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