Cinemaddiction
Ahhh. Where do I begin. I've always been a big Misfits fan, especially during the Michale Graves era. No, not the kitchen utencil designer guy for Target, the guys in the full face point, front and center.
http://www.freewebs.com/typodemon/Misfits13.jpg
Anycrap, Alison finds out on his website he's was coming HERE to Minneapolis to promote his new solo album on Horror High Records. Of course, we bought two copies of his CD, as well as 3 tickets to the show at the Nomad in Downtown Minneapolis for this evening. I haven't been to a show in 8 years, neither has she, so we had no clue what to expect. We brought along some old Misfits swag, in hopes of getting it signed. But, we suspected although it was a pub, it would be packed, we'd be stuck in the back, and we'd never get to meet Michale......none of which could be furthur from the truth.
We strolled into the Nomad at 8:00, the first band, Six Guns took the stage at 9 to a VERY small crowd, maximum 20 people. Pigsnorter, a great hardcore punk band set up shot to about a 40 person crowd. Once they broke down their set, 1/2 of the people LEFT! During their final song, Alison and I spotted Graves watching the show. Although we had seen him before walking around, we figured he was in the zone, and we were starstruck.
Anyway, Alison and I made our way over. She, with his self-titled CD, me, with our "Famous Monsters" demo marble vinyl. I shook his hand, asked how he was, and asked if he'd mind signing my album. He took it, started pointing at it, and mentioned to his girlfriend something along the lines of it being rare/he never seeing it. He handed it back, and HE thanked ME, patting me on the back as I walked away. I got back to my chair to notice that he had signed it with a devil tail at the end of the S in his last name, which he DIDN'T do for his own CD. Made the sig all the more unique.
Michale took the stage and from the beginning, opening with "American Psycho", I was floored. The amount of energy he put into his show was astonishing. They ripped through classic Misfits tunes, tracks off of "Famous Monsters", as well as his own album. It was literally, a perfect show. There was a connection between he and all 5 of us that wanted to be on the front row. He even mentioned that he was feeding off the energy of one guy in the front row. He was drunk as ****, beligerantly wailing about, but hey, whatever made the show more enjoyable. At one time, he even came by and gave me a pound..which was dreamy.
ALRIGHT! So, show was over, and the guy just hops off stage and sits at the bar! A couple of people stroll by and say thanks, so then Alison and I make our move. We just wanted pictures, so he gladly posed for Alison. Then Alison, Jesse, and I. Then Michale and I. The damn camera batteries were going dead, and even after trying for 2 minutes to get it to work, Mike stood there to make sure we got it. Shortly afterwards, although he had signed 2 things of ours, he gladly signed my "Famous Monsters" CD. Alison had mentioned that she saw him with the Misfits in 1997, when they opened for Megadeth, to which he said to her that he really appreciated people that saw him so long ago still care about him..which was nice.
Michale Graves is one class artist. Totally unspoiled, incredibly grateful all his fans, and one of the greatest on stage performers I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing live. Although I'm hoarse as hell, having tried to match lungs with Graves on virtually every track he spewed, me knowing 75% of them, he even discussed he and CHUD's side project which will be seeing a CD release soon. He even told me he and Chud will be playing Jersey on Halloween. droolio
So..I supposed you're tired of reading of my perfect night..so..here's some photos.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/coolashell.jpg
On stage..
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/danzigconvo.jpg
Here, I was mid way through saying.."Honestly, I don't think Danzig has shit on you. Take that however you want."
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/shoes.jpg
Some random ass photo of Mike and I's shoes. Notice the duct tape holding his shoes to his pants? Don't ask.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/tehcrew.jpg
LEFT TO RIGHT: Alison, Jesse, Michale Graves, and Myself.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/misfitsstuff.jpg
The stuff he was generous enough to sign for us. The album's getting framed tomorrow. Bess believe dat..
http://www.freewebs.com/typodemon/Misfits13.jpg
Anycrap, Alison finds out on his website he's was coming HERE to Minneapolis to promote his new solo album on Horror High Records. Of course, we bought two copies of his CD, as well as 3 tickets to the show at the Nomad in Downtown Minneapolis for this evening. I haven't been to a show in 8 years, neither has she, so we had no clue what to expect. We brought along some old Misfits swag, in hopes of getting it signed. But, we suspected although it was a pub, it would be packed, we'd be stuck in the back, and we'd never get to meet Michale......none of which could be furthur from the truth.
We strolled into the Nomad at 8:00, the first band, Six Guns took the stage at 9 to a VERY small crowd, maximum 20 people. Pigsnorter, a great hardcore punk band set up shot to about a 40 person crowd. Once they broke down their set, 1/2 of the people LEFT! During their final song, Alison and I spotted Graves watching the show. Although we had seen him before walking around, we figured he was in the zone, and we were starstruck.
Anyway, Alison and I made our way over. She, with his self-titled CD, me, with our "Famous Monsters" demo marble vinyl. I shook his hand, asked how he was, and asked if he'd mind signing my album. He took it, started pointing at it, and mentioned to his girlfriend something along the lines of it being rare/he never seeing it. He handed it back, and HE thanked ME, patting me on the back as I walked away. I got back to my chair to notice that he had signed it with a devil tail at the end of the S in his last name, which he DIDN'T do for his own CD. Made the sig all the more unique.
Michale took the stage and from the beginning, opening with "American Psycho", I was floored. The amount of energy he put into his show was astonishing. They ripped through classic Misfits tunes, tracks off of "Famous Monsters", as well as his own album. It was literally, a perfect show. There was a connection between he and all 5 of us that wanted to be on the front row. He even mentioned that he was feeding off the energy of one guy in the front row. He was drunk as ****, beligerantly wailing about, but hey, whatever made the show more enjoyable. At one time, he even came by and gave me a pound..which was dreamy.
ALRIGHT! So, show was over, and the guy just hops off stage and sits at the bar! A couple of people stroll by and say thanks, so then Alison and I make our move. We just wanted pictures, so he gladly posed for Alison. Then Alison, Jesse, and I. Then Michale and I. The damn camera batteries were going dead, and even after trying for 2 minutes to get it to work, Mike stood there to make sure we got it. Shortly afterwards, although he had signed 2 things of ours, he gladly signed my "Famous Monsters" CD. Alison had mentioned that she saw him with the Misfits in 1997, when they opened for Megadeth, to which he said to her that he really appreciated people that saw him so long ago still care about him..which was nice.
Michale Graves is one class artist. Totally unspoiled, incredibly grateful all his fans, and one of the greatest on stage performers I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing live. Although I'm hoarse as hell, having tried to match lungs with Graves on virtually every track he spewed, me knowing 75% of them, he even discussed he and CHUD's side project which will be seeing a CD release soon. He even told me he and Chud will be playing Jersey on Halloween. droolio
So..I supposed you're tired of reading of my perfect night..so..here's some photos.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/coolashell.jpg
On stage..
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/danzigconvo.jpg
Here, I was mid way through saying.."Honestly, I don't think Danzig has shit on you. Take that however you want."
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/shoes.jpg
Some random ass photo of Mike and I's shoes. Notice the duct tape holding his shoes to his pants? Don't ask.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/tehcrew.jpg
LEFT TO RIGHT: Alison, Jesse, Michale Graves, and Myself.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a9/Cinemaddiction/misfitsstuff.jpg
The stuff he was generous enough to sign for us. The album's getting framed tomorrow. Bess believe dat..