Wednesday, October 17, 2001 :::

songs/albums include anything and everything from 311

damn, what a rockin' concert. an upcoming new band, called "onesidezero," opened up for 311...and were quite impressive. reminded me of Absent a lot, with moody melodies, 3 guitars (!!!)...only they were a good bit tighter than us (which frustrates me). anyway, the singer was awesome...great voice, both singing and screaming...and i know that that sounds like this band is just nu-metal, or whatever, but...they really aren't. very good stuff. my only gripes, really, were the lack of structural diversity in the songs; many sounded very similar. however, this made the unique ones stand out even more. the band is definitely slower, more moody than most new "metal" bands...blah, i HATE describing bands. just LISTEN to them. go on Morpheus and download some shiznit. 2 rad tracks to check out are "Holding Cell" and "Instead Laugh." the website is www.onesidezero.com. lemmie know what you think.

speaking of websites, CHECK OUT THE NEW LOOK OF WWW.ABSENT1.COM !!! Many props and much respect to my good friend john radford. nice work, indeed.

311 was extremely entertaining...played all the hits, and several tracks from their newest release, "From Chaos." GREAT STUFF. Drew and I were rockin' out...bobbin' our heads, jumping, falling off the benches...well, fine, that was only me, but anyway, moving on...the best thing about it all was that i DANCED to this stuff. usually, my physical reactions to the shows i experience consist of head-banging, jumping, etc...and that was all here, too...but i was actually dancing during this one; or trying to, anyway. i just let it all go, didn't care how ridiculous i looked...and shaked my thang. jookin' this way and that...it was great. i think i'll incorporate some of it into my on-stage antics with Absent. back to the show, though...the boys were extremely tight; the solos (drums first, bass later) were AWESOME...the light show was crazy...the "o-dome" filled with bubbles during one song...and confetti was shot into the air during "Beautiful Disaster." Which brings me to the encore. after playing their "last song," which was "Freak Out," they took a break for a little while, and we all screamed for more. Drew and I were sorely disappointed that they didn't perform "Beautiful Disaster," but knew that it HAD to be coming with the encore. Nick and S.A. came back out, and played "I'll Be Here A While" acoustic. it was absolutely wonderful...i love that song. they followed that up with full-band performances of "Beautiful Disaster" (hell yeah, bitch...my inspiration for playing dual guitar solos in Absent) and "Fuck the Bullshit" (!!!). awesome awesome awesome. the whole performance turned out to be much more than i could have hoped for. everyone in o-town: 311 will be performing Thursday night at UCF; if you don't already have tickets, GET THEM, and enjoy a tight, fun-filled show. ROCK.

so, i just downloaded some stuff from OneSideZero...and...unfortunately...i've realized that they were a good bit better live than they are on the recording. However, it's still good stuff...and i still recommend downloading the tracks that i previously mentioned. they do NOT sound like Absent, though. maybe it was just a certain song that i heard them perform live...i dunno. anyway...rock on, and respond afterwards.

"If you have to release bad news to the public, it will help if you are not ugly." -Mitch Hedberg

i'm really sleepy, and have to get up in less than 5 hours...so i think i'll call it a night. or morning. whatever.

but first...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROBERSON!!! THE BIG 18!!! WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD!!! Everyone, respond and let Rob know that you care :)

chizow...

-exhausted

::: posted by AJBrotz at 1:28 AM

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