Originally posted by Alec:
ahhhhhhhhh your so lucky. tell me the story of how you met him ahaha. i'm into this.
Well, I was right up front. rather close to the center of the stage and almost up against the baracades during the whole show.
I noticed this one guy who was right dead center and he was singing and mouthing the words and all that stuff. I figured after the show, I have to give this dude a high five.
Anyways, I'm minding my own business during my favorite massive attack song (safe from harm), just singing and reciting the words and dancing. I ended up making some serious eye contact with 3D. My 13 year old self kinda went off and was like "i wonder if it's possible to meet him." (little background info- when i was 13 way back in fall of 1998, i had a huge crush on 3D)For the rest of the show, i payed some serious attention to 3D's body language. (i know how dorky, right!)
During the last song, I noticed that 3D signaled to the guy all the way up front who i mentioned earlier in this post. The signal i interpreted it as "meet me in the back for drinks." The second I saw that I thought "fuck, i now have to talk to this guy."
As soon as the show was over, I walked over to where the guy and his friend were standing. Turns out, this guy was more or less a kid. he was younger than me. I'm guessing 18 or 19 years old. We started chatting about massive attack and depeche mode. he was all impressed that I'm friends with a band who opened for Depeche Mode this past spring.
The kid was also impressed that I got 3D to "pay attention" to me as he put it. So I guess I wasn't imaging things haha. I was then invited upstairs. He said "i think we're going upstairs. that's where the band is suppose to be after the show." So I went up stairs and waited around for a few minutes. Realizing I wanted to get a tshirt, I ran back downstairs. I told the kid and his friend to wait up for me. I ran downstairs only to see that the merch booth was closed. I ran back upstairs only to find the kid and his friend were gone. They were already back there.
I stood around for about 30 seconds thinking "oh fucking great. No way I'll get back there." Then out of nowhere, I heard somebody say (this was in an american accent) "You can come in now." There were people ahead of me, so I just played it cool and walked in with them. (turns out they didn't even have backstage passes either. actually, I don't think anyone from the show hanging with the band had a pass of some sort)
I was the last person in there. 3D was standing in the little hallway that led to the hospitality/dressing room. He was introducing himself to people as they walked in. I was the last to walk through and pretty much just ended up hanging out with him for most of the night. He was very polite might I add. He was getting a glass of champaign and offered me some, so it's pretty cool to say that I had champaign with one of the lead guys in massive attack :cool: not to mention, later on he handed me a piece of chocolate haha. we had a slight discussion on how awesome milk chocolate is.
I did meet Liz and Horace as well. Very cool people. It was just such an honor to meet them. My older sister was jelous that I got to meet Liz. She grew up on coctaeu twins. (hell my older sis was jelous that I even got to see Massive Attack live)
I'm a journalism student. I've been doing music journalism since I was 15 (6 years ago if you don't feel like doing the math) and I don't normally get star strucked. Then again, it's rare when I go to a concert on my own (as in no interviews, photo passes, backstage passes, free tickets ect) and somehow randomly end up backstage.
I won't lie the whole entire time was quite surreal, even though people were very down to earth. It was funny 3D told me what hotel he and the band were staying at. (I didn't go to the hotel after the party, because I was getting a ride from some very cool people and I knew that my mom would kill me. she was expecting me to call her when I'd get back from the show) Anyway, Robert also asked me if I would be coming back for Friday night and I told him that unfortunately, I am going to the beach for school. (which I did do that this past weekend) he basically said back to me that it was alright and that he too would opt for the beach if he didn't have a show to do, but i thanked him for the offer and gave him my contact info. i told him about my poetry and artwork and he said that he'd like to see it sometime, so that's why i gave him my contact info. it'll be interesting to see if he emails me or something.
oh and one more thing, I did actually get the courage to tell Robert about my crush on him. It was funny, I told Deborah about it and she was like "you should tell him. don't hold anything back. I think he doesn't have a girlfriend might I add."
I hope that was enough details for you haha.
Originally posted by ixkpd-bk:
I got her backstage to meet him. Then I officially had backstage passes for Friday. Just...bliss.
I dont get "band-happy" or starstruck for that matter, but I was really REALLY happy to be meeting him/Horace/Liz/Debra.
Okay I have to ask, which one were you at the party? we obviously had met. I remember the kid I met at the show somehow got his name on the guest list for Friday's show or so he claimed hehe.
