Bad Scene and a Basement Show

I didn't think I could ever relate Less Than Jake to my band, but lo and behold, I just did.

We played NYPIRG's Rock the Vote on Saturday and it went terribly. Low audience attendance (that might have partially because of it being 11AM on a Saturday, but also because it was parents weekend and those who were awake were with their families), awful mixing (the guitar was really the only audible thing) (I shouldn't be angry about that) and James wasn't too happy about all of that, so his performance was subpar.

That explains the Bad Scene segment.

Later that night, we played a basement show in James' (gasp!) basement! His housemates were out for the night, so we realized we could get away with it so long as we were responsible. Naturally, because we're a reckless punk band, they didn't think we would be responsible and called us once they found out about it (my fault really). Regardless of their worries, we went ahead with it anyway. I understand that they're the leaseholders and all, but it's pretty insulting to think that we're irresponsible enough to let people do damage to the house when there is a door that leads straight into the basement where the show was held.

Continuing our responsible streak, it was decided the show would have to be over by 10, as to not piss off the neighbors. Noah called up his bandmates in Robocock (from Albany) and we asked Mike Carr if he wanted to get his band (Lonesome Dave) to play. Robocock (and their alter ego band, Witness the Shizzle) came down while Lonesome Dave performed an acoustic set. And of course NO was on the bill too. Pretty awesome stuff.

A sizable crowd showed up that night. At first no one was showing up except people we knew, which I was expecting. But then people began to show up during Witness the Shizzle's five/six song set. There was a group of three drunk townies... all of whom kind of worried me because of how drunk two of them were, but they ended up behaving pretty well. One of them even free-styled while Lonesome Dave was setting up (or rather, while they waited).

This basement show was probably the best NO performance yet. I think a large part of it had to do with the fact that the people there were there because they actually wanted to see us. It got the energy really high and we played loud and fast like we should. It was amazing, I can't even describe it any other way.

Robocock was not at all what I was expecting. Considering that Noah is the quietest member of NO, I wasn't expecting him to handle all the screaming vocals, but I was wrong. He has a much better Stza impression than I do too... I've learned this.

This entry is pretty half-assed, but I'm about to get off work right now so I don't really care all too much. I just wanted to write about said show before it became too late to write about it.