A contender for gig of the year?

I know it's getting near to that best of.... time, but last night i swear i saw a contender for gig of the year.
in all honesty there will have to be something pretty special to beat my top gig this year but anyways................
last nights melvins show was amazing!
i tried to take some good shots but they all look poor.
heres the stage set up.



Yes that is a massive gong behind one of the drum kits.
Yes the 2 drum kits are bang front and centre
yes yes yes yes.
altamont played a short opening set ....it seems they are short a drummer. the guy from big business filled in and was pretty horrible
check out this record though,one of the records of 2005







next up were PORN
this is a band featuring Dale from altamont and the melvins and that dude you always see at melvins shows and fantomas show too called Tim. i guess he's a tour manager, but the first time i ever saw him was in norway and he was waring a viking helmet. i thought this was because he was in norway but no, i saw him 3 more time that year alone and he always had on the helmet.
Tim was dressed as santa and Dale was Vegas era Elvis...some other chap with a look that can only be described as "a business man with no trousers" played bass.
they were super heavy and had extended periods of jazz interludes before returning to the RIFF
a great surprise!



Big Business took it up a notch again.
a drummer and a bass player that combined sounded like sabbath and kyuss in there prime.
that dude with the afro has the nastiest bass sound i've heard in years.
this is what you have to play through to sound that good.



to my eyes, thats a suun bass rig, an orange guitar cab powered by a g.k bass head and a keyboard amp strapped together!

they played a few songs before Dale joined them on guitar for 2 more.
they then did another on their own, and then it was time for the king(best rhythm guitarist ever?) and Dale( greatest drummer still alive?) to join them and become some mega transformer called MELVINS.

what can i say?...............
un-be-lievable!!!!!!!!
i took my pal Amy and she had no idea what to expect, having never heard them before.
after the first song she turned round to me and said
"how can bands like metallica exist?"
i'm just glad bands like them are still around.

i bought 2 t shirts(1 for lucas) and this........



all for $30!
they had every c.d they ever put out for $10 each and loads of screen printed posters of that nights show(signed) for $20

this is unheard of in todays fleece the kids touring world.

i met the Bakersfield Turbojugend at the show.
i was sporting the colours...........Glasgow style, they were pretty large, drunk bikers and i was glad they just wanted to say hello and not rumble.


Finally:
on another tangent altogether, my good friend Dr Kiko keeps sending me pictures like these.
the first was with a note saying, "this is what she does when i listen to morrissy"
look for yourself.



the other two?
who knows what he was thinking......
i just hope he didn't do these himself!
bye for now....