Show Journal 2002-10-26
I just spent the past 15 minutes attempting to scrub off a mixture of blood, semen and urine from my face and arms. This means either one of two things … I just got back from another bukkake party at Dave’s house or I just saw Gwar. Thankfully it was the latter. Seeing Gwar is a pleasure enough for me (this being my 5th time) but getting to share the bill with them totally made my day! The show tonight was very unique and very cool because there was so much happening. On the ground floor they had a small stage open for the bands and performance art groups plus an even smaller stage for go-go dancers in between acts. The second floor had the main stage for the “real” bands and the bigger performance art groups (body modification … ewww!) and two more platforms for even more go-go dancers. Since it was a Halloween show we decided to get into the act and play with zombie makeup and blood. Not quite as gory as the album cover but pretty gnarly for sure. (Did I really just say gnarly?) We kind of thought we were getting screwed for a while because we ended up having to play on the considerably smaller lower stage and at the same time as another band played upstairs on the main stage! In fact when we started our set there were maybe 30 people watching us at most. However as we kept playing more and more people kept rolling in from upstairs and by the end of our set the whole room was packed with people watching and cheering which was an amazing feeling. It’s not nice to be competitive with other bands but I gotta admit it was very heart warming to know there were more people watching us on the small stage than watching the band in the main room! I could talk at great length about how good this made us feel but this review is getting too damn long. All in all the show was fantastic. Thanks to Daria and Gustav for helping us get and stay on the bill, our Seattle posse of zombies, our Portland posse of doctors, witches and those who arrived sans-costume, Lee for the rad makeup job (again), Lyle for hanging at the merch table and of course Severina for making everything run so smoothly.
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