National gig-spam (painful content)

[Strange]

Genitorturers w/ Sex Slaves and Prime Mover
11/25 @ the Masquerade

I'm psyched about this one! I don't know how much of their fanbase will dig what we do, but they always draw a crowd and always put on a killer show.

[Judge Gregg]

The dude from the ALMIGHTY Crumbsuckers plays in the Genitorturers. Or at least he used to.

Congrats dude!

[Pushead]

Somehow, I think it's going to be a fun and memorable gig. Have a great time!

[Strange]

Originally Posted by Judge Gregg

The dude from the ALMIGHTY Crumbsuckers plays in the Genitorturers. Or at least he used to.

Congrats dude!

Chuck left. He did some great guitar work for them though.

Regardless, it's all about Gen for me. My lust for and fear of her are in perfect balance. haha

Somehow, I think it's going to be a fun and memorable gig. Have a great time!

I think so too. Our drummer is kinda iffy on whether or not he'll be able to watch them. I guess I've told him too much about other shows I've seen. i think his curiosity will get the best of him though.

[wyldweasil]

the dude from morbid angel plays in genitorturers as well. fuck yeah! Bow to me faithfully, bow to me splendidly

[Strange]

Originally Posted by wyldweasil

the dude from morbid angel plays in genitorturers as well. fuck yeah! Bow to me faithfully, bow to me splendidly

Yep. David "Evil D" Vincent on the bass. He and Gen, the singer, are married...but I'm pretty sure they're both allowed to torture whoever they want.

[Judge Gregg]

Just wondering how you scored the gig.

[Strange]

Originally Posted by Judge Gregg

Just wondering how you scored the gig.

Persistence.

There are 3 clubs in Atlanta that have National shows and will actually put local support on the bill, but the main one is the Masquerade. They actually like putting locals on the bill because they know the local bands will promote the show, sell tickets, etc.

basically when I hear about bands coming to Atlanta I hit up the talent buyer and ask if they need an opener. 11 times out of 10 the answer is no. ...but sometimes it is yes. They give us 100 tickets to sell. We get 2 to 3 bucks off of each ticket that we sell. The more tickets we sell, the more likely we'll get more/better shows in the future.

[P-Zilla]

I am checking these guys out.

When is Mover busting a new record out!?

[Strange]

Originally Posted by P-Zilla

I am checking these guys out.

When is Mover busting a new record out!?

Honestly, man, this show would be worth the drive in to ATL.

I wouldn't send you driving for one of our shows normally but this will be a kickass show.

We're doing a new record as soon as we can scrape up the $ and get our collective shit together. We were going to record a few tracks at Eyal's place and shop those around while we saved up the cash to record the rest, but that was derailed for a number of reasons so we're regrouping. We've got the tracks though. At least that part of the equation is ready. haha

[P-Zilla]

man a 4 hour drive to ATL on wednesday is hard to do. I would fucking love to. but let me see what I can do.

I still have 4 vacation days.

[Strange]

Originally Posted by P-Zilla

man a 4 hour drive to ATL on wednesday is hard to do. I would fucking love to. but let me see what I can do.

I still have 4 vacation days.

Well, this is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving if that matters.

A weeknight...but not a school night.

[Judge Gregg]

Originally Posted by Strange

Persistence.

There are 3 clubs in Atlanta that have National shows and will actually put local support on the bill, but the main one is the Masquerade. They actually like putting locals on the bill because they know the local bands will promote the show, sell tickets, etc.

basically when I hear about bands coming to Atlanta I hit up the talent buyer and ask if they need an opener. 11 times out of 10 the answer is no. ...but sometimes it is yes. They give us 100 tickets to sell. We get 2 to 3 bucks off of each ticket that we sell. The more tickets we sell, the more likely we'll get more/better shows in the future.

I was wondering if you had to sell tickets. Is it required or just something they ask you to try and do? You guys are a little more established by now, no?

Around here, ANYONE can score the national gig if they sell the tickets. It's terrible dude. They put 13 bands on the bill and make them all sell tickets. It doesn't make for very good shows.

[Strange]

Originally Posted by Judge Gregg

I was wondering if you had to sell tickets. Is it required or just something they ask you to try and do? You guys are a little more established by now, no?

Around here, ANYONE can score the national gig if they sell the tickets. It's terrible dude. They put 13 bands on the bill and make them all sell tickets. It doesn't make for very good shows.

Anyone can get on here if they try hard enough. We're established to the point that I know who to call/email and they'll generally return the email even if the answer is usually no. We draw pretty well for a local. Really good (imo) considering the kind of music we play, but not enough that people are beating down our door to get us on bills. Constantly working on it though. I know several bands from Atlanta who don't even bother trying to establish a following here because the scene can be very apathetic. I just figure that revolution begins at home.

We've done some of those 13 band MetalFiascos. A few have turned out really well for us, but usually they're crap so we don't generally bother with those any more. We also get a request every other week to take part in a "Battle of the Bands" but after doing a couple of those we decided that we prefer a cooperative stance on the scene to a competitive one.

[P-Zilla]

Originally Posted by Strange

We decided that we prefer a cooperative stance on the scene to a competitive one.

Yes. this is how EVERY scene schould be.

[Strange]

Originally Posted by P-Zilla

Yes. this is how EVERY scene schould be.

There have been times when the Atlanta scene was like this, and times when it wasn't. I think it's getting back towards that now, but there are still a few pieces missing. Atlanta can be very disjointed. A lot of times it feels like there isn't one music scene here, there's like ten.

But we try to be team players. I think a rising tide lifts all boats. At the same time we try to set ourselves apart musically as we really don't want to be just another band doing the same thing as everybody else.