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Thinking about going to the Victoria show.I haven't seen these fellas in years.
Coming back Nov. 9!
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Helluva good show last night I'm glad I was able to find people to go. They kick a lot of ass. Just as energetic as the show at Distrikt a few years ago. Definitely worth the effort of going and taking a day off work afterwards.
Everyone was right - While I'm not a big fan of theirs (just never listen), their show on Friday was super duper good, and their fans are huge rockers... despite their advanced age (i.e. middle aged aka around my age ). Full on mosh pit at the Commodore for a good deal of the show. It was pretty hilarious to see the Commodore security guards freaking out every time someone crowd surfed - they didn't seem particularly prepared for such behaviour.
Interesting opener. The band was called something like Snake and the Chain... and to my surprise, it is lead by Bif Naked. She is one helluva a veteran performer who is quite beloved in Vancouver, so that was a nice surprise!
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With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Everyone was right - While I'm not a big fan of theirs (just never listen), their show on Friday was super duper good, and their fans are huge rockers... despite their advanced age (i.e. middle aged aka around my age ). Full on mosh pit at the Commodore for a good deal of the show. It was pretty hilarious to see the Commodore security guards freaking out every time someone crowd surfed - they didn't seem particularly prepared for such behaviour.
Interesting opener. The band was called something like Snake and the Chain... and to my surprise, it is lead by Bif Naked. She is one helluva a veteran performer who is quite beloved in Vancouver, so that was a nice surprise!
my buddy was at that show. he said bif didn't have a drummer. was there a reason? like they were supposed to have a drummer but didn't show or something? or was there supposed to be no drummer?
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Everyone was right - While I'm not a big fan of theirs (just never listen), their show on Friday was super duper good, and their fans are huge rockers... despite their advanced age (i.e. middle aged aka around my age ). Full on mosh pit at the Commodore for a good deal of the show. It was pretty hilarious to see the Commodore security guards freaking out every time someone crowd surfed - they didn't seem particularly prepared for such behaviour.
Interesting opener. The band was called something like Snake and the Chain... and to my surprise, it is lead by Bif Naked. She is one helluva a veteran performer who is quite beloved in Vancouver, so that was a nice surprise!
my buddy was at that show. he said bif didn't have a drummer. was there a reason? like they were supposed to have a drummer but didn't show or something? or was there supposed to be no drummer?
Good question! I wondered wtf they were thinking and mentioned it to my friend. I actually found it distracting as well as weird that they didn't have a drummer. They used a machine instead and it sounded like shit. No clue if they normally have one or not.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
Bif Naked and her Snake and the Chain band SUCKED HARD. people were leaving the concert area in droves halfway through her set. the sound was horrible, but so was the music. Blech.
Headstones KILLED both nights.
Night 1: I post on twitter that I'm hoping to finally snag the ever-elusive stage-used harmonica. In 96, it bounced off the hand of my buddy in front of me. it was headed straight to me. last year, he tossed it on the stage and the chick right next to me grabbed it.
A bust.
Night 2: Hugh looked straight at me, tosses it right into my hands during Captain of the Shit Outta Luck (so there's tape on it that says "SHIT").
Been waiting 20 fucking years for that.
I met the newest guitarist at both shows (Rickferd Van Dyck). He wandered into the lobby area before the show at night 1. I went right up to him "Rickferd? what are you doing here?". He says "no one knows who the fuck I am, which is how I like it, so I'm just getting a feel for the crowd". super personable guy, willing to take a selfie with me, etc. I guess I'm the only weirdo that knows all the members of the band. LOL He walks by me again after the show and get another pic with me and my buddy. I ask him where Hugh is and he says "I don't fucking know!".
Night 2 I'm leaving, and I notice him in one of the casino bars.I walk in and say hello again. I ask him who the drummer is, as it didn't look at all like the drummer they hired the previous year (Lyle). He says "Lyle? FUCK THAT GUY". No idea what he did. I didn't want to ask. Then he says "plus Jesse (new drummer) is a solid drummer and a great guy, plus he looks like dimebag darrell". I laughed and said "I asked on Twitter after night 1 who the drummer was that looked like Dimebag". He says to me " don't post that shit! Hugh will fucking freak out!".
I thought that was odd.
So then I asked him about Dale, the original drummer, that all of a sudden "quit" the band two years ago. It seemed odd to me, since after that, he was never mentioned, no interview questions about him, etc. Just kind of swept under the rug. He says "I don't know about Dale, none of my business, all I know is I was in a side project with him years ago and I had to fire him". interesting. didn't ask why, but interesting.
from what I've heard from various people, is that Hugh isn't exactly the easiest guy to work with. I asked the original members that when I met them in Brandon after the show (Hugh bolted after the show, the other 3 stayed and hung out with the crowd), and all of them kind of hummed and hawed and kind of avoided the question. Trent (guitarist from day 1) said to me "let's just say he makes things interesting....he's pretty intense". buddy of mine worked on a tv show with him. He said he liked him, and you got along with him great as long as you knew what you were doing, but if you fucked up, he'd take your fucking head off. Eesh.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
haha the show here was the same.... Bif Naked and her new band were really really bad..... no energy.. they didn't even have a dummer.
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
Saw them on a Monday night in Kamloops and they kicked ass, met the Rikford dude after the show and had a beer, super dude, has licenced Metalica cover band, Sandman.
Bifs band was falling apart before the first show, they played the set with a backing track which is shit.
haha the show here was the same.... Bif Naked and her new band were really really bad..... no energy.. they didn't even have a dummer.
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
sold out two shows of 1400 people each night. they are more popular now than they ever have been. at least in my neck of the woods.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
haha the show here was the same.... Bif Naked and her new band were really really bad..... no energy.. they didn't even have a dummer.
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
At my show Bif Naked was pretty okay and had energy... I think the fact that they had no drummer wouldn't have been quite as much a distraction if they hadn't played their whole set right in front of the Headstone's empty drum kit. They should have moved that back and covered it or something, lol. But seriously, why no drummer? She could find a good one in Vancouver who wants to play with her in about 3 minutes.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
haha the show here was the same.... Bif Naked and her new band were really really bad..... no energy.. they didn't even have a dummer.
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
sold out two shows of 1400 people each night. they are more popular now than they ever have been. at least in my neck of the woods.
Same here, they always play our bigger bars which hold around 600 people. Always sell out. Didn't realize they weren't playing bars in other areas. I'll revise my statement. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play smaller venues. That's alot of energy to pack into a smaller venue
You've got Our Lady Peace / Matt good charging twice as much to play small arena's, and the headstones play bars and smaller venues. It's not right
haha the show here was the same.... Bif Naked and her new band were really really bad..... no energy.. they didn't even have a dummer.
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
sold out two shows of 1400 people each night. they are more popular now than they ever have been. at least in my neck of the woods.
Same here, they always play our bigger bars which hold around 600 people. Always sell out. Didn't realize they weren't playing bars in other areas. I'll revise my statement. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play smaller venues. That's alot of energy to pack into a smaller venue
You've got Our Lady Peace / Matt good charging twice as much to play small arena's, and the headstones play bars and smaller venues. It's not right
Yeah, but I bet the double bill that Headstones and Big Wreck played on Halloween were higher than the average ticket price. Double headliners = more money!
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Picture of Health 25th Anniversary reissue and tour (playing the album front to back) this fall. VIP packages also available. Two Winnipeg shows and meet and greet and soundcheck at one of them. I'm finally going to meet my namesake!
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
Brian Johnson of ACDC recorded a congratulatory video to the band on 25 years of music. Had no idea Headstones would even be on his radar. Who knows, maybe they paid for the spot! LOL
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I've been bugging Hugh Dillon for (among many other things) a live record. He mentioned at a show a few years back during one of their songs "this will be track 3 on the live record" which never came out and then at the Kingston show a couple years back he said "we're recording this show for posterity" and I asked him about it and he said he'd do his best to get me a copy. that was 7 years ago.
Now I hear a radio interview with him recently where he says he hates live records and dvd's.
first: I've known for a long time that the self-professed "no bullshit 100% authentic punk rocker" is usually full of shit, on stage and in interviews; he often repeates the same old tired lines, telling the interviewer/audience what a special relationship (insert city) has always had to the band, etc. it's easy to pick this out going to several shows in different cities over the years. it's one thing that has bugged me about one of my favourite front men of all time. it's obviously 70% performance/audience placation and 30% real. which is fine, it's still intense and a great rock show.
second: for a band that so heavily relies on their live shows to keep/gain an audience, why the fuck wouldn't they want a live record that their fans obviously want? they are tight live, so there's no issue there. he acknowledged the contradiction that he thinks the live show is the best place to see a band, but at the same time he hates live records and loves the recorded song, but I still don't get it. if you are confident in your live performance, and it might even get you a bigger audience (people hearing how awesome the live show is and will want to go), what is the downside?
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
that's actually exactly what he said, that he prefers to be able to hear each crisp, clear note on the record, I'm guessing rather than a possibly muddied up sound of 5 instruments and the crowd not mixed properly. but that isn't the point of the live record for me. I hate bands who play the same as the record, which is why I never went to see the Eagles. Everyone says "it sounds exactly like the record". my response is "ok, then I guess I just saved myself $300". Headstones do amazing tags during Oh My God, including New Orleans is Sinking, House of The Rising Sun, Low Rider, Takin' Care of Business, Pink Floyd's Time, and their own Swingin'. it usually clocks in at close to 8 minutes live. it's fucking epic and I look forward to it every show. obviously not everyone wants to hear that, but I don't personally get that.
I guess I don't get why, when you try so hard to make your fans happy with his "this is our favourite town!" nonsense, why deny them this just because he doesn't like live records?
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
I know people who hate live albums, and it seems that their reasoning is completely based on a desire to just have a really nice, sharp, clean and fully produced recording without all the crowd noise and stuff, which I actually do understand. That is the sound that most people grew up on and are used to, what they always heard on the radio all their lives, and it does generally hit the ear more "gently" ... a live recording can sound kind of messy to them. But obviously they don't understand (or care about) what they're missing while they're avoiding that part, such as the extended jams, all the covers and shit, the improvs, and every other bit of creativity that only happens during live shows. I'm not saying High Dillon doesn't know what's he's missing though. Obviously he does. But I wonder if he doesn't like live albums for the exact same reasons anyhow.
that's actually exactly what he said, that he prefers to be able to hear each crisp, clear note on the record, I'm guessing rather than a possibly muddied up sound of 5 instruments and the crowd not mixed properly. but that isn't the point of the live record for me. I hate bands who play the same as the record, which is why I never went to see the Eagles. Everyone says "it sounds exactly like the record". my response is "ok, then I guess I just saved myself $300". Headstones do amazing tags during Oh My God, including New Orleans is Sinking, House of The Rising Sun, Low Rider, Takin' Care of Business, Pink Floyd's Time, and their own Swingin'. it usually clocks in at close to 8 minutes live. it's fucking epic and I look forward to it every show. obviously not everyone wants to hear that, but I don't personally get that.
I guess I don't get why, when you try so hard to make your fans happy with his "this is our favourite town!" nonsense, why deny them this just because he doesn't like live records?
Yeah, that's why I like live shows too. It's all the unexpected shit that makes a show great. I have no interest in seeing a band that doesn't get creative on stage.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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I think HFD needs to start up a tribute band. Maybe call yourselves The Hughstones.
"A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts."
I think HFD needs to start up a tribute band. Maybe call yourselves The Hughstones.
funny I said this exact same thing on Twitter the other day, since the band won't be touring for another 2 years after this. I will go through withdrawal. I suggested The Hardstones. My old band, called the Dime Sized Drops (after one of their song titles) used to play some Headstones tunes. They were the favourite band of 3 of the 4 of us. The other one was the drummer, so it didn't matter.
"Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk" -EV 8/14/93
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Gonna go... but am going to hate work the next day. I'll have to keep myself in check.
I did it! Having a night cap before nodding off.
Good show. I forgot how 'punk' they are. They play their music fast (outside of the deliberately slower tunes).
They play their asses off.
Interesting opener. The band was called something like Snake and the Chain... and to my surprise, it is lead by Bif Naked. She is one helluva a veteran performer who is quite beloved in Vancouver, so that was a nice surprise!
-EV 8/14/93
Headstones KILLED both nights.
Night 1: I post on twitter that I'm hoping to finally snag the ever-elusive stage-used harmonica. In 96, it bounced off the hand of my buddy in front of me. it was headed straight to me. last year, he tossed it on the stage and the chick right next to me grabbed it.
A bust.
Night 2: Hugh looked straight at me, tosses it right into my hands during Captain of the Shit Outta Luck (so there's tape on it that says "SHIT").
Been waiting 20 fucking years for that.
I met the newest guitarist at both shows (Rickferd Van Dyck). He wandered into the lobby area before the show at night 1. I went right up to him "Rickferd? what are you doing here?". He says "no one knows who the fuck I am, which is how I like it, so I'm just getting a feel for the crowd". super personable guy, willing to take a selfie with me, etc. I guess I'm the only weirdo that knows all the members of the band. LOL He walks by me again after the show and get another pic with me and my buddy. I ask him where Hugh is and he says "I don't fucking know!".
Night 2 I'm leaving, and I notice him in one of the casino bars.I walk in and say hello again. I ask him who the drummer is, as it didn't look at all like the drummer they hired the previous year (Lyle). He says "Lyle? FUCK THAT GUY". No idea what he did. I didn't want to ask. Then he says "plus Jesse (new drummer) is a solid drummer and a great guy, plus he looks like dimebag darrell". I laughed and said "I asked on Twitter after night 1 who the drummer was that looked like Dimebag". He says to me " don't post that shit! Hugh will fucking freak out!".
I thought that was odd.
So then I asked him about Dale, the original drummer, that all of a sudden "quit" the band two years ago. It seemed odd to me, since after that, he was never mentioned, no interview questions about him, etc. Just kind of swept under the rug. He says "I don't know about Dale, none of my business, all I know is I was in a side project with him years ago and I had to fire him". interesting. didn't ask why, but interesting.
from what I've heard from various people, is that Hugh isn't exactly the easiest guy to work with. I asked the original members that when I met them in Brandon after the show (Hugh bolted after the show, the other 3 stayed and hung out with the crowd), and all of them kind of hummed and hawed and kind of avoided the question. Trent (guitarist from day 1) said to me "let's just say he makes things interesting....he's pretty intense". buddy of mine worked on a tv show with him. He said he liked him, and you got along with him great as long as you knew what you were doing, but if you fucked up, he'd take your fucking head off. Eesh.
-EV 8/14/93
Headstones owned the night though. I do my best not to miss Headstones shows. There one of Canada's best live bands but only popular enough to play bars. That's alot of energy to pack into a bar...
Bifs band was falling apart before the first show, they played the set with a backing track which is shit.
-EV 8/14/93
You've got Our Lady Peace / Matt good charging twice as much to play small arena's, and the headstones play bars and smaller venues. It's not right
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Now I hear a radio interview with him recently where he says he hates live records and dvd's.
first: I've known for a long time that the self-professed "no bullshit 100% authentic punk rocker" is usually full of shit, on stage and in interviews; he often repeates the same old tired lines, telling the interviewer/audience what a special relationship (insert city) has always had to the band, etc. it's easy to pick this out going to several shows in different cities over the years. it's one thing that has bugged me about one of my favourite front men of all time. it's obviously 70% performance/audience placation and 30% real. which is fine, it's still intense and a great rock show.
second: for a band that so heavily relies on their live shows to keep/gain an audience, why the fuck wouldn't they want a live record that their fans obviously want? they are tight live, so there's no issue there. he acknowledged the contradiction that he thinks the live show is the best place to see a band, but at the same time he hates live records and loves the recorded song, but I still don't get it. if you are confident in your live performance, and it might even get you a bigger audience (people hearing how awesome the live show is and will want to go), what is the downside?
-EV 8/14/93
I guess I don't get why, when you try so hard to make your fans happy with his "this is our favourite town!" nonsense, why deny them this just because he doesn't like live records?
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