West Coast – Pt 2
March 19th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
3/12 – The Scene (Glendale, CA)
Wandered around Glendale for awhile. Kind of cold out too! Went to a thrift store and a coffee shop, killing some time before the show. Runway had a great set to start things off (we even recorded some of it – will post soon). The Scene had a wicked backstage area, and I snapped alot of pics of all the bands from behind the curtain. Good stuff. For our set, I remember we moved as much as we could for that small stage. And, Charles at one point standing on Nate’s bass drum. Knoll was off on the side of the stage, right next to me, wailing away on the mic. Sturino was on the other side of the stage – might as well have been on a pedestal surrounded by molten lava (nowhere to move), but he made the most of it. They had this projection of “Faster Pussycat” (as Steven Bankhead pointed out to me) going while we played. All I will say, is that was distracting while I was trying to sing. We got people really into “Counterfeit Sunshine” and “You Nevermind,” the closer (these are 2 songs that will be on our next release). The Airlines played immediately after us, and we were really into these guys. I told their bassist he looked like Bob Geldof (we are talking seriously!) He said like, “Thanks alot man!” ”No problem I said, thank you.” After them came Cosio, another LA band. They had a friggin’ ton of instruments (including a toy piano). Heard a bit of them, but bugged out early I’m afraid.
…More to come
