Staind was the worst act for us, aside from the first 1-2 openers (i seem to remember quite a few bands playing before Hinder came out). I'm pretty sure the sound guys couldn't have cared less about the opening bands. They did a rough mix and I never once saw them change the mix after that (not that I cared).
The first bands you couldn't understand a word, and considering it wasn't room
acoustics (since it was outside....).
Hinder wasn't bad, aside from the obnoxious girls behind me (drunk..I might add). The lead vocals were much too loud
IMO, and sounded distorted...(which I kinda expected to be honest)
Staind was just TERRIBLE. I couldn't hear anything, the snare
microphone sounded like it had a rattle in it, because every time there was a "
snap" of the drum, you heard this high pitched baby-rattle style noise.
They also had a
feedback issue, and when I turned my binoculars down to the pit, I saw one mad with a beat-red
face screaming at a second man turning nobs on some device in a rack (I determined later it was their effects rack).
Three Doors Down had a very fanominal mix, although an overhead
microphone from the drum kit slowly was sinking, probably due to a bad tightening job on a stand. so...eventually by the end of the night, a single crash cymbal could be heard much louder than the rest of the set.