KISS ARMY

ok, i will try to make this quick... or maybe not, fuck it all.

we opened for "kiss army" on saturday (you heard me), KISS ARMY!

This was almost as cool as when we opened for a R&B soul band in new york... THAT band had 13 members... on a stage built for maybe 3 people. ha.

Thats right- the number 1 kiss tribute band in america... for those that dont know/roll...this is a picture parker got of them on his cell phone:

dont they look EXACTLY like kiss? i have a million more pictures of us just dicking around with them after the show... really stand up dudes... considering what all went down that night... i admired them a little more than i did before we played. but then again, i respected GODSMACK after i accidentally saw them live. so whatever... hey, its all hard work.

anyway, back to nashville...

a band called "kill the city" played before us. they were alright. they have one song that i particularly like called "whatever you want". other than that, i was not mega impressed.

www.myspace.com/killthecity

so we shared drums...

like all big cities, promoters have no desire for you to express yourself, be it with stage space, YOUR banners, or even with YOUR choice of equipment... hey man "fuck you we dont have time, pay me". its always like that.

that's ok, if you are good, you can make it work. so we did. we used kill the city's drum kit. and it was a decent kit...

we played and actually got a relatively good response from people. considering they were all sitting down in the back area, but i dont give a fuck, they rousingly applaused a few times and bought some shit-

its not like i wanted them to be slam dancing. besides, they all sat down for kiss too...

whoops i gave some story away... you'll live.

so of course, since we were hanging out with Jem, half of us (meaning speer and steve), were doing free jager shots while we were playing... because i never do, and neither does nick... jager is gay. i have had my fill over the years. so fuck it. i stick with gin. i might name my firstborn Gin...

needless to say, SPEER WAS WASTED...

hahaha. he had a blast. apparently, KISS was his first concert experience as a child. so he was in heaven for about 45 minutes

i lost my voice from laughing and singing kiss songs (what? i had no idea that would ever happen much less this past weekend). wtf?

lets shift gears...

so fuck this- another thing i hate about the music business:

the guy who promoted the show, almost booted us off the bill, BECAUSE of kiss... which is fine. we would have understood... this is the south... they have a draw, we didnt... but jem, who is great, kept the bands on the bill as openers(which is also fine).

(this is going to have to be continued after the holidays, i am out of time... i will make a part II)

to be continued...