Show Journal 2004-09-07
Wow, I never thought I’d actually get to say we played with TSOL but we did. Too cool. I’ll keep this brief but must say that the show was really fun. It was nice to play with the Statch boys again as we’ve been friends for many years but rarely get to play shows together. TSOL sounded great, were really funny and were really cool to talk to. Thanks to Blood Alley for the show hookup and to everyone at Sabala’s for making this little dream come true for us!
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Calling all nerds: if you are on Xbox Live feel free to add ‘killkillkelvis’ as a friend. Word.
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Got featured on Streetteam.net in their ‘Sample’ section. Figured we’d return the favor with a link to their site!
Show Journal 2004-08-19
Sure is nice to see a sold out show in Portland again. So what if we aren’t the musical flavor of the evening? Are we ever? Lola Ray cancelled (again) and local band Low Tolerance got added to the show to open. Cool guys and a pretty solid band. We played second and I couldn’t believe my ears when Dave opened the show by commenting on the number of “lovely ladies” in attendance. Sure the cleavage and short skirts ratio was considerably higher than we expected but he was dangerously close to sounding like a perv. With the exception of our botched beginning to ‘Go For Broke’ we played pretty well. Probably not the average Pepper fans cup of tea but I guess that’s not really my problem. Speaking of Pepper, I really don’t know what to say about Pepper. They seemed pretty sincere about what they do, they were solid musicians and they managed to work a crowd for nearly two hours. The downside? It’s just not the style of music I’m into. Not even close. If I had a nickel for every time they mentioned smoking pot, drinking and having sex I’d be a very rich man. Also I’d like to point out that I found it very ironic when they mentioned they were glad there were “no meatheads in the audience”. I beg to differ. Now I sound snobby. They’re the ones on tour and with the fans so who am I to criticize? Thanks to Thrasher Presents, The Nocturnal, the MBC, and Dre for checking in on us!
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Despite recently passing the 10-year mark, the punk rock of 800 Octane is still buzzing and alive. A decade is an eternity for a punk outfit. But rather than split up or get warm-refrigerator stale, these guys are still wheeling around singing about zombies, tour vans and pretty girls. Simple maybe, but there is a lot to be said for a band that has taken years to hone the iambic hexameter, drum fills and guitar solos. (RS) (Willamette Week)
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We’re on a new compilation CD titled “Punk Rock Academy” from our friends at Suckerpunch Records. In contains tracks by 28 bands including Yellowcard, Dynamite Boy, Bigwig, Break The Silence, Against All Authority, Nuclear Saturday and more.
Show Journal 2004-08-14
Another late night and strangely action packed evening at Reid’s. Malignant was up first and sounded pretty good with the full volume of Reid’s at their disposal. Much heavier sounding than the Astoria show last month. I missed the second band because I went for food at Wendy’s and 10 minutes later paid the price in the Safeway bathroom. During this time I got a call from This Day’s End who’s van had broken down a few miles from Longview with most of their gear in it. Jim wound up having to drive our van over to them, pick up all their stuff and haul it back over to Reid’s. Because of the vehicle mishap BXF ended up having to play 3rd. It was Kellee’s last show singing for them and we were all admittedly a little sad to see her go as we’ve played a lot of shows with them over the past year or two. It was a pretty solid send off and definitely the best show I’ve seen them play yet. This Day’s End set up next and played a pretty frantic and energetic set of screamy hardcore. It’s gotta be tough concentrating on playing when you have no idea how you are going to get home. We were up next and I think this could have quite possibly been the most fun I’ve had playing this year. Not the biggest show we’ve ever had in Longview but definitely one of the most enthusiastic. There were people all over the stage, moving around in and out of the crowd and it seemed like a ton of people knew the words. It was hot, loud, a little rowdy and totally fun. Thank you Longview. Eyekon was up last and surprised me. Why? Normally if you asked me to watch white rappers from Longview I’d just smile and say “no thanks”. I took a chance and seriously I thought they were pretty damn entertaining. Who knew? Thanks to TJ for the show hookup and all who stayed late.
Show Journal 2004-08-13
I’ll try to keep it brief … Checkpoint Charlie was first and although they were good musicians they were musically a little out of place with the lineup. Streetlight Cardiacs were second and I thought they rocked. If only I could have played that well 10 years ago. We were third and nothing too spectacular to report from our set. White Hot Odyssey was last and is now one of my new favorite bands. During their first song I thought “what the hell is this?” and almost left. The second song I’m thinking “ok, this is kind of amusing” and ventured closer to the stage. By the third song my opinion was that “oh my god this rules”. What did they sound like? Imagine MC5, Turbo Negro and T-Rex being performed by a band in matching skin tight white shirts (with white sweatbands) being fronted by what was quite possibly the stereotype of the words greatest and simultaneously most androgynous front man ever. Tight pants, medallions, jewelry, puffy white shirt, powdered white makeup and a powedered white curly magistrate style wig. Crazy, crazy, stuff. The lyrics were straight out of the 80’s hair band genre with songs about sex, rock and roll and more sex. If you don’t appreciate music before 1980 you won’t get it. Fortunately 3/4 of our band is old and we were highly amused. Thanks to the WOW Hall for the hookup!
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We’re in the process of booking a brief west coast tour with our friends in Thirty3 for late September. If you can help with a show or want to see us play in your town get in touch with Dave via e-mail or through MySpace.
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