Broken Strings won't ruin the Show
Posted June 22, 2008
Saturday night at the Machine shop (www.myspace.com/themachineshop) is always the best party in Flint and this Saturday was no exception. Devil's Club (www.myspace.com/devilsclub) opened the night and threw down Brutal metal almost as a challenge to the other bands of the night – chest puffed, hands up "what you think you're metal enough?" --- luckily it's all in brotherly fun as they are the Newest members of the Flint Death Squad (www.myspace.com/flintdeathsquad), what a badass induction show. I Once Was (www.myspace.com/ioncewas000) then hit the stage and threw up their middle fingers to metal and brought forth their indie-prog-jazz as Krista caressed the crowd with her soulful voice occasionally taking a drag on a cigarette and passing it to the crowd. After I Once Was, the crowd was all smiles as Jacob the Drunken Hillbilly (www.myspace.com/jacobselfdrummer) wowed the crowd with his Hillbilly comedy; Time for Girl Scout Hand Grenade (www.myspace.com/girlscouthandgrenade) . We took the stage with electricity in the air and the crowd swarming to the front. We started the night with Avoid Embrace and it felt good to be back on the rostrum at the Machine Shop. It was promising to be the best show since Girl Scout Hand Grenade's return. We charged into our newest song Ophelia Takes the Crown and just as we hit the first verse DISASTER strikes as my Fodera bass string explodes under my finger, no time to do anything about it I stumble my way through trying to transpose the tune on the fly. Damn it I wish I had my Ibanez Soundgear 406 fixed. We then charge immediately into The Patriot as Mike and Tahir are caught up in the electricity of the moment, the crowd was ecstatic my bass string flailing as we tear our way through the tune. I then got Mike's attention and we paused before flying into The Consequence of Breathing, I reached into my backpack of tools and tried to change the string on the fly, tragically I grabbed the wrong string which was way too thick but in my haste I did not notice so I tuned it up the best I could, I would have to finish the night with this huge ass string resting on top of the nut… This is rock 'n' roll if you were there you know how amazing the rest of the night turned out if you weren't you missed out on a moment in rock 'n' roll that will probably never happen again! Baby, you can't DoWnLoAd THIS! Hi8us finished out the night and blew the lid off the place, they sounded so tight and through the PA at the Machine Shop with Tanor behind the soundboard, you not only hear all of the finesse in the band's music but you feel it in your chest as well, Hi8us is an amazing must see everytime they're at The Machine Shop! Thank you to The Machine Shop Staff, Kevin and Craig Zink, and Tanor the Sound Nazi keeping the Flint Music Scene alive and for having Girl Scout Hand Grenade and the Flint Death Squad out once again. Come be apart of the mayhem as Girl Scout Hand Grenade takes the stage at the Machine Shop again September 6th as part of the project independent showcase. For tickets email girlscouthandgrenade@hotmail.com or go to www.myspace.com/girlscouthandgrenade
