panas membahang!!

as i've said on my previous posting, i'm going to yesterday's fnb benefit gig, and that's the exact thing i did yesterday. maybe quite late, but not so late. i missed one band. i'm not really sure what's the first band are but i believe it's 'nicotina'. not really sure as well where they came from or what style of music they played. ok, after drawing some money from maybank as i only had a few ringgit inside my wallet, i went in and said hi to some friends along the way. as i walk inside the jamming studio, i go straight to maiden (he's the vocalist of blood on wedding dress) after i spotted him selling some B.O.W.D stuffs on the floor. i bought their cdr (which is great, after hearing it just now), and i was in front of the stage in no time. the band performing at that time was lumrah from muar. i noticed that their drummer was also form a metalcore band called liberate, which of course, hail from muar as well. lumrah played old scool hc. great performance although there's nothing new in their music (it's not that i hate old school hc music). the third band was subtle revenge from singapore. at first i thought this band played somekind of thrash as i noticed that some of their line up was also from this thrash band called under attack. my assumption was certainly wrong when they've started playing. they played metallic old school hc a'la strife and recover, which is still my fav band till now. they even played covers from recover, and yeah, strife as well. i go straight to erin after they've played to buy their demo cdr (which is great, as i heard it a while ago). i also bought timmy's latest zine, standpointofmind #9. the fourth band was blood on wedding dress. paktua only realized that i was present at the gig by this time. as soon as they started playing, the crown goes crazy. they played this technical/math core, as people say it, and they played it well.

i was so exhausted by this time (mind u that the temperature inside that room was damn hot, so hot that i think most of the oxygen inside was already burned or transfered into carbon dioxyde, as it was hard to breath as well), that i decided to go down first to get some fresh air, and some "poisonous air" as well. i met din akar downstairs and lepak2 and minum2 with him as well with some other friends. by this time, shortsited was playing but i didnt dare to go upstairs at that time (mind you, it was because of the heat, not because of the band or the music, although the music they played wasn't really my cup of tea). by the time minus played, i decided to go upstairs to snap some picture but as i've snapped 2 or 3 picture of the band, my camera ran out of battery, so i decided to leave my camera inside my car. i waited for the next band to go on stage after minus, and it was neverend from klang. they have line up from the infamous band, sarjan hassan as well, which is asan, the drummer for both bands. i really like this band. it's not that i'm really a fan of thrash music, but they blend their thrashy sound with some rocking and metal parts, and they made it sounds really well. maybe the sound itself wasn't new, only to my ears maybe. and the last band for the day was devilica, from seremban. ah, i forgot to mention that there's a band which is already on the list to play yesterday but couldn't make it as they have some trouble with their line up. it was tolibxjoe band which is happo haiken. ok, back to the band devilica, this band played some sort of technical hc as well, but maybe not as thechnical as BOWD. i think they called their music progressive hc. simmillar to converge i think. they even covered one song from converge's new album.

the gig ends with some minum2 with friends. and i went back to my house around 9 o'clock. overall, it was a great gig. kudos to the organizer, and hopefully the collection they got for that they could help FNB JB future plans. ah, and thanks to epit for giving me a small treat. u could click to the my photos link on the left side of this page to view some of the picture i've took. enjoy!