This was, hands down, our favorite show so far. We played the Laramir Lounge last night in Denver, and it was incredible. A quick tip of the hat to two of the three bands we played with: Skull Orchard (it was their second show, which was a shock considering how good and loose they were), and We Are! We Are! (these guys were tight as hell, and they sounded – to me – like an instrumental Q And Not U – Different Damage era).

We got on stage after midnight, on a Monday, and we played for an amazing crowd. People in Denver just really like to see rock music, and they have no qualms about how they look when they dance and thrash about.

It was an amazing feeling having so many people dancing and shoving. We even played two encores. After the show, we met a ton of great people, who insisted on buying a lot of CDs and t-shirts.

After the Bakersfield flop, and the San Francisco let-down, this show was olympic in how great it made us all feel.

A quick note:

Goes Cube is probably the easiest band in the world to do sound for. First of all, half the venues we play don’t even have a sound system, and we still happily play. But when we do, all we ask for is that it be loud and thick. We mostly ask for it to be just guitar heavy. We never ask for EQs, or for effects. We never ask for different mixes for different monitors for different band members. Occasionally, we’ll ask for a small adjustment after the first song when we don’t do a soundcheck (seeing as how the first song kind of IS the soundcheck).

So, last night the sound guy left before we even started. And he stayed gone for two songs. Multiple people in the crowd INCLUDING THE PROMOTER were asking for someone to turn up the vocals. So I said, “Is there a soundguy here?” But that wasn’t what pissed me off.

What pissed me off is when he finally came back, and I asked very nicely, “Can we get a little more vocals?”, the soundguy got defensive and caught an attitude. He sneered back, “Oh you mean like how your drummer said he DIDN’T want any vocals at the beginning of the set?!”

That’s when I said, “You know what, man, never mind,” and I kicked over the mic stand.

By the way, when Skull Orchard was playing, you couldn’t hear the vocals and the band asked him to turn it up, he said back, “Why don’t you try singing in the general vicinity of the microphone instead?” instead of doing his job.

So, yeah, the guy was kind of an asshole.

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