Show Journal 2002-12-20
Crap. I just typed out a really long review and accidentally erased it so here’s the abbreviated version. The snowy drive sucked. Arriving late and missing the first 2 bands sucked. All Out did not suck. PBN did not suck. We did not suck. The long drive home with 100 miles of snow did suck. Despite the long drives tonight did not not suck. Thanks go to all who deserve them.
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All in all our mini tour with Compact 56 and Coldsnap 9 was a success. Well, except for Coldsnap missing the last 3 shows!!! Thanks to all the new people we met who took a chance on bands they have never heard of and more thanks to the familiar faces who continue to support us.
Show Journal 2002-12-14
Holy crap … most intense show ever! This show also had the distinction of being the hottest show ever, the loudest crowd ever, our longest set ever (well, since the Hoss days), and a close run for the most fun show ever. Just an awesome, awesome night. Big thanks to everyone who came out to the show because you all are the reason why Richland is the most consistent and best crowd we play too! Bigger thanks to our street team peeps who busted their ass to help get some new people in the door! One more thank you is reserved to Compact 56 for playing these last 6 shows with us. I know you felt like the new guys on our little tour but you’ve totally got our respect. These last few shows were some of the best times we’ve ever had in the band and that is in large part due to you guys so thanks again. My only complaint … even after 6 shows we still don’t know any of your damn lyrics!
Show Journal 2002-12-13
If I had to rate it I’d give tonight’s show a 6 out of 10. Not the most thrilling show by any means but definitely a good time for everyone in attendance. BXF started off and sounded great. I wish more people were there to hear them but that’s the first slot at the Paris for you. (By the way thank you for coming down to play on short notice!) More people did show up in time for Monkee Torture but most were met with great confusion. The confusion was twofold … 1) what’s with the slow heavy metal dirges and 2) who is this masked man known as Baron Von Torture who is insulting us? You gotta see them live to understand what I’m referring to … highly recommended. Compact 56 was third and they sounded amazing. I feel that I am qualified to rate them as I have attended their last 5 shows. Brutal sounding tonight … just awesome. Chris owned the stage and we were humbled to follow them. Our set? I’ll just offer up the usual “we had fun playing” response. Nothing too earth shattering to report but we did play 3 new songs. Then there was that moment when Dave violated the Compact 56 banner. Thanks to those who drove long and far and thanks to those who come to see us regularly. Extra thanks to Ashley and her posse which consisted of roughly 12% of the crowd.
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Sucks to say but Coldsnap 9’s van is broken down in Montana with a dead water pump. That means they won’t be playing the last 2 shows of our little tour which is a total bummer. As you might have read they are breaking up after these shows so we want to take a second and wish them the best of luck. Eric, Cody, Derik, Adam and Kelly … thanks for being one of our favorite bands to play with!
Show Journal 2002-12-11
Pretty fun and laid back show tonight. I was definitely surprised with the turnout on a Wednesday night, especially for some relatively unknown bands like us and Compact 56. Highlights of the show were Two The Front’s bongo player, Chris from Compact using the F word 20 times in one sentence, Justin falling off the stage (again), and the 800 Ball cookies. Thanks to Mike for setting up the show, PJ for getting us in touch with Mike, the staff at the BCC for being so friendly and everyone who hung out on a Wednesday evening with us.
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Last but not least was Bend’s favorite portland band
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Montana totally rocked and Spokane was even kind of cool. Thanks to all who attended the shows. Three more shows this week including the big one at the Paris on Friday. If you miss Coldsnap 9 then you are a fool.
Show Journal 2002-12-08
The quote of the trip came from Ben who woke this morning up and proclaimed to 9 other people “I can’t tell if I’m just really sweaty or if I pissed myself”. Priceless. We had another breakfast courtesy of Compact and this time we had more than enough to eat. Full of eggs and bacon we headed to Spokane. It was cold and windy but the views of the Montana mountains were awesome. We watched ‘Glory’ in the van which took up about half the drive. Upon arriving in Spokane we ate at Dick’s hamburgers and spent the better part of thirty minutes making lame jokes about all the way to eat dicks, consume dicks, and taste dicks. Not funny now but highly amusing after 6 hours in the van. Fat Tuesday’s was a weird place. It’s big and looks more like a themed restaurant than a venue. The sound on stage was terrible but the sound out front was huge. We played first to about 30 people including the other bands. Oddly enough it was still totally fun because the other bands were all there standing up front and making noise between songs. Sure most of the noise in question was insults and 4 letter words but that’s what friends are for. Before CS-9 played I asked Derik if they were going to do any more guitar spins for us and all he said was “Yeah, we’re going for the record tonight”. I didn’t know there was such a title to be had but I counted at least 9 spins. Too funny. OTTL was third and although our styles were totally different they were definitely fun to watch. Their singer was very charismatic and kept the small crowd at attention. (By the way thanks to those guys for hooking up this show!) Tonight’s headliner was determined by the size of their banner so by default Compact had the honor of going last. They were trying their hardest to rock but were all thwarted when Dave placed his 11 x 17 hand drawn interpretation of Chris being sodomized by the band members on the stage. The fine piece of artwork was titled “Cum-packed 56” and it was fun watching each member wander by it and totally lose their concentration. That set the mood for their set and we all had a good time watching them. At one point Ben (who has a wireless on his guitar) did a guitar solo from the back balcony of the club. This was extra funny because it’s this huge room and there were maybe 30 people there at most. Too funny. Afterwards we said our goodbyes and headed back home. Three more shows with these bands this week and we can’t wait.
Show Journal 2002-12-07
Woke up quick at about noon just felt that I had to be in Billings soon. Compact 56 made us all breakfast today but by the time Dave and I got there we only had enough for 1 egg each. Chris sold out Dan and told us that he ate our share of the food. He’s unemployed so I am willing to forgive his sins. The tiny breakfast was a good excuse to go to Perkins and get some real food. Afterwards we went back to the house, watched a Pantera DVD for inspiration and headed out to Billings. We were a little sad that the air hockey table was gone but aside from that the Billings show was insane. The crowd was at least three times bigger than our last show there and a lot of people from the Bozeman show came all the way to Billings to see the bands again. Compact was first and sounded huge. The Front was second and although I liked them before, they sounded even better when you can hear the vocals. Derik and I particularly enjoyed their set. For our show tonight we played almost an entirely different set which made it cool for us. Coldsnap was last and this was hands down the best I’ve ever seen them play. Why? Two words … guitar spins. Derik and Eric has mastered the art of spinning their guitars around their bodies in mid song. Sometimes forwards, sometimes backwards and the highlight of them all … “the double spin”. Justin, Dave and I were completely humbled by this display of rock and roll showmanship. CS-9 is from a town just outside of Billings so this was more or less their home town. To the dismay of many people they announced that this would probably be their last show in Billings. We didn’t realize it when we booked these shows but apparently they are breaking up after this. It was kind of bittersweet to see because they are such a great band. For better or worse I’ve seen quite a few “last shows” but this one was one of the best. No one left early and everyone sang along. They got the treatment that a loved hometown band deserved and it was cool to be a part of it. Afterwards us and Compact headed back to Bozeman to the person’s house who’s name I still can’t recall.
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