Dread and friends - the Arthouse - 5/7/'02

[F_Rock]

Thought I'd start something so others can fill in the hazy parts for me. Oh, and the first half that I missed cause I'm always late.
Rocked up (late) just in time for Mustang? to start their classic rock fury. There's definately something I really like about these guys. Rock enough to fuck up and not care, tight enough to impress and fairly solid sound to back it up.
Ran into an ex-pisshead now known as maxi-weak for his excessive water consumption without a drop of alcohol. I hope he had a beer when he got home to dehydrate back to normal levels.
As usual I was there for Dread really, and they were better than ever. A couple of new songs midway through the set proved to be some of their best material yet. Songs off the unreleased 'Grunt EP' were tight, heavy and brutal as ever with the groove we love them for. Room 101, IMO, was probably the weakest song of the set and we all know how rock that song is (if you don't check out the website). This was the problem though - too rock and not enough Doom. With shouts of 'play something slow!' and 'fuckin slow it down!' Dread were back to their great form of slow, groove-laden fuzz doomrock.
Even with the half-stacks Dread's sound is mind-blowing and the new players are fitting in nicely and building in confidence. Roger Moore seems to be sporting a new haircut (possibly trying to lose the nickname) and Paul was a great find pounding the skins.
A trend at the Arthouse of a depleting crowd before the last couple of bands is becoming annoying and confusing. Why would you pay for a show, only to leave before the main act appears and before one can seriously expect to be drunk? I seem to arrive at the Arthouse just as everyone is leaving. (Maybe I just stumbled on the explanation).
Anyway, great bands, great sounds, good smoke and good beer makes for one awesome night. Thanks again Dread and look out for their next show!!

[Writhe]

maybe they accidentally thought they were at the alex lloyd gig, not the dread gig

[maxi-power]

C'mon F_Rock i had been drinking since 12 in the arvo a couple of waters is always good for the hangover the nexted day then you can back up a big night the nexted night did you like my lighting technique on Dread? ;D

[F_Rock]

Not good enough maxi-soft, I backed that night up with a 21st the next and was drinkin on the Sunday again by 3 in the arvo. Funny enough I felt alright on the Monday.

[Adam]

You were both doing better than me. I didn't get much time to start drinking before we started playing, so I had to wait until about 9:45 to really get stuck into it.

Someone was giving away our rider to his girlfriend, which didn't make yours truly too happy, so I was behind right from the get-go. But hit it I did, and by the time Dread were starting I can safely say I was blind. When Jay asked from stage if he was out of tune all I could do was shrug. Fuck they are loud! Love it. So anyway after Dread had successfully sent me deaf for the next couple of days we loaded out, I stumbled into a cab, went home and (apparently) put on some Blood Duster, then passed out, and staggered out of bed at 2:30 the next day.

I agree with the whole leaving early thing. It's pretty demoralising when that sort of thing happens, but it happens alot, and you get used to it. Cog and The Butterfly Effect at the Tote for example. The place was chockers while TBE played, but pretty much empty for Cog. The good thing about that is that those who stayed know exactly what everyone else missed out on (ie. seeing Cog shit all over the Deftone Effect).

Adios

[Clint]

I was at the Cog gig at the Tote with TBE, and whilst a few peeps did leave after TBE, I'd say the joint was at the very least still 3/4 full, the crowd was right to the front of the stage.