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The Miracle Mile , Step It Up , In Stride , Tough As Nails , Machine Gun Kelly and Discord at Gary Oak
| Message Board > Show Reviews > The Miracle Mile , Step It Up , In Stride , Tough As Nails , Machine Gun Kelly and Discord at Gary Oak |
| x Buddy x User Info... | HOLY FUCK !!!! This show was insane ! At first things didn't look good , all the out of town bands missed the ferry . However the first Three bands still fucking rocked , even with their new line up change Tough As Nails is still amazing . At like quarter to 10 two huge vans pull up with three bands worth of people plus a few more and they set up in ten minutes ! All the bands used the same gear so there was no set upi between ,three back to back sets of non-stop music. The mosh was INSANE !! I wish all the hardcore shows here were like this . ALl I can say is I can't wait for any of these bands to come back . - Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:55pm | ||
| josh User Info... | damn, johnny sounds like a good show. too bad i missed it. ah well i supose ill clatch the next one - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:23am | ||
| MeGaN User Info... | THAT WAS A SWEET ASS SHOW!! i saw all the vans pull up and was like holy shit! it was soo sweet, all the bands did good and tough as nails rocked! fuck that was a sweet concert, we gotta have more of those! - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 12:54am | ||
| Rawb User Info... | Wow. It sounds amazing. Sorry I wasn't there...:( (Now I REALLY won't hear the end of this from Goluza) - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:02am | ||
| x Dylan x User Info... | ok, HOLY SHIT!!! That was BY FAR the best local show i have ever been too!!! The last 3 bands where so worth the wait, pity they had to have shorter sets. Awesome show. - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 2:13pm | ||
| k8 User Info... | I only really went in for 3 of the bands, all of whom were awesome. It was a shame that In Stride only got to play 2 or 3 songs & the show started about an hour late & all. I donno, I guess I was hoping that since admission was $7 that we'd get to hear more music. Good on them for setting up in such a short time, though. Aside from that (& the 10 or so mosquito bites I got) it was an excellent show, the bands were all great. Would've liked to hear more of In Stride. - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 2:37pm | ||
| eboner User Info... | WICKED SHOWWWW.... AND i left with ZERO mosquito bites some buddy bites though..but that goes expected i guess. i cant even say how good this show was...the energy was off the hook and the TAN noobs played really well for their first show. - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 2:44pm | ||
| hunter User Info... | I cant fet over how those out of town bands mosh so hard and cover degradation so well! - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 4:39pm | ||
| mike User Info... | awesome show, tough as nails played an awesome set considering they had two new members, and gerry's vocals sounded ridiculously good. too bad about the delay, but it was totally beyond anyone's control, with the exception of the fucking customs guys at the border. needless to say the three touring bands BLEW THE FRAGGIN ROOF OFF THAT PLACE, and in half an hour no less. being the biggest in stride fan in victoria, i really wish they had played "bombs away", but i guess nobody really wanted that bitchy woman to come back and complain, i know brian didn't. The step it up demo was literally the best dollar i ever spent, i pity the fool who missed out on that deal. - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 5:47pm | ||
| Brian VIHC User Info... | Yeah it was a MIRACLE (wink wink) that the show came together like it did. Despite ferry disasters, irate neighbours, me losing money, and the three touring bands only getting to play for ten minutes each, it actually happened! A big thanks to all the kids who love and support the scene and for helping to keep events like this going smoothly. And a HUGE thanks to Discord for letting the bands use their drums. Now for the bad news...the Fairfield Community Place will be holding a meeting for all-ages promoters who book shows at the Garry Oak Room in an attempt to open a dialogue with the angry neighbours. Despite the level of noise outside the venue being less than highway traffic, the neighbours (all two of them) are up in arms. So keep an eye out for more info on this. Oh and I think In Stride will be playing the August 2nd show with More to Pride and At Risk, this time hopefully for a full set. Unless of course a torch-bearing mob wielding pitchforks comes and lynches me first. - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 8:30pm | ||
| hunter User Info... | yeah mike, I myself picked up that demo and thank brian once again for putting on a wonderful show for us despite delays but on a plus side i noticed that drinking was kept to a minimum - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 9:03pm | ||
| eboner User Info... | YA RIGHT MIKE ILL SO FIGHT YOU FOR THAT TITLE!! haha wanna go wanna rumble?!!? watch out for those brian, they are vicious! ;) - Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:45pm | ||
| LivevicScott User Info... | When are they holding the meeting? How come you got noise complaints? did you keep all the windows and doors shut the whole evening? Every time i've had an open door or window i've gotten a noise complaint but ever since I've keept them all closed no problems have come forth.. its a LITTLE bit uncomfortable in the summer (being that it gets do damn hot) but its better then loosing the venue and having the neighbors complain (which they WILL do) - Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:11am | ||
| Brian VIHC User Info... | Meeting will be soon, Melanie said. The problem was I didn't realize how noisy it would be with windows open so they were open at about 8, then a guy came in and complained, fairly reasonable fellow, so we closed the side windows. I didn't notice the back windows were open so about ten minutes later a woman came in and she was freaking out, screaming at me, swearing at people, threatening to call the police. It didn't help that she came in expecting a confrontation so all I could do was run to the back of the room and close the windows. For the next hour or so they just stood across the street fuming. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that it was a weekday. - Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:51am | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | I've been through this before as well. You know what the cops will tell them? "Too bad, it's before 11". - Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:36pm | ||
| Livevic Scott User Info... | yeah thoes back windows can be tough because the blinds cover them. That one woman is a bit of a pain the guy's pretty resonable though. And yeah the fact that it was a weekday may have been an issue, i've done Sunday shows there before though so who knows? The other thing you gotta do is make sure that the door to the main room and the door out front are both closed. It acts as a buffer and keeps noise from heading out accross the street out front. With all the windows closed and both of thoes doors closed people talking out front is more noisy...and then starting at about 9:30 or 10 you have to try and make sure people are not making too much noise out side or they'll complain about that too. You would think that when people move in next to an activity center they would be under the realizeation that there will be activities happening there, some of which might be louder then yoga. Make sure I know when this meeting is, I think everyone just needs to know the ground rules that all thoes windows and doors have to be closed at all times. When I was at that Aids benifit show there they kept leaving the back door open and I kept having to run back and tell them to close it (and the windows too) If the center just stresses that I don't think they'll have any future problems. They also just asked me to write a letter of support for them so they can get a government grant so I wanna ask them about this before I do that. - Sat, 24 Jul 2004 1:22pm | ||
| sarah User Info... | I put some TAN pics up here: http://www.veganica.com/category.php?id=206 Didn't get any good shots of the other bands, for fear of being squished. :) Enjoy. xoxo SARAH - Sun, 25 Jul 2004 1:36pm | ||
| Jodi User Info... | Thanks for taking pictures, Sarah. They're just great. - Sun, 25 Jul 2004 5:30pm | ||
| sarah User Info... | Thanks Jodi. That one I took of you didn't turn out, that's what I get for trying to be so sneaky... - Sun, 25 Jul 2004 9:24pm | ||
| dax User Info... | Thanks for taking the awesome pictures Sarah :) - Mon, 26 Jul 2004 6:55pm | ||
| hunter User Info... | fantastic... i love music.. and the pictures of it - Mon, 26 Jul 2004 7:37pm | ||
| Brian VIHC User Info... | I've added a few video clips to the Vancouver Island Hardcore page in the media section: http://www.vanislehardcore.com/media.html - Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:00pm | ||
| Brett User Info... | That was a fucking awesome show, and we had lots of fun playing. Unfortunately this might have been MGK's last show unless we get one in August because Andrews moving to Toronto. - Mon, 26 Jul 2004 11:17pm | ||
| Brian VIHC User Info... | I've just added new video clips from the show, the link above is the same. - Sat, 31 Jul 2004 1:11pm | ||
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