUBE STATION - STARTED POURING IN AS EARLY AS 10 IN THE MORNING

HOW ABOUT GETTING HIGH BEFORE THE CONCERT

AFTER THE PASSES WERE SECURED, J WAS FIGURING OUT HIS PICK OF BANDS (MY BEST FRIEND AND COLLEGUE – JAIDEEP SHERGILL – AKA J)

WE COULDN'T GET THE PASSES ON THE NET, NEITHER AT THE HMV STORE AND WE WERE DISTRESSED. BUT WE WERE DESTINED TO SEE THIS ONCE IN A LIFETIME CONCERT. WE EASILY GOT OUR PASSES FROM THE BOX OFFICE

CRACK RIDER 1 - SHERGILL MR.

CRACK RIDER 2 - DESAI MR.

MIXING ASPIRIN AND BEER - WELL GO AHEAD YOU CAN MIX ANYTHING WITH WHATEVER. IRRESPECTIVE THE HIGH IS GUARANTEED

HMV STORE AT THE VENUE. SELLING ALL THE ALBUMS OF THE BANDS PLAYING AND THEIR MEMORABILIA

HIGH VOLTAGE MAIN STAGE AT VICTORIA PARK, LONDON. MORE THAN 40 BANDS PLAYED IN 48 HOURS!

VIP LOUNGE AREA BEHIND THE MAIN STAGE. ATLEAST YOU COULD GET AN ACCESS TO CLEAN LOOS WITHOUT A WAIT. VERY IMPORTANT - CAUSE OF AMOUNT OF BEER GETTING IN TO THE SYSTEM

WE WERE ON A STRICT LIQUID DIET

THATS IT. JUST 200000 ON EACH DAY. ALL DRUNK AND ALL ON A ROCK HIGH

FINLAND'S NO. 1 ROCK BAND - VON HERTZEN BROTHERS. IT WAS THE FIRST PERFORMANCE THAT WE SAW

QUEENSRYCHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PERFORMANCES WE SAW ON DAY 1 AT THE MAIN STAGE

QUEENSRYCHE - PROGRESSIVE METAL BAND FROM SEATTLE

QUEENSRYCHE - DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP THEIR BEST SELLING ALBUM - EMPIRE RELEASED IN 1990

NEAL MORSE - AFTER STARTING THE BAND SPOCK'S BEARD ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER ALAN, NEAL DECIDED TO GO SOLO FROM 2003

NEAL MORSE - A HEADY MIX OF HARD ROCK, POP, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND GOSPEL CHOIRS

ROB HALFORD - IN HIS CLASSIC CLIMAX POSE

LOOK WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE NEXT - SAUL HUDSON - A ROCK ICON FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS

SLASH ALONGWITH VOCALIST MYLES KENNEDY. ITS HARD TO THINK OF ANOTHER GUITARIST WHO CAN HOLD A CROWD'S ATTENTION WITHOUT EVER BEING ON MICROPHONE

SEE SLASH - MOST OF THE TIMES HE IS LOST IN HIS HAIRS AND SMOKE

SLASH - PERFORMED WITH GUNS N'ROSES, TOPPED AMERICAN CHARTS WITH VELVET REVOLVER AND THEN RELEASED HIS FIRST SOLO ALBUM

GUESS WHO - ON THEIR LAST TOUR THIS YEAR. WELL AFTER SELLING OVER 50 MILLION ALBUMS ITS NOT A BAD TIME TO START TAKING THINGS EASIER

PRIEST - THE METALHEADS CONTINUED THEIR CONCERT FOR MORE THAN TWO N HALF HOURS. MAN FOR A BAND THAT STARTED PLAYING IN LATE 60S, ITS A HELLUVA ENERGY