The Ground Beneath: Calendar

somehow there's been this frustrating trend of unorganized shows falling into my hands ...and all the sudden im the boss and if a band or bands before us on the bill dont like something theyre in MY face about it ...i had had a bit much after the first band on this bill ...BUT KrashKarma saved the night and the mood and let me play guitar on one of my favorite songs by them TEARS OF GASOLINE and we ended their set w/a guitar duel by me and mr Zakk mutha(shutcho mouth!) Bowman... GREAT STUFF! then of course TGB closed out the night w/a great set including the 1st time playing a new song HAUNT live... we did our set and thought we were finished but our KK buds wanted to hear the u2 cover we did at the MINT in LA so we pulled it out and partied all night afterwards ...awesome night after all! but only for the bands that didnt complain -- s

wow... this was one of the most insane days of my life... so sometime mid afternoon we get the call that the Sunshine Theater pulled the plug on the Revolting Cocks show because ticket sales werent high enough... but RevCo were still in NM wanting to play and they wanted to get on OUR BILL. so we were all over it ...immediately Berto let me know and i got ahold of their tour manager and began to make it happen... when we got to the venue unfortunately things were barely organized at best ...once we introduced the Xfactor of throwing a big touring band on 2nd to last slot (RevCo still wanted us to headline!) the evening almost fell apart ...the lady who was putting the show on got wasted right away (oh awesome) and no one was stage managing the 25 sets w/backline and 5 min changeovers ...by the time i decided to take charge the show was already hopelessly behind and the incompetent sound guy was not helping matters ...i did however receive some kind compliments from the owner of the El Rey which was a nice break from almost every other band on the bill bitching ME out about the change in scheduling ...keep in mind originally sets were 30 mins ...guess what other bands? you can put in your bio that you opened for the Revolting Cocks because of TGB. we brought them into that venue and youre lucky you were kept on the bill. i've never seen so much bitching, complaining and bickering over a 5 min set reduction. RevCo were extremely professional of course and even cut some tunes so that we had a 25 min set after theirs. the sound guy in his amazing dooshiness turned off the pa midway thru our last song and as we finished up a half instrumental version of MEMPHIS i went directly from my pedal board onstage, tromping thru the backstage area, down the sidehall, into the audience & directly to the soundboard and ALMOST killed the guy w/my bare hands. hey sound guy -- you never EVER cut the power when a band is in the middle of a song... remember that on your 43rd bday in your parents basement -- s

a really strange bill for us to headline! but hey i have fun yelling at people as they leave terrified! -- s

a night FILLED w/adversity from a lot of the other bands on the bill and the people they drew ...we got screwed w/an early slot but we drew and drew well and our people made it all worth it! -- s

another amazing night of pure destruction and all star jams at Atomic! this place is becoming the official haunt of TGB for friday gigs! i had a killer time playing w/the newly five piece Warner Drive on BROKEN and got out the 12 string that sees the light of day like 3 times a yr max... thats metal baby! -- s

a meager turnout in pure numbers but the kids who were there OWNED! plus we ended up getting Powerman 5000 confirmed and more dates to fill out the cold months -- s

this was a cool show! we made some great show trade buddies as we were the only abq band on the bill! i personally had some family members come out from out of town that never get to see us live -- s

well this turned out to be a really awesome and fun night... some of the past TGB members we were expecting initially didnt show (the 1st lineup of the band from 2004) but the latest ex-drummer and latest ex-bassist made it all worth it! the 3 of us current TGB-ers played BETRAYAL w/Sammy Snacktime & Berto on guitar, Steve on vocals only, Joey on drums and Sammy's brother on bass! that was a great jam! -- s

BEST SHOW OF THE WHOLE TOUR! this was a great night ...we scared the piss outta so many pop bubble gum trendy drooling la baby grandmas this night it was awesome! only our friends and fam remained as we hashed out new TGB anthems like SEWN SHUT & BLAME and rammed CHOKE & THE NEW SAUCE right up the ol yin yang! it was a great night ...drove to vegas right after because we had one more show on this tour ...it cancelled the next day at noon but we got into an industry part that night that was more than worth it! -- s

yeeeaaahh lets not talk about this one ...supposedly one of the best shows w/Joey yet ...i had no voice and the crowd was mostly unresponsive ...but our people loved it! -- s

whiney little dudes in wife beaters and wool caps shouldnt be sound guys ..."wanna go totally morbid angel and turn your amp completely around away from the crowd and yourselves?" um... no -- s

hotter than crap as usual! it seems like some of these all ages scenes are under attack just like our town has been for a few years now ...sad! -- s

next tour kickoff show is not gonna be the night before we leave butt early in the am ill tell ya that! -- s

INCREDIBLY SICK! this show will always stick in our heads as the day our fans came out for US! we got completely screwed w/1st slot on a bill where should not have (even the flier read differently) but we were greenlit for a live dvd & audio recording for the 30 min set and we were going on at 9pm. the time slot changed w/2 days notice and we were not happy campers about that. so we got the word out as far and as fast as we could that we needed people to be on this dvd. and they SHOWED. the place was packed and the performance went off incredibly. considering this was Joey's 5th show and we did 2 new songs its was absolutely amazing. thanks to everyone who made this one insanely successfull! -- s

an awesome night for sure! the roast was hilarious ...it was good to play a whole hour ...we never really get to do that anymore! the cherry on top of the whole night was signing our record contract in front of our hometown crowd ...that and the afterparty! -- s

an awesome night! Lightnin Bill blew everyone away as i knew he would ...not as good as last night but definitely rounded out a great weekend! -- s

this was w/out a doubt the sickest Atomic show ever! the place was moving it was so packed! and we OWNED this crowd! we even sustained some injuries! -- s

Joey's first show w/us ...we practiced only twice and did six songs - betrayal, memphis, blame, the mahon song by dvda, choke & mine ...over all it went purty well... joey chunked up a coupla times on some q's but other than that i had minimal gear trouble (backlined show)... good stuff altogether! killer after party too! member those? -- s

AWESOME show ...didnt think itd go that well! we had ex-TGB drummer Justin Florez (in the band aug 06-may 07 and on the Green album) on drums ...and the last time we played w/him was Apr 28, 2007! so it was a bit of a nail biter as we were getting ready for the first song ...but it went great! our new drummer Joey was front and center watching as he knew his first show w/us was rapidly approaching ...and KrashKarma whooped everyone's butt too! -- s

so when i forget my fan ...people get fired! that or if they play TERRIBLE -- s

not bad for an unplugged show! we did a long set that pretty much blew out my voice and then me and berto did some encore covers and such ...we played every song from the black TGB album i noticed which was cool ...not in order or next to each other but i dont know many shows we've had all 7 songs from the first one! -- s

what an awesome night! i'll always be super good friends w/the old lineup of warner but i gotta say the new guys are freakin awesome! had a great time stayin up til like 6am talkin to johnny u about movin out to la -- s

nice little homecoming show ...my voice was still killin me tho -- s

waaaaay better than the 1st time we played there -- s

always a great venue! the legendary Billy Milano of SOD/MOD fame ran our sound ...he loves us and almost set my hair on fire! we reconnected w/some old friends in tx too and had a great day ...Kanye West played right after us across the street and it was SXSw all over the place fo sho! -- s

oh man to get this gig 2 yrs in a row is such an honor! this was insane bcuz we hired our drummer 3 days before and auditioned him 2 days before this show (you heard me ...do the math folks) bcuz we got this show via phone on our drive to Soilwork! so this guy had to pull off 4 45 min sets w/us for his first show! i pretty much blew out my voice but we pulled it off! -- s

HOLY CRAP. this was an amazing night ...to have full access to watch our heroes soundcheck & play the show was incredible ...i really solidified my friendship w/Speed and he gave me a vocal lesson and is definitely a TGb fan now ...it was great! what a cool guy ...and a good friend! -- s

wham, bam, thank you maam! i was gone from the house like 3 hrs ...quick show for sure ...not bad for a sun ...dax still filled in -- s

a big thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night ...this weekend turned out to be pretty killer after all... considering how it started! thanks again to Dax from Requiem Mass for handling it last night w/us ...and for signing on for a few more shows too! last night was a killer time and we got great recordings of it too which we will probably share at some point someday... hope to see you guys at atomic ...we'll get to those new songs real soon! -- s

nice little homecoming show

not the greatest night ...the crowd was awesome tho!

pretty fun man ...we got jacked on our slot because of a coupla other band(s) being retawded ...but hey! we had fun at the time we got up there and it was a pretty good night over all -- s

1st show w/the new lineup ...we did 2.5 new songs and it went over really reall well... packed pretty good for a wed too -- s

still gotta hear it! its a 1 hr show ...they played the whole black TGB album and one cut off the live one ...and then had half hr phone interview w/us -- s

a bit of a let down after the Drowning Pool show actually ...the highlight was definitely my dad jumping up for a rendition of Tool's Led Zeppelin cover "No Quarter" ...that was sic! this show was a bit under attended and the band before us took half an hr to set up and scared away our crowd ...thaaaaanks... but yeah we still ended the year on a good note ...as me and Matt & Tyler were sitting at Denny's by Tyler's house at 330am we realized that this was the first time we'd hung out socially just the 3 of us w/no girls or roommates or other members of other bands ...and it felt pretty good -- s

this was one of the most incredible nights of my life! i will never forget the people in Farmington on this night ...it didnt hurt that the venue sold out for this show either ...this was one of the sickest crowds we've ever had and the gear snafus of the day earlier were all washed away in a landmark 40 min TGB set ...and Drowning Pool were real nice guys too! -- s

we made some great new friends in Opus Dai, a really awesome band from LA and it sounds we are gonna be show trading w/them in the spring and maybe even touring together ...we gave them all the cash and the best slot so unfortunately the crowd was kind of dying out by the time we got up there ...but oh well! its all karma and business points for 2009 ...these cats said they could set us up at the Roxy ...so thats sic! -- s

ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! i cant believe we sold out the Launchpad! it was definitely one of those things on my list of things to do before i die ...and all the bands on the bill definitely had a hand in it too! i knew on stage it was the most people i'd seen on the floor of the launch in a long time but to find out the next day that it was over 300 people paid ...thats just sic! we ruled it as Nirvana and the old main tore it up as ZZtop and then i think the drinks flowed! -- s

matt beneath's first show w/us ...hard to make the el rey look full ...good crowd for the people that showed up ...nice to get everyone on stage at the end -- s

this would turn out to be chris's last show w/us ...not bad tho! some minor gear snafus but nothing too big and hairy -- s

boooommmmbbbb ...jonny from warner drive and his lovely partner in crime playmate brandie moses were the only friends that showed ...other than them we just played for the other bands and the promoter bailed on paying us ...it was nice to have my amp back tho ...s

this show was pay to play and we ALMOST broke even thanks to Warner Drive and their ladies buying our tickets ...almost breaking even on a Monday night on the Sunset Strip w/no friend bands is no small feat lemme tell ya ...we did get to go see a band at the Whiskey a Go Go which was badass (they let us in free) and then we got to go to an afterparty at the Viper Room (they let us in free but because they actually remembered us by now) and it was hosted by the kid from Married w/Children and our pal Aubry from VH1 Rock of Love 2 ...that was definitely the best part of the night! thanks to Chris from Warner Drive tho for bringing his VHT head for me to use ...and then calling Mesa Boogie the next day and getting mine fixed in a jiff -- s

the two bands w/the draw on this bill BAILED ...so that sucked but it was nice of the guitarist of Empathis to let me use his 120 watt Crate blue voodoo tube head ...actually sounded pretty good! we also realized on this night that i left my cable box w/all my accessories and such in nv ...bummer... but we had all people in there for us so that says somethin ...and met some killer new friends! -- s

ah the disaster begins ...so it was 107 degrees on an outdoor stage w/no cover ...and as soon as we got up there there was a sand storm ...then my amp blew 3 and a half songs into the set ...brutal man -- s

chris's bday show ...ungratefulness abounds -- s

pretty sweet man! not as good as last years ...i think we got jacked on slots ...even dave from music go round told me that! -- s

cant win em all

woooo! i had an awesome time ruining everyones shirts! - s

pretty ruff

not too bad ...just 4 songs at 6 in the afternoon

SO incredible! these guys were WAY cool to us ...we were hangin out on their bus and they watched our set from the side and really dug our stuff ...they gave us the contact info for their booking agent and they want us to open for them again ...s

ok just in case you werent there at hyperfest this weekend ...it was so sick! on Friday night we played Atomic Cantina ...our slot got pushed back a little bit later than the promoter originally told us ...so that was way better! we went on and MAN was it a good crowd! we got to play our full set and everything sounded great and went smoothly over all! then we were loading our stuff out to the Ford Beneath and all these dudes were swirling around us w/clipboards & headsets asking who's car this was? I was like "mine! mine!" so they asked if they could use it in their shot! about that time i noticed movie cameras and semi trucks everywhere so i told em to go for it! they said they were filming season 2 of Breaking Bad on AMC and they stuffed two incredibly hot chicks w/about $3000 in 100's in my car and said "ok this is the big drug deal scene"! aw dude! then they brought out this homey lookin dude w/a mohawk and they shot it up and then they all split as quickly as they appeared. THEN out of the front of Atomic Cantina strolls Shannon Larkin ...the drummer of Godsmack! this guy is grade A drum genius! he said he watched our whole set by himself and he was really impressed! we hooked him up our cds and a shirt and his assistant tried to take them right away but he ripped off the shirt he was wearing in the middle of the street and slapped ours on and rocked it for the rest of the night! we got to hang out w/him all night fri as well as sat! then we took in The Platforms ...four incredibly hot ladies from Austin who we made friends with and spent the rest of the weekend with too! Another band that blew us away was Divebomber from San Diego ...we partied w/everyone in their hotel room and barely made it home alive! it was a killer weekend -- s

the first show w/tyler back officially

perty sic

good times w/floorbound!

not bad at all! a killer tuesday show

slightly less gay but not by much

gay!

awesome night! holy crap so much fun ...we hadnt played or practiced w/tyler since feb but he got up there and remembered every change for 30 min set and it was killer! its great to have the launch back! -- s

justin's last show ...although we didnt know it at the time ...i thought everything went really well everyone had a good time and all ...and then he quits the band two days later and sets in motion all the bizarre events of the next week or so -- s

great night w/Mike Got spiked from Ireland!

great bday show for me! everyone had a killer time and that was kinda the goal -- s

we played unplugged and man did it work well! the song selection seemed to go over well w/out electric instruments ...s

the last show of the may tour ...and what a way to end it! this show almost didnt happen and im glad it got set up by our beautiful promoter vix! -- s

kinda lame ...best pay of the whole tour almost! -- s

cancelled by venue

incredible! we headlined the viper room in hollywood on a saturday night on invite! warner drive are always great hosts and i got up and did the shocker w/them as usual -- s

never unpacked one guitar or plugged in one cable! this turned out to be a meet and greet/autograph signing/listening party! it was awesome and we met some cool friends -- s

cool place lame night -- s

learn how to flyer folks! -- s

not too cool!

FREAKIN AWESOME! dude such a fun night ...great scene in this town and a lot of good friends ...thanks for hooginitup sanguine! s

GREAT SHOW! i thought it was a little sloppy on our part but we couldnt really hear anything and a great crowd full of great friends saved the day -- s

an incredible evening! always good to have ex-TGBer Mykey up on one song ...and he wore his really really old tgb shirt during his bands set! -- s

holy crap what an incredible night! we had to play 4 hrs and we actually practiced acoustic at chris's house earlier in the day so we were definitely beat afterwards ...but we got all access wristbands and got to see queensryche play acoustic to just a few people before their big show ...so the main question of the night was -- how did we pull off a 4 hr set w/a drummer in the band 15 days? lots of improv, time wasting entertainment and tenacious d covers! -- s

incredible! this city and this venue never disappoint! sxsw is always worth it! s

terrible

tyler's last show ...for once a totally friendly split ...the best show at ralli's fa sho! -- s

not too bad

$8 tickets in advance from us only! (call 505.550.2362) Battle of the Bands **the Ground Beneath * In the End * Truth in Lies * Tragedy of Me * Perverted Virtue * Bazooka Jill * Small Flightless Birds * Eve of an End -- waiste of time competition wise ...we got to play w/our ol bud dax tho so thats always cool -- s

very cool venue in las cruces! definitely an awesome time! -- s

total dive and halfway disaster ...but still not a bad night! -- s

the last show we will ever play at the compound!

bands not showing up is always awesome

an awesome night ...always great to play w/our buds from ireland

an awesome night over all! the dad beneath jumped up for Sign of the Southern Cross Dio/Sabbath style

an incredible night! into the ocean is a great new talent! -- s

tore em up!

an absolute disaster ...the last time we will ever play live on this channel

a really good night! always good kickin it w/our buds form cruces! -- s

dont even wanna talk about it ...all i gotta say is check out Say When from Boston ...s

way too much drama! if youre 19 and you have an axe to grind ...lose my number! -- s

pretty fun actually ....just kind of a party atmosphere ...felt more like a living room than a show ...good times fo sho -- s

got jacked w/the last slot ...everything else about this night rocked though! i dont think we'll play this venue anymore ...we got contacts for a way better one now anyway -- s

got jacked w/last slot ...seemed like a cool venue when theres people -- s

one of the sickest nights of my life by far! playmates! reality tv stars! Dave Navarro! all these people at the Viper Room to watch us open for Warner Drive! Warner Drive by the way hooked it up pretty fat! thanks boys! Mike Clink who produced Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' Roses and some Faith No More records watched us too! he wants to record us in the spring! if that wasnt enough one of our incredibly hot new fans took us to the Rainbow afterwards and we ran into the BLS crew! holy canoli! -- s

cancelled ...i dont recommend dealing w/this band ...but the venue is cool! -- s

the best phx show ever! seriously really really cool ...we got a great recording too ...you can hear some of it on our myspace right now ...what an awesome night! see you phx cats again real real soon! -- s

a pretty good time for the first slot at atomic! tyler had a wig, a headband and a fake mustache and he was John Bonham ...chris had a mustache and he was Cliff Burton ...and i had a pink beard, camo shorts, chucks & a dean/krank dime hardware shirt and i was Dimebag Darrell ...we did 4 TGB songs and then Rock And Roll from Led Zeppelin IV, For Whom The Bell Tolls from Ride The Lightning & Hellbound from Reinventing the Steel ...packed out crowd! -- s

THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE HANDS DOWN! holy crap the crowd was amazing! it was insane to see a full house like that from the stage! and the HELLYEAH guys watched us too! oh and then we partied w/them til like 4am ...not a problem! when Chad Gray said "give it up for The Ground Beneath" i thought i died! -- s