We are the undead

The greatest thing about this night was not the music that was played or when I got to meet Liam Cormier after the show, but it was something that happened at the very beginning of the night. When I first arrived at Kings Arms Tavern it was still relatively empty, no band had taken the stage yet but one brave explorer had found its way onto the stage. This curious adventurer was an everyday, domestic cat that had found its way inside the bar and was sniffing around the drumkit and guitars. It didn't seem too worried about all the people in the tavern and when it came time for the first band to play, noone was sure what to do about the stage cat. Eventually the cat was lured off the stage and the first band could start, but in my opinion, stage cat was the first act to go on that night. It was my first time seeing every band that played that night, Oilbarrons were the first band to go on (after stage cat) and they were an explosion of brutal metal crossed with punk. Their short songs would barely last a minute, but they thrashed their instruments enough during their set for a lifetime. Leeches were next to go on, they are Angelo Munro's (formerly of The Bleeders) new band and they were awesome! I've raved about how could they are in the past (my New Zealand Music Month post) and this was my first time being blown away by them. Great original songs and a badass cover of Sing Sing Death House by The Distillers. Snakes Of Iron were the last NZ band to go on, they were pretty good but fairly unmemorable. Cancer Bats played a huge set, the Canadian rockers put on one hell of a performance. There was too much energy and movement to get any good photos during the night, but I did manage to get some good videos and after meeting Liam and the band after the show, I got a running schedule signed by the Cancer Bats and some of Leeches.

Cancer Bats w/ Leeches. 14/09/2010. Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland, New Zealand.

Leeches - Never Forget

Leeches - Sing Sing Death House (The Distillers cover)

Cancer Bats - Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland, New Zealand. 14/09/2010

Cancer Bats - Sabotage (Beastie Boys cover)

Me and Liam Cormier (Cancer Bats)

Signed by Cancer Bats & Leeches

Welcome To The Hollow

Why the hell is everything so purple?

That was my first question too. This is my first time blogging, so i've still got a lot to learn about setting up my profile and making it actually look good. Im currently in my 3rd year of a bachelor of Design at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand and i'm going to use every bit of that education to make this an aesthetically bitchin blog. I will mainly be posting random drawings and sketches accompanied with specific rants filled with plenty of obscure references....it should be genius.

This was drawn over a month ago now, it's just a black pen doodle done during class. The title is a reference to a Queens of the Stone Age song called 'Into The Hollow'. It was about 4 days before I was seeing them live at the Logan Cambell Centre for the first time. I met the entire band at Real Groovy before the show which was just fucking amazing. I'm one of those crazy fools who just loves lining up all day for concerts, the atmosphere is just brilliant and nothing beats the thrill of front row. I also have a pretty decent setlist collection from all the concerts I've been to.

It is barely legible due to the extreme temperature but it was a fucking amazing night. Though one of the unexpected highlights of that day was earlier in the day when I was lucky enough to meet Brody Dalle (The Distillers, Spinnerette), she was about 4 months pregnant and just so fucking cool.

So yeah.