Show Journal 2004-05-15
Finally, finally, finally … we got to play a big all ages show in Seattle. We’ve been trying for how long now? I don’t even want to think about it as it’s somewhat depressing. Since The Flood opened and the story how they got on the show is pretty cool. They are out on a long tour from Boston and were supposed to play a matinee show with 3 Seattle hardcore bands. All three bands cancelled so they were stuck without a show today or the following day and basically nowhere to play until Tuesday. Anyway, it turns out the band that was supposed to be touring w/ Zebrahead couldn’t make it tonight or the following night either. So the folks from Double Tee said “ok, you guys can play tonight and tomorrow night in Portland”. Talk about being in the right place at the right time! They totally rocked it too. The only downer was that they play absolutely brutal hardcore and the majority of Zebrahead fans didn’t know what to think of it. We thought they rocked and plus they were cool as hell to talk to. We played second and I was totally nervous. I had waited so long for a big show in Seattle, I had forgotten that I’d be playing to a few hundred people that had never heard of us, and might see us not as a possibly cool opening band but rather as a holdup until Zebrahead. Everything turned out well and had a good time playing. It was cool seeing so many people in front, beside and above you as well. It was not cool having Chris yell out “amateurs” after every song. He’s a bastard though and we’ll just have to accept that. Zebrahead was last and sounded great … best I’ve ever seen them. After the show we had hotdogs and neither Dave nor myself can say enough about how satisfying a hotdog is after a show. Thanks to Double Tee, Chris, Sam, Al, Michelle, Heather, Carrie, Zach, Monica, Sarah, Kevin and all the staff at Studio Seven … easily the coolest club owners and staff we’ve ever met.
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