It was a morbidly metal weekend in Asbury Park starting off with a roaring crowd, multiple fog machines and a few teenagers with a common dream to become a rock star. The second round of New Jersey Shows (promotion company) ninth annual Battle of the Bands at The Saint, started off with a few bumps but quickly smoothed out.At The first show Sat. March 1, four bands advanced to the second round at Station 36 Waretown firehall. Seven hard working bands give it their all to perform and get a prime spot at the Asbury’s infamous The Saint but only one band gets to go home the winner.
The first band that was playing Enclosed Fear, the seemingly younger band had a very pulled together advanced sound that not even many of the bands that have been playing for years can pull off. Most of the crowd was still warming up during the first performance of the show, soon changed their minds when members of the band walked down into the crowd and influenced them to join in the metal fun.
Do some of these kids really know when enough is enough? Bands were yelling to the crowds to start a “mosh” pit or “crowd surf” in the small confined space, the bands who were participating in such activities did get disqualified from the battle. Voice Of The Conquered, a locally known band has been banned from The Saint forever with their audacious display on stage.
Other bands who preformed at the battle were, Bleed the Arsonist and Mystical Fudge, for some of the other bands they were steep competition. Returning, the previous three time battle winners, Morbid Visions, played a fantastic show and one of their newest songs the crowd had been chanting for during their whole performance “Hear comes Gacey” based off of John Wayne Gacey.
“I really love everything about playing music,” said Mark Henley former Morbid Visions guitarist. “I mean, what could be better than hanging out with your best friends and playing brutal metal songs”.
“A Civil Action” spicing things up with their not so much of a metal influence but a bit of rock and alternative sound.
“We want to give back what we (the band) get out of the music we listen to, New Jersey is definitely a hardcore state, and there are some great bands doing an excellent job out there fulfilling this title,” said Matt Johnson lead vocalist of Bleed the Arsonist
Bands that reached the final round of New Jersey Shows Battle of the Bands are, Morbid Visions, Bleed the Arsonist, and Mystical Fudge, they will be playing Jun. 1, 2008 at The Saint at 7pm
4 comments:
I know for a fact that it was Mystical Fudge that won the three rounds leading up to, and including, that day at the Saint. If you're going to write stuff like this, how about you write the friggin' truth
Excuse me cakelady, Mystical Fudge wasnt in the same Shows as Morbid Visions, so how about you learn the truth before you try to preach it. And Mystical Fudge is the most unoriginal band in this entire competition, maybe they are original for around here, but the creeping bass lines and piano parts "resembling" stevie wonder are a bit to much. Maybe if they could actually sell there tickets and not have there daddy buy them for them theyd get some more respect, so leave this nice persons writing alone.
umm cakelady if u actually read the whole thing you would know it says they won in the last paragraph, so before you go accusing people maybe you should learn the truth and not criticize me.
Ok...This is Johnny V from Mystical Fudge, Let's set a few things strait here....
Cakelady, thank you for your support, but please know what your talking about before you start stirring up more trouble for us. Morbid visions started at the Saint, we started at Waretown, and we both came into this show undefeated. Please get your facts strait, and stay in your own buisness. Everyone had to work just as hard to get this far, and every one did an excellent job that day.
Can'tbuylove, How are we unorigional when we are the only band that sounds any different in the battle? Every other band has the same format; Screaming vocals, distortion-layered guitar lines, and volume is the only concern. We enjoy being artistic, do what we like, and just because what we like is different from what you like, it does not make us unorigional. If you had actually watched us that day, you would know that the piano was only used on one song, for a honky-tonk style solo in our blues number, lasting all but 30 seconds. Stevie wonder plays funk and pop ballads, and uses a mellotron, not a piano. Get you genres strait. We have also sold all 50 tickets to EVERY round, and have had to use the money we get from each round to fix our incessantly broken equiptment. Perhaps you should practice what you preach and get your facts strait before you start spreading lies.
Chrissy Epp, I am deeply sorry for any problems that this has caused you, and hopefully our fans can learn to be more courteous to other bands in the future.
This was an excelent article, and I enjoyed reading it very much.
Reguards to all,
Johnny V
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