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Nov 4 (Sat) - Destructor (oh) , Piledriver (can) , Rabid (ny) , PSYCHO , Closed Casket + Defcon 4 ...ALL AGES show 5pm-9:30 - $10.pm - Cambridge Elks,Cambridge ,Mass +

DESTRUCTOR, PILEDRIVER, RABID, PSYCHO, CLOSED CASKET, HEKSERI 11/04/06 Cambridge

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Cambridge Elk's (Cambridge, MA) - [closed_casket][destructor][hekseri][psycho]
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[Oct 9,2006 12:18pm - litacore ""]
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ATTEND THEE, PIG FUCKER!

:wiggam:
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[Oct 9,2006 1:05pm - EatMyFuck ""]
I cant fucking wait!
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[Oct 9,2006 2:59pm - ninkaszi  ""]
this is the same day as celtic frost...
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[Oct 9,2006 5:26pm - Tyrone Jackson  ""]
ninkaszi said:this is the same day as celtic frost...


Those Euro crackas best be dishin out the Cold Lake and the Vanity Nemesis shit. that shit is DOPE yo!
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[Oct 9,2006 6:14pm - CNV  ""]
Man, I wish this was on a different night
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[Oct 9,2006 6:23pm - anonymous NLI  ""]
Conversions?
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[Oct 9,2006 6:55pm - SlavonicIdentity ""]
ninkaszi said:this is the same day as celtic frost...


Isn't Celtic Frost on Sunday, the 5th?
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[Oct 9,2006 8:11pm - chris_from_shit_fuck ""]
SMASH...YOUR...SKULLS WITH POWER!

I'm going to try like hell to make it to this show.
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[Oct 9,2006 8:14pm - litacore ""]
Evil.
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[Oct 9,2006 8:23pm - Donga  ""]
CONVERSIONS?
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[Oct 9,2006 9:21pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
This is the real Piledriver?
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[Oct 9,2006 10:13pm - Seth/Hekseri  ""]
No Celtic frost is sunday the 5th...whooo that was close!
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[Oct 10,2006 12:06am - litacore ""]
*unnh!*
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[Oct 10,2006 12:07am - litacore ""]
Donga said:CONVERSIONS?


the fuck's that mean?:ralphie:
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[Oct 10,2006 7:41am - PaganMegaN ""]
don't scare me with the overlapping of celtic frost rumors!
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[Oct 10,2006 8:39pm - the_reverend ""]
*phew*

both shows with be awesome. though, isn't blind guarian on the 5th? or is that another day?
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[Oct 10,2006 8:41pm - Anthony nli  ""]
shiiiit.... gonna need to come to this
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[Oct 10,2006 8:41pm - the_reverend ""]
*phew* again. blind guardian is dec 1st.
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[Oct 10,2006 10:53pm - Seth/Hekseri  ""]
Lita, all I meant is I would not know what to do if we played the same night as celtic frost. I've not seem them since the "Pand" album. I think I would leave our show after playing to see them..
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[Oct 11,2006 7:16am - Donga  ""]
I was told this terrible band CONVERSIONS were playing.
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[Oct 11,2006 7:22am - litacore ""]
Seth/Hekseri said:Lita, all I meant is I would not know what to do if we played the same night as celtic frost. I've not seem them since the "Pand" album. I think I would leave our show after playing to see them..


that was just my phoenetic attempt at a death grunt :spineyes:
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[Oct 11,2006 5:29pm - Kinslayer  ""]
Piledriver and Destructor as in the 80's power/thrash bands?? Fuck, that's a rad show...
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[Oct 24,2006 12:54pm - paganmegan ""]
if you're not a metal head you might as well be dead!
Better wear some leather, better wear some chains!!

This is going to kick so much ass.
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[Oct 24,2006 1:05pm - Yeti ""]
i know the keyboardist of Closed Casket, as far as i know they are a blackish metal.
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[Oct 24,2006 1:12pm - paganmegan ""]
Piledriver rule
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[Oct 24,2006 1:13pm - Anthony ""]
We've played with CC before. I def. wouldn't call them black metal although I guess some of the vocals are shrieky. Maybe it's because I saw them without the keyboardist. Some parts reminded me of maybe Leprosy-era Death.
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[Oct 24,2006 1:21pm - sacreligion ""]
closed casket are hard to define, that is if they still play the same stuff as they did when we played with em like 2 years ago
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[Oct 24,2006 1:25pm - paganmegan ""]
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[Oct 24,2006 3:16pm - Yeti ""]
sacreligion said:closed casket are hard to define, that is if they still play the same stuff as they did when we played with em like 2 years ago


wasnt that Nicoles old band? i'm pretty sure it was, and Closed Casket is different. though i could be totally wrong.
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[Oct 24,2006 3:18pm - RichHorror ""]
We almost played this, until Robin remembered we were terrible and would bring no people.
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[Oct 24,2006 5:04pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
I need to be at this.
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[Oct 24,2006 6:22pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
I will DEFINITELY be there. If I miss this show, I should throw myself in front of the T.
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[Oct 25,2006 1:49pm - paganmegan ""]
No missing this show will be tolerated!!
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[Oct 25,2006 3:04pm - the_reverend ""]
[img]
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[Oct 25,2006 3:35pm - paganmegan ""]
Canadia has some awesome metal
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[Oct 25,2006 4:04pm - Robin NLI  ""]
Common Enemy has been added!
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[Oct 25,2006 4:33pm - paganmegan ""]
We're goin on a witch hunt!
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[Oct 25,2006 4:39pm - RichHorror ""]
Common Enemy is fucking awesome.
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[Oct 26,2006 9:31am - paganmegan ""]
...by guillotine
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[Oct 26,2006 11:12am - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
RichHorror said:Common Enemy is fucking awesome.


Link?!???
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[Oct 26,2006 11:12am - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
the_reverend said:[img]



That is the fattest and ugliest piece of shit...haha.
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[Oct 26,2006 11:42am - litacore ""]
please tell me that band is on the bill!
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[Oct 26,2006 11:45am - RichHorror ""]
ConquerTheBaphomet said:RichHorror said:Common Enemy is fucking awesome.


Link?!???



They're fast/skatecore. You probably wouldn't like them.
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[Oct 26,2006 11:46am - RichHorror ""]
http://www.myspace.com/commonenemy
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[Oct 26,2006 11:55am - paganmegan ""]
litacore said:please tell me that band is on the bill!


What band?
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[Oct 27,2006 9:41am - paganmegan ""]
piledriver!
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[Nov 1,2006 3:25pm - paganmegan ""]
bump
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[Nov 1,2006 3:36pm - Lamp ""]
RichHorror said: They're fast/skatecore. You probably wouldn't like them.


Maybe he wouldn't but I do now. Thanks for that.
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[Nov 1,2006 4:00pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
RichHorror said:ConquerTheBaphomet said:RichHorror said:Common Enemy is fucking awesome.


Link?!???



They're fast/skatecore. You probably wouldn't like them.



You were right. I'm not really a punk fan at all.
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[Nov 1,2006 4:15pm - Granny_Monster ""]
... with bells on.
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[Nov 1,2006 6:36pm - Not Logged In  ""]
I will be there!!!
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[Nov 1,2006 8:23pm - ha!  ""]
looks like another borefest
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[Nov 1,2006 8:32pm - Kevord ""]
If they slaughter a Boar at this show it would only make it even better.
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[Nov 2,2006 1:24am - Robin NLI!  ""]
<img src="http://annick.blackwidowpromotions.net/LOWRES/US_TOUR.jpg">
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[Nov 2,2006 1:25am - Robin NLI!  ""]
[img]
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[Nov 2,2006 9:34am - paganmegan ""]
That's awesome

By guillotine!
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[Nov 2,2006 9:50am - thuringwethil ""]
that's got to be one of the best flyers I've seen
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[Nov 4,2006 12:07pm - the_reverend ""]
yeah!
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[Nov 4,2006 12:10pm - RichHorror ""]
I can't believe Common Enemy is playing this. So psyched.
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[Nov 4,2006 1:42pm - Not Logged In NLI  ""]
I'll be there.
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[Nov 4,2006 1:48pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
Wooooo!!!

I can't wait. You know, I wouldn't mind meeting some of you. Just look for a kid with a black beard and a lip ring and that's me. My name is Brandon.

Cheers.
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[Nov 4,2006 2:07pm - TJ_Xenos ""]
Is hekseri still playing? They arent listed on the even entry....

I'll probably be there...
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[Nov 4,2006 2:17pm - PaganMegaN ""]
We will still be playing
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[Nov 4,2006 3:22pm - eddie ""]
PaganMegaN said:We will still be playing


are you starting at 5? i don't think it's possible for me to get there without missing the first set.
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[Nov 4,2006 3:23pm - RichHorror ""]
As far as I know, Hekseri goes on second.
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[Nov 4,2006 4:04pm - the_reverend ""]
I'll be there in 45 minutes
*crosses fingers*
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[Nov 4,2006 5:48pm - the_reverend ""]
no bands have played yet. get the fudge down here now. there is basically no one here.
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[Nov 4,2006 6:50pm - the_reverend ""]
closed casket: there were so few people here that they could probably have sent out a song out to each person in the audience. Their guitars were a bit muffled, but they sounded good. It's interest that they don't have a single breakdown in their music.
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[Nov 4,2006 7:32pm - the_reverend ""]
The Exhaulted Piledriver, the: not playing cause the cops came to clear them out. I'll let robin tell the story.
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[Nov 4,2006 8:07pm - the_reverend ""]
rabid also didn't show up. psycho is taking forever. there is a 30+ minute intermission.
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[Nov 4,2006 8:09pm - mostahthat ""]
rancid?
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[Nov 4,2006 9:11pm - the_reverend ""]
heskeri: a bunch of the "regulars" were up front for them. That was excellent. Having actual people there to see your band. By the end of their set, there were probably 30 people in and out watchin them. they did a little bit of show boating for the audience, but mostly they are just planted back there playing as fast as they could. .the ended telling us to die, but you could tell they didn't mean it.

psycho: there were over 40 people watching these guys. Cody did vocals on one atrack. There were two llittle kids rocking out for their set. Like 4-5 years old and one of them head banged for the entire set. Anyhow, it's bizarre that a band who the "old people" were into when they were young is still playing shows. it's even more surprising that they are playing so damn well. People were thrashing about and yelling along to their set (yes, more than just richhorror). When you get there and see the mile long set list, you think that the set will drag on, but with all those short songs. It blazes by.
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[Nov 4,2006 10:07pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Sucks about Piledriver.
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[Nov 4,2006 10:39pm - GoatOfCatalyst  ""]
What happen? Way to keep a dude in suspense!
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[Nov 4,2006 11:10pm - the_reverend ""]
I'm home, working on pictures.
I didn't witness the piledriver bs first hand (or even see any of the piledriver dudes during the show) so I'm not going to tell the story.
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[Nov 4,2006 11:26pm - the_reverend ""]
photos
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[Nov 5,2006 3:07am - thuringwethil ""]
good times.
keepin' your head above water
make any way that you can.

well, I at least had fun~
larissa

I gave the eight year old headbanger girl a hekseri sticker. She'll ebay it in twenty years.
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[Nov 5,2006 3:52am - Kevord ""]
Tonight's show was amazing. Psycho was awesome. I'm just pissed common enemy didn't play.
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[Nov 5,2006 1:34pm - Anthony nli  ""]
This show ruled!
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[Nov 5,2006 1:38pm - RichHorror ""]
This was my first time seeing/hearing Destructor. Fucking unbelievable.
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[Nov 5,2006 2:00pm - PaganMegaN ""]
yes, they sounded awesome!!!!
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[Nov 5,2006 2:54pm - BornSoVile ""]
Hekseri ruled as usual. I really like that song Retaliator, sick!
Psycho was fucking great, first time I've seen them before, definately want to see more shows with them in the future.
Destructor was killer! Anyone know where I can buy a disc of theirs? Total Thrash Mania!
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[Nov 5,2006 3:11pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""]
Listenable Records reissued Maximum Destruction a few years ago.
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[Nov 5,2006 3:17pm - BornSoVile ""]
Dwyer = The Man
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[Nov 5,2006 3:18pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""]
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1220
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[Nov 5,2006 7:20pm - anonymous  ""]
what happened with piledriver?
did they play?
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[Nov 5,2006 8:28pm - the_reverend ""]
piledriver did not play as I said. robin! tell the story

destructor: with under 50 people on a saturday evening (with ~50yo's on stage), this band still had fun. You could tell in the way they played. The set sounded perfect. If you have any of their old stuff, this sounded spot on. This is the way old thrash bands should hit off their shows.
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[Nov 6,2006 12:36am - Robin NLI!  ""]
Sorry to everyone about Piledriver: I was looking forward to their set as much as everyone else.
But when you roll in with threats on me and my staff, no matter what your contract says, you're gone.
Have fun at your hotel I never got you, you fucking Canadian faggits.
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[Nov 6,2006 1:38am - GoatOfCatalyst  ""]
elaborate
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[Nov 6,2006 1:53am - the_reverend ""]
$3 word
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[Nov 6,2006 2:37am - Robin NLI!  ""]
They will never come back to Boston put it that way.
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[Nov 6,2006 2:40am - Thrash your fucking head in  ""]
Hey thanks CUNT!!!

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[Nov 6,2006 2:40am - Thrash your fucking head in  ""]
YOU FAT WHORE!!!
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[Nov 6,2006 2:46am - Thrash your fucking head in  ""]
You fat fucking STD infected SLUT

FUCK YOU
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[Nov 6,2006 2:59am - Robin NLI!  ""]
yo momma has a bow-legged tittie with a kickstand.
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[Nov 6,2006 6:33am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Why does this always happen? Why must a band ban an entire city because of the events at one show, which accordingly were their own damn fault?
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[Nov 6,2006 7:44am - charlie infection  ""]
Pile driver should have played !!!
But too bad for them... Psycho had a great time ....Thanks to all who showed !! WE had a blast!!!!
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[Nov 6,2006 8:08am - gargh  ""]
still don't get what happen with piledriver?
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[Nov 6,2006 8:32am - CLINICALLY DEAD  ""]
Fucking awesome show, Psycho destroyed! Love seeing the Chaz in action, he so fucking good, better than he ever was!

Fuck Piledriver man. Rich horror was so fucking funny it was all worth them not playing. it woud have been cool to see them, but pure comedy is sometimes better than seeing an old washed up canuck thrash band.

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[Nov 6,2006 8:51am - RichHorror ""]
If that's Piledriver dudes calling Robin fat... then that's pretty funny.
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[Nov 6,2006 10:26am - Robin NLI!  ""]
PILEDRIVER I'M COMING FOR YOU!
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[Nov 6,2006 3:36pm - Kinslayer  ""]
Me and this little dude thrashed the whole show!

[img]
[img]
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[Nov 6,2006 3:37pm - Kinslayer  ""]
We have the same color hair! It's mini me! We're almost the same height too!
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[Nov 6,2006 3:44pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
That was a girl I think.
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[Nov 6,2006 3:46pm - the_reverend ""]
I was confused if it was a boy or a girl. there was a little girl headbanging too. she stopped 1/2way through psycho. this kid will be cooler than tenacious d character in the new movie.
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[Nov 6,2006 3:48pm - Kinslayer  ""]
It was definitely a little dude; he had a sister thrashing for a while too that looked a lot like him...
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[Nov 6,2006 7:05pm - RichHorror ""]
Those kids were rad.
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[Nov 6,2006 7:09pm - the_reverend ""]
almost as rad as that hip young dude who was really into municipal waste at that show. from what I remembered, he had a full head of hair.
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[Nov 6,2006 7:13pm - RichHorror ""]
That photographer had a double full head of hair the next night.
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[Nov 6,2006 7:19pm - the_reverend ""]
oh I remember that pair well!
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[Nov 6,2006 7:24pm - the_reverend ""]
[img][img]
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[Nov 6,2006 8:51pm - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
It is always sweet to see younger kids getting into heavy music because then they will have the torch be passed to them when they reach our age. I just hope this whole metalcore scene won't become the next classic rock.
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[Nov 13,2006 9:34am - piledriver ""]
Hotel? Ha ha ha!!! Dude, we were in Montreal at the Katecombes for last call-till-sunrise party action with Janick and her girls! No, sadly, we forgot about you HOURS before that...Ha ha ha!!!
Some of you piss-ant punk/diy promoters are really something! We try to support the small time guys, and this is how we're treated... Robin, from before we even arrived you knew you were in breach of contract and you were scared shitless before we even pulled up to the venue... then you ran from us for three hours while we tried to work it out with you... (during which we went up the block to set up a gig at the Middle East, just in case we wouldn't be playing so we would still soon be serving it up soon for our Boston area fans) you heard third-hand exaggerated claims of our 'threats' which were nothing but quips and jokes in our internal band venting... we then chased you down as you yakked on your cell phone to say that if you could come up with $200 for gas n' shit, we would go on... but, no... you couldn't stay in one spot long enough to listen... you ran around like a headless chicken, calling the cops on us, for what... third-hand BULLSHIT??? Seriously, Robin! How many words were actually exchanged face to face between you and us??? Let's see...
YOU:"There's no dressing-room... no-motel... no-money.
US: "What? What? What? This is fucked, you signed a contract. We're going outside to discuss this".
Mascara-Doughboy(and yeah... I know I'm the fattest of the fat... takes one to know one, ya know...): "Hey, you can't have ten names on the guest list"
US: "Um, we don't have a guestlist... -grabbing sharpie and blotting out names- we don't know anyone in Boston... goddammit, where's ROBIN?"
Again, we chased you around while you yakked on your cellphone, trying to tell you we'd play for $200 bucks gas money... then you're running up the freakin' block! Then you call the COPS and have us removed from the venue. What... doncha have a big brother to fight yer battles? Yer mommy perhaps? Our were they too busy making you a little sister to hand your clothes down to???
Now, in this very forum, after not being professional enough to honor your own signature in a business venture, let alone possessing the testosterone to man up and enter into civil discussion to arrive at a fair compromise to save the deal, not to mention saving face for your ownself, you DARE to make PUBLIC THREATS ("PILEDRIVER I'M COMING FOR YOU")... you shoulda been careful whatcha wished for cuz you got it, u lil' bitch!!! When I see you, we'll dance, I promise... ask anyone, I always back MY word with deed... and you've made it public... how could I deny? 'Twouldst be my pleasure my pretty little plaything to render you your fate... till next we meet!!!!!!!

(n.b. ...pour les connaisseurs... on va passer vers Sherbrooke avec Eutanazia dans quelque semaines... vien, vien, on va jaser...)
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[Nov 13,2006 12:06pm - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Well, that SEEMED like a real explanation.
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[Nov 13,2006 12:16pm - RichHorror ""]
Letting this all die and be forgotten sounds like a pretty good and mature idea to me. Yep.
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[Nov 13,2006 1:08pm - piledriver ""]
Ok, ok, ok... I should retract some of what I said there...
'Our' should be 'or'... the rest stands!!! See you in hell!!!

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[Nov 13,2006 1:10pm - RichHorror ""]
Alright.
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[Nov 13,2006 1:14pm - piledriver ""]
pssst... au sous-sol de l'église St-Marc à Coaticook le 16 decembre avec Eutanazia... passe le mot... Hostie on va tripper en sale vous allez voir !!
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[Nov 13,2006 1:19pm - watchmaker666 ""]
why anyone would promote shows is beyond me, I mean thanks to everyone who has ever booked us but why you put up with all this shit is beyond me.
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[Nov 13,2006 1:34pm - anomymous  ""]
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[Nov 13,2006 2:17pm - Deathrasher  ""]
I waited over 20 years to see Piledriver and destructor and was fucked again. If it's true about the contract and whoever put the show on should of paid up. And there was no need to call the cops thats bad for the scene! You don't like what I say "FUCK OFF". LAST DAYS FOR THE WEAK.
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[Nov 14,2006 1:48am - Coldnorthernvengeance ""]
That is fucked but I can look passed it being that they are French
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[Nov 14,2006 1:51am - Coldnorthernvengeance ""]
Seriously, piledriver rule and this promoter could not even hear them out

Total Bullshit

who the fuck does Robin think she is
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[Nov 14,2006 2:20am - Robin NLI  ""]
Haha no these guys sucked. They are so lucky I called the police which the club wanted me to do after I asked them what I should do with these guys that were making threats, please post my signature on any contract I have signed for this show, otherwise you can go fuck yourselves, I'll have my boys SUM 41 kick your fat asses.
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[Nov 14,2006 2:21am - Robin NLI  ""]
I book the middle East you turds have fun playing there. Or anywhere here safely.
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[Nov 14,2006 2:22am - ConquerTheBaphomet ""]
Coldnorthernvengeance said:who the fuck does Robin think she is


Robin is a dude.
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[Nov 14,2006 2:23am - Robin NLI  ""]
Robin is a dude that is friends with alot of your friends.
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[Nov 14,2006 2:28am - Robin NLI  ""]
They can talk all the shit they want from Canada but who didn't get to play a show for being babies and having no fans. Prove a contract signature, and when you do I'll show the back of my credit card signature to match it up. Can't do it fatty Mcretarded.
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[Nov 14,2006 2:43am - Coldnorthernvengeance ""]
Robin NLI said:I book the middle East you turds have fun playing there. Or anywhere here safely.


Hahahaha, I am shaking in my boot straps

I would rather watch myself piss than play a gig under your name

Boston can suck my Live free or Die dick

Tossah
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[Nov 14,2006 2:52am - Robin NLI  ""]
I was saying that to piledriver, I like your band. I'm in Defcon 4. Friends with Keith Bennet since 1988. Get your facts straight or believe a messageboard.
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[Nov 14,2006 3:02am - Robin NLI  ""]
Haha I know two of your bandmates.
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[Nov 14,2006 3:38am - BestialOnslaught ""]
While I love PILEDRIVER and thought the show in Montreal last December was fucking great, there's a few important things to note here... This is also in response to the statement on the PILEDRIVER website about the show, someone can track it down if they like. I can't comment on the events themselves (police showing up, etc.), cause I arrived to the show later.

- This is a band that barely had their albums distributed outside of Canada when they were released 20 years ago and didn't play a single show at the time.
- Including the 12/2005 Montreal show, I believe this mini-tour makes for 4 total PILEDRIVER shows now completed? Correct me if I'm wrong... Also this new live lineup only contains 1 original member.
- I don't have a clue of the exact number, but I'd guess that Robin has booked over 100 shows, or close to it at least. He had to dig into his own pocket to make sure HIRAX got paid properly last night, but the show was a success, and Katon and co. were just one of many really appreciative bands he's booked.
- If you can't get more than 30 people to come to the Elks Lodge, how are you going to get booked at the Middle East? MUNICIPAL WASTE played the Elks to 350 or so people - another show booked by Robin - because, well... people care about them! I prefer PILEDRIVER, but the fact is, not very many people at all have even heard the name.
- Robin's a fuckin' birdbrain, but it's all good.

What it comes down to, all musical opinions and egos set aside, is that Robin knows how to book a show, puts his ass on the line financially, and has had repeated success in the process. PILEDRIVER either vastly overestimates their drawing power, has little clue about the live music business, or some combination of the two.

DESTRUCTOR, on the other hand, showed that they understood real underground metal and seemed to enjoy playing for the 40 or 50 people that stuck around. They didn't bitch about the payout either, cause they probably understand that a 20 year old recently resurrected underground band is out of their minds to expect $600 and hotel rooms.
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[Nov 14,2006 6:11am - DrinkHardThrashHard ""]
Amen.
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[Nov 14,2006 7:52am - anonymous  ""]
Psycho played for beer or nothing at all and kicked all kinds of ass.
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[Nov 14,2006 9:01am - Coldnorthernvengeance ""]
Robin NLI said:I was saying that to piledriver, I like your band. I'm in Defcon 4. Friends with Keith Bennet since 1988. Get your facts straight or believe a messageboard.


Damn, my bad

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[Nov 14,2006 12:30pm - Robin NLI  ""]
haha
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[Nov 14,2006 12:33pm - Robin NLI  ""]
Also to people considering me just as a promoter, this is the last thing on my to do list, the reason I book shows is to see the bands I like or to help locals get to play in front of different crowds, I think the most I ever made off a show once, was 500 at Municipal waste last time, but I never do this for the money ever.

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