It's a strange thing..the show life is a weird one in general. Sitting around with a bunch of other guys from other bands, waiting to go on. It's only been our second show and I haven't fallen into the routine of it and I wonder if I ever really will.
So this is the 2nd show we've ever done. Our first one was 2 years ago..and strangely people still wanted to see us. We got a big turn out last time and this time it was the same way. I don't really know if anyone mentions us in the little scene that we do have, but we seem to draw a crowd (and we had the biggest and only real moshpit of the show). I'm always surprised at people's reactions to us. It was a crappy localpalooza thing at JAXX(we did as a live "reheasal" to hear the new lineup in a live setting. We have an important show coming and we wanted to cut our teeth on the live sound), and anyone who's done those knows how that goes, but there was a pretty big turnout and everyone was really into it.
I'm not much of a socialite, especially before shows because my mind is on a million things, and I don't want to be rude, but I'm not in a mental position to talk to someone from another band, but of course it happens. Due to the bands low profile and not to mention when onstage being covered in blood and corpsepaint and whatnot, people never really know who we are until we get ready to go on,but afterwards that's usually when the conversations happen.
I mainly got gear talk as I was unloading my truck, then again I expect that. I don't know if anyone else does this, but I always like checking out the other bands gear. I do have nice stuff, so I like when people take notice. As I was setting up onstage people definately noticed (including the guys who worked there. Apparently Vader cabs go over well at JAXX).For those who aren't in blackmetal bands and bands were you don't just show up "jeans 'n t-shirt" style, sitting outside a venue, putting on makeup and leather is a show in of itself. As many times as more colorful performers have played at JAXX, people still look surprised. Compared to all the other bands we did stand out I suppose. There were no extreme metal bands there really.
As I've said we've only done two shows, and both were at JAXX, so I don't have much to compare it to, however I do know I hate the sound there. Offstage it's not bad, onstage it can be a disaster. Our first show in our opinion was a bit of a mess. We had a neurotic drummer, a guitarist who wasn't couldn't keep it together and of course coupled with the fact that onstage it's hard to hear things clearly, it didn't go well in our eyes. However everyone seemed to like it (for reasons I can't understand) and everyone we saw really liked the band. Could they not hear the massive fuckups? Ah well. So tonight we played, more fuckups but it wasn't as bad as we thought and once again everyone dug it even moreso than lastime. We've been offered slots on the national metal shows if we want them as well.
I don't remember a lot of what happened onstage. It's funny because once it's over, I don't remember much. I do remember my bassist's strap breaking as we were setting up. His 2000+ dollar custom bass fell head first and broke a horn or two on the headstock...that you don't forget. I'm surprised he took it as lightly as he did.
All in all, it was a strange show. Everyone loved it, it wasn't as bad as we thought, but it has yet to all sink in. Today has been a long blur and I'm tired. I need to shower and wash the remainder of this paint from my face.
So this is the 2nd show we've ever done. Our first one was 2 years ago..and strangely people still wanted to see us. We got a big turn out last time and this time it was the same way. I don't really know if anyone mentions us in the little scene that we do have, but we seem to draw a crowd (and we had the biggest and only real moshpit of the show). I'm always surprised at people's reactions to us. It was a crappy localpalooza thing at JAXX(we did as a live "reheasal" to hear the new lineup in a live setting. We have an important show coming and we wanted to cut our teeth on the live sound), and anyone who's done those knows how that goes, but there was a pretty big turnout and everyone was really into it.
I'm not much of a socialite, especially before shows because my mind is on a million things, and I don't want to be rude, but I'm not in a mental position to talk to someone from another band, but of course it happens. Due to the bands low profile and not to mention when onstage being covered in blood and corpsepaint and whatnot, people never really know who we are until we get ready to go on,but afterwards that's usually when the conversations happen.
I mainly got gear talk as I was unloading my truck, then again I expect that. I don't know if anyone else does this, but I always like checking out the other bands gear. I do have nice stuff, so I like when people take notice. As I was setting up onstage people definately noticed (including the guys who worked there. Apparently Vader cabs go over well at JAXX).For those who aren't in blackmetal bands and bands were you don't just show up "jeans 'n t-shirt" style, sitting outside a venue, putting on makeup and leather is a show in of itself. As many times as more colorful performers have played at JAXX, people still look surprised. Compared to all the other bands we did stand out I suppose. There were no extreme metal bands there really.
As I've said we've only done two shows, and both were at JAXX, so I don't have much to compare it to, however I do know I hate the sound there. Offstage it's not bad, onstage it can be a disaster. Our first show in our opinion was a bit of a mess. We had a neurotic drummer, a guitarist who wasn't couldn't keep it together and of course coupled with the fact that onstage it's hard to hear things clearly, it didn't go well in our eyes. However everyone seemed to like it (for reasons I can't understand) and everyone we saw really liked the band. Could they not hear the massive fuckups? Ah well. So tonight we played, more fuckups but it wasn't as bad as we thought and once again everyone dug it even moreso than lastime. We've been offered slots on the national metal shows if we want them as well.
I don't remember a lot of what happened onstage. It's funny because once it's over, I don't remember much. I do remember my bassist's strap breaking as we were setting up. His 2000+ dollar custom bass fell head first and broke a horn or two on the headstock...that you don't forget. I'm surprised he took it as lightly as he did.
All in all, it was a strange show. Everyone loved it, it wasn't as bad as we thought, but it has yet to all sink in. Today has been a long blur and I'm tired. I need to shower and wash the remainder of this paint from my face.