The Epic Battle

Whoa. Where to begin?

The band has been crazy busy lately! As you may already know, Without The Fall competed in a battle of the bands competion put on by the U of C's "Gig Club". The preliminary night was this past Wednesday and the finals took place on Saturday night. Both shows were held at the Marquee Room in the Uptown theatre. The venue was pretty sick and the sound made it even better. 

The band put a lot of time and effort into practicing before the show. Between crazy school schedules, work, and attempts to maintain social lives, the band was fitting in as many practices as possible....

Hmmm??? Wait a second......

That's it Paige! From the diaphragm! Perfect posture!

Wednesday night's show was killer! Spiderman's Calvary started off the night with an awesome set and Bear Fight followed with an insanely, high energy, performance. The two bands did an amazing job of getting the crowd pumped up to here Without The Fall. As part of the show, we had two volunteers approach the stage, eagar to win some prizes. Each contestant was given a can of SPAM and the object was to see who could eat the most spam before the song ended. To make a processed meat story as short as possible, let's just say the whole place stunk like a SPAMtastic night! Both contenders won demo CD's, t-shirts, and....SPAM :) Dangerman, then swooped in to finish the night with a bang! All in all, an awesome night!!

Saturday night was also amazing. Columbian Necktie got the night going with a mind blowing, death metal, set. Spiderman's Calvary kept the fun times and energy going and Sidewalker's followed with some awesome music! Without The Fall finished the night with a high energy, grin bearing, toe tapping, booty shaking, fist pumping, lip smacking, roof on fire, performance. Also, there was pickle juice involved. Instead of spam, there was two giant jars of pickle juice. Two guys volunteered for this great challenge but wimped out at the moment of truth. Instead, they sent up two girls in there place. It was AWESOME!! These two girls downed these jars of pickle juice. Garlic chunks and all!

Sidewalker's were the victors of the night. However, we did not leave empty handed. These shows were a great opportunity for us to have our music heard and get it tighter than ever. We also made some great contacts and met some amazing people! 

Coming up, Without The Fall is participating in another battle of the bands. It will be on March 4th, 30 Everstone Blvd SW, at 7:00pm. SO, BE THERE!!! :)

Thanks for all the support and to anyone who came out last week!!


p.s...
Blake went to a show in Boise, Idaho. Maybe if we're lucky, he'll share with us his experiance and the epiphanys he had.

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'
Elvis Presley

Rock is so much fun. That's what it's all about - filling up the chest cavities and empty kneecaps and elbows.
Jimi Hendrix

Slowly But Surely

Hey guys, it's been a while

We've been hard at work.  We took some time off over the holidays, and it hurt. Our first practice as a full band was BRUTAL.  We all forgot how our songs went.  A couple hours solved everything, but we've definitely realized the value of consistent practice.

As of right now, we have eight songs complete!  We've been writing a LOT, and we're getting excited about the new stuff.  We've decided to take a little twist; we're blending old fifties 'lounge' type jazz with our typical poppy rockmetal.  It's really interesting, but we freakin love it, and think you will too.

Hopefully.

Adrian confessed his undying love for me the other day.  Makes it a little awkward, because we work together and work out together (brings a whole new meaning to all those 'good-games' he keeps giving me), but I think I can handle it. Although the tour this summer will have us living in a van...tight quarters...

Paige is super bust with school, so finding time to jam is tough, but we're still getting two or three shots in a week, which is pretty productive.  Two acoustic jams (that's where the writing happens), and one full band to finalize and solidify everything we've written.  It's going really well.

We need a new drummer!  We kicked burns out for being too hairy (if you've seen burns sans shirt, you'll understand completely). Actually, we didn't.  But we need two guitars, and Burns wants to pick it up. He's been playing for years, so the transition from acoustic to rhythm electric should be easy.  But with Boonie as axeman, we'll need someone to pick up his percooshion.  Do you know anyone?  Adrian and I have a buddy - Bryan Rumsey - who we thought would be a good fit.  Also, Andrew Palmer was a name that came up.  Anybody out there have any suggestions?  We obviously want someone who's pretty decent at the instrument - technically sound, you could say.  As long as they can keep a beat and use two kick pedals at the same time, we're good.  What we're really concerned about is personality.  Most importantly, we want someone who we'll get along with, who will on the same musical page as us, and who isn't super annoying.  Do you know someone like that?  Washboard abs is a plus.  And a nice smile.  Anyway, if you have any ideas, let us know!  Shoot us an email (withoutthefall@gmail.com), send the group a message on FB, send any of us an email, or leave a reply in the comments below (I think we have comments set up...do we?).

Okay, this has been a LONG post, but I'm almost done. Two more things

1) We have a new song on the myspace!  Myspace.com/withoutthefall  Check that crap out, the new one is one of our harder songs, it's a kind of a murder mystery love story.  One of our favorite songs we have, actually.  It's kind of long, but TOTALLY worth it.  Swing over and give it a listen.

2) We have a show!  U of C Gig Club (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31930893364) is hosting a battle of the bands , to which we have been invited!  We'll be playing February 16th at 8:00 PM at the Marquee Room (http://www.theuptown.com/).  This is a pretty big event, there will eight bands paying over two nights, then the finalists duke it out head-to-head in an octagon cage-match of musical annihilation. Winner plays bermuda shorts day and gets some radio time or something like that.  It's gonna be a serious deal, so MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IT OUT!  We're debuting some new material that will blow your faces off.

Alright, I think that about does it for the longest post of the year.  In summary:

1) FIND US A DRUMMER!

2) LISTEN TO THE NEW MUSIC (www.myspace.com/withoutthefall)!

3) COME TO THE BOTB FEB 16!

4) Keep on rockin', chowders.

Blake out