The Freak Out

So...I was just going through the pictures on our site labeled "Old Site Photos" and I noticed the picture of us playing at the Knight Club in Alfred when we opened for Navar.

I think that was the gig where my guitar cut out completely and I could not fix it on the fly and I kind of freaked out. And really it was only due to the fact that we were a three piece then and when something went out the whole song went kaput. Now usually we find a way to glide through it, but I was standing up and bending down and twirling and trying everything possible to make the guitar work right in the middle of the song. No dice.

I don't remember what was wrong with the guitar. I did remember feeling nervous and noticing that I was moving around nervously on stage. Usually that doesn't happen I am usually collected...I have no idea why I kind of freaked. John pointed out to me after the set and I realized how uncomfortable I must have looked to everyone. I really haven't had another moment like that one since.

Then...I began to laugh because of a mental picture that came to mind.

Nik also freaked during a gig due to instrument malfunction. During one of our songs he broke a string(which rarely happens with Bass guitars because the strings are so thick). So Nik instead of nervously moving around, like me... decided to get angry. He grabbed his Bass and basically swung it around by the broken string like he was a medieval warrior swinging mace. After seeing that I told myself that next time I have a guitar problem I will take a page from his book and freak out and try to scare everyone with my best impression of the incredible Hulk. Maybe then I will look a little more rock and roll.