Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay - Live at Bryan's Garage: 01-05-2010 (2010)

So since I finally finished my latest EP (download link is below somewhere) I've been looking through the archives to upload some fun stuff. So I decided to tackle my side band "Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay" with members Mark Gross and Justin Cirar, a post-hardcore tribal music affair. Unfortunately, we don't have any real studio tracks as we record mostly in a live take with one one mic to preserve that whole DIY aesthetic of the band. But early this year we opened for my own band (redundant) 'Cape Crusaders' and had the equipment to recorded at least slightly in a professional manner (Yeah right). So here is the awesome result of the live show, I particularly am in good spirits here for some reason and so is the crowd. While our opening time slot is short and we didn't perform all of our original material (which will come up in a few days here if you are curious) it was a fun gig to play and definitely one of my fondest memories with the group. So here for the first time is the Live at Bryan's Garage: 01-05-2010 mini-LP.

Personnel:
Keyboard, Percussion, Vocals - Justin Cirar
Drums, Percussion, Vocals - Mark Gross
Guitar, Keyboard, Drums, Vocals - Bryan Santizo

Track list:

1. Intro/Jokes Section - 3:00
2. Oh Yo - 1:24
3. It's the E-Flat Thing - 0:45
4. Lighten Up - 4:17
5. Creep - 4:23
6. Be Wary of the Cord - 1:21
7. Kira, Give Us Your Camera - 3:02
8. Oh Yo (Reprise) - 0:55

Running time: 19:09

Download Link MP3 VBR: http://www.mediafire.com/?jl1g16sl9glp211

Notes: The Creep climax is one of the best moments ever.

Aimless Ideas: Thoughts on Gigs

Well, as a matter of time, we managed to finish up those two gigs that we had lying around and were anticipating to complete.

I'll admit, the 4th of July gig was probably one of THE most un-fun performances I've ever had to sit through. Aside from the shitty intro, and horrendous vocal styling of screaming at Psycho Killer, I could do without.

I think it all went wrong from the moment I realized I loathed half the crowd, no offense to any of them, very courteous of them to allow us to play, nevertheless I felt like the audience was more dead than I was, and the overload of compliments at the end of made it seem more like pity dick-riding than anything else. Thank god it was a short six song setlist.

The anniversary gig was a completely different story though, at first I had doubts due to the previous day's total apathy. But I was more than glad to discover that it would be much more enjoyable than any gig since the Kyle gig. (even if it was a tad ridiculous that Jake had to start swearing as a result of crowd loss)

I was pumped, the crowd seemed much more generous, and there was more variety in the setlist. Although I forgot to say a few things before a handful of songs, (Ceremony was supposed to be dedicated to someone not there) It was fun, fast paced, and very intimate playing in a living room instead of a garage.

For once, I can say I finished a gig while feeling completely good, as other gigs usually had me pissed off more than glad I just finished it. (Of course I hate certain people regardless of how I display myself publicly, you know who you are.)

Either way, It's events during it and it's aftermath were filled with nothing but good feelings, and I really enjoyed the support we got from Katy for photographing, Kyle for filming, and Sonja and her family for generally letting us play. If I would want to have a last gig ever, that would have been the one.

In the end, I think the band might actually live longer than I ever anticipated, and hopefully that means some new material that will be more band focused than my solo ventures (STILL WORKING ON THAT EP!) but I can only predict it, for all I know it can all go wrong, because it has before. I hope not.

"It barks at me like no one else"

I drag you down I use you up!

One of the many highlights of the NIN concert, seems fitting to lots of things.



Watch this in HQ and get blown away.

There is a place that still remains

Sincerely Amazing show.


Nine Inch Nails
01. Now I’m Nothing
02. Terrible Lie
03. 1,000,000
04. Heresy
05. March of the Pigs
06. Metal
07. Reptile
08. The Becoming
09. Survivalism
10. Mr. Self Destruct
11. The Fragile
12. Gone, Still
13. The Way Out Is Through
14. Wish
15. Echoplex
16. The Day The World Went Away
17. The Hand That Feeds
18. Head Like a Hole

Jane's Addiction
01. Three Days
02. Whores
03. Ain’t No Right
04. Pigs in Zen
05. Mountain Song
06. Had a Dad
07. Been Caught Stealing
08. Ted, Just Admit It
09. Ocean Size
10. Summertime Rolls
11. Stop
12. Jane Says