1/30: The Row in Great Falls

Nickelback.

Metallica.

Pantera.

Warrant.

Nickelback.

As you well know, we are not any of these bands. However, the good people of Great Falls somehow managed to overlook this major flaw in our musical identity and rock their little faces and pants off way down below at Machinery Row. After getting out of town a little later than usual, we still arrived in Great Falls at a decent hour and set up our gear in record time, thanks in part to our willingness to haul our stuff down the stairs instead of waiting for that retardedly slow elevator. After that, it was rocking as usual.

I added some variety to our setlist by including a few covers we hadn’t played in ages and some originals that we had played maybe once or twice since I’ve been in the band. And you know what? They went over pretty well, save for me not exactly remembering how to play “Cookie Jar” or “Cat in the Hat.” I faked my way through them alright, though. At least I had the crowd fooled. Despite some of the botched song performances I just mentioned, the night was a success. We showed up on time, rocked out, played a song that advocated childhood obesity, and had a calm, restful night at the Quality Inn; an inn, might I add, that earned its namesake through dint of hard work, determination, and some damn fine sleeping accommodations.

Highlights:

–We probably had the roughest bridge/rocking guitar solo transition in “Jesus” ever, thanks to a crappy countdown from our fearless lead singer. Thanks for nothing, jackass.

–My freshman year roommate, the one and only Jeff Peters, made an appearance and made me long for the days in Jesse Hall where we could touch elbows from our respective beds.

–We tried something new to further add variety to our show. You know how sometimes Josh gets on the kit, I take over the guitar, John tries bass, so on and so forth? Well tonight, John took over congas, Josh played guitar, Levi played bass, and I took my place behind the kit for what was the worst rendition of any song ever played. Out of respect for the original artists, I’m not going to tell you which song it was. I can tell you that they’re probably rolling over in their graves right now.

Setlist:

Birthday Suit

Out of Her Mind

Free Ride

Undercover World

Mexico

Potion

Kegger

LMP

Save the World

Spiderman (really!)

Hurts So Good

Friends w/ Benefits

Fishing in the Dark

Kinky

Baltimore

Some acoustic songs

Stryper Bender

Dub T Bootay

Excuse to Jam

A Medley of sorts

Come with Me

Grant

Chimney, She Is

Dust/Bottle

I Make My Own Money

Abercrombie Jeans

Leave Me Alone

College Daze

Jesus, If You So On And So Forth

Hands to Self

Here’s a picture of the Terminator robot:

Man, that’s cool.