And no, I am not making a reference to "super mario brothers", although the congruity of the initials is not accidental. No, I am referring to the band "Screaming Mechanical Brain" (formerly "Screaming Monkey Boner", but they changed it because they wanted to attract label attention, which is a bit hard to do when you're named after a loud primate's phallus, or possibly an unusually quiet primate's SCREAMING phallus...). I saw these guys play the Iliff Park Saloon last night and they fucking blew me away. I really wish I had brought my camera, because they were moving around too much for my cell phone to take pictures that didn't just turn into colorful blurs. Instead I invite you to check out http://www.myspace.com/smb for a taste of their music as well as any pictures, as my descriptions will fall horribly short of their true glory. Imagine if Primus, System of a Down, and American Head Charge formed a supergroup that was occasionally joined by Mindless Self Indulgence and you have a good idea of the awesomeosity that is SMB.
The show really got me thinking though, these guys are touring out of a broken down van, playing to bars containing maybe 30 people, yet Cannibal Corpse is capable of selling out arenas. Really makes you think, don't it? There is no fucking justice sometimes. I keep talking about how I fear that metal is dying, and a good reason for that is that the bands that could help keep it alive and relevant no one has heard of.
Oh well, I'm heading to Sounds of the Underground tomorrow, so that should be a good time, then Allison comes in for a few days. Expect few, if any updates before 8/14, as I will be *ahem* indisposed. Excited Michael is exciiiited... Then it's just a couple weeks till I'm back in the city and all will be as it should.
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