This was my post from the K5 mailing list about our recent gig... I figured I'd copy & past rather than explain it all again... Enjoy! 
It was this past Saturday.... Let me tell you all the story... ;-)
well... it was a gig in Utah, what can I say...
!!! Actually, the gig
went quite well considering the circumstances that encompassed the entire night. We had no sound check, and the sound guy LEFT THE BOARD once we started playing(WTF!?)and never returned!
The opening band played 45 min. longer than planned (only in trying to help us out though... it's a long story) which most of the crowd bailed out after our 5th or 6th song because of it being WAY late (or because we weren't death/thrash metal like the opening act...or a combination of both? hehehe!), we had beer spit at us from the balcony that got all over the pedal boards and the stage causing everything to be very slippery, then sticky towards the end of the set!(that being one of Matt's drunk friends having WAY to much fun! His new nick name is "The Spitter" now..sure to be a song in the future), not being able to
hear my bass at all on stage and only hearing Lynn's vocals BLARING through my monitor...except when one or two of the other guys stopped playing or went into their solo's, which in turn caused me to botch several intricate parts...and this was one of our better local shows!!! \m/
On the up side, we sold nearly every CD we brought with us which is a first for us at a local gig (previous local gigs... we've taken home what we brought with us...ugggg)! We also had a few people on the front of the stage(!!!) and others in the crowd singing along to the tunes which is also another first (and bizarre!) for a Utah show! It was one of the larger turn outs for the bar (according to the owner of the club... I've seen bigger there). Apparently there were even a few people underage that called the club or even attempted to get through the door to see the show, which I found to be impressive. It was a lot of fun, and we busted our balls! Hopefully those that left early were leaving with a good impression (and a CD???)... Lynn's live vocals were absolutely amazing, both Trevor & Curtis were tight as a nun with the guitar arrangements, and Matt played through without a hitch and added more flavor to the songs live than he does in rehearsal! ... I sucked monkey balls that night unfortunately \m/
oh... we got PAID! now THAT never happens...ANYWHERE! LMFAO!!!
\m/
Dustin
P.S. It wasn't all that bad considering we haven't played our home state in almost a year... maybe we'll do it again
NP: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla

It was this past Saturday.... Let me tell you all the story... ;-)
well... it was a gig in Utah, what can I say...

went quite well considering the circumstances that encompassed the entire night. We had no sound check, and the sound guy LEFT THE BOARD once we started playing(WTF!?)and never returned!

hear my bass at all on stage and only hearing Lynn's vocals BLARING through my monitor...except when one or two of the other guys stopped playing or went into their solo's, which in turn caused me to botch several intricate parts...and this was one of our better local shows!!! \m/
On the up side, we sold nearly every CD we brought with us which is a first for us at a local gig (previous local gigs... we've taken home what we brought with us...ugggg)! We also had a few people on the front of the stage(!!!) and others in the crowd singing along to the tunes which is also another first (and bizarre!) for a Utah show! It was one of the larger turn outs for the bar (according to the owner of the club... I've seen bigger there). Apparently there were even a few people underage that called the club or even attempted to get through the door to see the show, which I found to be impressive. It was a lot of fun, and we busted our balls! Hopefully those that left early were leaving with a good impression (and a CD???)... Lynn's live vocals were absolutely amazing, both Trevor & Curtis were tight as a nun with the guitar arrangements, and Matt played through without a hitch and added more flavor to the songs live than he does in rehearsal! ... I sucked monkey balls that night unfortunately \m/
oh... we got PAID! now THAT never happens...ANYWHERE! LMFAO!!!

\m/
Dustin
P.S. It wasn't all that bad considering we haven't played our home state in almost a year... maybe we'll do it again

NP: Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla