Soundgarden Returns

I'm pretty sure this is a good thing.

The first band I ever saw live is reuniting after 12 years apart. I was fortunate enough to see them in 1994 during their Superunknown tour. Possibly still the best concert I've ever been to. We bought tickets at the last minute that were upstairs on the side–probably the worst seats in the house. Since we were crafty 14-year-olds, we went down to the entrance to the main level and started trying to sweet talk the security at the door to let us in. When that failed miserably, we walked ten feet away and huddled to discuss our next move. We decided if we all just ran past them at the same time and then scattered, there was no chance they could catch all of us.

We were right. I was the only one, however, who did not get caught, and so proceeded to scour the floor for ticket stubs. I found one, went back upstairs to find my friends, then we all went back down to a different entrance. I showed them my ticket stub, entered, and then slipped the ticket through a crack in a nearby door to my next friend. We repeated the process until we were all in.

Our next move was to get into the sectioned-off mosh pit directly in front of the stage, which required a wrist band. We simply hopped the walls and somehow no one noticed. Not too long after, we were all crowd surfing and I was even thrown on stage long enough to grab Chris Cornell's shoe before being pulled down by security. I couldn't have asked for a better first concert.