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Damn, our tour dates are getting dropped faster than Jim’s pants at a NAMBLA meeting. Can anyone out there hook us up? Basement? Garage? Living Room? Anything? Don’t be afraid to e-mail us if you think you can help. Everyone claims to respect DIY booking but sometimes it really sucks.
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Show Journal 2001-07-28
Yet another awesome Eugene show. The guys in EPD did a great job of setting up this show … solid lineup, decent venue, ok sound, good promotion, etc. The only bad part was the directions. In fact we ended up driving around for an hour in Eugene but they got enough crap from the other bands so I will spare them any further embarrassment. Plus, if they are nice enough to set up a show and ask us to play … who cares? By the way during that hour we decided that if we ever make it big and sell millions of records we are going to move to Arkansas. More specifically we would like to move into neighboring houses on a dead end street and as Dave puts it we’ll spend our days “drinking beer in the morning, slashing each other tires and basically just not giving a fuck about anything until we go broke”. Sounds good to me. Back to the show. We missed Self Inflicted because we were still lost. Sorry guys. Gray is Grey was cool … really cool. We know Jamie and Tim from the Thrust days and they are still cool as ever. Pretty heavy music and very cool to watch. They don’t sound like anyone else and it’s very refreshing. Tempting Fate was good as always. Their guitar player is amazing, so they always have my vote. Rocking songs don’t hurt either! EPD sounded better than ever before and put on a good show. I think they had the biggest crowd of the night but since they put on the show they deserve it! Outreach wins the award for toughest sounding band of the show. They completely rocked and I’m glad we didn’t have to follow them. Paint By Numbers started off strong but got hit with the broken PA in midset. Due to the technical difficulties with the PA and slow load in’s it took almost 2 hours to get from the end of EPD’s set to the beginning of Dead Even’s. It was beyond anyone’s control and not that big a deal but it ended up sucking because Dead Even had to cut things short. Seems like that happened the last we played together as well? Despite the spotty PA performance I thought they rocked tonight. They will probably disagree but it was a very short and intense set and fantastic to watch. Boy those Mexican wrestlers sure can play guitar! We finally played at around 9:45. The show started at 3:00 and I thought for sure people would have bailed out after 6 bands but everyone seemed to stay around until we were done. That was very, very cool of the crowd and that is why we love playing in Eugene. We got to play a few more songs than usual and people seemed to know the words to most of them. For example the song ‘Holiday’ was never released (it’s only on mp3) and I swear I saw at least 5 people singing along with it. Good thing because Dave’s voice sounded like he had gargled battery acid by the end of the set. Somewhere Scotty Potty is smiling. Never mind. Our special thanks go out to Arne, Conor, Kyle, Dead Even and every one that came out to support the local bands. Super big thanks to EPD for setting up this great show!
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This was the best I’ve seen Octane play. It’s a wonder why they aren’t on one of the big punk labels. They’re just as good, if not better than most of those bands. My favorite songs have to be “Day Of The Dead” and their Misfits cover, “Astro Zombies.” What can I say? I’m a sucker for a great Misfits cover. I’m really looking forward to playing with them again. (Outreach)
Show Journal 2001-07-26
Reality check. Tuesday we played to 800 people, Wednesday was about 500, tonight was about 40. We knew going into it that it wouldn’t be an earth shattering performance but who cares when it’s your friends there to see you! Speaking of which we did see quite a few familiar faces which was cool. We haven’t played many Portland bar shows in recent months so it was kinda nice to have a change of pace. Stink and Linger were pretty cool to watch … lots of covers including my favorite L7 song. Our set was ok. It started kind of rough when Justin’s guitar amp inexplicably died in mid song. That stuff is so frustrating to deal with on stage. The rest of the set was cool and we pulled out a few of the older songs. SK and the PAB were great as usual. Their guitar parts and weird timings are getting more and more complicated and yet catchier every time I seem them. They are all fantastic musicians and really could be the rock and roll saviors they claim to be. Thanks to Scott for the show and a special shot out our super hardcore fans that couldn’t get in but watched the show from outside the door!
Show Journal 2001-07-25
Dude … Chico ROCKS!!! Man we had a good time playing in Chico!!! I had no idea what to expect but everything was perfect. Great club, great sound system, great promoters and an amazingly cool crowd. Everyone we talked to tonight was very down to earth and very friendly. Our set had a kind of rocky start due to some technical issues (wiring, strings, monitors) but after 3 or 4 songs everything started to fall into place. Eventually a pit started, people started cheering, Justin’s shoe fell off and then life was good. I think we finished pretty strong and we got a very enthusiastic response from the crowd. Antifreeze rocked much harder than last night and were treated like rock stars by the crowd. The Deviates kicked everyone’s asses all over the place. They were so tight and energetic it was frightening. I was impressed beyond words. As if the show couldn’t get any better tonight it was the last show on Guttermouth’s tour and they absolutely rocked. That was easily the most fun I’ve ever had seeing them play. Their set was crazy … there were tons of people on stage, flying stuff (cups, bras, shoes) throughout their whole set, and even a few flashers from the audience. Wild, wild set and a pleasure to watch. The highlight was when this really young kid got on stage (he had to be less than 10 years old) and Mark put him on his shoulders and gently passed him to the crowd where the kid surfed the crowd for a few minutes while everyone screamed and cheered him on while Guttermouth launched into another song. I can’t remember seeing so much energy in a room before … especially not at a punk rock show! Thanks to the other bands for letting us open up these two shows and to Justin and Medina for helped this come together for us. Most of all thanks to everyone who showed up early and gave us their support … it’s so encouraging to see when you play in a new town! We can’t wait to come back!
Show Journal 2001-07-24
I honestly think tonight was the most fun I have ever had playing. Everything really just seemed to click for us tonight. We played really tight, we had fun and we never really ran out of energy. I guess it’s hard not to be excited playing in front of so many people though. We actually had a pretty decent sized group of fans right in front of the stage signing along and shouting for us! At one point I could see 7 people with our t-shirts on from the stage. Kind of a serious fashion blunder for them but I think it’s cool as hell to see people wearing our stuff! At a couple of points in the set we had a few stage divers and/or people dancing on stage. I love seeing that while we play in big clubs. So cool. Onto the other bands … Anti-Freeze sounded pretty good and were really nice guys. The Guttermouth crowd isn’t too kind to pop-punk bands, but I thought they did well. The Deviates were awesome tonight. They have been on the road for 4 months solid and they were incredibly tight. Awesome set. Guttermouth was Guttermouth and if you haven’t seen them before it’s your loss. Great stage show, endless energy and quite possibly more people on stage at any one time than I’ve ever seen before in my life. Thanks to everyone who came out to support us at a big venue like the Roseland! Also thanks to the Roseland / Thrasher Presents crews. We feel spoiled getting to work with such cool people!
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Huge show news … we are playing with A New Found Glory in Eugene on 8/16! Unfortunately this means we have to cancel our 8/23 show at the Animal Farm. Hopefully some of you Animal Farm regulars will come check us out at the Wow Hall!
Show Journal 2001-07-15
Wow, what a killer show tonight. Every band totally rocked. Kalifornia Redemption played really well and were totally cool guys. After that was The Stryder. Playing after The Stryder was like getting into the ring with Mike Tyson. Well, back before he became an ear eating, butt raping freak. Anyway, those guys sounded great. Very cool. Our set was pretty good. Decent energy with a few sloppy moments. Lots of local fan support though which is great to see! They are learning the words too … perhaps they can teach Dave sometime. After us was the almighty Dynamite Boy. Holy cow these guys rock. Super funny, super energetic, super tight and just fun as hell to watch. I can’t say enough good things about Dynamite Boy. Also, they pulled off an amazing cover of AC/DC’s TNT. Very cool. Oh hell, I almost forgot … in between The Stryder and us we had a guest visitor. Satan himself graced the stage at the Paris theater! He showed up and was about 8 feet tall, glowing red eyes and covered in horns and spikes. Absolutely amazing! I hope we get pictures of this soon because you readers probably think I’m hallucinating. So, anyway Satan hung out for a while on stage, talked about Portland, talked about religion and then told some jokes. Pretty cool to be introduced by the dark lord. Thanks to everyone who came out and special thanks to the people from Portland’s local bands who come to the shows and watch all the bands … No Thanks To You, Fistfull, Straight Edge Bob, Thirty 3 and I Know Kung Fu.
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