We found the combination

Hello everyone! Just wanted to let everyone know that our show this last friday in Marshalltown Iowa was great! The turnout wasn't quite what Marshalltown normally is, but it was excellent seeing old friends, and making some new ones.


This night was the first time we played with our most recent addition, John Ryan. I really can't say enough good things about this guy. He is a phenomenal guitar player, and an incredible dude to boot. So, without practice together with everyone once, we know without a doubt we have found our best lineup to date as a band. It is very exciting, and I know we are all VERY eager to get back to the studio and make a new record.

Some new friends we met from Chicago illinois were the band, From all with in. (www.myspace.com/fromallwithin) These guys were truly fantastic! They are playing a very awesome and original brand of metalcore, and an almost flawless live performance. They are all out on the road now and I urge anyone and everyone to try and catch them at a show, you won't regret it. Great music, better live performance.

That is all for today kids,
Peace!

Bands with Managers

My friend James played a show last night with his band Reckless Use of Fire. It was good to come to a show being put on in Marshalltown and it was a blast seeing James have a good time on his drum kit once again. I may be singing and playing A.D. songs by piano with them on Monday in Pella, maybe in the haunted basement tomorrow in Des Moines as well- we'll see.

Another highlight, Kyler VK is back from Europe and got to hang out with him last night which was very cool. We hadn't hung out for a couple years, back when my old band My Armageddon and Approaching Nain played together almost every weekend. Good times! Check out his projects Approaching Nain as well as the group that he jammed with last night, Tony Rocky Horror.

It's rainy outside, I got my guitar out of its case, and a mixture David Bazan's syrupy voice (Bands with Managers) and Curb Your Enthusiasm is filling up the entire house- I'm having a good day.
Dex

June 26th!

Turns out we are playing this concert. Its going to be extremely fun!

The red eye

It is much to early in the morning for anyone with a pulse to be up, but I Colin Waters am up restless and preparing for my 4:30 am shift. Rough you must say to yourself? No, I sit on my ass and fold towels for four and half hours, then basically do whatever I want the rest of the day.

In other news, I like staying up "much too late at night". It reminds of simpler times. I also have this odd urge to write music on my guitar at these strange hours, and occasionally something good comes out of it. I do a lot of thinking being up this early during the week, and I think about how eager I am to play new shows, and meet new people. To be honest I was not entirely optimistic about what was going to come of music and I right now, but I thought long and hard to myself and finally came to the conclusion to say, "Fuck it". I will never have this time of my life again, and right now I want to spend it with my friends yelling like an asshole in kids faces. I want to talk to people who will listen, and I want to play the music that has come so far with me. I am tired of all the bullshit. Tired of the "we are too old", the lack of motivation, the drive to just be comfortable. I don't care about all that. I just like playing music that is way too loud, and losing my voice. I am tired of this need to change to whatever will make you original, instead of just playing what comes out of your hands. For anyone who knows me, I have been playing metal for about as long as I've been in bands. And if I wasn't, I was probably 12 years old playing punk rock. The point is I don't give a damn about what is generic or not. I don't give a shit about what phony people say to make themselves feel better about what they are doing. I am colin, and I love to play metal. I love breakdowns, I love sweeping, I love circle pits. That is what I know, and that is what I love. That is what makes me come alive through music.

Good day