Friday, June 6, 2008

Screaming Pope


Ohhkay.


So, Foundation played Sector 7 G last night in Augusta, Ga. The only good thing I can remember about Augusta is the time Outbreak and Instilled played this spotcalled The Carpri or something like that. I think its a safe guess to say 4 or 5 cars plus the Instilled van drove down for that show. Since then, i've caught Blacklisted, my old band Cold Stare played there and maybe one other show. All terrible turnouts with a big dose of awkwardness. Speaking of dose, the final mosh is tommorow at The Treehouse in Lawrenceville. Overdose will be playing one last time. Getting back to the show, so we played with a bunch of bands including; No Turning Back, Wake Up Call, I Rise, Election Day, Like Wolves, and Where it Ends. It seemed like the show was never going to end, but we managed to make it home before 3am. Shows like that really make you appreciate your current geographical location. Atlanta is bad, but Augusta is worse. A band made a comment about us last night, stating something to the tune of(not completely accurate); "Foundation is one of the few bands in hardcore that I think really do something for hardcore." I'm not making an issue out of that but, things like that can be somewhat overwhelming for me, considering we haven't accomplished that much? I sometimes get the feeling that our music might be going in different directions from a majority of bands, but that was always my goal in the first place. I always had the mentality of, there should only people one current band that sounds a certain way. There should only be one Blacklisted. There should only be one Bane. There should only be one Rise and Fall. There should only be one Verse. All fairly recent bands in the grand scheme of things. One at a time.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Gilmour and Hiwatt



Ahhhhh, the Hiwatt DG 103 Custom. Dave Gilmour and Hiwatt got together and decided to tease every tube nerd in site. With a price tag pushing 3 grand, its no wonder Musician's Friend keeps dropping the price on this artillery. Hand wired amps will always be my first vote for anyone with money not being an object.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Back From Paint It Blacklisted Weekend


While down in Florida this weekend, hardcore legends Absolution played a show in Miami. Despite the fact that I wasnt in attendance, here is a picture from the gig. For those who have heard Absolution before, I strongly recommend that you check them out. The original lineup consisted of the skeleton that would later go on to such acts including:Burn, Quicksand, Die 116, and many other various projects. To the left of you is the hardcore riff textbook, Gavin van Vlack.
In other news, the weekend with New Mexican Disaster Squad, Blacklisted and Paint it Black was truly amazing. Within minutes of meeting the dudes in Paint it Black for the first time their was an instant comraderie amongst the bands. Blacklisted, as always were fun to hang out with and very greatful to be borrowing our equipment 3 nights in a row. Everyone played great every night even in the most strange situations. (ie Jacksonville FL.) In August we will be back in Florida on the Forfeit tour. Pictures from gigs and hang outs coming soon.