Russ....

One band that i'd really like to see come to America is Masterplan....can't believe how a band like that can be so popular overseas and people over here don't know about them....can't stop listening to the debut!

Festivals are hit or miss....used to have a proper festival here in Florida called Livestock, which i belive they still have a go at, but the bands are a lot of newer artists....i usually look for the jamband/hippie festivals because the bands are pretty cool if you're into that sort of thing and the people are friendly....also....some rather good jazz festivals hit Clearwater a few times a year....

But outside of a few up in the midwest...we have f**kall for melodic rock events...