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Well it took four and a half years and about 200 shows but we finally sold all our copies of our second album ‘The Kelvis’. Amen.
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We can’t even begin to thank everyone who came to the Halloween show in Longview enough. It was easily one of the best times we’ve ever had playing! Now pat yourself on the back and say good job because you totally made our night.
Show Journal 2003-10-31
There’s just too much stuff to mention so I’m going stream of consciousness on this one. Huge crowd, great costumes, lots of slut costumes, lots of dead people, one person had a shattered 800 Octane CD embedded in their head, Anna Nicole was frightening and way too accurate, Dave got flashed numerous times while holding the video camera which makes me think I need to buy one, very long line in the freezing cold that everyone was stuck in … including myself, Robby Hellfire rocked, Angus ruled, duct tapes boxers did not, Sumara was fast and technical and despite being Mormon they got a huge pit going, helmets are always a safe bet for singers, Hauler was simultaneously the loudest and gnarliest band I’ve ever seen live, Hauler was also the scariest when wearing those creepy face masks, our sound check took forever because of all the audio and video equipment and we want to apologize for that, all those pints of fake blood tasted awful and made my eyes sting, opening with a cover of ‘Halloween’ by the Misfits on Halloween was the highlight of the show and perhaps my entire year, at one point my nose was running but I realized no one could tell with all the makeup so I just let it flow, stage divers by the dozen, equal numbers of guest vocals from the crowd, I messed up the intro to ‘Everybody’ so bad I had to stop the song and get a “do over”, Dave ended our set by dumping a bucket of literally almost 15 pounds of candy on the front row, Countdown rocked hard enough that even Dave got on stage to sing, Countdown also covered ‘Day Of The Dead’ and Justin and I took notes from the power of Ty, they were also the heaviest I’ve ever seen them. I can’t possibly find enough words to thank Countdown for setting up that awesome show and also to everyone who travelled long and far to make this one of our best shows ever. Huge thanks to all involved with the filming and audio recording … let’s hope it turns out well!
Show Review
800 Octane was just the band to provide that rock. I said earlier that 800 Octane never fails to entertain, and tonight’s show was no exception. If anything they put on their best live performance I’ve yet seen from these PDX cats. They came onstage decked out in skeleton shirts and zombie makeup, splattered in blood, and proceeded to start things off with a bad-ass cover of the Mistfits’ “Halloween”. Things didn’t slow down after that. Lead singer Dave continually spit blood into the crowd, who were going nuts, moshing, dancing, hopping onstage to sing along, and crowdsurfing throughout their entire set. One of the highlights of their set was the always crowd pleasing “Day of the Dead”, when several members from the crowd along with members from other bands playing took the stage to sing along with the band. The band is always great to it’s fans and tonight they had people flinging candy into the audience for the entire duration of their set. I’m talking probably 20 pounds of candy here. (note, do not stare at candy being thrown at your face, tootsie pop sticks hurt when they plunge into your face).” (PJ Crader / geekass.com)
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Bonfires burning bright, pumpkin faces in the night, I remember Halloween. Dead cats hanging from poles, little dead are out in droves, I remember Halloween. Only one more day until the festvities so now’s your last chance to get a map and find your way to Longview.
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Ok, in case you were wondering our fans totally rule. We’ve been given not one but two photographs from people who made their own 800 Octane pumpkins. That is just too damn cool!
Show Journal 2003-10-27
God I love playing the Roseland. The sound on stage is so impressive I can’t even describe it. I wish we could have sound checked for an hour because it’s just that good. The turnout tonight was actually pretty small. I guess the last 2 times through town Zebrahead sold out the Roseland but tonight was only a few hundred people. Granted that’s a few hundred more than we usually play too but it still seemed pretty small in such a large venue. Despite the less than stellar turnout it was still the Roseland and after all the big shows I’ve seen there over the years it’s impossible not to have a good time playing on that same stage. On a different note I gotta say Zebrahead was probably the nicest and friendliest band we’ve ever run across. I really hadn’t heard more than a song or two of theirs and I was totally impressed with them live. Surprisingly rocking, very catchy and they totally know how to work a crowd. Thanks to Double Tee, Zebrahead, Ashley and Angela for “hooking people up”, Michelle for the cookies, the purple twins in the restaurant for inspiration and motivation and an especially huge thanks to Chris 3.
Show Journal 2003-10-25
Eugene rocks and we really need to play there more often. The show tonight was great. I think what made it so cool was that everyone in the bands and the bulk of the crowd was totally cool and friendly. We play a lot of shows with bands that are just too cool to talk to you (or too cool to watch your set), not the case in Eugene. It really makes shows a lot more fun for us. We missed Under Enuff and want to apologize for that. Doubtfully Yours was second and for a new band they’ve got a lot of potential as well as a fairly bad ass drummer who can rock like no one’s business. EPD was third. I would write something about how well they played well and how their new songs show a lot of progress but ultimately I am haunted by the image of Sam in a dress and don’t want to think about it much more. Alter-Ego was 4th and sounded good. Lots of catchy and funny songs including the “best song ever!” Our set was awesome. Everyone who was still there was right up front circled around us and sang along. We played a few new ones and even wound up playing 3 extra songs. I’d call it an encore but there was no foot stomping or chants of “Oct-tane, Oct-tane, Oct-tane” … nope just a handful of dudes saying “can you play some more”. We’re easy like that so we did. Many thanks to the following: EPD for being cool as hell, Eric and Doubtfully Yours for the awesome show, the fine craftsmen who built the stage, the girl who’s name is escaping me right now that helped sell our merch, Conor for attempting to sing Golden Road, Susan for reminding us to play in Eugene, Josh Outreach for watching us two nights in a row, no thanks to Jeff, and thanks to everyone else to stuck around and made this a fun show!
Show Journal 2003-10-24
For such a small turnout this show was a blast. The drive down ended up being pretty damn amusing. First we rocked the new CD by ‘Man’ who is an one person band that consists of vocals, a bass and a kick drum. The guy is so angry it’s hard to fathom. Next we watched Escape From New York and decided that a) someone should be nicknamed ‘Fresno Bob’ b) the van could use some chandeliers on the front of it and c) the movie is much funnier if you imagine that the Duke of New York is in fact human excrement. In typical Bend fashion we arrived late and ended up missing the first band. I wished I had seen their set because they had a member that looked exactly like Justin. Same sweatshirt, same shorts, same belt, same shoes, same haircut, same tendency to wear sunglasses on his forehead at night and even the same desire to wear shorts in 30 degree weather. It was uncanny. Since they were from Canada so we got to hear Dave’s assortment of anti-Canadian jokes which is always a treat. I did get to see all of Monkee Torture’s set which is always a highly amusing experience if you are listening carefully. I could swear there was a song about wanting to be a hobo. Then of course the classic WWBVTD? Very good set from the best punk rock/butt rock hybrid around. Thirty 3 headlined and I thought they sounded great. Afterwards we inquired as to how many Care Bears were killed to make the fuzzy lining on their amps but were not given a response. While they were loading Jim found a can of spray on snow (for X-mas stuff) and proceeded to write ‘Portland School For Retarted Boys’ in huge letters on the side of their van. Somewhere a picture exists. Big thanks to PJ and Mikey for hooking up the show, Kaylin for the cookies (and company), all our friends in the other bands and everyone who spent a cold Friday night with us.
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This just in — we’re playing with Zebrahead @ the Roseland in Portland this coming Monday. It’s short notice and a total surprise but a) it’s the Roseland and b) it’s Zebrahead so no complaints here.
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