Last night’s show was so fucking awesome and so much fun that I’ve already uploaded the Ghoul and Mind Of Asian sets, everyone should be able to see this right fucking NOW. This was a total blast, a great night at the Burnt Ramen. Killer bands, friends, and joints, and an energetic crowd not afraid to get a little rowdy on a Sunday night.
Mind Of Asian were here from Tokyo, Japan, and Ghoul are locals who haven’t played around here in the past year, so I knew this show would be nuts.
There’s really no point in my typing anything about it. I’m just gonna get right to the videos and say thanks to everyone that played for putting on a killer show for seven god damned dollars. Its ridiculous.
Set: aw man, I dunno. They had a list that was in japanese…
GHOUL
November 23rd, 2008
Richmond, CA @ Burnt Ramen
Set:
Instrumental
As Your Casket Closes
Mutant Mutilator
Cult Of The Hunter
Roadkill
Splatterthrash
Gutbucket Blues
Maniaxe
Graveyard Mosh
Roadkill
“When there is no more room in hell, the nerds shall mosh the earth!” Hahaha. Also, check out the new Ghoul tune “Roadkill” which they played in their set and again as an encore when people wouldn’t leave without another song. Awesome.
Damn, a whole bunch of people wrote me and asked to upload the Sabertooth Zombie set from the Ceremony/Have Heart/Blacklisted show. I was gonna do it, but I had a few things lined up first. Well, I went ahead and bumped it up and just uploaded it today. So there ya go, enjoy! There playing Gilman again soon and I’ll shoot them again so stay tuned!
I don’t know anything about these guys, this was my first time ever hearing them. But they have a MYSPACE, so head there to hear tunes and go from there.
SABERTOOTH ZOMBIE
November 1st, 2008
Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman St
Set: unknown. If you know, post it and I’ll edit it in.
Here’s the video of the very last Charles Bronson show in Chicago, IL at the Fireside Bowl. Thanks to whoever taped this and traded it to me back then! I wish I could have gone to this. I saw them a few months prior to this at the More Than Music Fest in Ohio and got a flyer for this last show, but there was no chance of getting a car ride together all the way to Chicago. Oh well.
I don’t know a whole lot about Acrid other that they were Canadian and were apparently pissed, judging by the music they created. It was killer shit. Lo fi, buzzy, fast, screamy, all the things I love in hardcore. So this is just a quick upload, I’ll be putting the whole show up. Also on the bill were Charles Bronson, MK Ultra, and Assuck (and it was CB’s last show ever!), all those will be coming up in the next few days.
Well, I am a CONIFER fan. I booked their first show in the Bay area at Balazo Art Gallery in 2004, I drove down with some friends to see them in Los Angeles in 2006 when I couldn’t see them up here, and so of course was eager to see them come through the Bay area for the third time, with a new member, an old member rejoined, a new album, and even newer songs. They had a show that I missed in SF due to me suddenly getting sick a few days prior, I was staying home and cramming OJ and rest before they got here Wednesday. Luckily I woke up Wednesday morning feeling grea, my lungs had been resting for a few days and today was the day to put them back to work!
The Oakland show was a last minute hookup, so thanks to Amanda at Lava Nights for letting Conifer jump on the bill. It was a smaller show then the SF one, but Conifer had only been added the weekend before. Still, it was a decent turnout, and everyone seemed to have fun.
If ya ain’t familiar with the band yet, check out some mp3s and whatnot on their myspace page HERE. They have a new album out called “Crown Fire” on Important Records. Get It!!!!! JAM IT HARD!!!!
So here’s the video of their Stork Club show, shot by Corin and I. Hippy fucking jam band. Grateful Doom. Yikes. And it totally fucking RULED. Smoke hard and enjoy!
CONIFER
November 12th, 2008
Oakland, CA @ The Stork Club
Set:
Untitled Improv
Surface Fire
Greek Meduin Blues
Untitled New Song
Scorps
Cruciform Empennage
ALSO
Here’s an extra video for today, a song from CONIFER’s set at The Mountain Bar in Los Angeles, CA in 2006. This was with a different lineup, Althoff was in the band and they had a different drummer whose name escapes me (I’ll edit it in later). Check them out jamming a very very early version of what eventually became Cruciform Empennage. Fuckin rad.
Today’s post is from a video I recently recieved from my buddy Jay Unidos. There isn’t much info on the show, but it’s from 1987, and came with an interview before the show footage. The interview and show were both shot by Rhonda Beamer, and it’s live in Ohio I believe. I haven’t tracked it out the show yet, so there’s no setlist. If anyone has any more info on this show, please leave a comment and I’ll edit it in.
The mighty Corrupted returned to the U.S. for a west coast tour with Asunder, one of the finer bands out here in the bay area. So fuck yeah we got to see them twice, on the first and last nights of the tour. There are no words to describe how amazing the shows were, well, maybe there are words, but I can’t find any that do the experience justice.
So I have these recordings of both band’s sets at 924 Gilman St in Berkeley, California. They also do not do the experience justice, but it’s damn sure better then me trying to describe it. Asunder did a one song set, cutting it short to make room for Corrupted’s massive two hour set!
Here are both band’s sets from the Gilman show, in 300kb MP3 and in lossless FLAC files.
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ASUNDER
November 11, 2008
924 Gilman St
Berkeley, CA
Amber Asylum is one hell of a mood killer. There aren’t many bands that can actually bring me down, and make me feel sad, but Amber Asylum is one of them. I last saw them three years ago with Jarboe and Ludicra in San Francisco, and it was like a kick in the stomache. I seriosuly felt down. And it was amazing.
So I was excited to see them at this show, especially since Chiyo (Noothgrush / Graves At Sea) and Jackie (Grayceon / Giant Squid) would be returning for a special set. it did not dissappoint, xcept for the fact that their set got cut very short to accommadate Corrupted’s two hour set that night.
Here’s the audio recording from the show. It’s unmastered, so you’ll have to turn them up a bit, but they are presented here as both MP3s and as lossless FLAC files. So download and “enjoy”.
SOURCE (AUD#1a)
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Sony ECM-MS907 -> M Audio Microtrack
NOTES
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*Chiyo (Noothgrush, Graves At Sea) played drums at this show, and Jackie (Grayceon, Giant Squid) played with the band again for the final 2 songs of the set.
*The set was cut early for Corrupted’s 2 hour set!
Today’s offering is a live recording of STORMCROW, opening for Amber Asylum, Asunder, & Corrupted at 924 Gilman St in Berkeley, CA. This captures them fresh off their 3 week “Last Half Path” tour with their new guitar player who’s name I don’t know yet. Steve couldn’t make it on the tour, and so Clint from Acts Of Sedition and Orb Of Confusion filled in on drums, and he played the final song at this show.
If you aren’t familiar with Stormcrow, you can check out some mp3s and their myspace page below
But for those that want a bit more Stormy, here’s their live set in both MP3 and in lossless FLAC files. These aren’t pro recordings, and are unmastered, so you’ll have to turn the volume up a bit, but otherwise this came out pretty good for a single mic placed in the loft.
Well I just got my ass handed to me by CORRUPTED last night, so I have to go the other direction now and stick up something fast and ridiculous. So here’s another HUMAN REMAINS video. Pictures from this show wound up in the “Using Sickness As A Hero” CD on Relapse Records.
I didn’t shoot this, just something I got from trade a bunch of years ago. The audio gets a bit mangled during “Chewed Up & Spit Out”, its just got some dropouts. Everything is fine before an after the song.
So jam this, these guys were way ahead of their time, writing some real innovative death metal, especially for the time! DO IT!!!!
MIND OF ASIAN & GHOUL
