A quick review of a Saturday night at the Knitting Factory – trend observations.
This was a night filled with illness and broken equipment.
5 Days Dirty. This band came into town from the East Bay from Northern California. They’re on the road with the DC-Jam Skaterock tour. Per the lead singer, they were playing on their day-off. The lead singer was ill and actually had to give up the vocals for one song. He was intent on getting healthy as soon as possible, drinking a cup of tea on stage. I kept on calling them Five Door Down for some reason.
Underwater City People. I think it was during the very first song that Jon went down for the count with a failed guitar. I think he broke a guitar string. He was stuck at the microphone singing his lines without his guitar. There is that one song they sing called “Jennifer.” It always makes me reminisce during that song – usually about my college days.
Silver Needle. More broken equipment followed when Silver Needle went onstage. I believe that first off the Kick wasn’t working properly so they called on UCP to borrow some equipment. Then the snare drum broke. UCP came to the rescue again. Then some equipment wiring came unplugged from the wall socket.
Rainman Suite. They didn’t seem to have any equipment problems, but the lead singer was ill. Sometime early in the set he said something like, “I need to shot a snot rocket.” A few songs later he did. There was a trio of young ladies at the front of the stage. They were rather thrilled to see this band. In fact, they arrived just in time for the Rainman Suite’s set.
This was a night filled with illness and broken equipment.
5 Days Dirty. This band came into town from the East Bay from Northern California. They’re on the road with the DC-Jam Skaterock tour. Per the lead singer, they were playing on their day-off. The lead singer was ill and actually had to give up the vocals for one song. He was intent on getting healthy as soon as possible, drinking a cup of tea on stage. I kept on calling them Five Door Down for some reason.
Underwater City People. I think it was during the very first song that Jon went down for the count with a failed guitar. I think he broke a guitar string. He was stuck at the microphone singing his lines without his guitar. There is that one song they sing called “Jennifer.” It always makes me reminisce during that song – usually about my college days.
Silver Needle. More broken equipment followed when Silver Needle went onstage. I believe that first off the Kick wasn’t working properly so they called on UCP to borrow some equipment. Then the snare drum broke. UCP came to the rescue again. Then some equipment wiring came unplugged from the wall socket.
Rainman Suite. They didn’t seem to have any equipment problems, but the lead singer was ill. Sometime early in the set he said something like, “I need to shot a snot rocket.” A few songs later he did. There was a trio of young ladies at the front of the stage. They were rather thrilled to see this band. In fact, they arrived just in time for the Rainman Suite’s set.
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