FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 24 - 2012
We'd been waiting for this day for a long while, our first trip interstate to play with our good buddies in Grenadiers. The trip stepped up a notch when our other good buddies in Luca Brasi needed a ride, I can't think of 4 dudes I'd rather share a van with. The drive was pretty uneventful and slow as the drive to Adelaide tends to be, until we grabbed a bunch of beers in Bordertown. The second half of the drive flew by!
Adelaide was jumping when we arrived and we realised it was the opening night of the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Probably not the greatest news for our show but excellent news for fun times afterwards. Jesse put us to work spruiking the show to the masses, who didn't too much care for a punk rock show with so much else happening but we ended up getting at least 3 people coming down who we'd given a flyer to! Success!
The Jade Monkey is a great venue in Adelaide, unfortunately word was getting around on the day of the show that it's soon to be closing it's doors. Lots of friends and familiar faces made it down to the show, Bridges, featuring at least one member of Paper Arms, were great and super rockin'. We played next and were suddenly feeling those Bordertown beers. I've been told multiple times since that drinking on the way is "a trap for young players". It was possibly one of our worst played shows to date but we had a blast. It's a shame that the Luca Brasi guys have seen us play 2 times and both have been completely awful. They were next and they put us to shame. Super tight, great songs, great vibe and a bunch of bloody handsome chaps. Local heroes and old pals Grenadiers played last and took us all to school. Big thanks for Jesse for having us on the show and Jimmy for giving us a place to stay. Check out Capital Sound Studios and get bloody recorded. It's righteous!
Check out some photos from our set! Big thanks to Alex Kwong for shooting.
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Sydney chapter coming soon....
Peace.
TUP
