place: RAY'S

year: 2006

shirt worn: UNEARTH

type of show: official

bands:

PSYOPUS

Into the Moat

THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA

HOME PHARMACY

THE PHALLANX

went with: Brian Hession, 13-year-old Dan, Nick Guido, & Phil Dalton

show was: different

entry:

It was during the first summer after twelfth grade. It was on 8/21/2006. I had just coe home from Chris Golding's house cause he had just left for FSU again. Right when I got home I remembered the fuckin show. I was like "fuck, Brian fuckin get me." So, he did. He had those two scenesters in the car. I don't hate Nick and Dan anymore. We got to RAY'S super early so I was just like, fuck we're goin to BARNES & NOBLE. So, that's what we did. Brian looked at Sci-Fi books. I read stuff about 2pac, EMINEM, & WU-TANG CLAN. Nick & Dan didn't read at all...dumb fatties. So, after that we went to RAY'S when it was time. Phil Dalton was there. He looked retarded in his hat. So, we convinced him to remove it. Thomas and and his girlfriend, Jamie were there. Then I found Chudi, Marcus, & Brian Black. I hung with them for a while. Then Ernesto, Jose, Lance, and Travis showed up. Then I talked to them for a while. Then I noticed the singer from a fragile line was there. The flyer said they were the local band that was opening. Apparently not, from what he explained to me. They broke up, and his new band, THE PHALLANX was opening. So,  yada yada, doors opened, we went in. Dagon came in along with Andrew. So, I talked to Dagon for a while cause I hadn't seen him in a long time. So, eventually THE PHALLANX got on. Me and Chudi are like "what the fuck" as they're setting up cause we notice they have the following components: vocals, two electric guitars, bass, drums, an acoustic guitar, and a keyboard. So, we're thinking this is either going to be some really shitty noisecore thing, or a really good prog metal act. Come to find out, it's all mystical, medieval, renaissance, power metalcore shit, if you can imagine. I don't care what anyone says. It was the shit. I love it. It was so dorky. The songs were all about Zelda, swords, dragons, and shit. I was like "damn, this is what the local scene's been waiting for." I noticed that the keyboardist was big Sam from my middle school. After they were done, Bobby DeCastro came in....and so did Josh, the midget (sorry, only description I can provide) from Middle School of the Arts. It was like woah, all these people from middle school. HOME PHARMACY was boring as hell. They had two bassists. Who needs two bassists? And, so the rest of the night was great grindcore. Actually, I've never been to a show that was primarily grind until now. Yah, so, THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA wasn't even there yet. They were still on their way down from the previous stop on the tour in Orlando. So, um, yah. Into the Moat got on instead. I remember them when they were local. NA NA NA NA. They were good but not as good as they would have been if they hadn't lost one of their guitarists and were forced to play on stage with one. When Into the Moat was done, THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA still wasn't down yet. So, PSYOPUS goes on, and no one is even sure if the boys from Louisiana are even gonna make it. PSYOPUS was amazing. The whole time Dagaon is like "watching this makes me never want to paly guitar again." So, when they're done, THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA finally gets there. ALRIGHT. They hit the stage and tore that shit up better than anyone that night. They fuckin rocked. So, after the show, the merch guy for THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA was basically like "we need a place to stay." So, what does Brian do? He invites them to spend the night at his house.....AND SO THEY DO. So, fuckin, me, Brian, Nick, Dan, and Phil get into Brian's dad's Taurus. We go to TACO BELL with THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA's tour truck and van behind us. We all chow down. Then they follow us to his house. We all just like sat around and chilled and talked about dumb funny shit all night. The whole band was there except, Jessie, the singer because he was with PSYOPUS. Now, Nick was talkin to Jessie at the show. He said that he was goin to spend the night PSYOPUS because one of their guys broke up with his girlfriend, and he needed to be there for him. What the rest of the band told us is that that's a load of horse shit and that he's basically just pissed because he had just got kicked out of the band and he only has a couple more shows with them. WOAH. We're getting info first here. Nigga nigga. Of course, the whole night the guys told us all the funny stories they had. From ttuff about getting STDS on your face to getting shit in your pocket to plain old humping a fire hydrant. I can't wait to be a rockstar and go on tour now! They were all great guys. Thomson and Layne are my favorites. Thomson looks like Chuck Norris. Butler and Mason were cool as well of course. Oh, and of course we can't forget the merch guy, Cracka John. Eventually, Nick, Phil, and Dan had to go home, cause they had high school the next day. Well, Dan had middle school, and Nick doesn't go to school, but that's besides the point. Me and Brian and the band stayed up till 4 in the morning. They all passed out in the living room. Me and Brian went to sleep in his bed. Stop with gay jokes you insecure ass holes. So,the next morning Brian made me, and the rest of the guys pancakes and eggs. We were trying to convince Tomson to go run over to Watkins, Dan's middle school, and run into his classroom and do an air hump and yell "Yah, Forever" or just act like he's his dad and get him out of school or something. He was really considering it, but he never did. We all watche THE BOONDOCK SAINTS.  Dan Grant and Cassie were school that day, so Dan called Brian, probably cause I wasn't home, and was like "what are you doin?" amd he was like "just watchin THE BOONDOCK SAINTS with THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA"  and of course he's like "wait, what? they're at your house?" So, Dan and Cassie came over. Then it was finally time for us to say farewell to our new rockstar friends and they went off on their way to the next show in Ocala. So, then we all got in Dan's car. He took Brian to work, then Cassie to her house, then me to my house. Then I went to Joe's house. Yah. I hung out with THE TONY DANZA TAP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA.