{"id":364,"date":"2003-04-06T07:54:55","date_gmt":"2003-04-06T12:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lowpro708.com\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2018-07-26T21:28:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:28:49","slug":"show-46-fireside-bowl-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowpro708.com\/blog\/2003\/04\/06\/show-46-fireside-bowl-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Show #46: Fireside Bowl, Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is our 11th time playing here, but first in 2 years. i found myself telling alot of people that statistic because i myself am amazed by it. this is my personally 13th time there, i played there twice with\u00a0C.F.D., my first band.<\/p>\n

so we got there and found out we were playing 2nd of 4 bands. i think a lot of people (hilger said it and i agreed) that reality was a little off kilter that day, either from partying over the weekend and\/or the daylight savings bullshit that ‘the man’ uses to steal an hour from us. how dare he!<\/p>\n

so bill knobs of\u00a0The Powerknobs\u00a0showed up and we had a drink while the 1st band played. smear campaign was the headliner but they were soundchecking early before any of the bands. i see 1st thing that the singer is wearing like a softball jersey that says ‘south cicero’. now as if it wasnt crazy enough to be representin cicero, hes representina small part of it. that is definately down. they came off stage after their soundcheck and we start talking to them all (actually, i never did speak even once, nor did any of us, to the guitarist. he was definately awesome but just did his own thing i guess. so i go right up to the bassist, hes wearning a flannel shirt, and some bgi ass fuckin boots, like construction boots. so i just asked him, ‘hey dude, are you a fucking construction worker or what?’. he said that no, with a laugh, that he was a mechanic. i asked him for a smoke and he pulled out a very rare cigerette. he had pall mall menthol. i related a story to everyone about my dead grandfather. he smoked cigars but sometimes he would buy cigerettes — pall malls. but he didnt smoke them, he would lite them and just drive around with the thing burning in his mouth. they were definately unfiltered, but they arent shorties like lucky strikes. so anyways, the members of smear campaign are very cool, very friendly, were all laughing together.<\/p>\n

bill knobs and i go have a beer, didnt even step out to the see the 1st band. they are called scissors. pop punk from elmhurst, or so i was told (what i was told as far as their home, im quite sure it was pop punk. i could hear it in the bar). and we were next. the set felt really good, wasnt very tired. it was real cold in the place, hilger and i were the only 2 with shorts on. i think it kept me awake. i kept wiping my head with a towel but wasnt that sweaty. the set was done quick and we gave out 10 cds to people we didnt know in about 20 seconds. they we hit the bar. the bartender thought our last song (‘summertime’ by crimpshrine) was fifteen (same singer, jeff ott) so i gave him props for being so close.<\/p>\n

moto played, they had some wicked guitars. their singer\/guitarist had an ampeg guitar which are rare. the one he had was old but looked pretty awesome. smear campaign played and matt was pretty drunk. he took his shirt off first. i can understand that, youre hot up there and sweating. then he took off his pants. well i was only out there to take some\u00a0pics\u00a0and then i went back to the bar. but i guess that he took a shit in his drawers on stage. thats pretty sick. i dont even know what to say about that.<\/p>\n

matt from smear campaign was in there getting tanked in the bar afterwards. he buddy who he called momo was there, we were talking about the dirtiest suburbs. i said riverside, i made momo guess and he named dixon, i brought up robbins, but the worst is ford heights (ford city?) fuck if i know what its called. i aint going there. momo said how he used to sell those steaks door to door, and he said the trick is, ‘youre not selling the meal, youre selling the deal’. sound advice. then a guy named jon from windy city punk, i guess they are a label. he said that moto was signed with them and he saw me take pics. he wanted to get a copy of the pics and of course i obliged him. i emailed the 4 i took for the site (see them\u00a0here). there was this one other dude, i had seen him talking to bill eariler. i figured he was his friend. he looked kind of weird, had dark skin…i dont know. so me and bill are sitting at a table and this guy starts asking me what kind of guitars i play and shit. he said that he missed our set, he got there late. and hes grilling me about guitars, amps, effects…i could keep up with his ass though. we started even spitting some shit about ohm’s law and other electrical theories. he told me he was a veteran, and that he could get military surplus tubes, which they used in old radios but work fine in an amp. thats insane. eventually he left and i asked bill who he was. he said he had no fucking clue, that the guy had come up to him to and grilled him about guitars too. i saw a mohican punk kid talking to some other dudes and i heard him ask them ‘have you ever heard of skokie’? refering to the band. i heard it an the dude said no. i said that i had. so we talked for a while about skokie, i said that they had a big ass black dude singing which of course is very fucking odd. i saw skokie play with strung out and straight faced several years ago also at the fireside. i told him about the show and he had one of ours cds, which he got from hilger after the show. he talked about a couple of bands he was in, we started talking about oi! music. i had to bring up skrewdriver becasue they are pretty cool although they are fucking nazis, its hardcore, crazy shit which hobo platis had gotten me into. ive downloaded a couple of songs and read about the singer and the band, theyre nuts. anyways, i said that i wasnt into the nazi shit. so i asked him ‘are you a nazi?’ and he said no, in fact he said he was jewish! hes from skokie of course. so we all had a good laugh at that. and right now i am listening to ‘nigger ( i hate your face)’ on repeat because of this dude. he was fucking cool. if youre reading this, holler at me!<\/p>\n

The sound man, stan, was a class act. the fireside sound must have improved because it sounded great in there, better than our last few gigs. i was really surprised. and when i was going to leave i had to holler at stan who was at the bar also now. i also saw sitting next to him jon from windy city punk and another guy who i assume to be another windy city punk guy, he had a british accent. he broke the news to me, he said “hey man, did you see that guy up there? he shit himself” but in a british accent. i was shocked. thats insane.<\/p>\n

i eventually went home, ate, passed out till like 2 am, woke up cleaned my house, walked to the gas station to get a soda in a fucking sleet storm and now its 5 am. so im posting this and going to bed. hey hilger, make sure you cover anything i forgot. it was another awesome show.<\/p>\n

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Low Profile Live<\/div>\n
Sunday April 6th<\/div>\n
Fireside Bowl<\/div>\n
with Scissors, Moto, and Smear Campaign<\/div>\n
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Alright.\u00a0 This show was very cool and fun.\u00a0 Bill Knobs and Jessica both showed up so thanks to them right off the bat. also eorl and his old friend. \u00a0 We met up at Rob’s at 4:30 and loaded up and drove to the Fireside.\u00a0 We loaded in and found out that we played second.\u00a0 Smear Campaign were on stage setting up while we were loading in.\u00a0 They played a sound check and then got off stage and took their equiptment off which was kinda weird.\u00a0 They said they were playing last and were gonna go get drunk first.\u00a0 And I’m sure they play better when their drunk.\u00a0 At least for the singer.<\/div>\n
So Scissors play first.\u00a0 They were poppy punk type shit.\u00a0 I watched like one and a half songs and got bored so went to go hang out.<\/div>\n
We were up next.\u00a0 We represented to the fullest.\u00a0 And we’re down with Smear Campaign.\u00a0 They were representin Cicero which is in the 708 so u guys r cool with us.\u00a0 And don’t think that if your not from the 708 we’ll hate u or whatever.\u00a0 I think people think that sometimes.\u00a0 Its not the case.\u00a0 Be cool to Low Profile and we’ll be down for life.\u00a0 So our set was:<\/div>\n
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Kamakazi 9-11<\/div>\n
Brown<\/div>\n
Character Profile<\/div>\n
The Limitation<\/div>\n
Walter Mander<\/div>\n
Chimerical<\/div>\n
Grudge<\/div>\n
Hot Mom<\/div>\n
Summertime\u00a0 (originally by Crimpshrine)<\/div>\n
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We rocked the fucking house.\u00a0 Jessica was our loudest fan as usual yelling out Low Profile and 708 thru out the show. The drummer and singer from Smear Campaign were digging us too. \u00a0 Thanks for the support guys.<\/div>\n
Moto was up next.\u00a0 They played with their leathers on and everything.\u00a0 They rocked for sure.\u00a0 And I mean straight up rock.\u00a0 4 piece with 2 guitars.\u00a0 Their first song was called Metal Man.\u00a0 It was kinda goofy but alright.<\/div>\n
Then Smear Campaign played.\u00a0 They were fucking insane.\u00a0 The drummer was probably the funnest to watch.\u00a0 He thrashed around like a wild man.\u00a0 Props to the bassist.\u00a0 He plays with no pick and all fingers.\u00a0 They were wild.\u00a0 They had a song called Hulk For President.\u00a0 It was funny as hell.\u00a0 Williams had to sing along on the big choruses.\u00a0 Matt shit his pants at one point during the show and proceeded to wipe while still on stage and then got very close to being fully naked.<\/div>\n
So then\u00a0we hung out a bit.\u00a0 The singer from Smear Campaign offered us a show which we took on the spot.\u00a0 They were very nice and fun to talk to and hang out with.\u00a0 We got paid a whopping $15.00 which is cool cause we can split it easily 3 ways.\u00a0 Eric blew his cash on a last free drink.\u00a0 I blew mine on a healthy McDonalds breakfast the morning after the show.<\/div>\n
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-HILGER<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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