Ikonoklast and MSI

(Deadjournal entry: May. 8th, 2005, 02:00 pm) This was a very long day for me: And it all started at 4 in the morning. Got up for work, then got off at like 2. I get home at about 2:40, and I keep getting calls from Fred saying that I need to be at the Marquee by 4. So I took a shower, ate some food, and got some cash before I tore ass down to the Marquee before 3:45. I made good time. When I got there, the bus for MSI was already unloaded and the techs were setting shit up. We found that we were gonna get up after the band that was with MSI. So we all got comfortable and waited for some time to pass. So we met and conversated with MSI's tour manager about what it's like being on the road, how she got started, about the rules of the backstage area, and (if she likes us) maybe catching up with her again sometime. Then I took my seat, waiting for when we get to do our sound check and I look over and Kitty walks in! She's a beautiful woman, lol. I know it's in my head, but I swear man, she kept checking me out... But later on Jimmy walks in and i'm all like "SUP!", he said something along the lines of 'walloby.' I just kinda smiled as he walked up to the front of the stage for sound check. Later on while I was chilling in the dressing room, Sean and Fred were having at chat with some MSI types about nothing. And I learned that LynZ is a very nice person. When MSI started their sound check they rolled some track for Tornado, one of they're new songs, and 1989... I don't remember what else they checked on, but we hung out while they did their thing. Once we got up for our sound check it was already like 6. So we got our shit rolling, checked our sound, and I came across a small problem. The earbud things I usually use so I can headbang and go crazy didn't have enough insulation for me to hear only track, so I had to resourt to those monstrous DJ style ones. But we ammended and we all had some free beer, and smokes. On the way out the door, I heard people screaming at us that knew who we were, and 'MONKEY!' was something I heard alot that night. I got pretty nervous by this point so I sucked down a couple cloves as I watched person after person with an Ikonoklast shirt, or a MKIO shirt, or just someone I had seen somewhere else. A couple beers, and 5 cloves later, it's showtime and the lights go off. As we were walking out on the stage the screaming got louder, and I flashed back to the Slipknot DVD of when THEY walked out to a big crowd. I climbed behind the set, took off my shirt and beanie, threw my set on, and played the 'We're about to play' beat. Some small blast beats, a few cymbals, tom roll down. And Jonah said his opening word, then came the track for "The Suffering". Most details are a blur from this point on, but I remember a few things: - I threw my arms up during a break in a song, and I got the response I wanted - Jonah was jumping at the crowd having them scream parts - We were getting smokes thrown at us, Ryan tried to smoke one while he was playing - Fred went fucking INSANE! - Fred had some good manipulation of the track, cuz he was running the show - I started a pit with a simple had gesture - The panties Sean and Ryan thought were thrown by a dude, weren't. DAMNIT! - I got some Mardi Gras beads thrown at my set. - Everyone was there! After we played we broke everything down out back, went back stage, got loaded, socialized, and saw MSI side stage. I even gave Jimmy a slap ass before he rode out on his pony. We were talking with the other band, Bad Acid Trip for a while, so we may get back in contact with those guys. I'm tired of typing, too many damn distractions. But the MSI and Ikonoklast show was the best show i've ever played. They keep getting better!

Bands

311, A Perfect Circle, Alice In Chains, Aphex Twin, Benny Benassi, Black Dahlia Murder, Blotted Science, Cannibal Corpse, Chevelle, Chimaira, C.K.Y., Coal Chamber, Coheed and Cambria, Cradle of Filth, Crotchduster, Darwin's Waiting Room, Dave Matthews Band, Days of the New, Dead Kennedy's, Death, Depeche Mode, Dethklok, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dir en Grey, Dope, Dragonforce, Dream Theater, Dredg, Electric Six, Element A440, Eminem, Evanescence, Extol, Fantômas, Faxed Head, Fear Factory, Flight of the Conchords, Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Freezepop, Gnarls Barkley, Green Day, Guns n' Roses, Hella, HIM, Imogen Heap, Incubus, Justin Timberlake, Kaada, Killswitch Engage, KMFDM, Korn, Lamb of God, Linkin Park, Liquid Tension Experiment, Locust Toybox, Lovage, Macabre, Mankind is Obsolete, Marilyn Manson, Maroon 5, Melt Banana, Meshuggah, Metallica, Mindless Self Indulgence, Mr. Bungle, Mr. Oizo, Mudvayne, Muse, Mutemath, My Chemical Romance, Necrophagist, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Nobuo Uematsu, OhGr, Orgy, Pantera, Poison the Well, Portishead, Primus, Prodigy, Psycroptic, Puscifer, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against, Scorpions, Sepultura, Sevendust, Sikth, Silverchair, Slipknot, Social Distortion, Soilwork, Soulfly, Soundgarden, Spastic Ink, Sponge, Staind, Static - X, Stone Sour, Stone Temple Pilots, Storm Troopers of Death, Sublime, System of a Down, Taproot, Team Sleep, The Advantage, The Dwarves, The Left Rights, The Mars Volta, Tiger Army, Tomahawk, Tool, Tori Amos, Transplants, Trivium, Ween, Weezer, Wham!

My old Myspace Bio.

I've been drumming for a marginally large portion of my life, but I don't count anything pre-high school. I got 4 years of marching band, jazz band, and concert band out of high school, didn't learn much else. I'm also very much into digital programming of music (Propellerhead's Reason), as well as guitar and vocalization. I've been on stage with Dying Slow, Farefis, Monsoon Alley, Ikonoklast, Reburn and the Skidmarks, London Metal Exchange, and Malnurture. I've shared the stage with so many more awesome musicians.

I have a beautiful lady at my side to experience all the awesome things that come my way, and to comfort me when some are less than great. I have a small group of very close friends that I have been through so many fights, parties, hard times, and good times with, that we're almost inseperable at times. As well as very good friends that i've just clicked so well with that they feel like family, just like the others. You could almost call us a "clan."

I'm obsessed with video games: Arcade, console, and computer alike. I've been playing video games almost as long as I've been hitting drums. I'm all about Final Fantasy games (1-7), the Legends on the Game Boy, Halo 3, and Diablo 2. I roll on XBOX Live as oldschoolmonk, so look me up.

I'm sick. My ideals and my acceptance to the world around me has left me cynical, jaded, stubborn, and I exibit lots of anti-social and sociopathic tendencies. I have an inability to take in and handle some elements of my reality. Most people I know don't know, so no harm no foul.

I have weird quirks, like a list. Lol. Give me messages if you wanna know them.