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Awesome story.

However, for it to be truly awesome and achieve awesome vber kvlt status - it MUST end on a “drunken sojourn at the local Denny’s around 2am” anecdote.

Preferably one where AT LEAST one skanky waitress with a bad attitude is hit on and AT LEAST one member of the drunken posse passes out head first into a Denver omelette.

Also, needless to say AT LEAST one member of the drunken posse MUST at some point stick french fries up his / her nose.

Either that or a “greasy burritos from a grossly overweight Mexican street vendor at 2am” anecdote.

!!

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Gunnar at the end of the video “YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH Sexy… … And jock straps”

I don’t think that was me, actually.

I yelled out (on behalf of the elder set in the house), “AND ADULT DIAPERS!!!”[/reply]
It sounds like you. [:)][/reply]

I thought it sounded kind of like me too, but I don’t really remember saying it. It might have just been a knee-jerk impulse that I wasn’t even aware of when I was shouting it.

And . . . in support of your theory, we really were the only ones shouting out one-liners all night anyway. We were also the only ones laughing at our brilliant one-liners.

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So, let me set the scene for you nice prongs folk. Gunnar and I get to the gig at about 7:15 we are assuredly on the guest list… … … Voidy came through, SCORE!!! We are just about to walk in and the guy is about to rip my ticket when he says “once you leave you’re out.”

“Whoa, Whoa, slow down there cowboy. We’ll come back, we got shit to do.”

So, we look for a liquor store, none to be found, but we found a smoke shop and scored some cloves. *Refer to Gunnar’s earlier picture. So, I ask the nice guy in the shop who is openly watching porn on his little TeeVee behind the counter (Not really, but he seemed like he was pervy like that’s some kind of thing he would do) and he directs our heads to the other side of the street, passed an island, that we had to make fucked up U turns around to get to. And so we feel dumb. We grab two shots of Fireball and a homeless sized bottle of Jack Daniels, and I buy some chicle. After several more Uturns we end up back at the venue. We down our Fireball shots and warm up a little more with some JD. We look at some of the people who have showed up and get our game faces on.

We get in there and these little cutey girlies are tearing it up. “Almost Anywhere” is their band. In between songs they ask if everyone is done with school. I scream out “YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!” and get even stranger looks. I mumble “about 21 years ago.” Guitar cutey smiles at me. I don’t think she can see I am as old or older than her father. They’re about to do a cover from a band called Black Veil Brides. Singer says, “Everyone here likes Black veil Brides? OF course you do, that’s why you’re here.” I scream out “Who are they?” They launch into their single bar chord cover. Song ends, they gigglely say thank you to the crowd. Drummer cutie asks if everyone has twitter, facebook, Instagram, snapchat, etc… I yell out, I only watch the wheel of fortune at 7:30, but what channel is that stuff on? More awkward laughter.

They get off stage and now it’s time for Void. VOID’s Bassist comes on stage to start setting up and Gunnar starts freaking out. Oh My God It’s Voidhead!!” I say that’s not Voidhead. He says "yea it is, Yea it is” I scream out “VOIDHEAD!!!” Bass Player turns around and smiles. “I guess it is, He looks a lot different in real life.” Gunnar says, “see, see? It is him” I say “Uh, ok. I was kinda mildly worried that he may take a swing at me based on all the blunt horrible truths I posted on the board, but now, not so much. He’s kinda little, ya know.” So, we scream out VOIDHEAD a bunch more times as well as the TICKY TICKY TICKY TICKY TICKY noise (Soundtrack to the brown lipstick video Void Posted awhile back) So, Bass guy has his back turned to us and we’re wondering “What the hell? is he ashamed of us?” The guitarist at some point refers to him as “the bassist” to the sound guy, and we’re like, what the hell? did he just call the captain of the ship, ‘The Bassist?’ Has Void been lying to us? Is he not Justin Symble, but just plays bass for Justin Symble?” We couldn’t imagine any kind of scenario where someone would try to pass themselves off as someone else ([;)] Peligro)

Sound is right, the time hits, the guitarist leaves the stage and comes back wearing a mask and leading the Gimp from Pulp Fiction out onto stage. I turn to Gunnar and say, “THAT IS VOIDHEAD!” Gunnar laughs and say’s “you’re right, you’re right.” They launch into a their start up and right away the front row is loving it, back of the venue looks like a Jr. High Dance. Unimpressed Emo Losers. Fuck that!! VOID’S Riffs are catchy much better than what he puts on wax (Sorry Void, your live music is much better than your studio music) You can actually hear the bass, Oh, that big Beautiful rolling bass. Oh man, I’m bobbing my head, Gunnar is losing his mind in rock n roll seizures, We’re picking up Voidy’s energy loud and clear. Song ends. Off comes the Gimp Mask, we scream out Voidhead a few more times as he strokes the crowd. Then Validation, he points at us from the stage. “I wanna thank my boys for coming out tonight from Prongs. They said I’d never amount to shit, but they inspired me to do it right.” We giggle like school girls. Void launches into the next song. Energy, energy, energy, Void plays with the crowd. He talks to the crowd, huge strong point. Seemed like he looked at home on stage, relaxed as hell.

The Band plays Purgatory. Holy shit that bass line. That thing’s a Fucking steam rolling Juggernaut. I don’t know anything else about the song, no lyrics, no drums, no guitar, I was just hypnotize by the bass. I told my wife about it when I got back to the hotel. I found it on you tube to show my wife and what a fucking let down!! Shame on you, Voidy. There’s no bass at all in that official video. There’s the bassline rhythm, but I swear to god it’s played on a kazoo or a juice harp or some shit. You are doing yourself and the song itself a disservice with that official video. Take that shit down and overdub one of your live performances on to the official video. That bass line is GOLD!!
So, somewhere in the set you all saw Void kiss a dude on that video. He was pretty, I thought he was a chick, as gunnar pointed out. Whatever, movin’ on.

We get to the last song and he’s a few seconds in and Void Points at Gunnar and calls him on stage. Thank God he pointed at gunnar cause I wasn’t getting on stage. Much like the internet, I have no problem sitting pussyback and making comments but put the camera squarely on me and no thank you very much.
So, Gunnar hopped on stage and tore it up!!!
Gunnar licked the guitarists guitar, tasted like metal!! Guitarists played tune in tokyo with Gunnars Nips Gunnar pretended to Hump Voidy on stage and then that was it, they broke down their gear and got off stage. They hung around the Merch booth talking to their fans. Gunnar and I sat back while he conducted business. We went outside and partook in the graffiti on the wall while we waited for void to finish up. Then the next band came on and we had void all to ourselves. We yapped on and on until about 11pm, so a good 2 hours. It was great to meet another pronger. Great that he’s grown his craft up enough for him to hit the road with it. Just great all the way around.

I’m going to try and get the pics up, if Prongs keeps rejecting them I’ll send them to gunnar and he’ll post them from his photobucket account.(ok its got to go to gunnar)
The end

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Gunnar at the end of the video “YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH Sexy… … And jock straps”

I don’t think that was me, actually.

I yelled out (on behalf of the elder set in the house), “AND ADULT DIAPERS!!!”[/reply]
It sounds like you. [:)][/reply]

I thought it sounded kind of like me too, but I don’t really remember saying it. It might have just been a knee-jerk impulse that I wasn’t even aware of when I was shouting it.

And . . . in support of your theory, we really were the only ones shouting out one-liners all night anyway. We were also the only ones laughing at our brilliant one-liners.[/reply]
Nah, we had a couple others laughing. Void’s merch lady laughed at all your shit.

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And yeah, my driving was some crazy Kamikaze Jihad pilot stuff . . . . instead of driving up to the next street I found it more efficient to look for a gap and then drive the wrong way into oncoming traffic to get to the driveway.

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This girl and all her friends HATED me. I saw her coming through with her cute little black and white latex rubber dress and I said, “Oh, hey, See’s Candy! You got some samples for us?”

She did NOT think it was funny, nor did the girl in back of her who turned around to tell me, “You’re a real asshole!”

“What? I meant no offense. I LIKE See’s Candy.”

“She has a NAME!”

“Oh, okay. What’s her name? She didn’t tell me.”

“I don’t blame her! You’re an asshole!”

I reach to tap on See’s shoulder. “Hey, BabyDoll, I’m sorry if I offended you. I meant no offense.” I offered my black power fist as a peace offering for her to bump, but it was left awkwardly hanging as she just turned her back and huffed, “Whatever. Forget it!”

Grumpy turns to me and says, “Okay, I guess it’s all good.” And then we high-fived and went back to being pariahs.

I was trying to take some covert shots of See’s Girl later because we thought it was so funny how pissed all the teen gals were at us, and she barked at me again, “You can just ask instead of being all awkward!”

“Well, okay then! Let’s do this!”

And I got a precious selfie.

Only to see their expressions when they realized that you were up on stage with Void.

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I came in already hating William Control irrationally because I thought he looked like such a jackass on the promo ads and such. Also, we were there to see Void so I also hated William Control for taking top billing because I only care about my homies so in my head Void was getting screwed and should have been headlining.

I saw WC pacing back and forth before the show and that didn’t help things. I just hated him more as he’s also one of those guys that I kind of want to fight or mess with just because he seems so far up his own ass.

So, long story short, I didn’t watch ANY of his set. They sounded decent, though. We were having more fun hanging with Void and creeping out girls anyway. I saw one cute and seemingly adult aged gothy lady standing by herself when we were out on the bench at Smokers’ Alley. I said, “Hi there, Pretty Lady!” Grumpy said something like, “Dude, she’s shy. You’re gonna scare her away.” And sure enough, her pasty white face turned red and she ran away back inside.

Oh, I liked Requiem. One of guys was manning the merchant table and we were joking a bit, and I told him he needed to up his game and start pushing harder on the merch. So when some girls came milling around indecisively to talk and case what was offered I badgered them. “Hey, if you buy the shirt, these guys will sign it and you can tell all your friends that you got this at the show and were hanging out with the band. Why are you just staring? You can probably wear a small? That one one the right is only ten bucks. Don’t be a punk, you’re not gonna be able to just find this shit at Hot Topic or JC Penny. This is the real rock and roll underground, Ladies!”

One of them that I’d been riding hard to buy a shirt from these “up and coming superstars” looks at me all cocky and proud and says, “I KNOW, I’ve already have all the shirts. I’ve seen them SEVEN times!” I felt a sense of irrational pride then as if I somehow assisted in that already passed victory. “Bro! Check this gal out! She’s legit. True fan, Dude. She’s not just some poser like those others. Hook her up with some selfies and shit and sign that setslist for her.”

Requiem were pretty metal, actually, and also they got points for being the most friendly and supportive of Voidhead. They even asked him to do a song with them, which Void told me beforehand that he did not actually know. There was a missed communication and Voidy learned the wrong song but he still got up there and faked it well just by screaming whatever recurring word would occasionally show up.

We had a blast. I hope he gets on another tour in the future so we can see him again and have another excuse to be doofuses.

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I think its cool.
I think it’s cool void took the high road (you guys give him a lot of shit) and got you guys on the list.
I think it’s cool people from prongs are going to his shows.
I think it’s cool a younger crowd is there. Good for them.
I think it’s cool void thanks people for buying his merch.
I think it’s cool that grmpy said the live stuff is better than the recordings.
I like hearing the P-NON’s awkward “ummm, hello?” story.
Keep it up.

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Agreed on all points. Regarding the younger crowd and venue, Grumpy said something like, “Pretty rad that they have a place like this. We didn’t have shit.” I said something like, “Yeah, we might have been lucky to see our buddies set up in a garage and play for our 3 friends that show up.” To which he responded with something along the lines of, “Garage? Shit, more like their bedroom, listening to a mixtape, with the volume at a low respectable level.”

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I like hearing the P-NON’s awkward “ummm, hello?” story.

Huh?

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So, long story short, I didn’t watch ANY of his set. They sounded decent, though.

Oh, I liked Requiem. Requiem were pretty metal, actually, and also they got points for being the most friendly and supportive of Voidhead. They even asked him to do a song with them, which Void told me beforehand that he did not actually know. There was a missed communication and Voidy learned the wrong song but he still got up there and faked it well just by screaming whatever recurring word would occasionally show up.

We had a blast. I hope he gets on another tour in the future so we can see him again and have another excuse to be doofuses.

WC is a decent-sounding vocalist, but I kept watching and waiting for the mic to bonk him in the head, get caught on something, or hit the floor.

Yes, punk metal. Steve seemed like an alright guy. He was out and about roaming around before and after their set.

Void has a really good stage presence. He really owns it.
We can only hope that he gets picked up on another tour after this tour and his van are paid off.
Seriously, the van dying FUBARed their finances and jeopardizes their ability to continue on this tour due to the increased cost of the extra days of vehicle rental.
Plus, money issues are never good for morale (nobody wants to leave and go home early from the party).

If you want to help him out, here is his indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/justin-symbol-punishment-tour-2-0#/story

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It’s funny that you mistook the bass player for voidhead because when I got to the show and walked in the first thing I saw was the merch stand and that guy beside it. I was thinking “HEY, IT’S VOIDHEAD!” and paused for a moment and looked at him. He looked back at me awkwardly and said something like “Hey what’s up?” But then I figured out it was some other dude so I mumbled some response and walked off.

i meant “DJ Pon-3”, my bad.

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It’s funny that you mistook the bass player for voidhead because when I got to the show and walked in the first thing I saw was the merch stand and that guy beside it. I was thinking “HEY, IT’S VOIDHEAD!” and paused for a moment and looked at him. He looked back at me awkwardly and said something like “Hey what’s up?” But then I figured out it was some other dude so I mumbled some response and walked off.

i meant “DJ Pon-3”, my bad.[/reply]

They were focused on Integrity instead of Void.

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I am glad voidhead got Gunnar on stage. I think both mooney and I suggested to voidhead to do that because something silly was bound to happen if he did.

When I saw the little girl he pulled up on stage in St. Pete just stand there with his leash in her hand and do nothing, I was amused at what a great opportunity she had wasted to actually molest him (remember that I didn’t meet him until the set was over and he had no idea what I looked like prior to my introduction; I would have ensured he got it good.).

When Void and I were outside chatting about his performance details, I said to him that the little girl had wasted a prime opportunity to have some fun and he had to get Gunnar on stage at their gig (I knew smrfy would not go for it, but Gunnar, no problem). The rest is history. [:P]

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Haha! Aside from others being a bit reticent in the spotlight, being onstage is actually more of a challenge than people know. Especially for these tiny indie gigs, the space is very tight and there are obstacles aplenty to bump into and trip over. I was humping void and thrashing about and realized I’d bumped into the drum set. That made me a bit nervous as I didn’t want my stage antics to topple all their gear or something.

I was messing around with the guitarist and he shouts in my ear, “Take off your pants!” I thought it was funny. NO ONE needs to be subjected to that kind of horror. But I did let everyone gaze on my manliest of beer-bellied chests, so the guitarist could worship my nipples while I molested his guitar.

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What did you guys think of William Control and Requiem? Just curious.

Pretty much what gunnar said. We weren’t there for him. I had no idea who he was. I gave zero fucks about him or his set list. We were there to see void. And again, echoing Gunnar, I know that guy couldn’t give half the performance Void gave, so why bother?
Besides we were yucking it with Void, so that guy was insignificant.

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If you want to help him out, here is his indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/justin-symbol-punishment-tour-2-0#/story

If it makes you feel any better Mooney, we basically cleaned our wallet out for him. I gave him something like 35 bucks and Gunnar gave at least a 20. He offered to give us merch and we declined, He already sent me the stuff I wanted through the mail and personalized it so we told him to hang on to his merch and sell it. He was appreciative.

If I had not been in town with my family I would’ve set them up in a Hotel room, but there was no way I could begin to figure out a way to bring in 4 dudes where my wife and 4 year old slept. So I just figured the cash would have to be enough.

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Haha! Aside from others being a bit reticent in the spotlight, being onstage is actually more of a challenge than people know. Especially for these tiny indie gigs, the space is very tight and there are obstacles aplenty to bump into and trip over. I was humping void and thrashing about and realized I’d bumped into the drum set. That made me a bit nervous as I didn’t want my stage antics to topple all their gear or something.

I was messing around with the guitarist and he shouts in my ear, “Take off your pants!” I thought it was funny. NO ONE needs to be subjected to that kind of horror. But I did let everyone gaze on my manliest of beer-bellied chests, so the guitarist could worship my nipples while I molested his guitar.

You are much more energetic than I am. I wouldn’t have needed nearly as much space or energy. [:P]

Being up on a stage, it’s pretty blinding to me if the lights are pointed back towards the front of the stage and I can’t see the audience or the edge of the stage. One time, I stopped in the middle of a presentation and told them to turn the lights down. (BTW, that’s how I got over my nervousness - going out and doing it mostly impromptu with a basic outline.)

Everyone would have been blinded by your paste-white translucent leg skin.

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We were having more fun hanging with Void and creeping out girls anyway. I saw one cute and seemingly adult aged gothy lady standing by herself when we were out on the bench at Smokers’ Alley. I said, “Hi there, Pretty Lady!” Grumpy said something like, “Dude, she’s shy. You’re gonna scare her away.” And sure enough, her pasty white face turned red and she ran away back inside.

HA HA I forgot about that. She comes out and Gunnar says “Hey there pretty lady.”
Of course I look up from what I was doing, I don’t know if Void was out there at the time and I was talking to him or I was just doing whatever. But I look up and and she is really embarrassed like totally showing red cheeks through her four miles of foundation, giggling and nervously fidgeting. I say, “Oh man Gunnar she is a shy one, you totally ruined her intentions. She came out here to be all emo and stuff and you ruined it by calling her pretty”

She got really giggly and said “Oh my god, you’re making it worse.”
I said “sorry, You go ahead and be all angsty, we’ll be over here, we won’t interrupt anymore.” and no shit she turned around and embarrassingly walked back into the venue never to be seen again.

That was really cool, cause I think we made her night. Like perhaps her mom, and only people required by law, were the only ones to call her pretty at that point and here comes Gunnar to crack it open. She actually was pretty and not in a “Barely 18” kind of way.