Off Topic · Do You See the Dark returns to NYC (page 2)

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by nyk4ever:

eViL man, I wanna get to one of these shows one of these days.. I haven't been yet. This Saturday morning I'm heading out on vacation for a week, so I'm not going to be in town. Damn, I seriously wanna check you guys out though.

Perv.

Dont be givin me any lip.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by Marv:

let me say something. i'm going to be out of town this weekend but i have seen this band probably 4 times and i LOVE them. not because of the preening mick ronson wannabe guitarist. nor the awesome ginger baker like drummer. but because of the goddess on bass and vocals.

just saying.

Marv the groupie. You didn't make it to any of the LI shows though. Did they kick you off the tour bus before they got there?

i avoid LI. a man can get arrested there just for being

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by nyk4ever:

eViL man, I wanna get to one of these shows one of these days.. I haven't been yet. This Saturday morning I'm heading out on vacation for a week, so I'm not going to be in town. Damn, I seriously wanna check you guys out though.

Perv.

Dont be givin me any lip.

Just being a realist. Perv.

no bukkake chick background dancers bro?

nyk4ever, you'll catch us one of these days man. maybe even closer to your neighborhood. aren't you out in NJ? we play out in long branch, NJ in august.

Posted by orangeblobman:

it looks a little angry for my taste

not for everyone. thanks for listening.

Posted by TMS:

no bukkake chick background dancers bro?

now that's a great idea

[Edited by - eViL on 07-22-2009 8:05 PM]

Are you playing again at all this summer (and that goes for you too Buick)? I am in Galveston, TX right now but plan on coming up before the summer is up

yo watching that youtube now...thats dope...I posted a comment on it....

How did you get Steve Nash to play guitar for you?

Posted by SupremeCommander:

Are you playing again at all this summer (and that goes for you too Buick)? I am in Galveston, TX right now but plan on coming up before the summer is up

yeah man, we stay busy with shows. i'll keep all you guys in the know.

Posted by EnySpree:

yo watching that youtube now...thats dope...I posted a comment on it....

How did you get Steve Nash to play guitar for you?

thanks enybro. it's nice to have the video. i wish the audio was better, but it's better than nothing. nash pretty much approached us about playing -- we just kicked him out because he signed that extension in phoenix. so now i'm playing guitar again.

Posted by eViL:

Posted by EnySpree:

yo watching that youtube now...thats dope...I posted a comment on it....

How did you get Steve Nash to play guitar for you?

thanks enybro. it's nice to have the video. i wish the audio was better, but it's better than nothing. nash pretty much approached us about playing -- we just kicked him out because he signed that extension in phoenix. so now i'm playing guitar again.

WOW. You have NBA players as Groupies now? Are you gonna play in Giants stadium at your next gig?

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by eViL:

Posted by EnySpree:

yo watching that youtube now...thats dope...I posted a comment on it....

How did you get Steve Nash to play guitar for you?

thanks enybro. it's nice to have the video. i wish the audio was better, but it's better than nothing. nash pretty much approached us about playing -- we just kicked him out because he signed that extension in phoenix. so now i'm playing guitar again.

WOW. You have NBA players as Groupies now? Are you gonna play in Giants stadium at your next gig?

we're taking over a very niche market. haha.

on a side note: peep that video. that was just a few days after michael jackson passed away and i was throwing in little MJ homages all throughout the set. at the end of the last song i threw in the first few notes of the riff from "beat it." very subtle, but it's there. you know, so many people were doing these over the top tributes -- i just wanted to throw some little things here and there. i actually forgot i did that until eny said he watched the vid. then i watched the vid again and i was like "oh damn. i did that." funny part is it sounds like someone from the audience picked up on it and whistled the remaining notes of the riff. i didn't notice that at the show. pretty cool. i love nuance. i'm glad someone there appreciated my tiny, personal, dedication.

Posted by eViL:

Posted by Allanfan20:

Posted by eViL:

Posted by EnySpree:

yo watching that youtube now...thats dope...I posted a comment on it....

How did you get Steve Nash to play guitar for you?

thanks enybro. it's nice to have the video. i wish the audio was better, but it's better than nothing. nash pretty much approached us about playing -- we just kicked him out because he signed that extension in phoenix. so now i'm playing guitar again.

WOW. You have NBA players as Groupies now? Are you gonna play in Giants stadium at your next gig?

we're taking over a very niche market. haha.

on a side note: peep that video. that was just a few days after michael jackson passed away and i was throwing in little MJ homages all throughout the set. at the end of the last song i threw in the first few notes of the riff from "beat it." very subtle, but it's there. you know, so many people were doing these over the top tributes -- i just wanted to throw some little things here and there. i actually forgot i did that until eny said he watched the vid. then i watched the vid again and i was like "oh damn. i did that." funny part is it sounds like someone from the audience picked up on it and whistled the remaining notes of the riff. i didn't notice that at the show. pretty cool. i love nuance. i'm glad someone there appreciated my tiny, personal, dedication.

Why not do an MJ cover if he means a lot to you. I know it takes you off your path as a band a little, but just a silly suggestion from a silly little fan.

But then again, I wouldn't be surprised if every single band in the United States of America was doing MJ covers right at this time.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Why not do an MJ cover if he means a lot to you. I know it takes you off your path as a band a little, but just a silly suggestion from a silly little fan.

But then again, I wouldn't be surprised if every single band in the United States of America was doing MJ covers right at this time.

well, for one, even if we intended to do a full blown cover -- we probably couldn't get it ready on that short notice. beyond that, it was a little over the top for a few weeks there with the MJ stuff. i saw some bands do some good stuff, but i saw some terrible stuff. it was really cringe-worth considering the fact that he had just died and here people were butchering his music. so i kinda played it safe, but really -- there was no other option. we haven't busted out any covers and we surely weren't gonna throw one together so quickly.

"Beat It" cover with bukkake background dancers... imagine the possibilities.

Posted by eViL:

nyk4ever, you'll catch us one of these days man. maybe even closer to your neighborhood. aren't you out in NJ? we play out in long branch, NJ in august.

Yeahm, I'm out in Jersey, not near Long Branch though (I'm in the Morristown area.) I'd like to catch one of your city shows... one of these days bro.

You guys probably could do a pretty sick cover of Dirty Diana

Posted by VDesai:

You guys probably could do a pretty sick cover of Dirty Diana

yeah man, that's a good idea. we mess with covers in practice. mostly pink floyd, led zeppelin. i might have to mix that one in.

Any chance you'll change your name to:

"Do you see the Darko"

Has a nice ring to it

Posted by JohnWallace44:

Any chance you'll change your name to:

"Do you see the Darko"

Has a nice ring to it

Done. One night only. Come see Do You See the Darko tonight.

Couldn't make it last night dude, but hope you had a great show!

Posted by VDesai:

Couldn't make it last night dude, but hope you had a great show!

It was f'n crazy. Talk about drama. On thursday my amp started acting funny. Then it settled down. Then it started acting funny again the day of the show. I took a risk and said F it, I'll play with my amp and hope all goes well. Hit the stage, plug in all my equipment, flip the switch, amp turns on, take it off standby, and there's no sound coming out of it. It went from sounding sorta funny to being completely dead.

I went over all my connections and everything was straight so I finally decided to take everything out of the mix. The amp worked, but it sounded terrible. We played anyway and I guess it gradually settled into sounding OK. When we listened to the recording later, I was surprised it actually sounded pretty good. A lot of people told me that it was the best show they had seen us play so I guess it couldn't have been that bad.

I'm sending the amp to the shop tomorrow, it's long overdue for a tuneup. Really looking forward to getting my baby back better than ever. For me, last night's gig was like one of those Michael Jordan "I got the flu, but I'm still scoring 60 points on you" type shows. Despite all the problems, we still f'n rocked it.