Awesome people who have been with us
The Salads
That's right - we opened for the muthafuckin Salads. Not only did they have one of the sickest live guitar solos we've ever witnessed (seriously - it was mad furious), they were awesome guys to hang out with backstage. They're all great musicians, but it's gotta be mentioned that Darren is possibly the most charismatic front men we've ever seen in a band. Like even more than ours. And ours is Lucky, one of the most charming bastards on the whole damn planet.
Man, that guy must get boatloads of pu... retty interesting young ladies.
Anyways, check 'em out at www.thesalads.com.
The Creepshow
HO.
LEE.
SHIT.
If there's ever a band that deserves to be described as "Psychobilly Freakout" it's The Creepshow (sorry Rev). They've been one of our favourite bands to date, and I don't mean just to play with. I mean, straight up, one of our favourite bands. You can imagine how excited we were to open for them. Their drummer is reminiscent of our very own El Diablo Negro, the bass player is fucking awesome and the Reverend McGinty... well, he's a creepshow all by himself. We missed out on meeting Hellcat on account of her being all knocked up (congrats by the way), but her little sister was a brilliant replacement. Hot chicks that sing and play lead guitar... well, let's just say it's made us think about replacing various band members.
And any band that features that much bass gets our approval.
The Cadillac Vamps
I think it's safe to say that the high points of our musical career here at Lucky Number Ten will be the time(s) that we play(ed) with the Cadillac Vamps. Straight from Lucky's mouth:
It will neither shock nor amaze anyone to learn that I have, in the past, been a patron of the lewder sort of 'burlesque' establishment. I will stand here and confidently tell you that strippers are in no way, shape or form, any sort of thing relating to burlesque. The Cadillac Vamps were proportioned like real women, for a start, and not a drop of silicone anywhere in 'em. Tattooed, perfectly coiffed, all sass and class with just enough ass, their show was sexy without being lewd, proving the adage that less is indeed more. Appealin' to the more discernin' gentleman. We'll be playing with them again, if I have anything to say about it.
You can check them out at their myspace page.
The Carnies
It's not often that we get to play with a band that might be able to be labelled as Hooligan Rock. The Carnies may be the second ever Hooligan Rock outfit - they're balls out, and a lot of fun to listen to. I currently can't find a website for them, but you can probably find a reference to them on myspace or just book over to the Last Drop in London and ask for Jimmy.
Charlena Russell
Charlena rocks. She's talented and entertaining and, well, not to put too fine a point on it, pretty darn hot. We at LNX like having talented, hot women open up for us.
Fuckin' right, I've been saving that one up. Check her out at www.charlenarussell.com
The Dirty Love
The Dirty Love. Fuck, man. Nothing half assed. Balls to the fucking walls rock. \m/ Never mind that the lead singer kind of looked like a Hamish groupie (a kind of big guy with reddish hair and a beard that was dressed the same) - these guys were awesome. They may have one of the best catchphrases I've heard on their website ("Guitar as they staff; Knobs to eleven.") - check their shit out at www.thedirtylove.com.
The Entertainment
I've got two words for you.
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT.
The Entertainment are pure awesome. They rock out hard, fast, and long. Check 'em out whenever and wherever and as often as you can. Balls out, full tilt. Also, I heard that the lead singer Shot the Sherif. But he did not shoot the deputy.
The Flairs
A band made up of hot chicks (and one fucking lucky-ass bass playing dude) is all right by me. Watching the flairs was like getting a lapdance, but with more panache. Check out what their doing at www.theflairs.com and for fuck's sake, check out their pics. I mean music. I mean, they make awesome music, they're not just hot. But they're also hot.
I've gotten all excited just thinking about it.
Macgyver's Dog
Okay, aside from the name, My Buddy Dave and His Hard Rocking Amigos were pretty cool. Macgyver's Dog? I mean, honestly.
They were pretty cool about the fact that they caught shit for us being way too fucking loud (we played with them at their weekly gig at East Side Mario's in Waterloo) and they offered a goodly amount of constructive criticism that has helped us out a lot. We're from different branches of the musical tree, 'tis true, but they're a good solid cover band that played really well together.
No link - I'm under the impression that they no longer play together.
Mary5E
Mary5E is an unlikely person to be playing with LNX. She's just a wee lass, but she plays loud and rocks hard. Check out www.mary5e.com.
Robot Radio Station
These guys are like Weezer back when that was a compliment. They're kind of emo, but in a good way - they play with a load of energy. On top of that, they're stand-up fellows; we ended up bailing on them twice, and they still hooked us up with a gig in London, and were class acts about it. Look for us to be playing with RRS in the future, but in the mean time go to their myspace page and check them out.
Shot for Shot
All I can say is these boys played balls out the whole time. The bass player borrowed my rig and knocked it over and wrecked a patch cord... but c'est la vie.
I don't think these guys are still together, unfortunately...
The Strange
What to say about The Strange? They opened for us at our very first gig. They've got good melodies, and a hot bass player, and they don't fuck around at all. They're currently working on an album and will be continuing under a new band name. I suggest you check them out at their website: www.thestrangerock.com.
Never Fucking Again
In Dying Fashion
Hey, you know what's awesome? Showing up at gigs that you say you'll play. Hey, you know what's not awesome? In Dying Fashion. Those guys are gay. And not, like, cool Gandalf / Magneto gay (which is cool by us - the world needs more love than it's got) but more prison gay. Those guys are definitely prison gay.
The Eden Ants
You remember that band The Darkness? Ya, me neither. Their 15 minutes ended a while ago. But the lead singer from the Eden Ants reminded us of the guy from The Darkness.
Simply put, the band would prosper from firing that dipshit and getting a decent singer who wasn't abysmal at his craft.
House Parties
We summed up how we felt about the house party we played in a livejournal entry but I'll sum it up here. Not. Fucking. Cool. By the by, the best quote about playing the houseparty was:
One thing I'm especially grateful for is that we followed a band that sounded exactly like Radiohead would, if Radiohead sucked.