I was surprised that the Melvins were not headlining the tour since they have been around much longer than tomahawk and have had more records out. I noticed that they never headline and always seem to be opening up for other bands. Pity.
The Melvins were one nutty band that I was quite happy to see. They are the epitome of all things "grunge", not to mention their shabby outfits. King Buzzo had a long black dress with a slit. Kevin Rutmanis, wore little gay red shorts showing off his hairy legs. Dale Crover had some dress that looked too small for him.
It is refreshing to see bands that don't kiss the butt of mainstream crap we see on MTV. They are a very unique and brave band because they play with no holds barred. Infact some of their songs just sound like noise. But I am happy that they have found an appreciative audience even though regular radio would probably reject them. These are guys that have dignity and class!
Despite their shabby appearances, I think they are a very sexy band for their tunes have a rather sexy flair to it.
Me shakin and grovin' to the Melvins
Kevin R with a mad face while when he jams. It seems he is really into it. But those hairy legs sure look funny.
After the show, I gave Dale C. a tape of some of my comedy sketches hoping that he can play it on the tour bus when bored. I was greedy for as many or any eyes to see my work and figured it wouldn't hurt. However Dale C. gave me some weird expressions of either Amusement or shock/fright the rest of the night when I walked around. I hope they don't recognize me next time I see them. But come to think of it, I think he thought I gave him a porn tape of myself. those perverts..... But then again, I did write "Girl gone wild" on the tape to entice them to watch it. And to make matters worse, I read somewhere that they travel in a little white van not a tour bus. Gosh I feel silly...
Tomahawk
I am not very familiar with Tomahawk, but they sounded ok.
John Stanier beat his drums hard. Kevin Rutmanis kept twirling his hips while he played, with crazed expressions. Duane Denison just stood. However I was a tad disappointed with Mike Patton. It's rumored that he drank his own feces and urine. Sadly, this wasn't done at the show. Since he doesn't play any musical instruments, he could have at least done some sort of amusing acts. His synthesizer thingie kept going out and his lackey kept running to fix it.
We stood near the balcony by the tomahawk reserved table. I didn't know that Mike was sitting there in the middle of us, looking at the bands over the balcony. My friend and I were talking over his head (He is a little man) for some time. I knocked down the reserved tomahawk sign by accident. Eventually he moved away. Then later he came back and humbly squeezed in next to my friend. Humble is nice. Atleast he wasn't rude to us with regard to the havoc we were creating.
He looked like the living dead with very glazed zombie eyes. In the picture, he is slightly hunched standing near friend.
After the show, John was gracious enough to accept a butt sticker advertising my comedy films. I ended up sticking it on his upper back, because it didn't stick on his pants. Plus I didn't feel it was appropriate to touch his butt and didn't want to apply the extra pressure that was needed for it to stick. Not that there was anything wrong with his butt. But I am just not much of a touchy feely kind of girl. I like to go on nice dates before any of this cheap flesh touching begins.
I think he packed my poster in his book bag.
John even brought water bottles for my friend and I. He later offered us Jack Daniels backstage. I was too pooped and told him to drink milk. He seemed so horrified by that suggestion, and patted his stomach while shaking his head vigorously. I poured milk thru an invisible cup and handed it to him. Milk spilt all over my boots. He looked shocked again and poured the milk properly for me. I wish I took a picture of that, cuz he sure looked funny. But then again, I am sure I looked rather silly with milk drooling on my chin. It was around this time that Dale C gave me another weird look. I am sure he hasn't seen that many girls with milk drooling from their mouths...
Melt Banana
This was a special guest. I think they sounded pretty good. That sars guitarist was funny.
