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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.
Halloween in Austin
I have an all new lineup since moving to Texas:
Me – fat dude with a Rickenbacker
Doug Morrison – bad ass guitarist handling lead guitar duties
Jason McMaster – Broken Teeth, Dangerous Toys, Watchtower, Sad Wings…playing rhythm guitar and backing vocals
AJ – of Thunderosa on drums.
Check us out – http://www.capricornusa.com/
Yeah…
I’ve been really tired all this week and I don’t know why. Haven’t been partying hard, not stressed out (more than normal anyway) and I think my health is ok…so I don’t know what’s up. Whatever. Maybe just some extra sleep will help.
Finally, Capricorn USA is going to start rehearsing for our upcoming Halloween show. No, we haven’t started jamming yet! Luckily it’s a cover/tribute band and we all know the songs individually, just haven’t played them together. My biggest concern is getting my voice back in “shape” for it. It’ll be great fun as I am jamming with 3 of my favorite people here in Austin: Doug, Jason and AJ.
I need to find a place to live. Gotta be out of my current place by the end of the year. The few of you who have been there probably noticed an musty smell and may have even smelled it on my clothes. It’s not from me! I swear! There’s something in the carpet or the walls there that I just can’t get rid of and the landowner isn’t chomping at the bit to figure it out. He’s been a great landlord though. I may move over to the east side into one of those concrete box/loft/condos in the middle of the ‘hood. Prices are pretty good right now.
I’ve been listening to a lot of WASP lately. Their first 4 records are great.
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