Wow. What a great time it was. We arrived around 5pm-ish to load in and get set up. After we humped all our stuff into the venue, we had the chance to meet up with some old friends from the bay area metal/hard rock scene that we hadn’t seen in almost 10 years. Nostalgia always feels good, especially over a shot of whiskey with your music scene cohorts. Mark also had managed to pick up Zed’s first round of t-shirts. They turned out sick and we sold quite a few to some new and old fans alike. We very much appreciate the support!

After Adema was done soundchecking, we hauled our shit up on stage and in just under 15 mins were able to get the whole band set up and soundchecked before the doors opened to the public around 7:30. After a round of beers (and water because we’re old in rock band years), we hit the stage. The sound on stage from my perspective on drums was great, I could hear everything and felt pretty damn spoiled.

The ‘oddball fan of the night’ award went to a couple in the very front. The boyfriend ever so gently held his girlfriend in his arms while she buried her face into his chest as she covered her ears like she was being subjected to interrogation at Abu Ghraib. Maybe somehow they thought they had arrived to see the Enya accoustic set or that we were all there to collectively cuddle and hug and cry. The venue was big, so why they never chose to go outside or sit somewhere else was beyond my little drummer brain. No matter. We made sure to provide plenty of excessive decibels for their ear drums to snuggle with. But the beauty of irony overcame and the best part about them is that they were surrounded by about 50 people who were there to actually rock with us…….and rock with us the rest of the crowd did, bobbing their heads with one fist in the air, and a tasty beverage in the other hand….as they should.

Your Music Magazine

Later that eve we ended up out in the parking lot for a quickie interview from the guys over  at Your Music Magazine who have been nothing but supportive of us. For that we are appreciative. (The photo cred for the black and white live shot on this post goes to “gritphim” from the magazine). Stay tuned for the video of the interview from them. We’ll make sure to post it here and on our Facebook page.

MANY THANKS!!!

Thanks to everyone that bought tickets and came out. These shows don’t exist without you! A HUGE thanks to Mike Beard and Man Down Productions for the opportunity to share the stage with so many other great bands – Nova, Solid State Logic, Left of Christ, and Adema. We had a blast.

I would also like to give some extra special props to the sound guy for doing such an amazing job and being so accomodating on all fronts. Super cool dude….until next time.

Onward.

We also spent a day filming a video for our song “Lunatics and Liars” last week. We did it full on DIY style. We found a warehouse in the city, slapped up some canvas and lighting and our buddy Bill at Blazing B Studios did all the filming. We had a blast sweating it out under the lights, rocking out and drinking a bunch of beer. We are currently editing the video and it will be available soon, so keep checking back to see it. We’re going to do a little series of perspectives on filming the video as well, giving you guys a little glimpse into what it’s like to film one. So till then, thanks for the support and see you at the shows!!
Mark on bass

Hey friends, summer is here and we are ready to rock your planet! Here’s a little teaser of what our summer looks like. Grab this video and share it with yer friends on facebook or myspace or whatever…and send it to yer grannys. Hell, it just might be your granny at the end of the video!

We are going to be pressing shirts soon too so keep your eyes open. We’ll have them here and at the shows. Things are heating up around here and our music is being distributed to a boatload of music e-stores as we speak so you should be able to find it soon on your favorite store.

Hope to see you at the Adema/Insolence show at the Avalon in Santa Clara July 22nd. That will rock hard.
Till then, have a great 4th!
stay tuned!
Mark on bass

The Show

What a great time…Last Saturday night we had the opportunity to be a part of the Your Music Olympicks put on by Your Music Magazine. We opened the show and then following us were Dimidium, Until We Sleep, and Tolteca Extra. Everyone rocked and had a great time. It was nice to see a bunch of peeps from the Santa Cruz based magazine that I hadn’t seen in awhile. The sound guys did an amazing job as well, and for that, we are appreciative.

Techniculty Difficulty

We were able to power pretty hard through the first four songs. About 1 minute or so into “The River“, all of a sudden my bass pedal beater went right through the  drumhead. Bass drum officially out of commission….then Pete broke a string…We managed to kill the song, regroup, get back started again, and wrapped up the set, but what a blue ball belly up moment for that to happen….I guess that’s rock and roll. The crowd didn’t give a shit, they just wanted more rock so we did what we could to deliver the goods.

Thank You!

After we were done and packed up our stuff, we hung out for a little bit and rapped out with some old friends, had some drinks, and called it an evening. We’d like to thank Your Music Magazine for the opportunity to play. We’d also like to thank everyone that showed up to support, and those who were gracious enough to buy some CD’s from us. We are humbled and stoked!

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Peace & Jameson,

Dick On Drums

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the big news is we are in pre-production work for a video. I wont give away what we’re doing but it’s going to be cool and will kick your ass. Just wait and see. Hopefully it will be viewable by August. Also we just did an interview with Brian at Your Music Magazine. Photos are up at the link and the interview itself will be up shortly.

Also we are playing this weekend at the Your Music Olympicks which should be good. Check the show info widget for details. Lastly make sure you check out the July show as well with Adema and Insolence. That show will rock your granny panties. Trust me on that one.
Till next time, keep it rockin.
Mark on bass

We will have CD’s available at all the shows and expect to have a rocking good time with all of you.

More on the news front, we are going to be doing a video soon, so check back soon to get the details and find out how you can be a part of our video shoot! It should be good fun!

We hope to see you guys at the shows and hope to toss back a pint with ya’s! make sure you say hey and let us know what’s good with you!

There will be some cool new features and news added to the site soon so keep your eyes peeled.
Till next time, I suggest you check out the latest CD’s from Soulfly, Judgement Day and Band of Horses. Oh and read a good book too.
Later!
-Mark on Bass

- Mark on bass