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All That Remains Show Summary

by Metal Martyr on March 6th, 2008

Wow! What an overwhelming and tiring day I had yesterday. I got to Charlotte at about 3 pm after leaving work. Unfortunately I had to work a half a day, so needless to say I was already tired after the 3 hour drive.

Anyway, my first interview was with Black Tide. First let me say what a great group of fun guys they were for the interview. They “Devirginized” me so to speak. My first interview with a band…on video. Hopefully they didn’t think I was a complete tool. Not knowing much about the band, I wasn’t sure what to expect. We briefly talked about touring with Ozfest, the upcoming record and what it’s like being on the road. As far as the show goes? Forget anything I said before about lyrical content of the songs. I shouldn’t really have made that call from hearing two songs off of the EP. I said before that musically they were phenomenal for their ages but I didn’t care for the lyrics. This is me once again pulling my foot out of my mouth (I’ve been doing that a lot lately). These guys are amazing! The show they put on was great. They are heading out to SXSW soon, so if you get a chance to check them out, DO SO!! I want to say thanks to the band, their tour manager Michael, and Carlos from Total Assault for setting that up for me. Buy the CD March 18th.

While I waited for my next interview I was inside the venue and got to see ATR do their sound check. It was really cool to get behind the scenes and see what goes into setting up for the show. Next I interviewed Laura Nichole and Ben Murray from Light This City. Two really great people. Ben and Laura were really nice and we had a real good interview in a restaurant while they ate. This band needs your support. They had a very short (To me, anyway) 30 minute opening set. Laura screamed her ass off and the band put on a hell of a show. Buy their CD’s and merch, go to their shows and get them out of that breadbox van and into an RV at least. They deserve it! Oh, and if you didn’t already know…Laura is a hottie!

My last interview before the show was with Phil Labonte from All That Remains, and I got a little of Mike Martin in there as well. When I got on the tour bus there were half empty and full bottles of Jim Beam everywhere. You’d swear they were endorsed by it. Phil was awesome. Again I hope I didn’t come off as a complete tool with him as well. I asked a few questions about the end of the tour, Halo, going into the studio, the superbowl and politics. I think Phil could go on for hours about politics. He knows his shit. When Mike came in to use their computer I kind of got him in on some of it towards the end and Phil and Mike had me laughing. I can only imagine how much fun it has to be on tour with these guys. At the end I got Mike Martin to take a picture of Phil and I (Thanks Mike!). I only stayed for 5 songs of the ATR set. I had a splitting headache and I was exhausted from the day so I took off a bit early. I wish I could have stayed for the whole set, but maybe next time.

I want to thank Bob at Prosthetic for setting everything up for me, the Band, Phil and Mike for taking the time for the interview and making me laugh and feel welcome. I want to give some credit to Nick, the assistant production manager, who was constantly running around making sure everything was in order for the show. The people behind the scenes don’t get enough credit. Keep an eye out his weekend for the interviews. I also have some band merch with autographs to give away. This was an awesome opportunity for me as my first interviews and I hope to be able to do it some more.

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