June 27, 2008- Have Heart, Verse, ON, Built To Last, Masterpiece

This was a benefit show at he Che Cafe for the women of Juarez.

When we showed up to this show there was already a line outside, which was crazy because the show wasn't even starting for another hour. There was a Mercedes parked out back and apparently someone keyed it. No one knows who did it but the jock dudes who owned it weren't too pumped. Before we played we Brandon took some promo shots outside for us. We are going to use it for the inside of our CD most likely.
We played one of our best sets. Everyone was going pretty crazy and when that happens we really feed off of the energy. Then again, who doesn't? It seems whenever we play a bigger show like this one we get a great reaction. We played a bunch of new songs that are coming out on our LP. There was plenty of moshing going on through out the set, awesome.

Up next was Built To Last and they played a really awesome set. The only downside is that when they were playing a huge chunk of the crowd was outside doing whatever. They ended their set with a Gorilla Biscuits cover. ON played after them and they sounded alright, I only watched half of their set though. Verse was up next and its like everyone came inside for their set. The place was packed. They played songs off of all 3 of their albums. It was a really sweet set. Have Heart was last and it was chaos. If you were standing in the back you didn't see shit because most of the crowd was standing on stage and fucking up Have Heart as they tried to play. That shit gets annoying. Overall the show was great. Here are some more pics of MP that Brandon took. This dude rules.

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June 13, 2008- Lewd Acts, Masterpiece, Cheap Art

Friday the 13th. It was originally said that every band was going to play a Misfits cover. In the end, none of the bands did. Down Again dropped off this show so it was only 3 bands. When we arrived Lewd Acts was still screen printing random shirts for their tour, a pretty cool idea. No two shirts are the same, the print is, but the shirts were all different. Cheap Art played first and they sounded better live than they do on their myspace page. They are a punk/old school band with a chick singer. Check them out if you are into that kind of stuff. We played next and we had to do it up as a 4 piece. Wade played bass because Pat is off in Europe doing some wild ass shit with Luke. We had a bunch of friends from North County come out so that was cool. Lewd Acts played last and this was their tour kick off show. They played an awesome set and covered a Black Sabbath song. Jake Spek's mom was totally into it. After the show I picked up an awesome new Lewd Acts Tank Top. If they come through your area check them out. After the show we went to some Mexican place that sucked.

May 30, 2008- Rotting Out, Masterpiece, Hostage Calm, Offtrack, Blocked Out

You can see that the line up slightly changed from the original flyer. Also, Careless Days was supposed to play this show but they broke up which sucks because I thought those dudes were pretty good. This was our second time playing the Hellfish and that place is really awesome. It is a screen printing shop that moves all its shit outside to have shows, much respect. The only downside to this show was that the PA speakers sounded blown and it made everyone sound like Jake Bannon from Converge. (Converge rules by the way.)

Blocked Out played first, it looked like they were really awkward when they were playing. They are obviously a new band and its probably the first band any of them have been in, you gotta start somewhere. I don't think the bassist had his shit plugged in though. Offtrack played second and I honestly don't remember anything about their set. Hostage Calm from CT played and they were pretty awesome. Aside from the complications with the PA they sounded on point. I was really into them and you should check them out. They were all pretty cool guys too. We played after them and we played a set similar to the last couple shows we have played. Crucial D., some others and Luke were holding it down with the crowd reaction. As I looked around as we were playing it seemed like people were digging us. Rotting Out played last and they played like 5 cover songs. Dag Nasty, Cro-Mags, Pennywise, Minor Threat, and Suicidal I think, I went back outside right before that one to man the merch tables. RO have new Football Jerseys. They are pretty expensive but definitely a cool piece of merch.

Pat's new name is "CHUNO" because he cheats at Uno. This was the last show Pat is going to play for about 20 days or so. Pat and Luke are heading out to Europe for vacation. While they are there, there is some fest going on and the last day of it is the "Dutch Open Mosh Competition". I'm pretty sure a trophy is involved. When Pat gets back we are playing a pretty sweet show with Have Heart, Verse and Built to Last at the Che.