'08 TOUR Re-CAP (part 3)

Jan 1 - Richmond, VA @ Juice Tyme Basement

So the shows for the previous 2 days bombed and are now irrelevant to this blog as it's a tour update not a , lack-of-tour update. Through poor planning and probably a lot of laziness New years eve and new years eve eve were spent on the road without a show either night. We had planned the tour up to the 4th of the month but never got around to it. Packing up at lukes and driving really slowly to richmond is pretty much what went down. On the way we felt our show was in jeopardy because of a lack of P.A. or something of that nature. The show was schedualed at Ramakin's, however there was a house show down the street with Harms Way from chicago and richmond locals Juice Tyme. We played first, this dudes basement was small, we have played some small basements, but this shit was crazy small. Lane and I made our way to the corner store liquor spot right around the corner, i was thristy so i grabbed a 24oz of red stripe. it was really cold out in richmond that night. we played solid as possible, sounded crazy in that little room. all i remember is me trying to turn on the ceiling fan during our set and it didn't work. Our richmond homies Original Sin played after us and the hard pressed, solid. Goodtimes seein those dudes around. All i did after our set was freeze my ass off. Our house to sleep at fizzled out and we went to a sit down Sheetz with Paul white and the dudes. First time ive experienced sheetz with a dining area, this is the next best place if Wawa isn't around(holler!) Drove home to maryland that night, don't remember much from the drive. Shout outs to Steve "drive all motherfuckin' night" Barker.

We played one local show Jan 4th with Miami's Thick As Blood, shout out to Scott for that one. You weren't there.

January 12th - Cleveland, OH @ The Brothel

Was stoked for this show, clevo is not far surprisingly. Rolled up to an area bordering a great lake in the winter time. It's rather chilly as we arrive. Roll up in the cut to this place called the Brothel, DIY space that just opened up with the help of some dudes living upstairs. right off the bat i see a lot of shit i like. i see an awesome ass blacklight weed poster on the back of the bathroom door, more like bathroom gate. Peeped in the stalls with no doors, checked out some nice nudes on the wall, strictly lesbo. Then i look up and i see Pauly boy from Meltdown fame.. we have played a few shows with this dudes' band. Don't front though we've had some sick shows with these guys, with bands like trash talk back when nobody was comin' out. So fuck you, slacker! Dude was there with Attitude/Forfeit catchin' a ride home to syracuse in a couple days. Pauly is a good dude and it's nice to see him around(and to what you said yo, hardcore is not dyin!) check his band out. All in all i dug this place and was way into it. 1 or 2 bands played before us that i dont remember the name of. right off the bat we waste no time playing, as every band should. I draw blood within minutes on my hand, it's pretty fucked up i dont know what happened but whatever i think zach and I had been drinking in the van prior. Clevo's fuckin liquor stores, WOOOO-O. had zach stay with the van for that one. I think 1 dude moshed hard but we we're recieved decently and nevertheless it was all good in the hood. Forfeit played next, good solid heavier vowel-howeling melallic stuff. They had some new shit that was off the hook, total Sabbathy slow groovy shit, it was word. Attitude played, we packed our shit up and got the fuck up out of there, it was late as hell and we had to drive about 2 hours to the place we were staying. We ended up getting there at 3am, partied until about 6 and couldnt fall asleep too much because girls that snore are somethin' else. Thanks for letting us crash though, and making us pancakes. Today we played detroit, it was weird outside.

post more later

NEW E.P. THIS SPRING

Alarmed has signed a deal with Dead Truth Recordings to be released this spring and then everywhere this summer. We will head into the studio to record with Joe Mitra on March 5th to lay down 4-5 tracks that will be on the as yet to be named release. Following the release we have 3 show's schedualed in March with more on the way. The record release party will be in May and the date will be announced soon.

07-08' TOUR Re-CAP(part 2)

Dec 29 - Myrtle Beach, SC @ The Sound Garden

I don't really remember a lot about this day but i know we drove from Charlotte, which didn't take very long at all. I also remember it raining a bunch on the way to Conway and the windshield fogging up a bunch which was pissing us off/putting us in danger haha. Showed up to the lower warehouse to a few kids, and a band that half their shit set up. Hard Pressed arrived before we did but hadn't loaded in yet. I do remember being somewhat groggy by the time we got to the show. Tossed the pigskin around a little bit, stretched my limb's and felt good to go. Saw a few dudes carrying the P.A. out the door and being the stand-up dude i can be i asked what was up because people got curious. Apparently the fucking sound guy didn't have a microphone, and pretty much has defeated his own purpose by his lack of responsibility, what a fucking step backwards that was. He is the resident sound guy for the lower warehouse as well. All that bitching about ethics aside...i had my own microphone AND cable with me, (as any/every person that may have to use a microphone during their own bands set,) should have. I started bringing my own for a few reasons.

1. to prevent incidents like this from happening
2. to be prepared faster
3. i caught a staff infection from using a previously designated mic, wherever it was we were playing i'm not sure
4. so if i break shit, at least it's my own(or a fellow bandmates shit, which will less likely result in serious conflict in extreme cases)

moving on, the sound guy packed up his shit and ducked out with his tail between his legs pretty much. if it were my guess it was because he forgot shit and felt very embarassed, or at least he should have. as a result of this, in short, i bugged one of the other bands that were looking to get on a show in myrtle beach and hard pressed and us ended up able to play. the show was going to be a late show at the club since one was going down already. the name of the bands playing escape me but i know someone else from the band knows. Super cock rocknroll covering foreigner, journey, the crue and the like. both those bands did. the later band's vocalist/guitarist was talented in the perspective he could scramble around the fret board with ease but his stage presence made me tune out and head for the door. we played first i think and it was pretty solid. our roadie lane was buying shot's at the bar all night. it's still weird to be 21 at a bar. All i remember after our set was it being about 1:30 in the morning and that it was pretty cold outside when i passed out in the van. Woke up at like 6:00am and freaked out, i didn't know where i was. called everybody trying to find out which fuckin' house i'm gonna finish up sleeping at.

another one later today...

'07-'08 Tour Re-CAP

I'm going to Forge a few posts here by doing a recapture of the last tour. We had initially planned to venture out west this January, but steve got into a serious accident and in order for everything with him to turn out O.K. he has to follow through with some physical therapy visits. We cut shit down into reality and did what we could with the amount of time we had between visits...
Went like this-

December 27 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Gil's Bar&Grill

At this point we pretty much were expectation-less for lack of better words since we only played from now until New Years day. We showed up forty-five minutes before the show started but it was an hour and a half past the designated load-in so all the other bands went through 5 boxes of fucking pizza. Assholes. Gil's is a decent place to have a show if there's nowhere else to get down. This literally was my first bar show being 21(be surprised how many non bar venues ACTUALLY exist eh?) i was stoked. Ordered a 'weiser since there was no Blue Moon or High Life. Moutheater & Moral Dillema played first check both bands out, our bud Ben plays drums in the 2nd band. We played next, solid set, i tripped and fell i think only once but i got an anonymous tip that we pummeled through I Rise & Maintain's merch table. Either way, i saw a circle pit, i was into it. We played solid i was really stoked and shit, i wish justin was there. I am always too burnt after we play to watch probaly the next 2-3 bands, i did manage to enjoy Ruiner's set from a chair in the back though. It was there first show of their winter tour as well. We got somewhat shorted but i think we had the best reaction of the night. Went back to Ben's and made way to much sketti, talked some shit and then fell asleep.

I will update the following days soon, the first day is usually the one involving most thought...i'll get to the other dates soon.

Dec. 28 - Kernersville, NC @ Creations Skatepark

So after we tied a make-shift cock&balls to the back of Ruiner guys' trailer and put a few pieces of smutty porn on their windshield we rolled out of Ben's house and we needed to get our oil changed so we headed to our Wal Mart...where we and i think a lot of bands stop to buy whatever the fuck it is that we might need...(if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! but for real fuck wal mart). Got our oil changed and bought a bunch of fucking doughnuts for no reason and they were all delicious. We paid to get that oil changed and peaced out. Got to the venue, it was raining but not too bad, until we decided to bring equipment in when it started pouring. LOJ dropped the show and joey said they went to south florida to kick it all week before this is for you fest. Hard Pressed, the band we were doing the dates with played before us, i hope it wasn't because we were running behind. Dudes played solid...heavy balls, they covered "Into The Void" - by Black Sabbath and i couldn't believe that shit, all i wanted to do was headbang. I was so fuckin syked. We played our best set @ Creations we've ever played and we have played there 3 times before. Sounded real heavy some kids looked confused, some kids felt it. Some kids just played dumb. Either way had a good time, cut the set short because Hard Pressed went over on time, no sweat though! I don't care, we dish out tardy behavior left and right so we can deal. Triac made me feel like my brain was exposed to direct source of hatred. Ruiner did well and i saw a lot of kids faces that looked like they were getting really emotional. Bugged them enough to get a free limited run poster. Didn't stick around for Pulling Teeth's seti went to the liquor store to try and get some captain morgan but you can't buy liquor past 9 in North Carolina... drove back to lukes. settled in for like 10 minutes and then right back out the door a few roads over to party at Grant and Muchods house. Lots of nonsense, satanic airhorns, played some cards, shot the shit. chilled out and ended up walking back to Luke's and then taking anothet trip up the block out to the YMCA bus yard to piss all in the back of bus, throw empty beer cans everywhere and smoke the place out. How fucking ignorant.

FIRST POST

I've decided to start a blog over this band, in an attempt to bring news and information about Alarmed from the minds and eyes of the band. post's including, but not limited to; tour highlights, people we've met, reviews of bands we feel neccesary, links to exclusive serious internet business, studio updates and all that jazz. Just something to keep track of this band, so we can put ourselves in check later down the road of how it's really going down.