Q-Ruption

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Over the summer, local band Selfish Needy Creatures competed in the Play for the Stage contest, where a dozen bands performed over a span of three weeks, aiming at the shot of a lifetime- to open up for Godsmack at our Q-Ruption show. The quartet became finalists and ultimately won, and put on a great performance. Now, two months later, their 15 minutes of fame, literally, have made a big differen

It was a long day at my "regular" job Friday, as I was anxious to get to the show and enjoy the people and music. After navigating the traffic on 787 to get to the sitter and drop off my daughter and then up to Saratoga and navigating the traffic at SPAC, I made it in alive!

The Free Beer & Hot Wings show was in town this past weekend and along with doing a live broadcast from the track in Saratoga, they also had Producer Joe do a stunt.  They had a little trouble coming up with a stunt idea , so just screwing around with ideas at dinner on Thursday night I shot out the idea of Joe putting horse food in his shirt and having a horse eat out of it.  The look at the

Oh man, I love this guy. Whenever he comes by he’s always as happy as can be and ready to rock. Even when he just has his acoustic, this guy brings it every time.

If you were at Q-Ruption you saw most of our staff join the guys from Free Beer and Hot Wings for stage announcements between the bands. Well, it’s kind of a funny situation to be in as you pretty much just wait on the side of the stage for your cue to go up there.

I was screwing around on YouTube when I found some great live footage from Q-Ruption this past Friday at SPAC.  If you weren't there then you can enjoy some great video shot by the awesome Q103 listeners!

Get you photo with the Q-Tease?

Now it's a Q-Tease's turn to review! Obviously, our biggest concert of the year, Q-Ruption was last night, and a surprising 12,138 of you rockers came out to celebrate and enjoy it with us! I thoroughly enjoyed both Egypt Central and co-headliners Five Finger Death Punch, and thought they both put on a very worthy show.

Were you lucky enough to meet one of the Q-Ruption performers? If so check out our galleries after the jump and save your photos - or send the link to this article to your friends to show off that you got to meet an artist.

The only rock festival in the Albany area was a huge success - thanks to everyone who came out to see Q-Ruption at SPAC on Friday night. After the jump check out the galleries of performers Selfish Needy Creatures, Egypt Central, Sick Puppies, Skillet, Five Finger Death Punch, and Godsmack.

So last night I had an absolute blast at Q-Ruption!  There were so many great moments both on and off the stage, but one moment sticks out in my mind as the favorite of the night.