Niice.
Well after a good chunk of no excitement or especially good things, November definitely started out on a very high note...
The All Shall Perish concert was awesome. Extremely awesome. In the way that a night can pretty much reinforce everything I like about the music. For starters, they were awesome live. Tons of energy, great stage presence, and sounded great... and given I love their music, that's exactly what I could've hoped for. It was at Jaxx, so I was right up front the whole time rocking out.. only a bar separating us. Lead singer climbed over me at times, and he gave me the mic during a song too.
Kick ass enough as is, right? Well, I also got to meet all of them after the show. Extremely cool guys, but it was awesome because they were just as appreciative to see me out there as I was to meet them. Talked to two of them for a while too, very nice guys =o One signed a booklet with "Anthony you ROCK!" XD sweet. Had really cool merchandise that I was thrilled to buy.. I absolutely love supporting guys like that.
The other bands were pretty good. The local band Screwtape sounded very good, but didn't get a lot of crowd reaction... probably a lot of the kids not being able to handle grindcore stuff. But I liked a lot of what I heard. The Faceless was pretty good, had a few cool songs, but a good number of 'heard it before' vibes as well. Arsis headlined and had very impressive work with the instruments, but I'm still not a fan of their vocalist. They had a short set to the dismay of their fans, because their guitarist was in the band a whole 2 weeks and they only knew so many.
Anyway, seriously kickass night. Had wanted to see ASP for a long time and they more than lived up to my hopes. Then this weekend I hung out with the family, got two delicious homecooked meals, and we all went out to see Borat. It was of course, hilarious, and having been a fan of Ali G Show since I saw the first season on HBO out of nowhere, I'm thrilled to see Sacha Baron Cohen getting the recognition he deserves... Go see it!
and to cap it off, pictures! Love the outfit: silliness and metalness combined =D
The All Shall Perish concert was awesome. Extremely awesome. In the way that a night can pretty much reinforce everything I like about the music. For starters, they were awesome live. Tons of energy, great stage presence, and sounded great... and given I love their music, that's exactly what I could've hoped for. It was at Jaxx, so I was right up front the whole time rocking out.. only a bar separating us. Lead singer climbed over me at times, and he gave me the mic during a song too.
Kick ass enough as is, right? Well, I also got to meet all of them after the show. Extremely cool guys, but it was awesome because they were just as appreciative to see me out there as I was to meet them. Talked to two of them for a while too, very nice guys =o One signed a booklet with "Anthony you ROCK!" XD sweet. Had really cool merchandise that I was thrilled to buy.. I absolutely love supporting guys like that.
The other bands were pretty good. The local band Screwtape sounded very good, but didn't get a lot of crowd reaction... probably a lot of the kids not being able to handle grindcore stuff. But I liked a lot of what I heard. The Faceless was pretty good, had a few cool songs, but a good number of 'heard it before' vibes as well. Arsis headlined and had very impressive work with the instruments, but I'm still not a fan of their vocalist. They had a short set to the dismay of their fans, because their guitarist was in the band a whole 2 weeks and they only knew so many.
Anyway, seriously kickass night. Had wanted to see ASP for a long time and they more than lived up to my hopes. Then this weekend I hung out with the family, got two delicious homecooked meals, and we all went out to see Borat. It was of course, hilarious, and having been a fan of Ali G Show since I saw the first season on HBO out of nowhere, I'm thrilled to see Sacha Baron Cohen getting the recognition he deserves... Go see it!
and to cap it off, pictures! Love the outfit: silliness and metalness combined =D