MCB Preview: Sunday @ Rock on the Range

Sunday's Forecast: 85 & Sunny. Sunburns to go all around.

The final day of Rock on the Range has brought some good memories over the past couple of years: 2008 brought a chilly but entertaining headlining performance from Kid Rock, and last year’s high RPM set from Motley Crue capped off a fun weekend. This year, Sunday could be the more intriguing of the two days this year, as Limp Bizkit (love them or hate them) plays their first show in the U.S. in several years. Slash also debuts his new solo band at ROTR as well too, and we’ll be curious to see how he does. Here are some stories to look out for in the final day of ROTR 2010:

Main Stage:

Limp Bizkit: Well, this may be the most curious choice for a headliner at ROTR yet. Back before they went on a long term hiatus in 2005, the band had been relentlessly harassed and tormented in the final few area shows prior to the hiatus. If you’ve watched You Tube clips in the past year, it looks like European crowds have embraced the Bizkit back with open arms- will American crowds follow suit? To be honest, I couldn’t tell you. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Fred Durst and company are back and their comeback effort “Gold Cobra” is out in July.

Slash: Slash’s solo album came out in April, and met with really good results. The album itself (in my opinion) is just ok, but has a few stellar moments. Bringing along Alter Bridge and almost comeback tour era Led Zeppelin fill-in singer Myles Kennedy will definitely help Slash’s cause. But will crowds accept a non-Velvet Revolver, non Guns n Roses version of Slash? Well, it can’t be any worse than the reception for the mid-90’s project Slash’s Snakepit, but so far, things look promising.

Bullet for My Valentine: Their latest album, “Fever” almost debuted at #1. It just seemed to me that this band should have been a little higher up on the lineup food chain. Even though the band are arena stars in the U.K., they have still yet to catch the same sort of fire here.

Kicker Stage:

Mastodon: According to reports, guitarist/singer Brent Hinds was up to his usual crazy antics and was either 1) too drunk to play a few weekends ago or 2) had a spat with other band members and walked off stage. Either way, the generally loaded Hinds and Mastodon are always awesome to watch, but I will be curious to see if any other fireworks take place.

Airbourne: Seriously, all you little kids that worship AC/DC and play “Rock Band” all the time- this band is the next natural progression. Go out and buy their album “No Guts, No Glory”- what are you waiting for?

Make sure to check back to arthatesyou.blogspot.com and mycitybuzz.com each night of the festival (probably sometime around last call) for my daily blog for Rock on the Range 2010.