September 25th - Reading, MA - Ascendancy, Pray For A Plague, The Taste Of Silver, Where I Left Her Head, + 1 TBA[views:24902][posts:152]Nate's Manhattan Robot Dream House (Reading, Ma) - [ascendancy][porphyria][pray_for_a_plague][randomshots][the_taste_of_silver][where_i_left_her_head] [show listing] ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:51am - the_reverend ""] yeah, I couldn't head bang for most of the bands cause it felt life the top of my hea dwould fall off. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:54am - Kalopsia ""] the_reverend said:pps: carina's no-bra should have gotten us a ton of tips, but everyone at the show was either a) with their gf b) gay c) her little brother so we got nothing for her booty shaking. carina was shaking her booty, and you didn't take pictures???????? you suck!!!!! |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:56am - the_reverend ""] don't you have enough p0rn to jerk it to? she just forgot to bring a bra to my place and just wore a shit... but the shit was basically see-through so she kept her RTTP hoodie on the whole time. well, until she got to the gas station... gave the old lady a nice show! hah! |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:40am - dEoDIUMmORTIS ""] I whapped her ass good. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:41am - true death ""] HOLY SHIT!!!! WHAT A FAGGOT NIGHT!!!! WHAT A BUNCH OF NANCIES PLAYED!!!! ASSENEDENCY WERE THE ONLY BAND WORTH MENTIONING!!!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! IT BAFFLES ME WHY A REAL DEATH BAND LIKE ASSENDANCY WOULD PLAY WITH SUCH POSER FAGGOT BANDS!!!!! HEY ASSENDENCY!!!! NEXT TIME PLAY WITH SOME GOOD BANDS!!!! I WILL BE AT THE OCT 16 SHOW IN BOSTON!!!! MUCH BETTER SHOW!!!! HOLY SHIT WERE THOSE OTHER BANDS GAY TONIGHT!!!! |
| __________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:49am - 6al6ex6 ""] Especially Pray for a plague! |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 9:33am - Joe/NotCommon ""] true death said:HOLY SHIT!!!! WHAT A FAGGOT NIGHT!!!! WHAT A BUNCH OF NANCIES PLAYED!!!! ASSENEDENCY WERE THE ONLY BAND WORTH MENTIONING!!!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! IT BAFFLES ME WHY A REAL DEATH BAND LIKE ASSENDANCY WOULD PLAY WITH SUCH POSER FAGGOT BANDS!!!!! HEY ASSENDENCY!!!! NEXT TIME PLAY WITH SOME GOOD BANDS!!!! I WILL BE AT THE OCT 16 SHOW IN BOSTON!!!! MUCH BETTER SHOW!!!! HOLY SHIT WERE THOSE OTHER BANDS GAY TONIGHT!!!! HOLY SHIT ROFLMAO, OMG!!!! |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 10:22am - RustedAngel ""] true death said:HOLY SHIT!!!! WHAT A FAGGOT NIGHT!!!! WHAT A BUNCH OF NANCIES PLAYED!!!! ASSENEDENCY WERE THE ONLY BAND WORTH MENTIONING!!!!! I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!! IT BAFFLES ME WHY A REAL DEATH BAND LIKE ASSENDANCY WOULD PLAY WITH SUCH POSER FAGGOT BANDS!!!!! HEY ASSENDENCY!!!! NEXT TIME PLAY WITH SOME GOOD BANDS!!!! I WILL BE AT THE OCT 16 SHOW IN BOSTON!!!! MUCH BETTER SHOW!!!! HOLY SHIT WERE THOSE OTHER BANDS GAY TONIGHT!!!! [img] you <3 faggots! -cooch |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:06am - kyledoes ""] not common records is still awful....just got the word in form japan..GO FUCKING KILL YOURSELF. |
| ________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:07am - Joe/NotCommon ""] Oh man, I better stop now then. |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:13am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] ok, I now have at least TWO swollen bumps I can feel with my fingers on my head. Alex said he saw blood when he looked at my dome. If you combine total number of head bumps in TOS, it's about 8 whacks on that door thing, 4 of which were me :\ review: *Where I Left Her Head: This band brought a ton of people, which I did not anticipate. They were originally psyched on playing with The Sawtooth Grin which made it sad to tell them TSG had to cancel some tour dates. Either way, and despite them going out of tune many times, I dug them. I liked The Farewell Chapter better (and the later version of T:E less...Josh Hale added a lot to T:E) but I would play with these dudes again, yeah. Maybe they didn't have the metal look, but there was enough to make this band metal as far as anyone just hearing them from a CD. *Pray For A Plague: First MA show? Did not know that till their set! Cool! Kyle was more tame than usual, as far as going crazy, but the bass fleshes out their sound. They are starting to hold their own and become a band that sticks out. I still think, when they have their moments, that calling them "GG Allen style Grind" is a good description. If you haven't heard them, go see them and judge for yourself. They are worth hearing, great guys, and underrated fo sho. *The Taste Of Silver: We set up as quickly as possible and played an abbreviated set so we could make sure if there were any issues, Porphyria and Ascendancy could play...and to make sure the crowd wouldn't get tired and go home. I had a blast. We fucked up the last two songs, but I bet no one really noticed and it was funny anyway. I never really turn around when we play, so I had no idea Rowan had thrown up...I looked at the puke and didn't even realize it was his! hahahaha...weird. He sings from the gut, it was 9 Million degrees in there, and he had eaten before we played, so there you have it. Thanks to everyone for being so supportive, we really had a lot of fun and it was SOOOO nice to have people sing along and get involved. Much appreciated. *Porphyria: Awesome band, people loved them (except that one guy who posted in all caps that I remember going down on 2 dudes at once in the bathroom). They should play basements every day. The singer did not want us to circle pit during Ascendancy, but he's still a funny guy and was really nice. I love that solo...that melodic one...with the tremolo bar and shit...I forget what it's called....It's track 3 on the live CD *Ascendancy: Ok, what was everyone talking about? This band is really a good band to have in a small spot. They are HUGE sounding and in a tiny room it's like those porns with HUGE black DICKS and TINY white CHICKS...it's insane and like totally pornographic. The drummer is an animal. He's so fast and like a million beats a minute, and at several points did other stuff while doing blasts....I actually laughed it was so awesome. I was hypnotized by the overwhelming nature of the t00nz so sorry if I seemed so out of it. It was like if you watched people get gutted in front of you and you just shut down and are like BWAAAAAAAAHHHH...and ooze on the inside. --- Nathan was AWESOME to hook us all up, and his parents were not only cool about it, but SUPPORTIVE!!! They told us not to worry about cleaning (though I picked up the lawn), Nathan gave us a thing of lemonade iced tea at the end, his dad was way for the shows (telling us how easy it is for them to pull it off cause the neighbors are his in-laws). And Nate's Mom came down and during Ascendancy, leans over to Nate, and I heard her say to him "My! They're very good!". Now that's just plain METAL! |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:30am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] Hey Aaron!! This is a classic shot. Reminds me of the photography in that book "Fuck You Heroes" [img] |
| _______________________________ [Sep 26,2004 12:02pm - nick ""] man if i was at a basement show and someone threw up id be so pissed. |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 12:06pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] you'd piss in it?!?! WHA??!? that would add to the mess. I cleaned it up with some paper towels. I nearly blew chunks doing that. There was little pieces of food in it, and some stuff that looked like bones of a fish or something |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 12:42pm - BornSoVile ""] good times, good times. that basement was hot so I spent most of my time outside. the misquitos were horrible when i first got there but died out fast once i put on my new rttp hoodie. good to see jeremy from oak knoll there with the wife! I thought Porphyria slayed and is NE's best kept secret. Looking forward to lots of new material, a great band to watch as well. They are generals in the crusade against baystaterock. We finally got to be one of those bands that didn't pratice for a month, then plays a show, yay. Felt good to hear ya'll busting our balls in english telling us jokes and not begging for us to play venom covers in spanish. I'd play at Nate's again in a heartbeat! I'm so fucking sore from not playing for awhile. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:17pm - sacreligion ""] do people actually go to these "basement shows"? |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:25pm - RustedAngel ""] look at the pictures...looks like people to me. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 2:27pm - RustedAngel ""] the basement wasn't even big enough for everyone who was there to fit in. [img] |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 3:55pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] saying Porphyria is NE's best kept secret is an understatement. I had no idea they were that tight, or that in your face. and honestly, the more I hear Ascendancy the more I get what I think is a good impression of maybe not what they are going for, but where they fit in. They actually, to me, are one of the most original bands I have heard in a while. I can elaborate on this if any body cares. |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:23pm - leafygreans ""] :pukeface: |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:25pm - leafygreans ""] awsome show- WHEREILEFTHERHEAD- a great band to open this show up, ive never heard them before but they were good i can only see them getting better! PRAYFORAPLAGUE- as always incredibly fucking brutal even despite a broken string (but thats to be expected when you do the things the guitarist does) and especially with there bassist back who i must say is one of the best ive ever seen. i know because he is me. and i cant wait to see these guys with a 2nd guitarist. lovely. THETASTEOFSILVER- one of my favorite bands right now, and im not trying to suck anyones dick but there just a bunch of creative sal and sandys. thats that. plus the sex appeal is there. PORPHYRIA- are just waiting to get signed. shut up you know it. ASCENDANCY- these guys fucking killed it. absolutly destroyed it. jigs up. you where there, you saw it. the show was hot, heavenly and homoerotic just the way we like it!! |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 4:29pm - leafygreans ""] oahoahhahah i did a review ahahah !- i feel good. light blue is the color of success 60% of the time it works everytime! |
| _________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 6:16pm - Terence ""] I had an awesome time. Such a party atmosphere! |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 6:21pm - lady_czerach ""] My pics are up. I had to trash a lot of them because my camera is on the verge of breaking. That was a really fun show. Heavy Rotation Online Too lazy to post the individual links, sorry. |
| _________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 6:52pm - Terence ""] [img] This picture of my big block head and mile long hair is awesome! |
| __________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 8:47pm - succubus ""] more reviews! |
| __________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 8:48pm - succubus ""] dEoDIUMmORTIS said:I whapped her ass good. the hand print lasted a while |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 10:30pm - BornSoVile ""] Michael Johnson on the dash! |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 10:42pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] I think Joe NotCommon made a good point when he said things like a Hand-On approach to getting shows booked get a bad rap because they've long since only been associated with Hardcore. Truth is, he's right. It became so genre specific at one point that the kids in doing these shows even called their music "DIY" as the label. But really, that's kind of erroneous -- much like metal and other music has "emotion" behind it and isn't "emo", doing stuff to improve the texture of a community is no more one "scene" than another. Really, that's been kicking metal in its ass for a while...people got lazy and turned away from being involved and it made it so a few hands did all the work, and they got tired or ran out of time etc etc and everyone suffered. Doing it right is an artform in itself, but just plain doing it is still doing it as far as putting stuff together to help out. Joe made a good point that not everyone needs to be involved, and felt even that not everyone SHOULD be involved, but those that are play a vital role... That said, it all comes down to the fact that basement shows are just a place to do a show that has it's own pros and cons like everywhere else. They are completely viable for metal, country and western, whatever...yeah we think punk with them, but in the end metal has its roots in the basement and the garage, the warehouse and the shitholes all alike. plus Metal tends to have a punk ethos attached (I cite Napalm Death covering "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" from The Dead Kennedys) |
| _____________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 10:52pm - BornSoVile ""] Enslaved by Porphyria [img] i got a few gems for the stupid band faces thread in there last night! good times. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:00pm - cunt hanger ""] I must say that Pray for a Plague is fucking awesome.... and I should have come to that show..... that said, I will never post here again, because I don't like you. Toodles <3<3<3<3 |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 26,2004 11:31pm - RustedAngel ""] wow, what a good time last night! The past couple shows were two of the funnest we've played yet. Got to shoot teh shit with everyone, Heard some awesome south amterican stories from Terence/Ascendancy... I didn't get the chance to chat with josh about the seniorita's down there yet but I'll have to arrange that for this saturday :spineyes: where i left her head: I watched some of their set from behind the door, looked pretty good. I remember a couple of them from the farewell chapter, my old band HSM had played with them a couple times. pray for a plague: dover represent mothafukas...tore shit up, so awesome seeing josh back on bass, he rules. Alex should be in cephalic carnage. crazy crazy vox!!! silky didn't have enough room to really thrash around. They got tim lang on 2nd guitar now but he still wasn't even there even though he can't play some of the stuff yet. I'll be looking forward to seeing that as well. taste of silver: ripped it up...seemed like nicks guitar stayed in tune much better this time around. I think rowan's vocals are getting better each show I see them play. Fortunately we were unloading gear when he puked. I was near the door and I told people I smelled poop and they said he puked but I'm pretty sure there was poop too. Porphyria: the most untrue metal band, they have no brutal parts it's basically a blink 182 cover band. why are these guys playing shows? jeeezzus. Ascendancy: fuckin awesome! I'm glad to have seen their first show back from their SA tour. It had been way too long since I've seen them all. It was fun, everyone was dancing and fuckin around and pushing eachother. haha. I can't wait for saturday! TROOOOOOOOOPERRRRRR. thanks to nathan and his parents for letting us have this show. let this show be proof that basement shows are still fun as fuck. |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 2:34am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] Hey anyone that wants to compare last night to the demo, check it: http://www.myspace.com/bands/whereileftherhead that's when they are at their peak. It's really good! |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 2:38am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] oh and check out this pizeace: [img] man is not human. man is machine. |
| __________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 5:54am - BestialOnslaught ""] the_reverend said: there was even some moshing that went on during their one and only mosh-part that they announced well before hand. Uhhh.... [img] |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 10:36am - kyledoes ""] I saw a wire coming out the neck of his shirt...I later saw a pearl drum bag with 4 car batteries and some sort oxygen tank..those blast beats where fucking amazing!!!! He also pulled a gun out of a robotic leg. |
| ____________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 10:43am - blue nli ""] [img] some br00tal mosh! |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 12:04pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] so this just in: Nate's dad wants to get him a PA so they can do shows more efficiently in the basement, and more often. That's crazy talk!!! Way to go Nate's Dad! It's great when basement shows help build up people's acceptance and enjoyment of music, which is the more positive end of the basement show spectrum. Now every gurgle and pip from Terence will be totally audible. |
| _______________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 12:13pm - the_reverend ""] if they do this, invest in a fan to suck air out of the window (not in so that bugs stay out) |
| __________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 12:18pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] his dad also said he wants to expand the size of the basement. "It gets too hot down there, especially with the dryer". So maybe he will add an exhaust. Why do you want one so bad, Rev? So you can air out the smoke from your ganja bowl after you eat a soy burger? HIPPIE!!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 12:40pm - succubus ""] the_taste_of_cigarettes said:Why do you want one so bad, Rev? So you can air out the smoke from your ganja bowl after you eat a soy burger? HIPPIE!!!! yeah right... |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 1:00pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] the_reverend said:I have Jerry Garcia in my backpack over there explain that to me! :point: |
| __________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 3:17pm - succubus ""] simple: it was said by aaron at that show that = it's a joke esp since he likes to run over hippies in his car |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 27,2004 5:48pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] next you're going to tell me when he said he and I were going to run away to Bermuda together, that that was a joke, too, cause it was said at a show??? I go through more and more Kleenex this way. |
| __________________________________ [Sep 28,2004 4:30pm - succubus ""] http://www.defyunlearn.com/photos.php?date=2004-09-25 |
| __________________________________ [Sep 28,2004 4:30pm - succubus ""] i forgot to say: if anyone still cares |
| __________________________________ [Sep 29,2004 6:31am - succubus ""] guess i was too late |
| __________________________________ [Sep 29,2004 6:32am - succubus ""] curses, foiled again |
| _________________________________________________ [Sep 29,2004 8:05am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] i still care! didja get my email? <3 N |
| ______________________________________ [Sep 29,2004 10:54am - RustedAngel ""] funny assed pics, thrashing rules. |