Yeah! Say "Hi" to All of them for me! Thanks!
Did
SOOOOOOOOo
Opening band was a local 3-piece called Meat. REALLY damn good band, actually. I have rarely ever heard a 3 piece sound so good live. Well written songs, well played, lots of energy into it even though at the time there were maybe 15 people in the club.
Second band was another local group - no idea of the name, and frankly I was very disappointed. The singer was not very talented, the sound mix was poor - because of the singer actually he did the whole sound check thing for maybe the first 5 minutes of their set including lots of 'could you turn X up/down just a hair'. Drove me crazy. However they had an instrumental right near the end that was an incredible piece. Take that - add some good lyrics and a good singer and they would have a certified metal hit. Ah well
Finally, Lizzy. And here is the good and the bad.
The good/great: Played a great show - lots of energy, sounded great, interacted with the crowd and they seemed to have fun, especially the two freshmen in the band. Great songs too, here is the set list courtesy of Mr. Toast:
Abnormal
Give em the axe
Notorious
Live Forever
Warfare
Rod of Iron
Outcast
Tomorrow never comes
Under your skin
Master of Disguise
Come out at Night
There will be Blood Tonight
American Metal
Me Against the World
Red Rum
We Got the Power
The bad: The house was really into it but, I would hazard we were lucky to have even 50 people there.
The show was at Club Vegas, a venue the Maidens have played at, and the same venue WASP was at on Crimson idol. It's a fairly big club space, can probably hold up to 1000.
So that was very very discouraging. I don't know if it was because it was a Wednesday night, because the promotion was non-existent (Didn't hear about it until my buddy told me from seeing it in a local City Weekly paper) or just no one really knows or liked Lizzy Borden that much. Which is a pity because it was an outstanding set and they really did a great show.
Did the meet and greet afterwards, meet the guys, thanked them for coming, chatted a lil with the drummer and drove my very drunk friend home. Lizzy seemed to just be going through the motions at the meet and greet - he seemed tired, and not at all interested in doing the meet the fans bit. I think for anyone it has to be hard and disappointing to come to a town on your own initiative and do a show for a Spinal-Tap sized audience. On the upside, the rest of the band actually seemed to be having a blast - chatting away with fans, friendly and happy. The drummer was a real nice chatty guy.
Anyway I'll try to post phone-camera pics later *IF* they came out for a damn, but I doubt they did. Next concert I'll def be taking my wee-lil point and shoot.
