Review: 3 Inches of Blood! 7/19/2006

#33 (woo!)
Wednesday July 19 2006
3 Inches of Blood
Early Man
Bad Wizard
Jaxx
PHOTOS!!!

As you can tell from the photo of miniHooper with a beer, we had a wild time at this show. This was only my 5th viewing of 3 Inches of Blood, although it feels like more (probably because I spend so much time obsessing...uh, listening...to them.
I didn't see the local opener, so much the better for me. I only caught the end of Bad Wizard's set, though it was enjoyable. More about them in the next post.
Early Man - they look like dudes I went to high school with and play the kind of metal guys like that play. Old style, straight up metal. I'm not going to reveal the deficiencies in my metal knowledge by comparing them to anyone in particular. Just imagine watching 'Headbanger's Ball' back when it first started and you'll get the idea.
I can never say enough good things about 3 Inches of Blood. I have no idea why there was such a small crowd for them. Better for the rest of us, I guess. They played several new songs (including Goatriders Horde and Night Marauders). They did the 'Upon the Boiling Sea' series completely through and of course my favorites 'Premonition of Pain' and 'Wykydtron' (which can be the middle name of my 3IoB love child). I forgot to ask Cam why he won't perform 'Balls of Ice' live anymore though. I also didn't ask what happened to previous bass player Brian (he got married off perhaps?). Nick is awesome though.
I met some very nice friends of theirs whom I hope to see at future Jaxx shows. But what is up with people who just interrupt me when I'm talking to band members? This guy with his 10-12-year-old son got in the way when I was talking to Shane, then again when I was showing miniHoops to Jamie, then again when I was talking to Shane and Nick in the van, again when Justin was playing with miniHoops who kept falling into his beer bottle, then again when Cam and I were playing with miniHoops. Fucking rude. Non-rude: there were some kids outside who had brought a mace and an axe for 3 Inches of Blood to sign. That was pretty cool. Lastly, some 'old lady' drove up in an Infinity FX (I love those because they look like the Monopoly car)...anyway when she backed up to leave she backed into one of the box trucks parked there and smashed in her whole back window. She didn't seem too upset, but maybe she was just embarrassed or something (that was pretty much how I felt approximately a year ago).