Hey Everyone!
It's
Kerim here, blogging on behalf of
OFF COLOR!
We played Long Beach last night!
Max Steiner's is a spot that LOVES musicians. With a spacious floor, pool tables, and a huge rectangular bar, the layout in awesome!
Ken Huntington, who books the venue, is a real music fan who takes great pride in putting on good shows. After our first night there in February, I knew we'd enjoy doing more shows with him! Our first show was a smash as we shared the stage with
Johnnie Heartbreak and The Radical Legs and
The X Chemical! We had some great new fans groove with us as it became apparent Long Beach is a treasure to be enjoyed!
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Off Color Monday March 12th...
So, last night (our 2nd Off Color Monday) was awesome cuz...Rog is working his new amp approach:
A 1985 JCM 800 2x12 50watt on top of the slant Marshall 4x10!
This amp deserves a whole blog in itself as it was revived from the dead by
Quinn Messmer and Roy Blankenship of
Blankenship Amp Repair in North Hollywood. (Roy-We are SO grateful to you making this monster come alive again!) The 2x12 is faced the other way which helps the higher tones mellow before they impale the crowd. This set up is really amazing, considering all the tones Rog is working with - delicate clean and shimmering to GUT-BUCKET CONCRETE SLAB CRUNCH!
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Was that the end of the unorthodox? NO!
T-Bone's mike stand was too short, so Ken had the great idea of placing it on top of my snare stand, which worked out perfectly!
My excitement was building with all these new configurations! As we were waiting for Rog to make final adjustments, T-Bone began to play one of his awesome instant classic bass lines--so I started playing along...next thing is, we're jamming in front of our audience as a sound check! That went so well, we spontaneously did it again towards then end of set,
Tad improvising really cool lyrics and melodies!
This gig was really fun for me, as I'd been practicing new stuff consistently through the week. This made playing our songs even more fun! I'll probably blog about practicing and the gear I use in another post...stay tuned!
Our Set:
Blind
Gargoyle (Prepare Yourself)
Stay in Line (Ken said this got his juices flowing!)
Natcho
Dr. Bandini
Home
Simon Says The Kingpin (Fishbone Cover)
Whipping Boy (My Favorite of the Night)
Piracy
Plant Me
We were then ready to welcome our guests,
Multitude Of Girls and
A Bleeding Sky. MOG rocked it trio style with great energy and showmanship and TONE! Always great to see Andre, Kenny, and Kenny rock out and entertain! A Bleeding Sky ripped holes in the silence with an untethered punk fury -- new drummer Benji was awesome in the saddle-Mike super cool and grooving on bass-Sky being the captain of the ship on guitar and vocals...they took a no holds barred attack! Hopefully, I'll get some more pics to add of these awesome bands in action!
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Peace!
Kerim The Dream
