Brooklyn, NY

[utopiablood]

oh so rocked.  so good.  "my generation," 'asleep but awake,' so good.  100%!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesomeness 2 Jared, Captain of Niagra Falls!!!!!  Double drums is so thumbs up.  YHCRANA SI EVOL!

[Vcavallo]

Just got home from the Brooklyn show.

What a shit-fest. MELVINS were completely amazing as usual, but the crowd was fuching herrendous. Everywhere I looked there were hipster asshole phonies and they were skanking around or some crap.. I don't even know. Over-the-top scene whore girls arm-dancing, guys with handle-bar moustaches and ironic t-shirts giggling and jiggling, trying some new thing they just learned about -mush? marsh? morsh? Oh yes, Moshing! Yea dude I'm a real bad ass I have tattos and black pants and drink pbr and listen metal. Blonde redhead gets pretty heavy, Tyler, don't you think so?
I'm sorry to rant, but I have a very special affinity for the MELVINS and it's an affair going on a decade now. I don't like seeing douchebag whitey getting all excited when buzz starts a nude with boots song they just heard on their friend's iPod. It really bugged me. Now, be certain, I am extremely happy for buzz and dale that they are acquiring a new fanbase and making money, but I don't need to SEE it!
What happened to the days when the crowd was full of weirdos and older folks and those two girls on the corner with dyed hair? Maybe it's a Brooklyn thing? Perhaps in other parts of the country it's better - Brooklyn IS the epicenter of hipsterdom... Like I said, I'm sorry to rant, but I gotta get this out there. (I even sacrificed my holy pit-etiquette and started kicking lame motherfuckers in the legs! Sorry). Ok fine I'm an asshole and no better than anyone else, but I still don't like these phony dildos.

Anyway, tipping the lion was sick, eyeflys made me so nostalgic for my first show I almost cried, honeybucket was the most evil I've ever seen buzz, and boris rocked harder than all the rest combined (AND confounded the wannabe douchebags). The new stuff translated great live (but the hipsters....well, you get it), the (a)sa stuff was fun as usual, the star-spangled banner was awesome and made me remember that the melvins have a great sense of humor (though i know they were completely serious in their patriotism - which made it better) and the drumming in between everything was stellar and tribal and FUCK dale is good. Two best drummers in rock side by side...wow).
It's true, these guys only get better every year.

My favortie quote from some hipster chip wearing a "distressed" mot

[Windshield]

Williamsburg is hipster central, get over it.

Popeye > Jared

[danimal]

there should be someone to approve what melvins fans are allowed to go to shows.

[ZAPPAJOE]

Did you finish transcribing that interview yet ?

[Brooklyns Finest PoonTang]

What Vinney said.

The band was tighter than I had ever seen them in this configuration & sounded great. I thought Porn was fantastic as well. Seeing Dale drum on his own & then with Coady was great. Coady is a fuckin MADMAN. I hate to sound like an old man, but that crowd & their immature behavior wore me down.

And I was pissed that they were asking 100 bucks for that fucking CD that I don't need anyway.

Peaks & valleys, man.

[___-----_____------_____]

thanks for dropping the review there Vin.
It sucks that you were so side-tracked by the crowd - I'm usually oblivious until I start getting shoved.
hope all is good.

[Idlehanz]

Everyone in Eugene must have gone to Brooklyn for the evening.

[irezumi]

Chip (sometimes also known as Chet) and Becky exist everywhere. Just higher concentrations in certain areas.



Standard uniform tees: Ed Hardy and Affliction.

[danimal]

why does everyone care so much about who went to the show?  i mean, yeah, there were a lot of d-bags, but to you go to a show to watch a band or to hang w/500 cool people?

[irezumi]

why does everyone care so much about who went to the show?  i mean, yeah, there were a lot of d-bags, but to you go to a show to watch a band or to hang w/500 cool people?

I go just to stage dive, throw elbows, and do the lawnmower.

[Brooklyns Finest PoonTang]

why does everyone care so much about who went to the show?  i mean, yeah, there were a lot of d-bags, but to you go to a show to watch a band or to hang w/500 cool people?

You have a great point, but last night the experience was similar to trying to read a really good book on the subway when a mariachi band is playing right next to you. It's possible to enjoy the book, but you have to concentrate 10x more than usual to do so.

[norecess]

i mean, yeah, there were a lot of d-bags, but to you go to a show to watch a band or to hang w/500 cool people?

Well, think of it this way: you visit this board to read all the cool posts and yet you couldn't help to stumble upon this rather useless post as well, it's inevitable.

[bUTTHOLEmAN]

I just found an email of what was roughly said on the interview that didnt happen.. I should post it.

[Vcavallo]

I just found an email of what was roughly said on the interview that didnt happen.. I should post it.

eh?
MY interview that didn't happen?  Or someone else's? 

post it if it's mine.