![]() But they hung around for a good 30-45 minutes. Eventually they left - Martin wanted white wine. Band members just sitting at the bar, talking to whoever was around. Even to point where the swarm died down, and it became a bit more casual. King Diamond) of the Power Metal magazine as well.ĪUTOGRAPHS! So yes: The band members came out, autographed everything for everybody, and talked to everybody. Friends: Imagine my kitchen cabinets, but covering an entire room, and mostly being metal-oriented.) So I made sure to photograph the autograph, and the cover (feat. He had Sabbat autograph the picture of them in the magazine - the same one I had ripped out and put on the wall of my bedroom in my parents’ house (along with other stuff. I think I finally gave a few to Shehab around 2000, but they probably ended up in the trash. ![]() And although I was the only one with an 18-year-old Sabbat shirt that I saw, there was nonetheless one guy who had an issue of Power Metal Magazine - the exact same issue that I had. The back of the shirt simply had the band members’ names, so I would think that he would be impressed that I’d been wearing his name for 18 years, instead of declaring it a bootleg. I sure as hell didn’t get it online - back then it was BBSes only. their record company) using an order form from a cassette inlay card. I thought that I ordered it directly from the Noise Records catalog (i.e. Andy Sneap later remarked that it was a bootleg, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. I was wearing my Sabbat shirt that I bought in 9th or 10th grade, c.1989-1990. Some of has had waited 18 years for the show. I guess they only want to be open during those periods of time that they make the most possible money - i.e. (And Jaxx pooped on everybody’s party by only serving alcohol to the band members. He was nonetheless very enthusiastic, and quite happy to be playing for us, and ready to party - They said they hadn’t had a party in a week, which was unheard of for them, and so they were going to go back and drink some beers and chat with the fans. I think it is true that American metal fans, at least in Springfield, VA, are a lot more docile than European metal fans. He was pressuring us to scream and raise our fists up during just about every musical interlude. Andy Sneap (I think) joked that he used all his riffs up in their 2 albums, which is quite appropriate: Dreamweaver has the most riffs-per-song of practically any thrash metal out there.ĭuring the show, Martin Walkyier did not seem satisfied with the audience’s enthusiasm level. Martin Walkyier joked that there’s no way they would ever write another album, because it’s simply not possible for them write songs like they did 20 years ago. Andy Sneap is the mastermind riff-writer & guitar-player behind the music of Sabbat. (Hey Eve – he performed a handfasting the week before!) I really wish, however, that we could have crowded over to the right of the stage, where Andy Sneap (usually a record producer) was playing. But we were also about 3 feet away from singer Martin Walkyier. We basically had only 1 person in between us and the stage, and were mostly directly in front of Gizz Butt, the only non-original member of the band, having replaced Frasier Craske. Good move, because when I asked at the door, they said everything was allowed. They also said we can’t bring cameras, but for the first time ever we decided the camera has depreciated in value such that it is okay to leave it in an unattended car in Virginia. We somehow got the 2nd-closest parking space, and they started playing when our car pulled in. Earlier calls said they would come on 11:30-12, so we decided to play it safe and arrive around 10:50. ![]() Jaxx is a great club due to the acts they book (and 15-minute proximity to our house), but they have very poor information management. Unfortunately for us, we missed most of the 1st song. As usual, shows at Jaxx provide an unusual level of intimacy, and Carolyn & I are virtually guaranteed to be within a literal arms’ reach of our favorite artists! 11 songs were played 5 of them from the Dreamweaver album (that I just posted a massive review of).
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