PUKA BAR, Long Beach

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

I headed down to Long Beach with Xplo and Kristi with some beers in hand. We got to the venue early so we could catch Xplo's friends CHAINDRIVEN's set since we put them on this show.

We hung out for about an hour before any of the other boys showed up. I hung out and smoked cigarettes with tonight's promoter, TONY LEPRE of ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSIC. So far every show we've played for Tony has been fun so we were expecting the same here in the LBC... not so much.

As soon as CHAINDRIVEN finished playing their metal-inspired set they left WITH their crowd back to the Santa Clartia valley, which was kind of a fucked thing to do in my book.

Next up was CLOSE TO BROKE who we played with last month in Vegas and they sucked just as much tonight as they did that night. They were very arrogant and left when we started setting up. This is why I'm tired of supporting bands I don't know nowadays.

So now it was time for us to go up there and do our thing. Tonight's show is once again being recorded by our friend Steve of CHROME OXIDE RECORDERS. This evening's performance included a lot of newer songs we're recording so we need to rehearse them and we want to let our fans and friends hear our new stuff. In the crowd tonight was some old-school friends/fans like; Willy Gump and Mikey Beer Thief who got me pretty tanked with his friends.
After our set COMPREHEND went up but by this time I was drinkin' mode and a'drinkin' is what I did!! We hung out a while after the show to drink with our old friends and some new ones also. Kristi drove us home so I stayed awake the whole drive home talking with her as Xplo slept like baby. A great night for us is all that matters!!!

SURF CITY SALOON, Huntington Beach

SATURDAY, MAY 30 2009

Our first show back in the OC in about a year. XL was moving today and Xplo was at a party before the show so we all showed up after the show was well into the third band. We missed BATTLE FLASK the band I really wanted to see since it was our first show on the same bill. I did get to check out the last bit of ONE BIG LIE's show and thought they were pretty good! I spoke with Philipe (singer of Battle Flask) for a little bit but they all left before we played.

Anyway, we showed up around 11pm, Seedy and Don were already there so we all just hung out. I ran into my old friend Ted and Steve (from Dr. Know) was there with his wife. We chatted for a while in the parking lot as I had borrowed Steve's amp for XL.

Gizz off stage stealing a sip

We were the headliner of the evening. Why? I have no idea! But a lot of people stuck around to see us. Our set time was 12 midnight but XL didn't show up until 12:10am. Within minutes we hit the stage but with low energy. At least that what I thought.

XL rockin' the Surf

Seedy in a rare performance on stage with DLP

XploStevo hittin' the mic

"Dirty" Don Rokken doing what he does best... Rockin'!

Once again we were recorded by Steve Chrome Oxide but I don't think we'll be able to use any of the tracks as I was fumbling through lyrics the entire evening. During the last few songs it seemed everyone was getting tired and some people started leaving so I decided to get off the stage and sat at a table with some folks and just sang to them since they were the most interested. One of the guys sitting at the table started helping with backing vocals, which I thought was amazing since he had never heard of us before.

Gizz at the round table entertaining

All in all it was a cool evening but even better was the cause we were there for. We raised some money for BREAST CANCER ANGELS, which was the whole point of the show!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support! Especially Tony (ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSIC) for setting up the show. He has offered us two shows in Vegas at the end of July as part of the ROLLERCON 2009 after party festivities! Vegas... here we come, baby!!!