You missed out, Dudes! You could have joined me for some brutal mosh pit action with a bunch of teenagers. I kind of felt like Kramer at the Karate school.
Ryan Frankenstein looks like MOLOCH here.
Yeah, way cool!
[reply]Doors are at 7:00.
Justin headlines. Set time is around 9:45 and ends at 11:00 sharp.
Hopefully more people know anout it than the 9 people who are here now[/reply]
Damn. I wish I checked that earlier. I’d no idea there were so many opening bands. I thought it was just going to be Frankenstein at 7pm and then Justin.
So, yeah, we had quite a bit of time to kill. Smoker Alley was mostly empty the whole time, though (probably because no one at the show was old enough to buy cigarettes). There weren’t very many girls either. The William Control gig brought in the goth cuties, but this was more of a sausage fest.
The first band playing was king of a wannabe death/thrash metal band. It was a bit embarrassing when he would go to the edge of the stage and try to rally the crowd: “Okay! For this next song I wanna see all you motherfuckers in the pit going fucking nuts, okay!!! RRRRRAAAWWWRRR!!! OPEN UP THE MOTHER FUCKING PIIITTTT!!!” One skinny guy walks into the middle with his 35mm (probably an assignment for Photo class) and sits down on the floor to take pictures.
When he attempted again later, some girl (a friend or sister of someone in the band) yells, “I’ll buy a t-shirt for whoever is the first to start the pit!!!” So I jump in stomping and screaming and pulling some of the dudes in with me as I start shouting, “I WANT A T-SHIRT!!! I WANT A T-SHIRT!!!” I feel like an awkward giant and try my best to be gentle and not knock down the little fellas, but I’m basically a bull in a China closet here.
The tiny girl came up afterwards and asked me what size shirt I wanted. I laughed and thanked her for the sweet gesture but declined. “I’m 42, Sweetie. I can buy my own clothes now. I only jumped in for laughs and to help rally your crowd. Tell you what. Why don’t you instead pick a guy you think is cute and buy it for him.” And I did see her presenting it to some dude who was proudly putting it on.
I got some errands to run, but I’m sure Grumpy will be chiming in with some tales of brutality and madness soon as well . . .
The crowd did increase past 7 people. There were waves of groups in and out as most of the kids came to see their friends in each respective band. I took a head count of the audience at one point and got 47.
Mine and Grump’s favorite opening band was The Biscuits (terrible name) because they just played old school punk songs of thatI think only Grumpy and I knew. We were saying how brilliant it was since the audience likely just thought they were originals.
That song I was trying to place and first thought was a Subhumans song, Grumps, was actually a Circle Jerks song (“86’d”). The CD was even in my car, haha!
I’m sooooo tired.
I was finally able to meet the smrf!
Photo link soon.
I’m sooooo tired.
I was finally able to meet the smrf!
Yeah, he makes all of us tired.
That song I was trying to place and first thought was a Subhumans song, Grumps, was actually a Circle Jerks song (“86’d”). The CD was even in my car, haha!
That didn’t sound like 86’d. Im a big circle Jerks fan. they did a solid cover of date rape and one other one that I know was a cover (of course i wasn’t really listening to many of their tunes). I think thats where you came up with the idea that they are playing old tried an true shit as if it was their own cause none of the youngins would know any better.
yeah brother, I don’t have much to add. I think you petty much nailed all of the highlights. I was starting to get sick again so my head and throat hurt so I was kinda low energy except for the stupid jokes I could crack at the yougins’ expense.
I really was stoked seeing Will again (void’s drummer) He is one cool cat. I could see myself hanging out with that guy. Just an all around pleasant fellow that is nice to be around. Void turned himself into the business side of Gene Simmons once he was off the stage so I didn’t really get much time to talk to him since I didn’t want to interrupt his flow of $$ at the merch booth. but he works hard on stage (Works hard off stage too after the show). Can’t knock the fella for not bringing it on stage cause he does bring it. their new guitarist could only say “gimmie drugs” so, whatever. for being a bag of apparent addiction at such a tender age, he was a competent musician. Fuck it, I’ll just say it, the dude has no stage presence. sorry drug guy, you come off plastic.
So, yeah biscuits and void’s band were the only highlights. that frankenstein band is awful. the only thing the singer has going for him is he looks like a cute shy girl next door type. He’s really pretty.
Other than that. I met mooney and talked with her here and there. She was probably disappointed I’m not as high strung in real life as I am here on the board. so far, I’ve met quite a few people from the board which is really cool considering I never had any intention of meeting anyone when I first started posting here.
Yeah, the guitarist kept doing that NIN 1991 “we’re fucked up and falling all over ourselves” shtick which I guess the kiddies are supposed to think is edgy. But considering they were all using gear borrowed from the other band(s), whenever I saw him drop the guitar or smash it into something, all I could think was, “you’re a prick”. And if I had let someone borrow my gear and they treated it like that I’d have jumped up on stage and beaten rainbow-glittered shit out of his ass.
That didn’t sound like 86’d.
I searched the phrase “SOMEBODY LIED!!!” on the internet and came up with that. It was what I was looking for. I wasn’t really paying much attention to the details of the song at that point, and it was just that one phrase that caught my attention, even though I was thinking it was a SubHumans song (they seem to always be mad at people lying too).
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I really was stoked seeing Will again (void’s drummer) He is one cool cat. I could see myself hanging out with that guy. Just an all around pleasant fellow that is nice to be around. Void turned himself into the business side of Gene Simmons once he was off the stage so I didn’t really get much time to talk to him since I didn’t want to interrupt his flow of $$ at the merch booth. but he works hard on stage (Works hard off stage too after the show). Can’t knock the fella for not bringing it on stage cause he does bring it. their new guitarist could only say “gimmie drugs” so, whatever. for being a bag of apparent addiction at such a tender age, he was a competent musician. Fuck it, I’ll just say it, the dude has no stage presence. sorry drug guy, you come off plastic.
So, yeah biscuits and void’s band were the only highlights…
Hahahaha!!! My guitarist does come off as a little druggy cliche doesn’t he? And Will loves you guys too man he keeps saying how hilariolus you are.
Gene Simmons?? Yeah I guess that’s fair, lol… Honesly I have to hustle in order to try and recoup the money spent on doing this stuff and pay my guys so it does become the main focus immediately upon going offstage! Trust me would love to kick it more and I’m glad on the last tour we werle able to…
I did go to the diner with a bunch of people after and just hang out… I try to have fun too but yes business first during and after the perfromance!
… Honesly I have to hustle in order to try and recoup the money spent on doing this stuff and pay my guys so it does become the main focus immediately upon going offstage!
Oh, damn. I didn’t even realize you had to pay them. I guess I just naively figured everyone was along for the ride and getting to go to CA (and see me and Smurf, of course) was payment of its own.
Time to start auctioning off some more dirty undies and butt-stained baby dolls!
Gene Simmons?? Yeah I guess that’s fair, lol…
I wasn’t insulting you, dude. just pointing out you’re working the business side of things when you’re off stage.
and yes, Always bring Will, even if you kick him out of the band for whatever stupid reason or he quits the band for whatever stupid reason, whenever you come to Cali make sure Will comes with! [:)]
Gunnar, for this show they did go out and play for free but there was some behind the scenes moaning lol!
I was more referring to the typical show, not that show specifically, in my “Gene Simmons” defense post lol
Bjut yeah next time we go out there we’ll do an LA and Fresno show as well, so we can add some more bang for the buck and actually profit off the trip!
This was just a test run and the results were promosing to do more next time.
The portrait t-shirt that Void signed by the merch table was for the same lady who purchased the one-of-a-kind Symbol prototype earrings from eBay.
I had told her he could sign it if she wanted it signed after he performed and to get Ryan who made the original painting to sign it also. She came back, I then handed her my black and silver sharpies.
The portrait t-shirts sold really well.
The portrait t-shirts sold really well.
Honestly, for as meager as the crowd was, I was quite impressed with the amount of shirts being sold and put on during the event. Seems like every 15 minutes or so I’d see another kid putting one on.
[reply]The portrait t-shirts sold really well.
Honestly, for as meager as the crowd was, I was quite impressed with the amount of shirts being sold and put on during the event. Seems like every 15 minutes or so I’d see another kid putting one on.[/reply]
I completely agree especially since the portrait shirt was a bit funny.All I could think was Sloth from the goonies.
ROOOOOTH!!! BAY BEE RUUUUUUTH!!!
ROOOOOTH!!! BAY BEE RUUUUUUTH!!!
Sloth love chunk!
The Biscuits’ dudes could look a bit Chunk-ish. I think one of them even had a Hawaiian shirt on.
That’s one thing I liked about them.
Everyone else was mostly trying their darnedest to look uber gothy cool to impress the other teenybopper vampires, but the guys in The Biscuits looked like a bunch of nerd offspring built from leftover parts of Buddy Holly and Napolean Dynamite. I’m pretty sure if anyone there was giving a fuck, it was NOT the Biscuits.