Last night, we shared the stage with Sex Knuckle, who were nice enough to let us open for them. We hadn't played JT Cigarro before, so it was a really nice chance to get a foot in the door there. Every time we get to play somewhere new, it's a little victory for us.
Our set went pretty well, all things considered. JT's has a small stage, and with a bit of extra gear, it crowds up fast. One nice thing about JTs layout, though, is that you get people up by the stage. So often we play and I can't see more than a couple of heads outlined when the lights are on, so it's fun to be able to see everybody out there.
Here's a video of "Awake" -
http://youtu.be/bsTkxZ5Ow4E
Overall, it seemed to go over pretty well, and was quite a bit of fun. Somebody mentioned that for playing heavy music, I sure smile a lot. There's a simple answer for that - it's because it's fun! On the most basic level, it's insanely fun to plug a guitar into an irresponsibly loud amp and go "dern-dern-dern". Doing that with friends who are also inordinately loud just exponentially increases the fun factor.
During set break, Joel Carlson and I decided that Sex Knuckle should have a song or album named "Sticky in Nevada". Neither of us really knows that that means, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
The not-so-fun part of the evening was the after effect of cold and flu season. I was fighting phlegm during our set, and Samantha from Sex Knuckle was also fighting similar vocal fatigue. Unfortunately, this meant that they had to cut their set short after a valiant effort. That was when the brainstorming began.
Rich Lahren and Cale Schjeldrup from Relevant were there, so they got up with the Chrises (Ellingson, from Sex Knuckle and Fritz, from Rule 17 and Relevant) and did some tunes - really well! Then Dave grabbed his bass and I grabbed Ellingson's guitar - and we played "Genocide" from the 7th Seal album (NEVER have done that with 1 guitar), "Lights Out" by UFO, and "Running With the Devil" by Van Halen. Cale joined us and gave me a much-needed vocal break on "Revelations".
All in all, a fun time! Now, it's a couple weeks and a couple rehearsals, then we open for Dan Spitz (former Anthrax lead guitarist) and his new band Red Lamb at the Nestor March 23rd.
Our set went pretty well, all things considered. JT's has a small stage, and with a bit of extra gear, it crowds up fast. One nice thing about JTs layout, though, is that you get people up by the stage. So often we play and I can't see more than a couple of heads outlined when the lights are on, so it's fun to be able to see everybody out there.
Here's a video of "Awake" -
http://youtu.be/bsTkxZ5Ow4E
Overall, it seemed to go over pretty well, and was quite a bit of fun. Somebody mentioned that for playing heavy music, I sure smile a lot. There's a simple answer for that - it's because it's fun! On the most basic level, it's insanely fun to plug a guitar into an irresponsibly loud amp and go "dern-dern-dern". Doing that with friends who are also inordinately loud just exponentially increases the fun factor.
During set break, Joel Carlson and I decided that Sex Knuckle should have a song or album named "Sticky in Nevada". Neither of us really knows that that means, but it seemed like a good idea at the time.
The not-so-fun part of the evening was the after effect of cold and flu season. I was fighting phlegm during our set, and Samantha from Sex Knuckle was also fighting similar vocal fatigue. Unfortunately, this meant that they had to cut their set short after a valiant effort. That was when the brainstorming began.
Rich Lahren and Cale Schjeldrup from Relevant were there, so they got up with the Chrises (Ellingson, from Sex Knuckle and Fritz, from Rule 17 and Relevant) and did some tunes - really well! Then Dave grabbed his bass and I grabbed Ellingson's guitar - and we played "Genocide" from the 7th Seal album (NEVER have done that with 1 guitar), "Lights Out" by UFO, and "Running With the Devil" by Van Halen. Cale joined us and gave me a much-needed vocal break on "Revelations".
All in all, a fun time! Now, it's a couple weeks and a couple rehearsals, then we open for Dan Spitz (former Anthrax lead guitarist) and his new band Red Lamb at the Nestor March 23rd.
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