just doing some thinking.

in 2002, i took a chance and saw trail of dead play at a small club, based on hearing only one of of their songs and only being semi impressed. well they ended up winning me over and i've only missed one of the shows since, despite having a similar opinion of their later albums. a few months later queens of the stone age rolled around w/ dave grohl in tow. i don't remember the reason why i didn't go, but i didn't and since then i've only considered them a mediocre band, in fact i found them somewhat boring when i saw them in 2005. i wonder how i'd feel about them now had i seen them in 2002. my point is, not that i need one, is that your first live experience of a band really does have a large impact on your overall impression of that band.