Last night's Darkest Hour + 4 others (Want to know how not to be taken seriously? Name your band Cephalic Carnage.) was cancelled for unspecified reasons. I'm hoping they weren't arrested again for carrying alcohol across state lines.
In the absence of a show to report back from I want to instead give 5 of my favorite moments, from dorms to the 9:30 Club, from more than 8 years of DH:
Sidebar Tavern (Baltimore circa 2000) - First DH show where we stood next to Mike Schleibaum for a half hour while four grown men with dildos strapped to their head, lovingly known as Shat, ripped through about 40 songs, many clocking in at about 35 seconds. I had never seen a picture of Schleibaum before the show and was left a shocked 15 year old when the dude in the Guns 'n Roses cut off jumped up on stage and led me to flail all hundred and 40 pounds of myself around until my head hurt. Oh, a little band called the Dillenger Escape Plan closed the show.
GWU Dorm (DC circa late 2002/early 2003) - Instant classic: 4 bands with interchangable members, including DC scenester heroes Majority Rule, a mix of DH die hards and first timers, and a kid with pig mittens leading the way in the pit before conquering the floor tom when it escaped the stage.
Ottobar (Baltimore, 2004) - Again we found DH mixed up with the likes of the Dillenger Escape Plan. Emory, one of the most mild mannered guys I've ever met, violently shook the railing of the balcony over the stage before vaulting, without warning, off the overhang onto the stage, screaming a few words along with Dillenger and launching in into the crowd. He returned moments later and quietly sat back in his seat.
Ottobar (Baltimore, 2007) - A friend introduces my brother and I to John Henry after the show. My brother draws a blank and just stands there shaking his hand.
9:30 Club (DC, 2007) - Two acoustic guitars lined up on stage to start the show. Doomsayer. I'll never know what happened to those two guitars.
Here's a live clip of Doomsayer... Feel free to share any favorite moments of your own.
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The Emory/Dillinger kamikaze show was summer of 2004...I know, it seems like friggin' yesterday.
Favorite DH moment: June 2003, 9:30 club with Anti-flag, Tabula Rasa, and A Static Lullaby. During a lengthy solliloquy by A Static Lullaby's lead screamer, an unknown concertgoer brings the show to a grinding halt by shouting "FUCK YOU, YOU CALIFORNIA FAGGOT." The band is most displeased at this, and politely acknowledges the outburst with a rather sad explanation of how far they've driven in a van to be at the show that night. Laughter ensues.
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