Show Journal 2002-05-17
We’ve had so many good shows recently that we are just waiting for the evil hand of karma to come deal us a nasty blow of bad luck and ill will. Not yet though. Despite the fact that the Melvins and Dead Low Tide were playing across town we had a pretty amazing turnout! Thirty 3 played first and rocked. I’m not sure what the crowd thought of them (they were probably expecting a straight up punk band) but we all know they rocked a monkey’s ass. It was nice to see them play without mullet wigs for once, but more on that later. The Confederats were up next and we were stoked they could play the show on short notice. We actually played with Greg’s old band (Thrust) in Bend quite a few times back in ’97 so it was good to see him again. They play fast, aggressive, old school skate punk and sounded great. Last up was us and we had another good show. Hell, every show we’ve had recently in Bend has been amazing. The Bend crowd rules and as Forrest Gump would say “that’s all I’ve got to say about that.” As I mentioned earlier I thought we had escaped seeing Thirty 3 in their heavy metal alter egos, but alas it was not so. During ‘Day Of The Dead’ the Thirty 3 guys appeared in matching heavy metal wigs sporting monogrammed t-shirts. I can’t remember what all of their shirts said, but I do recall that Crys’s said “I fuck on the first date.” When I think of classy people, Crys and that shirt now make my top ten list. Rumor has is they all had a choreographed routine for that song but sadly I didn’t really notice. Whenever we have a crowd of people shouting all the lines to ‘Day Of The Dead’ at us I have a hard time concentrating on anything else. Anyway, all in all a rad show. Thanks to our homegirls who hooked us up with flyers and cookies, the Rats for playing the show, Thirty 3 being cool as hell and helping clean up, and everyone in Bend who always comes to see us play. A special shot out to PJ from our street team who modified our posters to include the logos of all the bands, put the aforementioned posters up and helped get the word on the streets!
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We’ve got about a dozen new pics from early 2002 posted. If you have more e-mail us! This really sucks to say but sadly we are going to have to cut our tour short. In fact we have to cut it waaaayy short. We are still going to play the first handful of shows in the Midwest, but everything else after that is going to be postponed until Fall. Why? Well, we had a whole bunch of bad timing issues sort of hit us at once. Work schedules, personal schedules, and a few potential show opportunities for later in the year that we couldn’t afford to pass on. Total bummer because it’s like 3 freaking weeks away. Argh. Some good news to report is that our new CD is available online at Revelation Records and Interpunk! That helps to numb the pain a little
Album Review
Local PDX Rock and roll dish a new album just to keep the fans on their feet. It’s been a long wait for 800 to come out with a new album, but the wait is no more. And you can’t go wrong with this release!! They keep-you-rockin’ through this 12 song full length. They even re-did “Day of the Dead” & “New Song #2” for it. I would say this is some good Rock & Roll on this CD. The guys in 800 have a great talent for song writing; they seem to write songs for fans. Anthems some might say
Show Journal 2002-05-04
Our last show in Richland was so much fun I actually consider it in the top 3 shows we’ve ever played. Believe it or not, this one was actually more fun. Man … it was such a good night. Everyone in Richland is so much fun because they all seem to get involved. Whenever we play there Dave always says “I wish you guys lived in Portland” and it’s so true. The first band was quite amusing with straight up punk rock songs about everything you can imagine. They also said they were really stoked to be playing with us which was cool to hear. I wonder if they realize how normal and lame we really are? Man oh man, our set was so much fun to play. We got to play 18 songs tonight which is amazing because we usually only play 10 or 12. We didn’t want to stop and most people didn’t seem to want to leave so we just kept playing. One really cool thing is that it was one of the local high school’s prom night this evening and I swear to you that a few people came to the show in tuxes and prom dresses! So cool to see! Thanks to Lyle for coming along to the show and being so easy to dominate at Mario Kart. Another big thanks to Dustin and everyone at Atomic Records, thanks to “our peeps” on the street team and huge thanks to everyone who came out to show despite the absence of D.O.A.!!!
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A few show changes to report. Sadly it seems that DOA has cancelled their slot on the 5/4 show in Richland but we are still going to make the drive up there and play anyway! Atomic Records is enlisting some local bands to play with us as you read this. Also, for the 5/17 show in Bend both Grey is Gray *and* Red Tide Affair have cancelled! Fortunately the Confederats have stepped up to the plate. It’s now going to be a 3 band show featuring Thirty 3, The Confederats and 800 Octane. Should be a rad show! By the way we have new long sleeve shirts on the merchandise page!
Show Journal 2002-05-02
Pretty fun show tonight. It’s finals week at George Fox University and they decided to have a show so people could get a study break. The show was free so needless to say there was a pretty good turnout early in the evening. However with each band the music got faster and louder and the crowd dwindled accordingly. I think we immediately weeded out the ones who weren’t up to the task so the people that stuck around seemed to like us. Nothing too noteworthy to report. Well, except for Justin belching so loudly during a song that I could hear him over my guitar amp. Then there was the game of full contact foosball. Oh yeah, there was the basketball shot to Dave’s coffee cup. Oh, at one point Justin brushed his teeth with a stick of beef jerky. Then there was the simulated sodomy of Justin in front of 50 people. Yeah, pretty amusing evening. Big thanks to Darin for setting up the show and to all who stuck around!
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This bit of news is nothing but thank you’s. First off thanks to everyone who came to our CD Release show at the Paris. You made that the best show we’ve ever had and we can’t thank you enough for the support! The next thank you goes to Rick Emerson. We sent him a CD and he’s said all kinds of flattering things about it on his radio show! Speaking of radio, our last big thank you goes to Daria and Gustav on KNRK for having us on the air, playing our songs and being cool to hang out with for our big interview!
Show Journal 2002-04-26
I’m not sure if this was worthy of a review but since we set up equipment and played music I guess it counts. A lot of stuff happened so I’ll try keep it brief. We showed up at 5:30 AM and stood outside in the cold until 6:00 when someone finally let us in. The engineer (Josh) was late, so we had to setup the sound and equipment ourselves. Basically we played music for about a minute or two going into the commercial breaks. We had to play really quietly because we are a room next to sales people. Our cue to play was when Josh would wave his arms and we had to start playing. At one point he hurt his shoulder from waving his arms so frantically. The deal was we play music all morning and then towards the end of the show they take you in for an interview and play your “radio single”. So around 8:30 we went to meet Daria and Gustav. We walked in and basically just started shooting the shit about monster movies, our van and porn. It was far less intimidating than I imagined because we really just sat and talked the whole time and didn’t really notice what was on the air and what wasn’t. They were both totally funny and we had a great time. Towards the end of the show (and our interview) everyone celebrated Daria’s birthday by sending in a stripper. Yep, some dude dressed as fireman stripped down to his thong and did his bump and grind on Daria. Dave managed to sneak in a “hose” joke on the air and we were all amused. Pretty weird morning to say the least!
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So did anyone hear us on the Rick Emerson show? Man, that was totally cool to hear our songs being played and wanted to thank Rick for the props! Check out his show from 12:00 until 3:00 on 1080 AM! Anyway, three more days until the official release of our new album AND our big release show at the Paris Theater in Portland! No Thanks To You will be tearing up the stage that evening and if you’ve seen them before then you know they rock. If you didn’t know then you will find out. Thirty 3 will also be playing and it turns out it’s their new album release as well so bring some extra cash. The fourth (and yet unnamed) band features at two ex-memebers of Fistfull and has promised us they will rock. If that wasn’t enough entertainment for you we are having our friend Kelvis serve as DJ in between bands. He has promised us a mix of rap, punk, old school metal and some “really wild shit”. Aside from the host of awesome bands and music we are going to be selling our new CD at a slightly discounted price that evening! Who can resist a sale? Last but not least we have brand new long sleeve shirts AND all sizes of our flaming 800 ball t-shirt onour merchandise page!
Show Journal 2002-04-20
Oh my god Longview ruled tonight! I think that was the best show we’ve ever had there. There were tons of people there which was totally cool to see since we were “the headliner”. Perhaps it was the influence of 4/20 but there was a lot of weird crap going down early in the evening. The night began with NTTY observing a drug deal, an hour later rumors circulated of a drunk man in the bathroom attempting to solicit “favors” from guys, later a drunk woman from the bar next door kept starting fights with girls half her age, at one point a fight broke out between some intoxicated Longview locals at the bar, and the climax of it all was when a guy on a Harley decided to drive his bike full speed through a crowd of kids. It seemed like every five minutes someone would come up and say “did you hear about …” and follow up with a story more outrageous than the one before it. All that weird crap kind of added to the atmosphere though as no one really ever had time to get bored. As for the music Shoot For Friday started things off right and sounded great as usual. They are going on a 5 week tour in June, so keep your eyes open … they will probably be playing near you. Next was No Thanks To You. I think their style caught the crowd a little off guard but by the end most people really dug them. The four of us were totally impressed and to quote Jim “damn, those guys are good.” The Daryls were up next and just like the night before they rocked. The Longview crowd knew their songs which was cool because their style of music is so much cooler to watch when people know the words. Our set felt great and probably ranks in our top five shows ever. We all had a great time playing and it was cool to finally be able to play songs from “our new album”. Didn’t think I’d ever hear those words again! Super big thanks to everyone who made this cool … Dan, Brady (and others) for vocals, Matt for his bass playing on Berserker, TJ for setting up the show, everyone who stayed late and stayed awake. Most of all huge props go to the guys who came out from Tri-Cities!
