The second day (Jan. 22) of the Short, Fast, and Loud fest was even more brutal than the first. I got in for free on Yosef's plus one so no waiting in line for me. There were a bunch of taco and nacho fixings in the stoar and I ate a lot of rad tacos waiting for bands to start.
The first band up was Population Reduction. They were just kind of OK rather than fucking awesome like all the other bands on the bill that night. They did have a cool moment when Dave from PLF and Athena from Voetsek got on stage and they did a Terrorizer cover.
PLF is the best grind band in the world, that's just the way it is. They were my favorite act of the entire fest.
I never really dug Despise You that much, other than the awesome name, but this show they were on some next level shit. The last few times seemed like they hadn't played together in a long time and it wasn't on the way it was this time. The woman that they usually trot out late in the show to awkwardly do vocals on a few songs was fully in the band and going nuts with rad call and response parts. The whole band seemed way more energized and down to be playing and being on stage together. This picture pretty much captured their set, there was a lot of stagediving.
Capitalist Casualties are more of an iconic band than one that I actually like a lot. I have a few of their records on my ipod and I like the music but they just aren't one of my favorite powerviolence bands despite being a very influential force in that scene. They were better than I've ever seen them at this show. Bands generally seemed really stoked to be playing this fest and bands that I'm not super stoked on blew me away. The place was totally packed when they played and the closest I felt like getting was hanging out in the sound booth, hence the photo.
I made sure to come inside early for FID because I wanted to get up close to check them out. This was the first time they had been to California from Japan and I've been stoked on their music and the video of the set they played the first time they came to North America. Usually when you see a band with a bunch of cute girls in it, you don't really expect much out of them musically because that's kind of a gimmicky way to make a band more popular. FID just fucking tears. I don't like them because of their bone-ability, they just plain are a kickass band. There were a few hip fucks in the crowd that would shout out how adorable they were. Those people were moshed into, hard.
Closing the night was Bastard Noise which was about as different as you could get from the other bands that played while still being in the realm of a powerviolence band. They are more of a slow and noisy band with blistering fast parts. A woman that I see around and always forget what band she is in runs a bunch of sound processors to make crazy ambient noise. I hear that the box and the equipment she uses is the old Man is the Bastard rig, and so is the bass player. He seems like a pretty nutty dude. He kept yelling at Will the sound guy about the feedback his amps were making and insisting that the sound was coming over the p.a. At the end of the set he turned down his master volume before switching off and it went away. He looked kind of sheepish, but still a bit crazy. By the time they finished about half the crowd had left. I looked around and the room was nothing but the older weirdos who were really into this kind of music. All the kids and hipsters had left the building. I wish every show was like that.
The first band up was Population Reduction. They were just kind of OK rather than fucking awesome like all the other bands on the bill that night. They did have a cool moment when Dave from PLF and Athena from Voetsek got on stage and they did a Terrorizer cover.
PLF is the best grind band in the world, that's just the way it is. They were my favorite act of the entire fest.
I never really dug Despise You that much, other than the awesome name, but this show they were on some next level shit. The last few times seemed like they hadn't played together in a long time and it wasn't on the way it was this time. The woman that they usually trot out late in the show to awkwardly do vocals on a few songs was fully in the band and going nuts with rad call and response parts. The whole band seemed way more energized and down to be playing and being on stage together. This picture pretty much captured their set, there was a lot of stagediving.
Capitalist Casualties are more of an iconic band than one that I actually like a lot. I have a few of their records on my ipod and I like the music but they just aren't one of my favorite powerviolence bands despite being a very influential force in that scene. They were better than I've ever seen them at this show. Bands generally seemed really stoked to be playing this fest and bands that I'm not super stoked on blew me away. The place was totally packed when they played and the closest I felt like getting was hanging out in the sound booth, hence the photo.
I made sure to come inside early for FID because I wanted to get up close to check them out. This was the first time they had been to California from Japan and I've been stoked on their music and the video of the set they played the first time they came to North America. Usually when you see a band with a bunch of cute girls in it, you don't really expect much out of them musically because that's kind of a gimmicky way to make a band more popular. FID just fucking tears. I don't like them because of their bone-ability, they just plain are a kickass band. There were a few hip fucks in the crowd that would shout out how adorable they were. Those people were moshed into, hard.
Closing the night was Bastard Noise which was about as different as you could get from the other bands that played while still being in the realm of a powerviolence band. They are more of a slow and noisy band with blistering fast parts. A woman that I see around and always forget what band she is in runs a bunch of sound processors to make crazy ambient noise. I hear that the box and the equipment she uses is the old Man is the Bastard rig, and so is the bass player. He seems like a pretty nutty dude. He kept yelling at Will the sound guy about the feedback his amps were making and insisting that the sound was coming over the p.a. At the end of the set he turned down his master volume before switching off and it went away. He looked kind of sheepish, but still a bit crazy. By the time they finished about half the crowd had left. I looked around and the room was nothing but the older weirdos who were really into this kind of music. All the kids and hipsters had left the building. I wish every show was like that.
For the record, Bastard Noise's drummer is also an original MITB dude. I will now consider myself a "fixture" on your blog.
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