ANY ONE ?

ANY ONE?

Sounds like "Smoke em if you got em', they'll be no tomorrow."

As far as metal goes, Slayer is...ok...but I prefer Twisted Sister!

What's up Doc? Yes, Young Widows are pretty great. I actually saw them the same week as Harvey Milk this past spring, carpooled with the same guys, and noted a number of the same faces at the shows. I would classify them as "noise rock" rather than "metal", but that's splittin' hairs. My Mom couldn't tell any of it apart, Ya know? If you like YW look out for Future of the Left (formerly McClusky), Clockcleaner, and Pissed Jeans. Doc Sanchez said:

Hi Ego,

that's exactly what I was looking for, thanks! I've heard a few of those names already, Harvey Milk, Boris and Baroness for example. But now I'll go a-hunting for more.

Another pretty good band are the Young Widows, but I don't know if they can be called Metal, or rather just Noise(core). Anyway, I like the way they work with a kind of loopy, repetitive riffing.

Does anyone like Carcass? I think that "Necroticism" is one of the best grindcore records ever made, so full of good ideas, with a superb sound and cool humor. After that, they became too soft, too "indie", and before that album they were amusing but kind of bad. But this one album, wow.

It's the tough part, but it also eases the overcrowding a lot. SlimESQ said:

Yeah that is another killer lineup and free is rad but it all goes down in one day? I feel like you'd have to make some tough choices

Yeah that is another killer lineup and free is rad but it all goes down in one day? I feel like you'd have to make some tough choices

I hear the Clean and Gentleman Jesse are being added, too...

right on! unbelievable lineup. i'm gonna have to rearrange my whole damn calender.

Also, there were supposed to be three or four local bands, but they got dropped as well! Scary Manilow said:

Guitar Wolf were on the bill initially, then mysteriously vanished.

Guitar Wolf were on the bill initially, then mysteriously vanished.

Nice! See you guys there!

All I had to do was go on the Scion website and sign on to the list. Then I went to a tent at the festival. They found my name on a will-call list and gave me a wrist band. Bouncers just checked wrist bands at the venues. It was really easy and it seemed pretty orderly. kopper said:

Yeah, my wife and I used to live in Lawrence. I miss that town!

How did they handle the free admission thing last year in Portland? I'm just curious how they're going to make this work w/ free admission and a ton of bands all playing on the same day...

Alex Patton said:

God Damn! I went to last years in Portland and it was a real good time. Lawrence KS is a cool town too.

Check it out... GREAT lineup!!

Awesome, that's on the short list of things I want to try out. If you record any songs with it let us know! Johnny Danger said:

I'm thinking a fender tank, though I'm not too snobby to try a pedal.

I just got me that Boss FRV-1 'tank' pedal ... I really dig how it sounds and it's really cheap. It'll probably take me years to get around to saving/building a real tank and this'll definately tide me over.

So far I've only run into the speakers on my Epiphone Blues Custom 30. I've got some Eminence Legends and I'm planning on building a cab out of some pine from a really old house. If I don't like the Eminence speakers I'll probably check out some of the cheap Weber speakers. As far as the reverb pedal goes, the guys over at the surf guitar forum (surfguitar101.com) seem to like the Digitech Digiverb. I've heard some good things about the Boss FRV-1 too. It's based on the fender '63 Reverb tank. I would like to try out the Danelectro Spring King too. It has a real mini tank with springs in it. I think you can get pretty good deals on the Fender reissue tank if you're patient on ebay. It'll take a bit more saving for me to swing that though. Brandon Reed said:

Thanks man. I usually run it into a Marshall '71 1960 Lead 4x12. I just got an old beat to hell mxr distortion + I'm hoping to work into my setup for fuzz tones.

Score on the bassman by the way. What are you running into it?

I'm also in the market for a reverb pedal as my amp doesn't have any. I've been looking around and have almost committed to buying the holy grail by ehx but havent gotten to do any testing yet. Any other reverb pedals catch your eye?
Jamie said:

Brandon Reed said:

Gibson SG into a beat up old plexi. And a tuner.

Very nice! Simplicity is always good.

I just picked up a Blackface Bassman head this week for slightly under what they normally go for now, so I'm pretty stoked about that. Next on the agenda is something to take care of my lack of reverb. I'm thinking a fender tank, though I'm not too snobby to try a pedal.

I'm thinking a fender tank, though I'm not too snobby to try a pedal.

I just got me that Boss FRV-1 'tank' pedal ... I really dig how it sounds and it's really cheap. It'll probably take me years to get around to saving/building a real tank and this'll definately tide me over.

Thanks man. I usually run it into a Marshall '71 1960 Lead 4x12. I just got an old beat to hell mxr distortion + I'm hoping to work into my setup for fuzz tones. Score on the bassman by the way. What are you running into it? I'm also in the market for a reverb pedal as my amp doesn't have any. I've been looking around and have almost committed to buying the holy grail by ehx but havent gotten to do any testing yet. Any other reverb pedals catch your eye? Jamie said:

Brandon Reed said:

Gibson SG into a beat up old plexi. And a tuner.

Very nice! Simplicity is always good.

I just picked up a Blackface Bassman head this week for slightly under what they normally go for now, so I'm pretty stoked about that. Next on the agenda is something to take care of my lack of reverb. I'm thinking a fender tank, though I'm not too snobby to try a pedal.

Brandon Reed said:

Gibson SG into a beat up old plexi. And a tuner.

Gibson SG into a beat up old plexi. And a tuner.

Stock beat to shit puke-yellow MXR Distortion +

SCRAMS!

No Si Si Si. fuck we wanna play!

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Nightmare gig eh?

Well my band was slated to support a touring band at a local hellhole called Ronnie's. Ronnie's is a Mexican bar with a garage attached to it where all the bands play. It is also a hellhole: The toilet was covered in what I honestly believe were either the results of some bad mexican food (more on that later) or a makeshift abortion. The ceiling tiles are either falling apart, gone, or dripping some strange smelly brown liquid. The other bathroom is full of graffiti, piss, and other strange unpleasant smells.

There's some background. Now when we get there at 9 no one's there. We're just sitting in the car waiting for someone to open this hellhole when some guy does a somersault over the hood of our car and two cops go sprinting after him into the dark. We had a laugh at that and then the other band showed up. 30 minutes late three women who don't speak English casually show up and open the bar, carrying big aluminum trays with them.

We go in and set up and I try to convince the bartender to at least give us free beers. Then the owner of the bar comes in and says we're not getting paid in beer or money but the shady food they brought in the trays. And there's not a soul in this place, so me and the boys buy some hard liquor and get tanked before our set.

In the midst of our set the sound stops sounding good; fading in and out and I drunkenly kick one of my cords slightly out of my fuzz pedal effectively killing my guitar for the rest of the set. So I just sit on my amp drinking until I figure out what's wrong in the middle of our last song. We finish our set to nobody and pack up. I left and decided to eat some of the food (as I was good and drunk by now) and have some kind of strange meat while the other band sets up. In the middle of eating the other band's guitarist comes and asks to use mine because his isn't working. I agree.

That's when I found out they were some kind of prog/space rock band. And I had to sit through their loooooooooong set of wanking and weird time signatures. That is until the strange meat decides to exit the building. I run to the bathroom, unaware I'm running to the one that looks like some suffered a rectal prolapse in it. Once I get in the smell hits me and I vomit all over the wall but somehow keep standing up. I keep wretching and standing so I don't have to be near whatever was all over the floor and toilet seat. After I wandered out with puke all over most of my right arm I realize that I have to wait for their set to finish before I leave. And that took another hour. It was fucking awful.

Yup I do. My cassette player is a bit screwed at the moment though. Once I can get it working, or a new one I'll do it.

Nah, we make podcasts and trade 'em through the Internets. They're even more compact and portable than cassette tapes! ;)