Sunday, December 2, 2007
The Nights That Make The Drive Worth It - As posted by the band
Need I say more?
As posted by the band on their myspace page.
Few things were more of a pleasure the the last two shows
absolutely back to back great nights that will forever be in our minds and we absolutely owe it to all of you the fans... For showing up, for showing the love, and for buying us out of Saint Gear. (hey man that third one keeps the amps on and the van rolling)
OTTO's Shrunken Head
10-30-07
DEVILS NIGHT
also playing Hate In The Box
Otto's is never ever a let down... We Saints have no idea how many times we have ever payed there, and it doesn't ever matter.... They were all great! That is just how Otto's is. It is a dirty club were you play in the back... It is a small room, with weird crap on all the walls... Man do we love it.
The Hate In The Box people are some of the finest on this earth. They are the very first band that we Saints ever played with. The never let down. People are still talking about that Rabbit outfit that Blight was wearing. We love them, and will play with them anytime.
The crowd singing along to down and Little Whispers is the stuff that we live for. It was night of loud music, and a halloween night theme that was second to none. No one left that bar with out having a good time and no Saint left that place till the sun came up. For hours afterward we stood outside the club hanging out talking and recounting tales of rock nights.
LaMOURS
11-21-07
THANKSGIVING MASSACRE
also playing Seventh Void and CARNIVORE
LAMOURS it hands down the best club on Staten Island. The crowds out here in what has become NYC's forgotten bough are warm friendly and interested in hearing something new. Packed in like canned people it was a much warmer reception than many a band that has opened for the thrash metal god CARNIVORE have ever received. It was the honor of a life time to be able to open for the man that had done so much for us... Joey Z. The guy that recored our album repaid us in kind by allowing us to share the field of battle with him. Pete, Paul and Steve are among the finest men to walk the earth. None of the "We big band, you little band" that is so thought of with the locals opening for nationals. We were treated like we had sold just as many records as they had. They treated us all as equals.
It was a glorious show.... Mark Allen is the sound man/ mad scientist, with his sly wit and great understanding of sound, it would be impossible to think of a time when we were better taken care of. Slittz the lighting guru was pulling rabbits out of hats with every song. These two guys had never even herd us and from start to finish you would have thought that we had brought our own team of light and sound. They are true pros in every sense of the word.
Back stage we hung out with all the boys of Seventh Void and CARNIVORE till nights end. Stories flew, and much reviling was done. It was a TV's out windows kinda night.
We Saints would like to say thanks to all the CARNIVORE and Seventh Void people: it was an honer
To the L'Amous club owns and all the staff there: Cant wait to do it again.
But most of all to all of you that came out. So often people forget with out you the fans all of this would be nothing. All of you are why we do this. We thank you and will see you at the next one
As posted by the band on their myspace page.
Few things were more of a pleasure the the last two shows
absolutely back to back great nights that will forever be in our minds and we absolutely owe it to all of you the fans... For showing up, for showing the love, and for buying us out of Saint Gear. (hey man that third one keeps the amps on and the van rolling)
OTTO's Shrunken Head
10-30-07
DEVILS NIGHT
also playing Hate In The Box
Otto's is never ever a let down... We Saints have no idea how many times we have ever payed there, and it doesn't ever matter.... They were all great! That is just how Otto's is. It is a dirty club were you play in the back... It is a small room, with weird crap on all the walls... Man do we love it.
The Hate In The Box people are some of the finest on this earth. They are the very first band that we Saints ever played with. The never let down. People are still talking about that Rabbit outfit that Blight was wearing. We love them, and will play with them anytime.
The crowd singing along to down and Little Whispers is the stuff that we live for. It was night of loud music, and a halloween night theme that was second to none. No one left that bar with out having a good time and no Saint left that place till the sun came up. For hours afterward we stood outside the club hanging out talking and recounting tales of rock nights.
LaMOURS
11-21-07
THANKSGIVING MASSACRE
also playing Seventh Void and CARNIVORE
LAMOURS it hands down the best club on Staten Island. The crowds out here in what has become NYC's forgotten bough are warm friendly and interested in hearing something new. Packed in like canned people it was a much warmer reception than many a band that has opened for the thrash metal god CARNIVORE have ever received. It was the honor of a life time to be able to open for the man that had done so much for us... Joey Z. The guy that recored our album repaid us in kind by allowing us to share the field of battle with him. Pete, Paul and Steve are among the finest men to walk the earth. None of the "We big band, you little band" that is so thought of with the locals opening for nationals. We were treated like we had sold just as many records as they had. They treated us all as equals.
It was a glorious show.... Mark Allen is the sound man/ mad scientist, with his sly wit and great understanding of sound, it would be impossible to think of a time when we were better taken care of. Slittz the lighting guru was pulling rabbits out of hats with every song. These two guys had never even herd us and from start to finish you would have thought that we had brought our own team of light and sound. They are true pros in every sense of the word.
Back stage we hung out with all the boys of Seventh Void and CARNIVORE till nights end. Stories flew, and much reviling was done. It was a TV's out windows kinda night.
We Saints would like to say thanks to all the CARNIVORE and Seventh Void people: it was an honer
To the L'Amous club owns and all the staff there: Cant wait to do it again.
But most of all to all of you that came out. So often people forget with out you the fans all of this would be nothing. All of you are why we do this. We thank you and will see you at the next one
Labels: Gigs, Rants and Raves
Fulfilling my life one small dream at a time - as posted by Syxx
I"m glad that the band is posting their thoughts on the one show I missed. I usually write my point of view when I go to a gig and release all my tension, however I was not able to make it to their last one with Carnivore and TypeO. Thanks to Syxx, there's another point of view to this great experience. Read on:
Few times in life you find yourself actually doing something that you thought would remain an unfulfilled dream. I never imagined that I would one day get to share the stage with a group of guys that played in bands of which I was a fan. This surreal instance came to life when I got to play the same bill as Carnivore and Seventh Void. Now I admit that as far as dreams go this may seem trivial, but for me to get to play with these chaps that I hold in high regard (and I have meet many of my rock idols only to find out that they were assholes) this was the very best of all thing that I have come to love about being a performer. Most of the time that I spent before and after the show was hanging out with a really great group of not only professional musicians, but a group of fun loving,like minded, hell raisers. I've met Pete Steele a few time over the years that I have been living in N.Y.C.(at a few shows and once at the Sam Ash in brooklyn) and I'm sure that he has met literally millions of his fans but he actually rememberd meeting me at the new years eve show that they (Type O) played at the original Lamours back in 2005 (normally I would think that someone would say they did when they didn't just to be nice however he mentioned first that we had taken a pic together and indeed, we had). I also have had the pleasure and honor to work with Joey Z (L.O.A.) during the month and a half recording our album at his Brooklyn studio but to then get to play a show with the guy was just the iceing on the cake. Joey,Pete, Paul, Steve are without a doubt some of the best people that I have met and worked with in the music world, not just as musicians, but as just great folks to hang with.
VIVA LA DARKSIDE!
SYXX
Few times in life you find yourself actually doing something that you thought would remain an unfulfilled dream. I never imagined that I would one day get to share the stage with a group of guys that played in bands of which I was a fan. This surreal instance came to life when I got to play the same bill as Carnivore and Seventh Void. Now I admit that as far as dreams go this may seem trivial, but for me to get to play with these chaps that I hold in high regard (and I have meet many of my rock idols only to find out that they were assholes) this was the very best of all thing that I have come to love about being a performer. Most of the time that I spent before and after the show was hanging out with a really great group of not only professional musicians, but a group of fun loving,like minded, hell raisers. I've met Pete Steele a few time over the years that I have been living in N.Y.C.(at a few shows and once at the Sam Ash in brooklyn) and I'm sure that he has met literally millions of his fans but he actually rememberd meeting me at the new years eve show that they (Type O) played at the original Lamours back in 2005 (normally I would think that someone would say they did when they didn't just to be nice however he mentioned first that we had taken a pic together and indeed, we had). I also have had the pleasure and honor to work with Joey Z (L.O.A.) during the month and a half recording our album at his Brooklyn studio but to then get to play a show with the guy was just the iceing on the cake. Joey,Pete, Paul, Steve are without a doubt some of the best people that I have met and worked with in the music world, not just as musicians, but as just great folks to hang with.
VIVA LA DARKSIDE!
SYXX
Labels: Gigs, Rants and Raves
A bloddy night - as posted by Priest
Nobody can explain it better than Priest. I'm just glad that they have enough info for the fans from their last gig; which unfortunately I was not able to attend. I want to say this now to make it clear to everybody. The ONLY thing; the one and ONLY thing that will stop me from going to a Saints of Pain gig, is when I'm spending quality time with my little girl. Other than that, I don't care if I have to work the next day, I WiLL be at their gigs.
This is what Priest had to say about that glorious night that I missed:
Big bands are always accused of being dicks to the smaller bands that open for them. Rock stories are replete with tales of snobby lead singers telling the lesser bands before them that they have to cramp into a single dressing room, and share a single bottle of water between the 4 of them. This was not that night and Carnivore is one one of those bands. We Saints were invited into the very sanctum of the dressing room marked Carnivore only, and that is were we stayed. Glad to once again spend time with our faithful producer, and friend Joey Z. it was a blast back to the month and half we had spent in the studio recording Killing Jar. Joey was more then just recording guru and rock legend he was our friend. Paul Tobin, is a guitar god with a humble streak a mile wide, few men can command such presence and be so down to earth. Steve is a guy with level head and a drumming style that is so furious that it s hard to believe the drums don't just fall apart. Last but never least Pete Steele funny, strange, never with out a great one liner. As a bass player I have to admit the guy is just a great man to hang out with. When we were deciding how the equipment would go to the stage,( what order, what cabinets and so such) Pete all but insisted that I use his rig... That is right, not only was the guy gracious to myself and fellow Saints, but he we was humble and I am quoting "I would be honored for you to use my gear, Brother this will be a great night for you... It will be a great night for us all." Pete was right.
The crowd that night at L'AMOUR's Staten Island's new rock palace was a pleasure to play for. Not the normal NYC too cool for everything. This crowd was a mixture of old fans and newly made ones. By the end of the second song we were enjoying an audience that was second to none. They didn't now the words but they understood and loved the spirt.
Seventh Void is Kenny and Jonnys of Type O Negatives other band. Imagine a heavier version of Alice in Chains. My brother and I stood around and spoke with Jonny while he replaced all the heads and tuned the house kit. No one asked him to do it, he just did it... So much for being all to rock star. Kenny had greeted me at the door when he arrived and was the one handing me my head when I was loading on to the stage. We stood next to one another tuning up on the same stage as he much like a proud father showed me his recently acquired 1981 Gibson Les Paul. We talked about the moding that we had each done to our weapons of choice. His parting words as he left the stage, "You knock-'em dead." Thanks Chief.
For me the highest point of the night is a throw away. A great moment not noticed by another person, just a voice in the distance. It was after the whole of the night had passed. All the amps were off and loaded away, there were maybe a dozen of us standing outside. A few last people trying to make a love connection or hanging out with the last few band members talking. It was a guy that asked for a picture. Nothing new I have taken... I don't even know how may people ever asked me for a picture. This guy didn't just want a picture with me... he wanted a picture with me, Peter and himself. Again nothing I hadn't done already that night a dozen times. It was after that, when he was walking to his car... I could see that they kid was jazzed about the night. He was almost skipping to the car. I herd him say "That was great I am going home and posting that one of the three of us tonight" I had to agree with him.... It was a great night
Till Next Time
Your Saint Forever
Priest
This is what Priest had to say about that glorious night that I missed:
Big bands are always accused of being dicks to the smaller bands that open for them. Rock stories are replete with tales of snobby lead singers telling the lesser bands before them that they have to cramp into a single dressing room, and share a single bottle of water between the 4 of them. This was not that night and Carnivore is one one of those bands. We Saints were invited into the very sanctum of the dressing room marked Carnivore only, and that is were we stayed. Glad to once again spend time with our faithful producer, and friend Joey Z. it was a blast back to the month and half we had spent in the studio recording Killing Jar. Joey was more then just recording guru and rock legend he was our friend. Paul Tobin, is a guitar god with a humble streak a mile wide, few men can command such presence and be so down to earth. Steve is a guy with level head and a drumming style that is so furious that it s hard to believe the drums don't just fall apart. Last but never least Pete Steele funny, strange, never with out a great one liner. As a bass player I have to admit the guy is just a great man to hang out with. When we were deciding how the equipment would go to the stage,( what order, what cabinets and so such) Pete all but insisted that I use his rig... That is right, not only was the guy gracious to myself and fellow Saints, but he we was humble and I am quoting "I would be honored for you to use my gear, Brother this will be a great night for you... It will be a great night for us all." Pete was right.
The crowd that night at L'AMOUR's Staten Island's new rock palace was a pleasure to play for. Not the normal NYC too cool for everything. This crowd was a mixture of old fans and newly made ones. By the end of the second song we were enjoying an audience that was second to none. They didn't now the words but they understood and loved the spirt.
Seventh Void is Kenny and Jonnys of Type O Negatives other band. Imagine a heavier version of Alice in Chains. My brother and I stood around and spoke with Jonny while he replaced all the heads and tuned the house kit. No one asked him to do it, he just did it... So much for being all to rock star. Kenny had greeted me at the door when he arrived and was the one handing me my head when I was loading on to the stage. We stood next to one another tuning up on the same stage as he much like a proud father showed me his recently acquired 1981 Gibson Les Paul. We talked about the moding that we had each done to our weapons of choice. His parting words as he left the stage, "You knock-'em dead." Thanks Chief.
For me the highest point of the night is a throw away. A great moment not noticed by another person, just a voice in the distance. It was after the whole of the night had passed. All the amps were off and loaded away, there were maybe a dozen of us standing outside. A few last people trying to make a love connection or hanging out with the last few band members talking. It was a guy that asked for a picture. Nothing new I have taken... I don't even know how may people ever asked me for a picture. This guy didn't just want a picture with me... he wanted a picture with me, Peter and himself. Again nothing I hadn't done already that night a dozen times. It was after that, when he was walking to his car... I could see that they kid was jazzed about the night. He was almost skipping to the car. I herd him say "That was great I am going home and posting that one of the three of us tonight" I had to agree with him.... It was a great night
Till Next Time
Your Saint Forever
Priest
Labels: Gigs, other news, Rants and Raves
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