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I was nervous all day yesterday, even though it was just campus band night and there wasn't really anything on the line and we weren't getting paid. Before we moved all our gear I had a few shots to calm my nerves. The first band I was in is just me and my friend Tom. He on bass, and me on guitar. We just decide on a key and jame for a little while, then end and repeat with a new key. Plus we did an Elliott Smith cover, since he's a big fan. We fucked it up majorly but the jams still went well. After that, my second band (called Mein Sexy Kampf) starts getting ready. Our drummer Kalyan comes over to our singer Scott and tells him that he doesn't want to play drums. He says he's sick of drums and doesn't want to do it. So we all start freaking out. It gets way out of control and then finally he says he'll play and we're all relieved. When we're all on stage and done soundchecking he tells me he was going to play the whole time and this was just a prank to create a Spinal Tap-esque moment. I was so pissed off, but that just fueled my performance. Anyway, we started with our cover of Nazareth's "Hair of the Dog" and the crowd goes nuts. We played it just about as perfectly as we possibly could and we went nuts on stage thrashing around and shit. After that, we continued with "Father & Son" by Canned Hamm, "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell, "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On The Bedpost Overnight" by Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group, "Luster's Lament" an original tune, two songs from Hulk Hogan's 1994 album, "Night Goat" by the Melvins, and "Hey Ya" by Outkast. It went about 10,000 times better than I expected and the crowd (which was way bigger than I thought it would be) had a great time. I got a lot of comments afterwards about how people enjoyed it a lot. We videotaped the set and hopefully I'll find some way to get it online sometime. |
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hey that would be awesome to see if you can get that show online, id love hear hear those songs, especially your take on "hey ya" because recently i have been obsessed with that one song. that seems kinda funny what ur drummer did, but im sure it wasnt at the time, as ive had many scary close calls. like the last jazz band concert (im the head of the guitar section) i told one of my players to make fucking sure his guitar was in tune (cuz last practice it was waaay off but he still decided to play louder than anyone else) and he said just about said one of the scariest things i have ever heard in my life: "i dont know how." wow talk about a fucking mind blow, this kids playing the school jazz band and HE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO TUNE HIS FUCKING INSTRUMENT. luckily i found a tuner and did it for him. arrrrg. but yeah, at least you guys were good, jazz band kinda sucked, even tho i rawked it up on the wah-wah with shaft. w00t. "hes one bad motha..." |
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Yeah I can see how that tuning thing would be really scary. As bizarre and awful as our drummer's stunt was, it sorta makes sense for him. He has a weird sense of humor. BTW, I played Shaft in my high school jazz band also :) |
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Congrats :) I'd as well, love to see that show :) |
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Good job! You should have told me about it! I probably would have went after getting tanked! Anyways.... shit yeah put that online!!! |
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I'll let you know next time we play. Maybe you could trek down here. I'll even give you some booze and you could sleep on my floor. |
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Definately! That would be alot of fun! |
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playing in front of people is the best.... great feeling I know, I used to be in a band that played somewhat regular shows for about 6 months. It was awsome. Since then I have now joined up or started up 2 bands sorta. And uh.. well be doing some stuff live soon after christmas probably, and when we do ill get some good digital vid of it, for sure. |
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''Our drummer Kalyan comes over to our singer Scott and tells him that he doesn't want to play drums. He says he's sick of drums and doesn't want to do it'' No wonder... what do you call someone that hangs out with musicians? A drummer! Ahaha... anyway, fuck him, go get Mike Portnoy. |
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The video of the first song is up! Click to see it. Sorry about the poor quality, but it's the best we could do with out limited equipment. We should have the rest of the set up soon. |
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Right on! (i feel so 80's saying that! :D) I had forgotten that that was the name of the song! I love that song! Guitars sounded good clean and chrisp! I just wish that the picture wasn't so small! Cool to see a video from that! |
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Thanks! The rest of the set is coming soon (hopefully!) |
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very cool, altho itd be nice if you could turn down the treble or something cuz those cymbols kill your ears. and would that be a talkbox i hear? cant wait for the rest of the set ot be up |
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i remember my first gig - it was at CDX, an independent record store that is now defunct, back in June of 2001. I made horrible flyers for it, and i think about 20 people came tops. i got all the way there, and i was late, because i had to go all the way back home because i forgot power strips - the show was okay, but it could have been much better. it was me on keyboards and drum machines through a PA speaker, with NO effects. my second gig was actually better - still no effects, but much smoother - this was two months later. my last gig was in october of 2001 - it was quite good, lots of good lighting, and plenty of audio effects this time, and no silence, but barely anyone showed. so anyways, no more live shows with keyboards and drum machines for me. i'll stick to my computer - though i plan to incorporate my keyboard, turntable and effects into this set i'm developing. |
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Good to hear that the rest of this is going up |
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i'm so jealous of all you people that can actually go out and perform. that's really great, though, i like hearing about this kind of stuff. and i'm also looking forward to the 'hey ya' cover! |
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yes, get that "hey ya" cover out, I'd love to hear someone else pull that off! |
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Thanks for the kind words, guys. hedphukkerr: It's not a talkbox. It's me playing and our singer going "Wah wah wah wah wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-wa-waaaahh" at the same time. Our version of Hey Ya is pretty heavily changed but still damned cool. I'll let you guys know as soon as I get it. |
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smyrma MAIL ME BACK DAMMIT YOU WISCONSINITE YOU |
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