Three words to describe tonight's Be Your Own Pet show at the Bowery Ballroom…Out of Control. Here’s a brief synopsis of the evening. The two guitar players from the Black Lips decided to make out in the middle of a song. Outrageous, right? During the Black Lips set, the guitar player from Demon's Claws, the opening band, decided to jump on stage and execute repeated headstands. This prompted Kevin, the wacky but nice security guard at the Bowery Ballroom, to throw him off the stage right into me. Three big security guards moved in, picked him up, and carried him outside. As they were carrying him out, he managed to set off a fire extinguisher, which filled the Bowery Ballroom with smoke. This prompted an evacuation, forcing everyone to wait outside for ten minutes. As I was standing outside, I saw Rolling Stone Magazine Senior Editor, David Fricke. Back inside, I went up to Fricke to tell him I was a big fan. He thanked me, shook my hand, and could not have been nicer. At this point in the evening I’m feeling good. I met David Fricke, saw a few interesting bands and was about to see Be Your Own Pet. When they hit the stage the crowd went wild. The show was a keeper from early on, fueled by Jemina's energy. Then things took a turn for the worse, for me at least. During Be Your Own Pets last song, their guitar player decided to be Johnny Rock Star, and smash his guitar. Smart move, if you consider the stage to audience proximity at Bowery. Guess what happened next? A piece of the guitar hit me smack in the head. Rock and Roll, right?!? Kevin, the security guard, came over quickly to check on me. I stayed at the Bowery Ballroom twenty minutes after the show, putting ice on my swollen head. Quick shout out to ALL the security guards and personnel at Bowery who were so nice to me.
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now I present to you, an evening in pictures…
Guy from Demon's Claws, who was thrown out, and set off the fire extinguisher...
Everyone waiting outside after the fire extinguisher was triggered... Photos: Be Your Own Pet @ Bowery Ballroom 6/28/06
Paparazzi shot of David Fricke...
Photos: Black Lips @ Bowery Ballroom 6/28/06
Best concert review ever.
Posted by: Brian Terjeson | September 29, 2006 at 05:19 PM
damn...what a crazy concert...i was going to go and decided not to...i'll always do that.
Posted by: florence | September 29, 2006 at 07:30 PM
Crazy sh*t yo! Glad you are okay AC!!!
Posted by: li | September 30, 2006 at 05:42 PM
Hey, thanks for the comment. I wish I would have stuck it out now! Crazy night.
Posted by: Matthew | October 02, 2006 at 10:27 AM
hi every one,
my name is piero, i m french, from france, and used to play in those bands : the mighty go-go playersd, the fatals, the demon's claws and actually jack of heart.
i write this cauz, i got no way to tell my version, which is onltymy version, but :
i didnt touch the iunstinct guisher at all . (that would get me banned from the usa forevern what i dont want, and takin care of it .
WE had a hard show with demons claws on stage, and bouncer wanted trow jef(lead singer) and me out of the stage , (-without takin our equipment) cuz i ve been skin for a jack cord for the whiole sety (the piano fell on my jack and cuted it in two!) the two stagesound guys on my left denied me till the end of the show ...so before leavin the stage i just said "bowery ballroom, suck my big black dick" on the microphone .. nothing to deal with bouncers (yes they are black ) !!! i had got relation with them in the after noon , nice people.
then , pat( guitar demons claws) got to me, and brought me by the hand to the bouncer that understood a racist act. i was thinking i was racist ; i just told him its misunderstanding, i AM no tracist at all. (through i dont like that much white people) :) we shaked our hand .
then While the blacklips show i did like in every cities wher emy pals played : i partied, drinking, rolling my body on stage , and they (bouncers) didnt like it (ysael throwing beer at the black lipshas been almost thrown out by the bouncers for this ! he explained them that its party , it s nice ... it s what we always do , cuz we love eachother ! they finally let him back in.
then i ve been on stage once (just to kiss cole, t)
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