Good Stuff in SF
I am in 9th grade, and some friends came over to spend the night at my house because my mom ordered the newest MTV channel on cable. The channel was called MtvX and it was all rock videos; MTV2 but nothing but rock music videos for 24 hours a day. One of the first videos we saw was a claymation video directed by a guy named American McGee. Someone all of my nerd friends and I knew to have designed levels for the original Doom games.
Needless to say the song was amazing. It was “Same Ol’ Road” by the band Dredg and it kick started a long love affair with the band. Then, when I was 18 and coming to camp Zac told me that during one of the weeks at this particular year we were all going to go see Dredg and get to meet them. That was an amazing camp experience and somewhere we have video footage of how awesome it was.
Last night Vince (also of TCS fame) and I went to see Dredg here in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall. After sweating through the opening bands (one of which was absolutely amazing: Judgement Day) our senses were treated to an unimaginable cornucopia. The show was absolutely amazing. They opened with “Same Ol’ Road” which got me super pumped; and I ended up being that jerk who pushes people closer to the front. Despite releasing a new album just a few days ago, the band played mostly songs from the previous two albums. Including my other favorite “The Canyon Behind Her.” To top all things off the cellist and violinist from Judgement Day played a couple of songs with the band and did a short jam with them.
So the show was amazing, and I am glad I spent all of my lunch money on the ticket. They still have a few dates on their tour so everyone should try to check them out. Granted, it wouldn’t be as good as last night because the SF show was their home show, jerks!
Check out this video of them from last night, and stop by their myspace for more music.
- larry (email that fool)
Tags: live shows, vince
