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Alex Huddleston and Nick Courtney of Gladius @ Musichead
Next up after Negative-Zen was Gladius from Portland.
Tyler Becker of Gladius @ Musichead
Alex Miletich and Ryan Mitchell of Gladius
These guys finished with an excellent cover of Helloween’s “Ride The Sky” which I was into in high school (but probably haven’t listened to in almost two decades) before any of the members of Gladius were even born. Does that make me old or the music timeless? Or both?
16th fairway at Eagle Point Golf Course with view of Mt McLoughlin
Last night there was a Cinco de Mayo Metal Show in Medford with Cauldron (from Canada), Gladius (Portland) & Negative-Zen (also Portland). Sunday night isn’t the best night for a show, but Musichead shows usually end before 10 p.m. so I headed up I-5 to check it out.
First up was Negative-Zen. The thing that looks like a sharks fin in the foreground of the left part of the above photo was actually the mohawk of the person standing in front of me.
Negative-Zen from Portland, Oregon @ Musichead
SOU Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout 2013
Yesterday was the annual Southern Oregon University Raider Red Zone Golf Shootout at Eagle Point Golf Course. Most of the participants are former Raider football players who are now giving back to the program. All proceeds from the event go to help finance the football team.
But they did a bit more than just golf on this glorious, 80-degree day in early May…
A hole-in-one on this hole won you a Harley
Pay $10 to kick a field goal on this hole and you can tee off from the women’s tee
Several days ago I posted some photos of Lich King at Musichead. About a million Lich King fans paid the blog a visit so I’m rewarding their presence with some more pictures of the band today. Actually, it wasn’t a million visitors, but blog traffic did go up by a factor of more than three times the norm for any given day so thank you Lich King for the Lich King bump.
A couple of funny parts of the evening were when Witch Cult covered Nargaroth’s “Black Metal Ist Krieg” to end their set while Lich King members were selling their “Black Metal Sucks” t-shirts not far away. Members of Witch Cult then requested Lich King’s “Black Metal Sucks” a couple hours later when Lich King was on stage which Lich King dedicated to Witch Cult. Good times…
On this date, a mere 224 years ago, George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the USA. You can find this stone (as well as some other artifacts like the bible that was used) in Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan in New York City, America’s first capital.
Justin Miller of Core System Failure @ Musichead (4/27/13)
Kudos to Core System Failure for not only putting on a very entertaining, live performance on Saturday night but also for bringing the lighting and allowing the other bands (Lich King, Crimson Guardian, and Witch Cult) to use the lighting as well.
Jonathan Holden of Core System Failure
Core System Failure will be playing at Edgefest 2013 on June 29 at Howie’s on Front Street. I will not be able to attend as I will be in Korea in late June. Hopefully, I will see them again soon though.
Travis Pidgeon
Peter Kinney of Medford, Oregon’s Core System Failure
Core System Failure
Kyle Frost
Lich King @ Musichead (4/27/13)
Even if Vio-lence didn’t, more-or-less, cease to exist as a band 20+ years ago, they still wouldn’t sound as much like Vio-lence today as Lich King does. 😉 Vio-lence came on the scene soon after I left the San Francisco Bay Area in 1986 so I never got to see them. That’s OK because I saw Lich King last night and not only do they sound as good, they have a great sense of humor and “funness” to their shows that I’m guessing Vio-lence did not.
Nick Timney of Lich King
Lich King doesn’t pretend to be carving out some new genre. In fact, they label themselves “East Coast Bay Area Thrash Metal.” I like that they say on their Facebook page, “where we stand out is that we admit [we play old school Bay Area thrash]. We think the sound of thrash was perfected in the 80s and we’re not trying to add anything to the mix.” Actually, they do add something to the mix. While thrash has always been good fun, they make it even funner.
Dave Hughes and Joe Nickerson of Lich King
Brian Westbrook
Peter DeFazio Bicycle Bridge over the Willamette River
I spent this past weekend in Eugene. The weather on Saturday was fantastic. We walked some trails around Alton Baker Park and Skinner Butte Park. Near the Ferry Street Bridge you can walk over this foot (bike) bridge.
Michale Graves @ Musichead (4/18/13)