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Manilla Road, Eternal Champion, Chaos In Tejas 2013
I’m in a new band called Eternal Champion and last night we got to open for the mighty and legendary and extremely underrated Manilla Road during this year’s Chaos in Tejas. Because of some recent band changes, we had a couple of replacement guys fill in on guitar and drums and the show was incredible…all 3 songs of it! We got a great response, sold all of our shirts and have been getting positive feedback all day. We also released a 2 song cassette that sold out in about a week. There’s a forthcoming 7″ as well. It was easily my favorite show that I have ever played and after 25+ years of being in bands as I’m finally playing the music I’ve always wanted to play: true epic metal. We were also the perfect opener for Manilla Road. Pics and videos from the show coming soon.
Then Manilla Road. After we finished playing, Mark Shelton from Manilla Road showed up and got showered with attention from hardcore fans. I’m a fan of Crystal Logic and especially Mystification. Our singer is a fanatic though. This is his favorite band…EVER. It was great watching them meet. Because of major lack of sleep over the weekend and having to get up early this morning, I could only stay for 3 songs. They sounded incredible. Mark’s guitar playing is great and I really feel like they should have been so much bigger. I got to meet him for a minute and he signed The Book. Another huge signature for my collection.
In between us and Manilla Road were Satan’s Satyrs and Speedwolf. I like Speedwolf. It’s good Motorhead worship.
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- Mark Shelton and Monkey Boy
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- Mark Signs The Book
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- I think Speedwolf is from Denver.
Upcoming shows…
Lots of great shows coming to the area. So many that I have to pick and choose a little more carefully to be able to afford the ones that I really want to see.
Tomorrow night I am heading to San Antonio to see Loudness. Saw them back in 2006 and they were great. RIP Munetaka Higuchi.
Next Friday is Orange Goblin and Naam(!!!). I’m not a huge OG fan but I’ve never seen them. Naam, however, has become one of my favorite bands. This is part of the Chaos in Tejas music festival.
There’s also the M.O.D. reunion show in late June that I am fortunate enough to be a part of as Milano asked my Motorhead tribute band to open up.
I just bought tickets earlier this week to see Armored Saint and Hirax at the Key Club in Hollywood. Should be a fun show. I’ve never seen Armored Saint and saw Hirax for the first time 2 years ago. I’m really excited to see Saint.
Odin is doing a reunion show in August at The Whisky and I’ll be heading out there for that one as well. I love Odin. Always have. Do a search for them on this blog site, you’ll see my inner fanboy. haha
September sees Return To Forever coming back to Austin. I got to see the first of their reunion shows a few years ago and it was quite mind-numbing. Unfortunately Al Di Meola isn’t on the tour, but Frank Gambale is a competent enough player to handle the duties. We get Jean Luc-Ponty this time as well!
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