The destruction of 4th block. A good morning full of shits, showers, and about 6 turn arounds tryin to find the right freeway, we finally got going and headed to twin. this show was a house show with Ghetto Shark and Priscilla. It was booked by the same dude who booked our Burley, ID show with I Declare War last February.
Josh, the promoterand bassist of Ghetto Shark, continually told us 4th Block is this beat down house that he wants us to put holes in, smash windows, bust the ceiling, etc. mass destruction, he demands. so with this in mind, we pull up to a well manicured lawn, 1 story nice sq ft rambler. windows are all intact. infact, inside it looks fantastic. nice cqars in a backyard driveway, and every house next to it looks even nicer. an older gnetleman walks out and says "you looking for josh?"
10 minutes later and a phone call from his dad, josh pulls up and tells us to follow him across town. on the otherside of town, theres another 4th ave. we pull up to the back side, and can tell this is the place instantly. huge half pipe. sketchy looking hardcore kids. dude with more face tattoos than anyone in WA. this must be the joint. get there, and the owner of the house is wearing a BULLY tanktop so i get a little more stoked. we roll in, check out the inside. all 4 walls of the living room have been completely ply-wooded, and there are still holes in the wall. also, in various tags all over the property it says "4th Block" or 4BK. stoked. this place is hard. kids get a little rowdy during the first 2 bands but a lot of kids sit on the couches out front. we later found this place doubles as a tattoo shop. dope. talked with some kids, pumped some iron (the weights and everything were just sittting outside), and finally our time came up.
SETLIST:
INTRO
I HAVE WASTED EVERY WORD
THE MORAL ECLIPSE
TREND TERMINAL
SURVIVOR
WHAT MEANS THE MOST
INTERLUDE
FAITH-HEALER / DEATH-DEALER
every kid that was on the property came inside for this one. it was crazy, because there was only 5-10 kids for the other bands, but when we went on it was at least 30 in the living room. and the mosh...fuck. whats up 2005? shit was violent and hard. dudes swung and kicked hard and didnt give a fuck who or what they hit. we were stoked for kids to get that rowdy. one or two knew the words to faith-healer, so that makes kids knowing words to songs at every show so far. fuckin WEIRD, but so awesome. i got smashed in the dome by face tattoo dude, aka SWEAT. it felt good, havent been smashed in the mosh in a minute. hahaha
we sold a lot of merch, kids were super fucking helpful and down to help out. donations brought in a good amount too so it turned out awesome and we were fuckin amped. hung out with kids at the show, talked about home and the burley show and about us coming back in november with a better hope foundation and pull out.
to fuck you up with some kenny powers truth: people need to grow the fuck up. complaints are for 13 year old girls. grown ass men need to just figure out that the world doesnt revolve around them and stop assuming that their way is the only way. stop fucking complaining. whining on tour is like whining about not making enough money when you win the lottery. if you want a perfect example, ask me
still working on videos pics and shit. next blog update: our show with silverstein....weird.
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