Vans
Warped Tour, 06.29.01
When I arrived at the Coliseum after a short walk from my house, I
didn't know what to expect. I didn't’t enjoy last years Warped
Tour and was a bit skeptical about huge festivals such as this. I
made my way to one of the side stages and saw Agent 51, a band from
San Diego, which turned out to be pretty good. Soon after they finished
their set, the stage right next to theirs began to gather a crowd.
The guys ripping it up on the stage were Sugarcult, a band I had never
heard of but would definitely be hearing more of as time passed. Their
music was full of energy and made me want to jump around, plus the
foursome that made up Sugarcult weren’t so bad looking either.
Tim drove all the screaming girls crazy as he belted out such songs
as “Daddy’s Little Defect” and “Bouncing Off the
Walls”. His smile made the sweltering hot weather rise to triple
digits. Even more amazing was the way Ben pulled off the challenge
of beating away at the drums as he backed up Tim during the chorus.
Out of the dozen bands that I saw that day, the best was without a
doubt Sugarcult.
The guys
hung out at their merch booth after their set so I went to say hi.
I only recognized Tim and Marko and I couldn’t for the life of
me remember what the other two looked like. I took a picture with
them and had Marko sign my shirt. Tim saw it and said “Oh two
can play at this game” so he signed it too. They were both funny
and beyond nice. Besides the sever sunburn that I suffered and the
blisters I got from my shoes, the Vans Warped Tour was an event that
I’m glad I didn’t miss.
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City
Walk , 07.25.01
I dragged my brother out to this one last minute, mainly because I
didn’t want to take the Metro and risk getting there late. We
ended up getting there just as they were finishing up the first song;
I can’t remember right now which one it is but you should be
able to find the set list with the pictures from this show. Anyway,
I zigzagged my way through the small crowd to get a better view.
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Troubadour, 09.05.01 w/
Brightlife and others
This was
the record release party and since I had seen them before at City
Walk and had kept in touch with Ben though email, he knew who I was
so that was cool. It was also the beginning of our friendship you
might say.
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Street Scene, 09.09.01 w/
The Offspring, P.O.D., Long Beach Dub All Stars, Outkast
Ah sunny
San Diego. I should mention my friends suck and are losers and none
of them wanted to go with me to the Street Scene. I wasn’t going
to miss seeing my two favorite bands, The Offspring and Sugarcult,
all on one stage so I hopped on the Amtrak BY MYSELF. Keep in mind
I’ve only been to SD once when I was like 10 and it was for Sea
World. So I get there and find my way to the stage. Sugarcult rocked
and so did The Offspring. P.O.D were pretty cool to. Overall the show
rocked. After The Offspring, I went to go find the guys and found
Ben. I had a picture to give him with a note telling him thanks for
emailing me.
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Roxy, 12.28.01 w/
Home Grown and more
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Rebelpalloza, 04.05.02
Vegas baby!
Vegas! I know you’re probably thinking I went to Vegas just for
Sugarcult. Although I am capable of doing such a thing, that is not
the case. My architecture frat (it’s co-ed) was having its annual
convention in Vegas and I figured hey might as well go see Sugarcult
while I’m there. So my pledge bro and fellow Sugarcult fanatic,
Monica, and I paid a ridiculous amount of money for a taxi to take
us out to the middle of nowhere, also known as the UNLV campus.
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Trinity Hall, 04.26.02 w/
Army of Freshmen, Fairveiw
Now if you’ve
ever been to Trinity Hall for a show or even a dance, then you know
how small and stuffy the place is. Although I enjoy going to concerts
at small bars and halls such as Trinity, it isn’t so great when
the stage is up to just bellow your knees.
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Troubadour, 06.22.02 w/
Death On Wednesday Audio Karate, Army of Freshmen, Lo Ball
It had been
almost a year since I first heard of Sugarcult. The past year I saw
the crowds get bigger and the fans get wilder. This was by far the
craziest Sugarcult show I had been to. The guys had just finished
up some dates in the East Coast and a crazy girl some of you may know
as Sydney or Sari, had seen them 3 times and headed out to Cali where
she would meet up with me for another 3 more shows. I’m not being
random by mentioning this, you’ll see that she plays an important
role at Sugarcult shows so read on.
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HOB, Anaheim, 06.24.02 w/
Death On Wednesday, Audio Karate, Army Of Freshmen
HOB doesn't
allow cameras! Biggest disappointment of the night.
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The Scene, 07.13.02 w/
Off By One, Death On Wednesday, Agent 51
This was
to be my final show with Sydney “The sign girl from Connecticut”.
It was a last minute thing so we had our good friend Ernest put us
on the guest list. I never knew it would be so hard getting to SD.
All of our plans for trasportation fell through. We left my house
at 10am but didn't actually leave LA till 2pm. It was hell. By the
time we got to the venue, I didn't even want to be there anymore.
It was small, cramoed, and hot. I didn't get a good spot or view and
my pictures were crap. What was worse is I didn't know how I was getting
home to be at work the next morning.
Now as for
the bands, DOW and Sugarcult were great. OB! were ok, and I didn't
enjoy Agent 51 much. They did someth9ing with fire if I remember correctly
which sucked because it just made the place hotter. Tim had just gotten
a haircut, different but nice. Marko was rockin the pink Chucks! My
monkey got some attention and I was completly soaked in fluids.
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The Palace, 08.17.02 w/
Less Than Jake, Yellowcard
I was thinking
about skipping this show to hang out with my friends since I hadn’t
really been able to, I work to damn much. In the end, I decided to
go and for reasons that are better left unsaid, I’m glad I did!!!
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Cal Poly
Week Of Welcome, 08.20.02 w/
Ozomatli and some local band who obviously wasn't good enough to remember..
Sugarcult
on campus and only WOWies can go?! I don't think so! I made a few
calls and wrote a few emails and got on the guest list. I promoted
the show and Sugarcult all day handing out stickers at Club day. Moni,
Moni's friend Rowena and I got to the Rec Center
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The Coach
House, 10.30.02 w/
The Ataris, The Go Reflex, Break Dance Vietnam...
Sometimes
I wonder why I go through so much trouble to see Sugarcult. I've seen
them like a dozen times and pretty much now their on stage rutine,
but still I go. This time I took the Greyhound by myself again, not
knowing where the hell the Coach House was.
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The Palace,
12.12.02 w/
The Ataris, The Go Reflex, Rufio...
Road trip!
I was in SLO still and weeks before I get a message from a fellow
Cal Poly student offering me a ride to the show. She seemed cool so
I accepted. When she picked me up that morning, we hit it of and it
was as if we had known each other already. I soon found out that we
were getting Kristing from LAX and Carolyn from Union Station, none
of them had ever met. Basically we were all strangers to eaxh other.
By the time we get to the show, we had time to get aquaited and share
a few stories over chicken and waffles at Roscoes. We did a little
dancing in the Palace parking lot and a little tourism with Kristin
who was in search of Stars on the Walk of Fame. As she searched for
stars, I littered the walls with Sugarcult stickers.
The Go Reflex
was fun. I thought Bob was going to break that poor piano and it would
come flying towards us since we were right in front of him. Luckily
none of that happend. He did lose his glasses though. Rufio took the
stage but we were all busy suffering from smashed boobs to care. I
wasn't familiar with anything of theirs so I didn't pay too much attention.
Sugarcult came on and did their thing but not before Marko decided
to spit beer on us. Thanks. Kenny was filling in for Ben. Being that
Christmas was just around the corner, they played "Here Comes
Santa Clause". I threw stickers into the crowd. Marko fell on
Martha and I as I was putting film in my camera. He broke Martha's
camera but it got fixed later. We left after their set and went upstairs
to the patio. We hung out at the balcony for The Ataris which by the
way were awesome. They broke a few things and lit stuff on fire, so
I heard since I was I don't know where.
After the
show we talked to the guys and Kristin had gifts for them. We went
on our way back to SLo after dropping Carolyn off. On the way we enjoyed
Rockstars and Rockstar stains, chain smoking, a smoking raindeer,
Santa Clause doing 80 on the 101, and of couse a near death experience
with a train.
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Slims,
12.13.02 w/ The Ataris, The Go Reflex, Rufio...
For our
drive up to SF it was pouring which made for a dangerous and extended
trip. We get there and I went to get my tickets since I was on THE
LIST. Haha watch out. I tell the lady my name and she says I'm not
on there. I'm about to freak out when she finds my name on a different
list. Close call. We chill outside for a bit and my friend Brendy
ends up buying a ticket off some dude. Just before we go inside we
see Airin so we get a picture with him and his bomb-diggity light-up
blue pen. When we finally get in, Rufio is about to take the stage
(we missed The Go Reflex) but I dont feel like being in the front
so me and Monica move to the back. At this time Kristin and Martha
are MIA since they stayed outside for a cig. Sugarcult takes the stage
and Moni and I return to the pit and end up finding Martha and Kristin.
It gets crazy and a confrentation starts between Kristin and some
chick in front of her. I get to her to late to prevent her from being
punched and so we have to leave. Sugarcult were barely in their 4th
song or so. I took Kritin in the bathroom to clean her up. The heat
of the pit and the fight made her all dizzy and she got sick so we
went outside and that's where we stayed pretty much for the remainder
of the night.
While we
were outside, The Ataris had a male stripper come out and entertain
the Sugarcult boys. They were also creamed with pies and such.
Despite
all that happened that night, we all still had fun. We chilled outside
making fun of certain people and improving our new language. Hehe
