Lamp...we co headlined with those guys...Tony and Wedge from 9 shocks are in it. Without a doubt one o0f the most violent,insane gigs I've seen in 17 years of touring. seriously.
Lamp...we co headlined with those guys...Tony and Wedge from 9 shocks are in it. Without a doubt one o0f the most violent,insane gigs I've seen in 17 years of touring. seriously.
Yeah, I've heard those guys always went insane on stage and got banned from most places where they live. I've heard stuff too about bricks being thrown around during their sets?
Side note: Tony Erba is crazy.
Amendment: the GORDON SOLIE MOTHERFUCKERS create one of the most dangerous show environments around today with most ending with fire trucks outside.
While we were loading in a short, chunky drunk dirthead came up to me and asked if his band could borrow some of our equipment because they ‘forgot’ theirs. I asked which band he was with and of course it was GORDON SOLIE. We very reluctantly consented and my thoughts went back to how much money we just spent fixing our amps. I hadn’t seen him in about 8 years so I didn’t recognize it was Tony Erba who had asked me. He later explained that he wasn’t drunk, he was just diabetic and his blood sugar was dangerously low, and as such he was sort of out of it.
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And then GORDON SOLIE started.
Some folks uprooted some trees from out front and brought them past security and into the pit while others brought phone books and catsup and potato flakes and fireworks and, naturally – because we’re in Cleveland – bricks. Before the first word was sung Tony Erba was bleeding profusely from the top of his head. It was hard to see past the blood and when he started singing the crimson streams flowed over his mouth and then splattered all over those in the front rows. The fireworks made it difficult to see or breath but through it all I could see Cleveland becoming totally uncontrollable.
Rather than wait to get attacked Devon took the offensive and suited up for battle. Unbeknownst to everyone except those in the wings, Devon had scaled the stage speaker towers and was poised to launch onto to Tony from above. He was wearing nothing but a wrestling mask and a jock strap lined with firecrackers. Chuck lit the brick of explosives and just as they started popping Devon leapt through the air and directly onto Tony. It was a dazzling and shocking sight seeing an incendiary half-naked man drop from the sky onto a growling, blood-soaked icon. A collective gasp took hold and I just knew Devon felt like he was at the top of his game, ready for this much anticipated bout and already with the upper hand.
But then a funny thing happened – Tony never got up. There, in a heap of silly string and ashes, covered in blood and pasted with potato flakes, lie Tony motionless.
An awkward hush fell over venue. The band stopped playing and the audience stopped dancing. Eventually the silence was broken by some guy yelling, "That asshole killed Tony!" Suddenly all we were thinking was that Devon was about to die in Cleveland wearing only a jock strap and a wrestling mask.
For nearly one very uncomfortable minute nobody knew what to do. And just when Devon’s disemboweling seemed imminent Tony jumped up and hoisted a stiff middle finger at everybody.
The rest of the show went on in the same unpredictable vain until Tony started to pass out from the blood loss. The after-show wrestling match never went down because Tony, delirious and falling into diabetic shock, somehow drove himself to the hospital.
Well I mean, when you're creating a new thread(even with quick reply there's links) there's a ton of buttons above the space where you type your message that will make tags pop up and you just put the URL or whatever words you want to write in between the tags.
Rich Horror in his GG Allin shirt and my lovely girlfriend in her black dress and red sweater had a great photo of the two of them taken this evening. Rich proclaimed his grimness to all within earshot however he was quite the gentleman.
Rich Horror in his GG Allin shirt and my lovely girlfriend in her black dress and red sweater had a great photo of the two of them taken this evening. Rich proclaimed his grimness to all within earshot however he was quite the gentleman.
CRAIG: drop Ben a line at armageddondaynow@hotmail.com...he is booking for the DROPDEAD August tour now..,let 'em know your booking in Beantown. Also...if you end up doing our show...put my man Rich Horror/IWEIPH on it somewhere...I love that guy..he makes me laugh...
Yes, it's real. And I tested it by washing it with a full load of jeans, a jean jacket, and multiple hoodies. It came out completely unscathed. These will be either $7 or $8.
minefield: they were excellent. Good to see the boston hype about them isn't just cause they are critical allstonians. Dirgey hardcore. The bassplaying stood out in front of the guitars.
praxis: nope, not the NYC noise band from the 90's.these are a bunch of kids making punk/hardcore. The vocals were whiney-ish like youth brigade, but that also means that people can learn them quickly.
weapons grade: will be known as "craig's band" from now on. He moved around sort of like deadbob does, but sounded more like the singer from ringworm if he was told to sing the lyrics in 1/2 the time.
26 beers: that a whole lotta beers. The vocals sounded different. I got the CD now so I'll be able to tell.
out cold: pat said they were from the area and had been around since 89. they put on a good show. Sort of more accessible punk. kids in the crowd circle-pitted for the entire set.
pisschrist: they were awesome and would have been awesomer if they got more time. But I saw them in MD the other day where they played for a long time. Now I'm awesomest.
weapons grade: will be known as "craig's band" from now on. He moved around sort of like deadbob does, but sounded more like the singer from ringworm if he was told to sing the lyrics in 1/2 the time.
You have to have a fucked-up back to do it the way we do it.
FYI - The headliner clearly stated to us they wanted to play a 20 minute set.
FYI - I risk not paying rent by doing shows so I make damn sure that there are enough bands on the bill to ensure a cross draw. I needed 92 paying people @ $10 a head to meet the minimum for my budget. There ended up being about 102 people paying $10 a head.
FYI - We added the Russian band because they are Russian and no Russian Hardcore band has ever played in the USA.
post by Mike Giallo NLI at Jun 1,2007 2:37am
Craig is revolutionary.
post by todayistheday nli at Jun 2,2007 1:49am
ya..thats one show where the headliner actually requested a short show...theres been others where they had to stop early cause time ran out.....gaaaaaay
Before I do a show i insert a lump of coal in my rectum. With all the pressure and intensity I employ to make the show run smoothly, I produce a diamond. Yes a diamond is produced right there in the anus.
