Thursday, August 21, 2008
Oneida slayed..thats about it.
Ok recap of last night. we get there at like 10:10 (we thought the show started at 10) and JAH DIVISION was fucking over! We were pissed, but we talked to a few people who all said we didnt miss anything. Apparently it was one dude jamming a sitar through effects pedals and Kid was not jamming with him. Dirty Faces were next and we're pretty jammin. They were like low down punk music, not punk like punk, but punk like that punkass kid who wrecked your bike in middle school - his band. They played a song called "Beyonder" which was awesome as shit. We ran into fat bobby, kid, and jane before they went on briefly. I asked kid why they weren't headlining and he said it was news to them when they got there. Their tour manager had told them they were headliners. He also went on to say the DMeat dudes were a bunch of prima donna pricks. Which, coming from Kid (one of the nicest dude of all time) is saying a lot. Anyways, the big O got up and immediately the Unicorn was fucking jamm packed. They locked in and the groove was deep. Jane introduced the first song by telling the sound dude that "this one gets a little spacey so stick with us". Then they dove head first into their new album Preteen Weaponry, which they played in its entirety. The record version is longer but they jammed a good 35 minute version last night. It was fucking ass whippin bad ass. Bobby was fucking thrashing so hard his glasses flew off his face and then he stood up and grabbed this metal lookin bass and filleted some beef riffs. 2 extra dudes with them added to the intensity majorly. The extra synth dude ("snaps") just basically locked in one riff for most of each part of the 3 parts of the song. What blew my mind was how everyone in the venue (other than 2 of the DMeat horn douchbags talking shit about kid during the set) was completely locked in with them. No one moved, all mastering the sound. They finished that and they were kind enough to jam the song I asked Jane if they would play - If I Die. Fucking mega melter. The beginning is this 70s classic rock sounding tasty bro riff and then the end mellows out into this killer pretty trance. They extended it a bit and eased us into a buzz. They closed with a new one which they described as "this one is on our new record two records from now - it comes out in 2009." Then they cranked out a new JAAAAMM! One of those ones you know instantly is going to be a hit. Kinda like how you felt after you heard "Up With People" - erect. Anyways another bender of a show for these dudes - 48 minutes - 3 songs. So bad ass. Perfect way to usher in the year of 31. (Wish L could have been there with me, but I laughed with her when i got home saying she would have hated it!)
I could now go into a long whine bitch sesh about DMeat, but they harshed me enough last night that I dont want to relive that shit. I will say this their first song was pretty good, they locked in and it was loud and the arrangement was surprisingly awesome. I was prepared to eat my words, then the second song started. We watched like 4 songs and they were all the same damn shit biscuit served up time after time on an organic pita. Ice and I came up with the perfect description - they are the anti-still flyin. Where Still Flyin makes you want to live your life to the fucking maximum effect. DM makes you want to fucking shit in your hand and cry (while youre on a bad acid trip). Typically that would be cool to me, but not with them. Also one of the dudes in the band used to live in my neighborhood when i was growing up. He was a cool older bro of a guy i was friends with, regular dude. Now he's just this swollen addict looking dude who was so fucked out of his mind that he was yelling (slurring, falling down and drooling) at the sound guy for not having his horn up in the mix enough. For fucks sake there were 17 people on stage. It was sad. My description of the headliner: Major harsh and the shit pipes.
Oh yeah, DHunter dude was there too - he made it a point to wait until about 1 second before Oneida started then walked up through the crowd on the right side of the stage then walk across the front of the stage so everyone was sure to see him. it was pretty damn funny.
Ok recap of last night. we get there at like 10:10 (we thought the show started at 10) and JAH DIVISION was fucking over! We were pissed, but we talked to a few people who all said we didnt miss anything. Apparently it was one dude jamming a sitar through effects pedals and Kid was not jamming with him. Dirty Faces were next and we're pretty jammin. They were like low down punk music, not punk like punk, but punk like that punkass kid who wrecked your bike in middle school - his band. They played a song called "Beyonder" which was awesome as shit. We ran into fat bobby, kid, and jane before they went on briefly. I asked kid why they weren't headlining and he said it was news to them when they got there. Their tour manager had told them they were headliners. He also went on to say the DMeat dudes were a bunch of prima donna pricks. Which, coming from Kid (one of the nicest dude of all time) is saying a lot. Anyways, the big O got up and immediately the Unicorn was fucking jamm packed. They locked in and the groove was deep. Jane introduced the first song by telling the sound dude that "this one gets a little spacey so stick with us". Then they dove head first into their new album Preteen Weaponry, which they played in its entirety. The record version is longer but they jammed a good 35 minute version last night. It was fucking ass whippin bad ass. Bobby was fucking thrashing so hard his glasses flew off his face and then he stood up and grabbed this metal lookin bass and filleted some beef riffs. 2 extra dudes with them added to the intensity majorly. The extra synth dude ("snaps") just basically locked in one riff for most of each part of the 3 parts of the song. What blew my mind was how everyone in the venue (other than 2 of the DMeat horn douchbags talking shit about kid during the set) was completely locked in with them. No one moved, all mastering the sound. They finished that and they were kind enough to jam the song I asked Jane if they would play - If I Die. Fucking mega melter. The beginning is this 70s classic rock sounding tasty bro riff and then the end mellows out into this killer pretty trance. They extended it a bit and eased us into a buzz. They closed with a new one which they described as "this one is on our new record two records from now - it comes out in 2009." Then they cranked out a new JAAAAMM! One of those ones you know instantly is going to be a hit. Kinda like how you felt after you heard "Up With People" - erect. Anyways another bender of a show for these dudes - 48 minutes - 3 songs. So bad ass. Perfect way to usher in the year of 31. (Wish L could have been there with me, but I laughed with her when i got home saying she would have hated it!)
I could now go into a long whine bitch sesh about DMeat, but they harshed me enough last night that I dont want to relive that shit. I will say this their first song was pretty good, they locked in and it was loud and the arrangement was surprisingly awesome. I was prepared to eat my words, then the second song started. We watched like 4 songs and they were all the same damn shit biscuit served up time after time on an organic pita. Ice and I came up with the perfect description - they are the anti-still flyin. Where Still Flyin makes you want to live your life to the fucking maximum effect. DM makes you want to fucking shit in your hand and cry (while youre on a bad acid trip). Typically that would be cool to me, but not with them. Also one of the dudes in the band used to live in my neighborhood when i was growing up. He was a cool older bro of a guy i was friends with, regular dude. Now he's just this swollen addict looking dude who was so fucked out of his mind that he was yelling (slurring, falling down and drooling) at the sound guy for not having his horn up in the mix enough. For fucks sake there were 17 people on stage. It was sad. My description of the headliner: Major harsh and the shit pipes.
Oh yeah, DHunter dude was there too - he made it a point to wait until about 1 second before Oneida started then walked up through the crowd on the right side of the stage then walk across the front of the stage so everyone was sure to see him. it was pretty damn funny.
