Last night, we opened for Sons of Poseidon at the Garage Bar in Moorhead. For those of you who aren't familiar with the Garage Bar; it was formerly Pistol Pete's, then some dance-type place that got closed down approximately 17 minutes after it opened, then empty for a couple of years, and now "The Garage". It has had quite a bit of work done inside. The stage was rebuilt, a good-sized PA and excellent lighting rig were installed, the bathrooms were remodeled, and I think the bar on the lower level is new (I could be wrong on that). It's a really nice place.
We played a slightly abbreviated set, which consisted of the new tunes "Awake", "Defiance", "In the Wake of Fear", "Another Life", "Waste Away"; the 7th Seal songs "Genocide" and "Spitting Lies"; and a cover of "Children of the Sea". Overall, it went pretty well. People seem to be getting more familiar with the newest material, much of which hasn't been properly recorded at all, so that's good. It's time for us to get a few more things demoed and available for people to hear, as well as getting a second set of material finished.
Wings of the Fallen played well. I'm not very familiar with their material since I had only seen them once before, several months ago. That said, I remembered at least a couple of their tunes from having heard them once, so they must be doing something right. Nice guys, good players.
SOP was SOP. Sure, they gave the disclaimer that they really hadn't rehearsed, but any errors weren't evident to me in the crowd. The songs sounded really tight. As I mentioned in the previous entry, 7th Seal (which consisted of Troy, Dave, me, and a couple of drummers) played with SOP a lot in the 2005-2006 time frame. We always had fun opening for them. In fact, I think that some of the most fun I've had playing music was opening for SOP. Great players, and a great group of guys.
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