First, thanks to everyone that made it out to the and
we sincerely apologize for leaving after only four songs!
Also, apologies to our good friends, KK, that this happened
as well but it was out of our hands.
We arrived at the gig ready to put on a great show but our
soundman was greeted with a less than welcoming attitude
from the house guy (who also is the cook...go figure). The
first band cancelled so we figured we'd have plenty of time
to get the stage set and a decent soundcheck. Wait a minute,
there are no soundchecks, we don't want to scare away our
regulars just here to drink. Well, it sure looks like the place is
full of people ready to see the show and perhaps the stage
should have been mic'd at 8pm when everything was setup and
not 9:30pm. Ok, no biggie, we'll just get line-checks and be
ready to roll. Oh, no, you can't do line-checks through front of
house, only monitor checks. What???? You've got to be f'ing
kidding, we're going to do a show with no line-checks? You guys
don't need line-checks, the pa is fine. In all the years we've been
playing we've never done a show without at least a line-check and
our soundman is a touring pro with 20yrs experience and 4000 shows
under his belt. Rather than leaving our fans hanging at that point,
we decide to go ahead with the gig and start the show with drums,
then bass, then guitar jamming just so we can get some levels, etc.
at the board. So, two-thirds through the fourth tune, a friend comes
up and says your soundman was thrown out of the bar so we barely
finished the tune before pulling the plug. Apparently the told him to
turn it down so he did, then the doorman came up and pulled the faders
way down and gave our guy a bunch of shit before throwing him out.
People said then pa never sounded better and you know what, it never
will again, what a f'ing joke! We packed up and got the hell out of there!
Lastly,O'Malley's needs to decide whether they want to
be a shot/beer joint or a live music venue. If you want to
attract music fans who pay money to see good music then
you need to have a cooperative staff that understands what
it takes to put on a good show and are willing to work with
the bands to make this happen. Needless to say, we will
NEVER play O'Malley's again nor patronize this place and highly
recommend that any band seriously think twice about it because
from all reports, it seems as if there is always some kind of bullshit
to deal with.
we sincerely apologize for leaving after only four songs!
Also, apologies to our good friends, KK, that this happened
as well but it was out of our hands.
We arrived at the gig ready to put on a great show but our
soundman was greeted with a less than welcoming attitude
from the house guy (who also is the cook...go figure). The
first band cancelled so we figured we'd have plenty of time
to get the stage set and a decent soundcheck. Wait a minute,
there are no soundchecks, we don't want to scare away our
regulars just here to drink. Well, it sure looks like the place is
full of people ready to see the show and perhaps the stage
should have been mic'd at 8pm when everything was setup and
not 9:30pm. Ok, no biggie, we'll just get line-checks and be
ready to roll. Oh, no, you can't do line-checks through front of
house, only monitor checks. What???? You've got to be f'ing
kidding, we're going to do a show with no line-checks? You guys
don't need line-checks, the pa is fine. In all the years we've been
playing we've never done a show without at least a line-check and
our soundman is a touring pro with 20yrs experience and 4000 shows
under his belt. Rather than leaving our fans hanging at that point,
we decide to go ahead with the gig and start the show with drums,
then bass, then guitar jamming just so we can get some levels, etc.
at the board. So, two-thirds through the fourth tune, a friend comes
up and says your soundman was thrown out of the bar so we barely
finished the tune before pulling the plug. Apparently the told him to
turn it down so he did, then the doorman came up and pulled the faders
way down and gave our guy a bunch of shit before throwing him out.
People said then pa never sounded better and you know what, it never
will again, what a f'ing joke! We packed up and got the hell out of there!
Lastly,O'Malley's needs to decide whether they want to
be a shot/beer joint or a live music venue. If you want to
attract music fans who pay money to see good music then
you need to have a cooperative staff that understands what
it takes to put on a good show and are willing to work with
the bands to make this happen. Needless to say, we will
NEVER play O'Malley's again nor patronize this place and highly
recommend that any band seriously think twice about it because
from all reports, it seems as if there is always some kind of bullshit
to deal with.
Makes me kinda glad I didn't take the time and money to drive down...I was feeling a bit guilty for ditching but not anymore. What a waste of your time, and that of everyone who went out to see you. 
