Drugs, Sex and Rock & Roll

Well, I survived the night, and am here to tell the tale. To tell the truth, I haven't really hung out in many clubs, but this experience was certainly interesting...

The night started off with some trouble finding the place, but Yoshi and I finally found it, and just in time to be first in line for at the door tickets. So alota other crap happened and we eventually descended into what looked to be one of the most posh places I've ever been to (worry not oh lovers of rock. It didn't stay like that for long). We found ourselves a perch, got some beer and listened to the DJ, periodically chatting to Cheeseman when he passed our table (Cheeseman being that friend of mine I mentioned. Lead guitarist). We were told that although the night started at 8, his band wasn't actually up till 11, so we had a bit of a wait in front of us.

The first band were pretty good. They rocked out just like any other and some people got to dancing down near the stage. But nothing very big happened with them. It seemed most people were content to stand around the bar.

I never did hear a whole lot from the second band, as I had developed a headache, so I drank some water and headed up top to get some fresh air. I got to run into some old friends from high school who were there to see No Filter like we were, and we got to chat a bit and whatnot.

And so finally 11pm rolled around, and the guys started to set their gear up. As soon as this happened, everyone piled up at the stage, and started cheering, even though they weren't actually playing yet. And when they finally DID get to playing... The whole place simply exploded. Everyone loved them.

Cheeseman even got a mass of attention as at the end of the first song, the boys crowded around him as he told them all something. The lead singer then approaching the podium and yelling "cheesy broke the mother-fucking strings!". This was followed by the chanting of "Cheeseman! Cheeseman!". A few songs later, his replacement guitar was starting to shit him, so he called out for his now restrung one, to which the band broke out into a song about the guitarist. Lines like "Cheeseman go and get your fucking guitar" managed to bring a smile to the faces of Yoshi and myself. They even managed to incorporate his name into the end of another song somewhere, giving a real vibe that he had become a force to be reckoned with.

Stay tuned because since it's taken me some 5 hours to type this up, I've taken photo's of my house to share with you all. But I'll post them separately.

CYOTFS
-Mav