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Download Festival

The UK's hardest festival returns to Donington Park

Venue: Donington Park, Derbyshire

Party Date: 10:06:2005

Text: Kate Hodges / Photos: Awais Butt/Kate Hodges

March 2006

One Man Army: We saw this man, but were far too scared to talk to him. Obviously.

The rock was loud, the beer warm, and the people sexy as hell. This year's Download Festival was louder, bigger, and better than ever.

Highlights for us included Billy Idol singing 'Jump' by Van Halen, Slipknot's revolving drum kit, the midgets on motorbikes, pickpocketing The Towers Of London's hairspray and then watching them getting beaten up by Hells Angels, Lemmy singing with the MC5, 3 Inches of Blood singing about orcs, meeting an enormous snake, the Eighties B-Line Matchbox Disaster's very tight black trousers, and getting drunk with the Tokyo Dragons.

But somewhere we found time to talk to some of you lot who turned up to drink, fuck, and get deafened. And here you are...

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Kat from Chichester: "Seeing Billy Idol has been the best thing here. Liking him for so long, and then seeing him. I was about a metre from the front. It was packed. I shouted at him. Chanted."

Silver from Worcester: "I just brush my hair in the morning. Nothing fancy. I tie it back when I'm working. A guy in Worcester cuts it for me. I'm going to Birmingham on the piss tonight. I don't bother with going on the pull, I let them do the pulling. I just cruise."

Slipknot's mixed reception: Yes, Slipknot still attract the skull-and-clown crowd. But their appeal has broadened to include Jack O lookalikes too. Hurrah.

Jemma from Hinckley: "This is my first festival. I've only been here for half an hour, but I've already seen three midgets on motorbikes. They just went past. And I'm not on drugs. I haven't had time yet."

Simon from Nottingham. "I had my first piercing in 2002 at Ozzfest. After your first 10 you get used to it. I've not tried going through customs with them yet."

Dawn and Sean from Dunfermiline. Sean: "Last night we had a threesome with a stunning goth lass who wanted to cut herself up. But she couldn't find a knife and started scratching herself instead, so she was shown what the door looked like."

David, Jimmy, Manv and Tully from Birkenhead. David: "I flashed at Shirley Manson. She saw me on the big screen and said, 'Are you getting your tits out at me, love?'. Manv: "The best thing to do here is to take mushrooms and go on the fairground rides."

Andrew from London: "The weirdest thing happened yesterday. Some man asked me to shag his sister-in-law. I took a look over. She wasn't all that. I made some excuses. I had to leave."

Leah from Portsmouth: "The best part of the festival? Snorting cocaine with The Dwarves backstage. Everything you've heard about them is true. They're the craziest band. Crazy motherfuckers."

Burny from Leeds: "I painted my face pink because I'm bashed. My T-Shirt yesterday said "I'm fucking bashed". The best thing that's happened so far is tripping out to Black Sabbath with a bag of mushrooms."

Dwarves on Motorbikes: Yes, it really is the best thing in the world. Hells Angelettes. We don't know why they were there but it wouldn't have been the same without them."