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Hot Hot Heat Sat Nov 15 2003
| Message Board > Show Reviews > Hot Hot Heat Sat Nov 15 2003 |
| Mike Demers User Info... | you might not like the music or the tunes but holy moses - what a show! great to see a local band gettting the type of live expereinces they are and how well their show is developing - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 8:58am | ||
| Brandon User Info... | Anyone into starting a hot hot heat cover band called luke luke warm????? - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 9:22am | ||
| ThE VeNdOrS User Info... | That was the best show I've seen in Victoria in a really long time, Metric and the Unicorns were alot of fun to watch. But Hot Hot Heat were amazing, and the crowd really got into the show. I think it's awesome that a local band has made it as far as they have. Way to go guys. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:09am | ||
| [+} User Info... | don't front on luke luke warm/tight tight pants/big big hair/fuck fuck children. aight? that had to be one of the worst show experiences of my life. i'm sorry if you kids thought having a shopping spree at bluenotes and then "moshing" was a real hip way to break in your distressed denim..but... pushing the whole crowd to the front and then continually staying there (compressing our ribs) is FULLY NOT A GOOD IDEA. i can't stress enough that even though this was a good ol fashion fun time, it was less the comfortable with everyones sweaty ass all up in there. ps. the unicorns are incredible. yet agin. much love. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 11:50am | ||
| Lurker User Info... | [+] what did you expect if you were going to be at the front? My biggest complaint with this show is for the way it was run. Tickets said doors at 7:30. Got there at around 8:15 and had to wait in line long enough that we completely missed the Unicorns. They were making people check coats that really didn't need to be checked (they tried to get a person I was with to check her sweatshirt) and the security or bouncers or whatever were stopping the line every few minutes even though it didn't really need it, so it slowed everything down even more. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:30pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | welcome to all ages mr. johnson. and i wasn't at the front... by the end of the show their wasn't a front row to speak of, it was a large gelatinous mound. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:45pm | ||
| Lurker User Info... | Believe it or not I have been to one or two shows before, and have never had to wait outside so long that I've missed a band's entire set. If they wanted to have bands start when they did, and they were going to stop the line every couple minutes and make people wait outside for so long, they should have had the doors open earlier. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:52pm | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | Fuk, the owner of that venue is a geek, and he just likes to keep a long lineup outside so his club looks good. Pretty fuk'n silly concidering the thing was sold-out anyway. Ha, You know the Dodds furiture guy? His kids have a bid for that bar (haha) - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 1:50pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I always thought Soundgarden was taking over that establishment? Yeah, I really dislike Sugar, perhaps I'm just getting too old, and have no patience for what goes on down there. Then again, that's just my opinion. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 1:56pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | that crowd was ridiculous. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 2:19pm | ||
| CrazyLegsMC User Info... | I was there, got there around 7:00 and got into the club in time to see the whole unircorn set. I wasnt a big fan of em, i prefferred Metric a lot more, thoroughly enjoyed their set. HHH were simply amazing, talk about energy. Yah the moshing in the middle was kinda nuts but hey HHH were loving it, Metric was lovin it, the fans were loving it, sounds like your just gettin a little too old [+] if not then i dunno, go stand up in rafters if you dont want things gettin rough around you. I wasnt really part of the most at all, but near the end of HHH set i pushed my way to the front so i could have prime spot for their encore. overall that was a damn good show! - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 7:01pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | i totally love how i'm 17. maybe i do sound to old, i guess i was looking forward to dancing at the show. instead i was having trouble breathing. wonderful energy from all the bands, no doubt about that. the kids need to learn some ettiquette or something though... seriously. i can appreciate moshing, i mosh harder than hell... but synthpop is more dancey than the pop-punk-jump-up-and-down stuff that was rubbing me up and down allllll night. oh, and unicorns are people too. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 7:41pm | ||
| Colin Sick User Info... | aiden I love you ! - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 8:06pm | ||
| chloe. User Info... | i have to agree with the kid with the [+} name thing.the unicorns were amazing and had very good sence of humours,after the show i saw them standing around because i couldent get out of the hipster palace for a hour after hot hot heats set.and i went up to them and said"huddel,notice how i'm not wearing socks,thats becasue you rocked them RIGHT OFF!" and they looked at my feet,laughed,and then huged me.and i was verry much looking forward to danceing also,but these werid kids desided to "mosh"(more or less ram people face's outside in).sence i had no room to dance i thought hell.and went in,i mosh like a beast normaly..but i couldent quite.they were arngy,its happy music,they were smelly,its hot hot heat,they were rude and hip.more or less i left the popmosh when a huge brut desided he should punch a 4 foot 11 girl in the mouth(me) and my tooth went right through my lip.now this is something i would be proud of if it wasent a popmosh to hot hot bloody heat.steve bay's hair is bigger,and the bass player got shorter.good show.pisswhole of a croud. - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 8:56pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Wow, I guess I wasn't the only one...... Charging for a mandatory coat check? Filtering us in slowly so we miss half of The Unicorns' set even though they don't have to worry about flooding the bar or keeping a lineup to look cool? Weak sauce...... I'm really turning into a crusty old man...... But all my complaints have been covered..... The Unicorns rocked, Metric rocked and their lead singer is a fox, and Hot Hot Heat, well, rocked....... Though it was a little disconcerting having girls 5 years to my junior and therefore very underage squished up against me on all sides....... Far more disturbing than you may think...... - Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:35pm | ||
| Vicious_Vacant User Info... | Did anyone go to the Sunday show? Was it any better? I went Saturday, loved Metric and Hot Hot Heat. The Unicorns were good half the time for me. My friend has bruises up and down her side from some Bluenotes whore who kept trying to edge past us. Keep the thirteen and under set out next time. - Mon, 17 Nov 2003 7:59am | ||
| chloe. User Info... | coat check was a pain in the pisser.they made my friend check his scarf.and at the door when they asked me to open my bag i did and he said ok go in and dident even look inside.if i had goten there anylater i would probaly have missed metric too.i caught the last 4 songs by the unicorns,dident please considering i was only there to really see them and metric.while at the coat check the huge-ass man was trying to get me to check my stuff so i put my jacket in my bag and walked past him,6 dollers or 2 jackets and a bag?.i strongly think everyone should have done this because he dident even notice!the whole show was good band wise.did you feel as tho you were shopping in some bad light mall?i would have enjoyed a room of twinks then a room of tryhards.and what was this shit about playing michale jackson right after HHH?.high school dance all of a sudden?. - Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:05am | ||
| [+} User Info... | yes, i love you too colin. this post has become whinier than steve bays. all thanks to hot hot heat. ...and bluenotes. ps. emily haines is one fine coke fiend. fiiine! - Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:20am | ||
| ThE VeNdOrS User Info... | Yeah I find it frustrating when you go to see a band and you can't enjoy it because your'e getting pushed in the back of the head by some kid trying to be super cool. Luckily, I stood back... - Mon, 17 Nov 2003 1:03pm | ||
| salt User Info... | I can't stand with these jellybones... I agree with mr. [+} and chloe. I was looking forward to seeing The Unicorns and Hot Hot Heat again, and TOGETHER. I've had a great time dancing at their shows in the past, but it was impossible this time if I actually wanted to see the bands. Kids were practically going to rip my shirt off the way they were clawing and flattening me (and all the rest of you who were near the front in that globular mass). Still, I enjoyed the audial aspect of it all. I just can't help thinking that my experience could have been that much better if I hadn't had to worry about keeping my balance the whole time. ps. I missed a huge chunk of the unicorns too. - Mon, 17 Nov 2003 2:24pm | ||
| Zippgunn User Info... | You think the fucks at Sugar would learn from experience. Once when the DayGlos played there they had a "mandatory coat check" there as well but of course the brain dead staff were too stupid to actually CHECK people's coat tags when they left so about 20 people (mostly women) had their (mostly very expensive) coats ripped off which, as you might expect, caused something of a scene there, so the cunt bouncers CALLED THE POLICE who told everybody to fuck off. I've never paid to go there since and I refuse to "check" my coat unless I get concrete assurances that it won't be given to just anybody later in the show (you think these North Star jackets grow on trees?). What do you expect from a bunch of coked out fools whose primary clientele are whores most nights. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 6:53am | ||
| Lurker User Info... | I don't see why people pay for a mandatory coat check. If you make me check my coat, then fine, but I sure as fuck will NOT pay for it. If you won't check my coat without my $2, then fuck off I'll just wear it. The coat check was definitely one of the major things that slowed the line down so much. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 8:50am | ||
| Anonimous User Info... | Hey Zippgunn, maybe you should check into your vast knowledge of the local scene and you'll realize that the dayglos didn't play sugar, they played a previous venue that was there, so how could the current management learn from that? And as we've all read you never pay to get into anything because you're no one should make money of a concert, especially a bar right? And last but not least, those bastards at sugar hey, imagine that, making their venue a viable alternative to say Legends for a larger show, I hope they rot in hell for doing that (yes, a little sarcasm) - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:41am | ||
| No Name User Info... | Hey Zippgun, as we all know you're a walking encyclopedia about music, the business, whats wrong with it, and of course the local scene. So, with all this vast knowledge of yours how come you can't figure out that the dayglos didn't play at Sugar, they played at a different club that just happened to be in the same building in the past. Having said that, how could the current management possibly learn from that? As we all know because you state it over and over again, you never pay to get into anything because you don't believe that anyone should make any money on anything. So I guess we should all think like you and hope that Sugar rots in hell, I mean, who do those people think they are making their venue available as a viable alternative to legends for larger shows, the bastards, spending money on stage and barricades and sound. Maybe the vast fortune Zippgun has amassed, he will open his own venue and everything will be free and no one will make money and we can all live happily ever after. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:44am | ||
| clowns User Info... | The reason for the mandatory coat-checking was due to a shooting that happened last weekend apparently. Sugar's owners paid big bucks to keep it out of the news. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:06pm | ||
| DK User Info... | Show Review- The Unicorns-Missed part of their set but managed to skip the line by a block so I didn't miss the whole thing, their P.I.M.P. cover was excellent and the rest of their set was fun too. Metric-As a friend pointed out, the vocalist really made the band, gorgeous and a pretty good singer too. They were entertaining and were actually the band I went to see, I was impressed. Hot Hot Heat-First off-there was no such thing as a mosh anywhere to be seen, if you think it was a mosh then you are a fucking uptight moron. What we saw was simple pogoing and surging by fans who wanted to get closer to one of their favourite bands. As for a review, the opening bands outshone Hot Hot Heat and I don't think they would have been as fun if I hadn't been second row, it was fun but I can't help but thinking that they're starting to get played out. Their sound was fun for a while but now everyone has heard it and it isn't as exciting and fun as it once was. Sugar Review-I thought that for once they may open everything up on time and get people in the club as there was a set start time for the show, I was sadly mistaken. I got there and there was a line-up that was at least two blocks in and people were not getting in quickly. Jumping the line solved that problem but then I got inside and after being frisked there is still a mandatory coat check, which I have to pay for. That was total bullshit in my opinion, okay fine it's an all ages show, you don't want drunken hooliganism but if you're going to check my coat, don't make me pay for it when I don't want it checked. My advice is when going to shows at Sugar, go at least an hour after the advertised door time. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:14pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | good call on the pogoing. that's definately what was going on there. - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 4:05pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | I actually, _didn't_ pay for it, it didn't occur to me that they would charge for a mandatory coat check.... My friend, who was right behind me in line, paid for me....... I didn't figure that out until later..... *shrug* I'll catch her up for it, but I wasn't about to pay them...... - Tue, 18 Nov 2003 9:08pm | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | I saw that sun (no-kids allowed) show onacounta kids make me nervous. Sounds like the exact same shit sans-pogo: the crusty old fuks are too shity to sweat, I guess. Fuckers didn't play any old shit either. Just ass well, crowd seemed like a buncha twinky bandage-fans mostly. In fact, the only people I recognized were hiding on some hyper-elite balcony that I didn't know how to access. PS coat check sucks my ass, and made it take 1/2h to escape after the show (well... 10min, but I budged) - Wed, 19 Nov 2003 9:31am | ||
| [+} User Info... | i was screaming at steve bays the entire set to play something off the old records. i was very unhappy about that one. so i threw a bra at him. no lie. end of badages. i hope someone saw it, it was a work of art. - Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:21am | ||
| Mike Demers User Info... | black - kinda of big - lacy - came skittering towards the drums - yeah I saw it - was watching the band from overhead - did you tell your mom? - Fri, 21 Nov 2003 8:12pm | ||
| [+} User Info... | you bet slugger. the sound of it colliding with mr. bays was enough amusement for a good 10 minutes. - Fri, 21 Nov 2003 8:39pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Last year at the all ages show I yelled "MATADOR AT THE DOOR!!!!" and he played the intro riff on the synth..... I totally didn't expect him to, and it was amazing..... - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:38am | ||
| [+} User Info... | i totally remember that. fucker didn't play the rest though.... - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:18am | ||
| Dan Conner User Info... | I didn't go cause I really don't like the really crowded shows (where you cant move, i.e. teble charger, gob, and probably this, and all other all agers ive been to at legends). I woulda liked to have seen got got meat, but, whatever... - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:56am | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Yeah, really crowded shows definately detract from the experience, but it was a good enough show to make it worth it..... - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 12:55pm | ||
| Zippgunn User Info... | Sugar is easily the worst club in town for acoustics, miserable staff, shitty overpriced drinks and, shall we say, extracurricular activities. And I actually DO pay to get into most shows basically as a matter of principle.It's been this way through countless incarnations ever since I first became aware of the location's existance as New York New York, then Wastelands, Side Door and a bunch of other places that I can't remember the names of. I say burn it to the fucking ground, preferably with all the owners and staff in it. You could probably snort that ashes and get off. - Sat, 22 Nov 2003 6:54pm | ||
| ML7Mike User Info... | I remember seeing GWAR in that place, but the stage was at the other end. - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 8:30am | ||
| [+} User Info... | i wish GWAR would've played that night. kids wouldn't have known WHAT was going on.. - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 2:18pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Zippgunn: Nice to see someone with a similar train of thought! :) - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 4:42pm | ||
| KnifeGhost User Info... | Zipp, if you do it, I won't tell the cops....... - Sun, 23 Nov 2003 7:20pm | ||
| --{-(X)-}-- User Info... | the unicorns where tight - Tue, 25 Nov 2003 9:43am | ||
| [+} User Info... | yeeyuh. - Tue, 25 Nov 2003 4:37pm | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | Hey, the "extracurricular activities" are the most decent thing about that place. - Wed, 26 Nov 2003 7:47am | ||
| chloe. User Info... | wow were all still complaining about this? might as well add something,befor the show in line i was haveing a huge migrane,i read the advil box wrong and took a few too menny.when i got in suger i thought i was dieing(not so big and flashy i just did not know wuuuhappend)i went to the bathroom ,it was nice geting shoved into a bathroom stall by some groupie probaly on there way to seduse the band.i went to the bar as pale as fuck.and asked for water,there was ovisly something wrong.and they told me they could not give me water and that i have to pay 3 dollers for allmost a small shot galss of water.my friend then noticed something wrong and went to ask for a paper towel with water on it or something.nope.while waiting to leave after hhh.we noticed that they were handing out glasses of water.i wonder how it would look in the papers that a minour got no help by staff over doseing on advil.or niqul.or whatever that headache crap is called now. - Wed, 26 Nov 2003 7:52pm | ||
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