Last night I experienced my first heavy metal show. I am a very open person, musically especially! I am a huge Collective Soul fan, but you throw on some Gin and Juice by Snoop, well, I don't know if you are prepared to see a white girl spit lyrics like that, yo.
So the bar gods blessed us a few weeks ago with the opening of a bar...RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE! AND they have $1 PBR-ah on Tuesdays, karaoke sometimes and a pool table. Last night we decided to peep the action at The Wormhole (name of the bar) and found out that for a mere $5 we could experience a man clear his throat for an entire song set and have our ears bleed.
I do like a nice guitar thrashing, but holy hell. Here, since I am such an awesome person, I would like to share with you Deified Reviver. Now, in all fairness, this was their very FIRST gig, but I have to say I was VERY thankful they only had three songs.
I didn't hear where the dude sings on any of those tracks on MySPace, but I tell you what...just go gaaahhhhrrrrrrhhhaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, as low and loud as you can and you got it.
The second band to go on was called Kalibur, and I actually really enjoyed them! They are kinda a mix between Metallica and Creed. Weird, I know. The lead singer did request that the patrons "get out there and hurt each other" during one of their particularly hard core riffs. This is where I got to experience the much talked about, rarely seen, mosh pit.
Retardiculous.
I totally don't get it. Much like I never quite understood The Chicken Dance. Or my mother.
The headbanging was out of sight. I was concerned for most of them, as I know, from experience, (last weekend) that headbanging results in some killer whiplash that will not allow you to utilize your neck for AT LEAST three days. All I could think about was the horrible neck problems these poor, young souls were going to experience in as little as 5 years.
Ah, shit. That is that adult coming out in me. However, I still do not regret playing all those sports that have resulted in three knee surgeries and added hardware (two screws). Maybe they won't have regrets either, but I would highly suggest they shower more often.
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I actually had to tell my parents about the term "retardiculous" because I laughed out loud and they looked at me funny.
Kat - lol! I hope they use it! It is a multi tool of a word...much like fuck. LOL!
What? A new bar right behind your house? Im so there. I don't know why Im freaking out, we have a bar behind our house too. In fact, I got trashed there (with my new friend) on wednesday night and missed work on thursday. But thats another story for another time. :)
-Justin
That wasn't the reason they were looking at Kat funny, it's just the first time she's noticed.
LOL! I can totally picture you head banging!
Capt D - BURN! Muhahahahahaha!
MD - yes...and I shouldn't do it without proper neck support. Very ouch.
-This message is in regards to your Feb 28th, 2009 blog post.
Yeah, the singer didn't work out too well... You shouldn't be so judgemental. If you didn't like it, you shouldn't post a billboard up, because there are plenty of people who do like this music. Perhaps much more than you think. Also, when posting things to the Internet, you should be aware of the potential for it to do harm if a promoter, venue, or potential fans are running searches on the Internet.
I invite you to listen to some recordings the band did about a year ago (without said dude), and hopefully you could at least have an appreciation for how much effort and discipline it takes to produce the music.
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Understand that it is hard enough to be a musician in the digital age without articles like this. Do a search on the band, I am sure you will find a lot of stuff. Its fine you write how you feel, but consider removing the band's name from you posting. Is it necessary to call the band by its name?
We have all heard bands we hated, and talked badly of them. That goes away nearly as soon as its heard. To post something on the Internet is making an unlimited amount of potential for the band to miss an opportunity.
The band hasn't been turned down for a show, and lately hasn't needed to go gig finding because its been playing per request. It is possible that a post from two years ago can still do some damage. Please do consider at least removing the band's name from your post.
Thankyou.
~A fan
A Fan - thank you for commenting on this long forgotten post.
Can you believe I have only gone to that bar, RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE, twice!!? This was one of them, the other time is when I went to see an electronic band called Freezepop - that was a weird one, let me tell ya! I didn't review it immediately, but I did write about how they TOTALLY blew us off when we went to hang out with them in Boston. (http://this-life-is-mine.blogspot.com/2009/03/part-ii-allston.html) Those Yankees can be so rude sometimes. (Not the baseball team, though my fiancée says they are of Satan. She is a Red Sox fan)
But back to your comment. Again, it is appreciated and I will leave it up for all the world to see. I understand your concern over any bad press that might come to one of your favorite bands, but I won't edit or remove the band's name from the post for the following reasons:
1) It is MY blog. So adequately named, "This Life is MINE". It is for a good reason.
2) The write up I gave the band would NEVER be taken seriously by any REAL promoter. After all, it is from a silly ol blog called "This Life Is Mine".
Dude (or Dudette), that isn't EVEN as awesome as some of the band names I have come up with! "Fleas In The Basement" has been my latest fictional (but one day!!) band name. Just wait till a promoter gets a hold of THAT! "HELLO DETROIT!! We are FLEAS IN THE BASEMENT" **cue roaring applause**
We just recently got Rock Band 3 and named ourselves "The Twat Waffles". Can you believe Playstation 3 will not post "Twat" on the public ranking boards?!? Kids are going to grow up to be pansy's with the way people are forcefully edited these days!
I digress.
3) I knew I would get to this number eventually, and this is SUPER important: any one or any band that puts themselves out in the public eye is free game for public scrutiny. If we didn't have adverse opinions about things then we would all be the same and let's face it, no one wants to listen to Kenny G all day and that is why I am SO glad someone stood up in the 90's and told him to quit molesting that horn and to get some conditioner for that hair of his. Damn it, I did it again...rambling on about shit...oh well, it is MY blog after all.
In sum up, thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to peruse some of my other blog material. Comments make me happy, good or bad, because it means that people actually cared enough to type something in the magical comment box. (Usually that number only gets to a staggering 5 comments)
So to you sir (or madam) - I thank you!
Jess,
That is an awesome response.I just started reading your blog after reading Dusty's I clicked on your link.See I too think people need to grow TFU and quit being so damn sensitive.Soccer mom has finally taken over the world where she has deemed EVERYONE deserves a trophy because we are all the same,,,well at least until we have to go out in the real world..Keep up the good posts...I will visit often...
T-Rony
T-Rony - thanks so much for stopping by! I love ready Dusty's blog! I wish he had time to post more! Been a long time reader of his!
Thank you again for reading!
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