Boulder, CO... WHAT A NIGHT!!

Hey All,

Boulder was insane!!! Besides being one of our best markets, Boulder was also the landing pad for Bryan's birthday party. We always have a great time here, no doubt! Also, I'm stoked because my Elf camera arrived via Melissa by part of my wife thus the picture quality is superb. So, without further a due... here we go!



We played at the fox which is always an awesome venue. Great sound... great crowd.



The Supervillains we're running late because their trailer axle seized up from lack of bearing grease. Damn that had to be scary. The trailer fishtailed and whacked the side of their RV which left the trailer demolished yet the equipment intact and in working order. Below you'll see the RV, still in working order and parked in the mix of foliage and buildings, a scene not uncommon in Boulder.



The Supervillains and The Expendables are a great bunch of guys. I will introduce them as we go. JOHN, DAN and EMO of the Villians:



This is Shaun Logan and Raul. Shaun is a second-degree blackbelt in Tae Kwon Do and Raul is double for Leonidus in the movie 300:



Shaun also does all of The Expendables artwork, including their killer backdrop:



Before the show it was set up time. Here I am stringing up my Fender guit with Dean Markley strings... THANK YOU VERY MUCH Billy of Fender and David of Dean Markley (some of my sponsors!)



Melissa thought that the superior picture did not truly reflect my "punk rawk" nature and prompted me to look cooler for this next one! hehehe:



Here's DJ of the Zero Crew and John "Young Buck" settin' up:



Young Buck is from one of the islands in the Caribe and we speak Spanish together although he speaks "Poriqua" (Puerto Rican style Spanish)... we manage to understand each other. He's a mad surfer and has a killer band. He runs merch and techs of the Villains. Check out his @#$% www.myspace.com/tinkfast

Here's Kyle settin' up for The Expendables. He also runs merch. I always see him startin' up a pit for us when the action is gettin' to a lull. Never a dull moment...



After all of the equipment was ready to go. Bryan and Jim of the ZC and Raul started jammin' so that Donnovan could get some tones and start mixing:



I had to get a pic of Dono... his stomach tatt says "Chub Life" He's Sound Guy/Manager of The Expendables:



After we were done goofing around, Ryan and Raul took over to soundcheck. These guys are really killer musicians:



gimme my Bass bry!!



Raul and I goofin' around...




After set up came the show and Bryan's festivities. The Expendables put on a killer set:



Jason sings with the guys and Jim does a song as well. Here's Jim helpin' Adam out by playing some Timbal on a joint:



It's always rad in CO. We have a ton of friends. Greg and Cassy showed up. Greg actually filled in for Jim for a week on our Zebrahead run:



My wife's buddy came and bought J a shot, thanks Chuck!



Also Nat and Flo showed up to help Bry on his quest for drunkness!! Don't worry Heather, they're harmless, we've known 'em for years!! ;)



After the show, Emo and I packed our trailer with two band's gear, us and the Villians, damn that thing is about to burst:



Wait... we can fit more:



Gotta help 'em out till they get a new trailer.

After the show came the inevitable after party at The Sink. Bry got tore up and so did the rest of the crew. I, being the DD got to be the photo terrorist!! hehehe!!

Here's Bry walking to the after party. It's his impression of a "Tree Hugger" although a suspect he was using the tree to keep from falling.



After Bry crashed... J and I went to yet another bar. Damn these guys are like the Energizer bunny when it comes to the sauce!!



While Jason and I were there with Flo, Nat, Ryan and Adam we saw some drunks jumping off of the roof into a pool at the bar. This pool was more like a moat or cesspool. It appeared to not have had the water change in a month. Seriously, no sober person would have ever dared to enter these waters!!



When the final beer o'clock arrived we said "later" to our friends and headed back to Denver to sleep for a couple of hours before continuing on to Kansas. WHAT A NIGHT!!



Later Boulder!



Bill