Friday night, we opened for the Killer Dwarfs at the Garage in Moorhead. This was a whole lot of fun. For those of you not in the know about the band, they're a hard rock band based out of Toronto that was mostly active through the 80's into the early 90's. Like many bands, they fell prey to a changing industry that was running away from hard rock and metal of all sorts by the mid 90's.
It's a shame, really. They wound up with a "Lost Album", which they just released, and you can buy here: http://russdwarf.bandcamp.com/album/start-one It's good stuff if you like melodic hard rock. They often wind up bundled into the same genre as a lot of "Sunset Strip" bands, which in a lot of ways is somewhat inaccurate, as they really never were an eyeliner and nail polish type of band.
Anyway, getting to the gig. We put together about a 45 minute set, which wound up being closer to an hour set. It seemed to go pretty well, as far as I could tell. We were kind of crammed in there a little strangely, since Killer Dwarfs touring support band Modern Superstar had their gear in there, then us in front of, in between, and around them. The Garage Bar has a big stage, but it was hitting its limit size-wise.
We finished our set, which consisted of:
Act of Defiance
Beyond
Perfect World
Inversion
Awake
I am Your Shadow
Waste Away
Then, we got a request for one more, so we did "Revelations" by Iron Maiden. It went over well.
Modern Superstar was up next, while I was horsing around with gear. I didn't catch very much of their set, as I was shucking gear back into the car and running it home, then visiting with the members of Killer Dwarfs.
The first thing that struck me when Killer Dwarfs started playing was that Gerry Finn (Dwarf), their guitarist, had my exact last two guitar rigs on stage. On one side was an original Peavey 5150 with a Marshall bottom cab, and on the other was an early Marshal JCM 900 Dual Reverb 50-watter through a Marshall top cab. I've always wanted to hear those amps run at the same time, so this was my chance. It sounded good - really good. They played a tight set and put on a really good show. All in all, it was a really fun time.
And - on to other news:
SEPT 21 - RULE 17 AND PHOENIX RISING AT THE NESTOR TAVERN
This will be a good show. We played with Phoenix Rising about a year ago, and they put on a great show. I'm really looking forward to this one. We're doing our "full night", so we get to stretch out a little more than with opening sets, which will be cool. Plus, it's not that often that we play two shows this close together, so we get to roll into this next one with the last one under our belts - that's always good for a band. So - come check it out!
It's a shame, really. They wound up with a "Lost Album", which they just released, and you can buy here: http://russdwarf.bandcamp.com/album/start-one It's good stuff if you like melodic hard rock. They often wind up bundled into the same genre as a lot of "Sunset Strip" bands, which in a lot of ways is somewhat inaccurate, as they really never were an eyeliner and nail polish type of band.
Anyway, getting to the gig. We put together about a 45 minute set, which wound up being closer to an hour set. It seemed to go pretty well, as far as I could tell. We were kind of crammed in there a little strangely, since Killer Dwarfs touring support band Modern Superstar had their gear in there, then us in front of, in between, and around them. The Garage Bar has a big stage, but it was hitting its limit size-wise.
We finished our set, which consisted of:
Act of Defiance
Beyond
Perfect World
Inversion
Awake
I am Your Shadow
Waste Away
Then, we got a request for one more, so we did "Revelations" by Iron Maiden. It went over well.
Modern Superstar was up next, while I was horsing around with gear. I didn't catch very much of their set, as I was shucking gear back into the car and running it home, then visiting with the members of Killer Dwarfs.
The first thing that struck me when Killer Dwarfs started playing was that Gerry Finn (Dwarf), their guitarist, had my exact last two guitar rigs on stage. On one side was an original Peavey 5150 with a Marshall bottom cab, and on the other was an early Marshal JCM 900 Dual Reverb 50-watter through a Marshall top cab. I've always wanted to hear those amps run at the same time, so this was my chance. It sounded good - really good. They played a tight set and put on a really good show. All in all, it was a really fun time.
And - on to other news:
SEPT 21 - RULE 17 AND PHOENIX RISING AT THE NESTOR TAVERN
This will be a good show. We played with Phoenix Rising about a year ago, and they put on a great show. I'm really looking forward to this one. We're doing our "full night", so we get to stretch out a little more than with opening sets, which will be cool. Plus, it's not that often that we play two shows this close together, so we get to roll into this next one with the last one under our belts - that's always good for a band. So - come check it out!
