July 23, 2008- Kids Like Us, Furious Styles, The Mongoloids, Wages of War, Life or Death, Black Out, Masterpiece

This was an awesome show, there were a ton of kids there and we had an awesome and unexpected reaction. We pretty much played the usual set and kids were feeling it. Jimmy's sticks went flying out of his hands twice in one song, yikes. The PA was pretty sweet but the mic chords were fucked up. SNAKE POWER.

Black Out was after us and they did a good job. The singer sang for Life or Death immediately after too because Captain was down in Mexico or some shit. Wages of War played and Esteban didn't say as many ignorant things as he usually does. Kids were moshing like maniacs. It has been a while since I have been at a show with a lot of ninja moshers.

The Mongoloids set ruled. We chanted USA during their set and Greg got smashed in the face with a cream pie.

I didn't watch furious styles or KLU, I did see the first song from KLU though and it was part of the song, Dead and Bloated from STP, awesome.

July 5, 2008- Life or Death, Xibalba, Masterpiece, Colossus

We met up at Pat's house before this show and loaded our gear into the van. We all finally saw Pat's room and it was everything we ever hoped it would be. We also met the guys from Colossus there. They spent the night at Luke's house. After watching some show about Anacondas we headed up to Riverside. When we got there we checked out the venue and then walked down to Farmer Boys to get some grub. Some homeless lady asked if we were brothers, I told her we were and then told her that Jimmy's name was Franken. The venue was on the second floor of a building and there were some steep ass stairs to climb into this place. It was also between a gay bar and a coffee house, I saw a vampire hanging with a juggalo at the coffee house. Colossus played first and there wasn't that many people in there to see them. I thought they were awesome and that the first song they played, which was a new one, was the best one. We played next and I think we did a pretty good job. There were some moshers there who were ninja kicking into each other. Noah from Wages of War was there so that was pretty cool. Xibalba played after us and it was fucking heavy. Nate's voice was probably the heaviest shit I've ever heard. A friend of the band kept pulling their basketball shorts down, they didn't look amused. Life or Death played last and it was pretty heavy. Unfortunately me and Mike started discussing band biz and missed half of their set, which included a Buried Alive cover...bummer. Overall the show was fun despite the lack of people there.

What Life Is was supposed to play this show, but they didn't. The promoter told me that they wanted to get their friends' bands on the show but he told them the venue wasn't down for that. Then they wanted to just get a bunch of their friends in for free but he wasn't having it. So they said fuck it, lit fireworks outside of the place, then left the show without playing. I think that was a pretty shit move considering there was a touring band on the show.

June 29, 2007- Down Again, Masterpiece, Take Offense, SBV, Modern Man, Northern Towns + a ton more

This was the second benefit show in one weekend. This was definitely not our best show. My voice was blown out and we fucked up a couple songs. It happens. Move on.

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.