This is why I do it. Ive been waiting 15 years for a show like tonights. I dont remember where I saw Dysphoria the first time, Ive seen them dozens of times. But it was probably in Lansdale. The first band I started here in PA, Hate Burns Cold, was heavily influenced by Dysphoria. I was a drummer then, watching Chris Spear play such heavy music with amazing groove and feel was always a treat for me. Watching Todd Cramer fly around the stage like a coked-up muppet, or seeing Neil and Jud glare menacingly as if every note hurt to play, and hearing Kevs growling bass as it thundered through the songs like that oddly spherical boulder that chased Indiana Jones as he fled the cave in the beginning of Raiders... and still seeing them active (minus Jud but with a new guy) all these years later... and having the privilege to play with them as well- that makes it one of the best shows Ive ever played. The rest of the bands were great too. CDC sent the crowd into a fit. Benchpress released a CD and ripped through some good thrashy hardcore. No Friends were heavier than a train plummeting into a gorge, and Inhale set the bar pretty high with their opening set. There was a good crowd too, not sure how many but more than 100. We performed well, high energy, a little sloppy but there was so much echo in the roon you could barely tell. I was a little worried that since we arent really a mosh band that people would not be as into us but they were. A lot of people watched and we held their attention. Im beyond amazed at that, and humbled as well. This was the show Ive been waiting for all these years, to play a show like the ones I used to go to and tell people excitedly about. A handful of bands in a rented room making a racket, with good times for all abounding. A symbiotic relationship between a band and an audience where they act as one entity, not as separate and unequal parts. To play honestly for the sheer joy of sharing the music. There is nothing that makes me more high on life. Im really just overwhelmed and blown away. Tonight will go down as a show I will tell stories of to young ones for years to come. These dont happen nearly as much as they used to. The memory of this one will be cherished for the ages. The Wolves are coming. Hails!
Posted on: Sat, 24 May 2014 07:04:38 +0000
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