Our first show of the year. Our slot is between 5 to 7PM. Do come and support the cause!

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post-show new report by The Star:

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2011/2/20/lifefocus/8085755&sec=lifefocus

post show report:

We played three songs, just like what we rehearsed. pretty run-of-the-mill, AKA the boring set. i had to use a small amp which was jacked up straight into the house system, the same with Fendi’s bass and that put a damper on things. Our set was the last part of the 2nd show. Before us we saw ThinkTadpoleThink play for a bit, went outside for a smoke, went back in to see a bit of Furniture’s set, after which they had Furious George and friends and after that, the Buka Kolektif featuring Sharon doing something with the audience.

For the first time I brought a small tripod to record the band on the H2. Easy setup and the sound is great, better than putting the H2 on the floor as per usual.

First time playing Tampin! Should be fun.

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Pictures of the show by Ady Shahrul Shutterscream:

SEVENTH HEAVEN STUDIO PIXS

Post-Show Report:

As mentioned most of us haven’t been to Tampin. We started here round 2 pm on the Dung Mobile. Alak came to the house first and later Manan, Tom & Bullet came to pick us up. Bullet got his drum-stools and new cymbals. But the surprise was when I opened up the boot to put in my guitar; Tom has brought along our Marshall head. So I decided to bring the Krank head. It’s been siting in the house gathering dust. I haven’t touched it since we brought it back from Singapore.

We went to pick up Fendi from the editing house (he’s editing his latest movie Songlap), went for lunch near the Selangor FA place. Then went straight south. Stopped over at Tom’s house and there he shown us his big metal box full of old cassettes! I rummaged inside there for a bit but didn’t have time to really go through the whole box. However I found two rare recordings: the first is the master tape for PUSHER’s first demo! The other one is a tape dub of the 7″ compilation – Hapuskan ISA! released by View Beyond -Czech Republic in 1997.

Anyway, we got to the Seventh Heaven Studio quite late. Managed to catch Seelan’s band (ILA MITRA) for a bit. The studio is nice. It’s just perfect for small shows. It’s about 500 sq feet, maybe 600; with a new stage on the long-side; good amps too. It could better with a more powerful PA and also monitors, but it’s alright.

I believe 100 people would cram up the space and it’s hot as hell; just right for a good punk rock show. Met the owner, Madi and he said the studio has been around for three years with the gig-space opened up a year or so ago. Seventh Heaven has been hosting a lot of shows and the deal is very simple; the organiser just pay the fee for a whole day (studio rental) and that’s it!

It’s on the 3rd floor of a bazzar-style building with roof over the walkway and big corridors. Also heard the space is quite connected with the authorities so there’s no problem with the police and such. Being on the third floor, it helps too; no kids spilling over the sidewalk and pissing off the neighbours!

Wouldn’t it be great if every small town and city in this country has a similar diy-friendly space! The sad thing is I heard that a few spaces such as that are now closing down. Is there no support? Weird.

We took quite a while to setup since we had our own amp heads and also Bullet with his cymbals and stuff. But the show went off good. We had a blast. We playing quite a long set too. The Krank head was okay, i didn’t know what to do with that much; Bullet said later that the cabinet at the studio was not big enough to really bring out the devil, hmmm.

Here are some pictures posted by Emanuel Koknga on facebook:

and here’s a couple from my own crappy camera:

CIRCUITS (Australia)

WMFM (Seremban)

The Ricecooker Shop’s shitworker aiman organised a show at Palate Pallete featuring his new band SWAMPY ZOMBIE FEVER, Alak’s other band PUSHER, the great GARRISON, the recently revitalised MAHARAJAH COMMISSION and the very good FRIDAYS.

Dung was at the mamak shop nearby having a meeting and then decided to join in. We played three songs after not jamming for months! Good night and THE GARRISON rawks!!