Have you ever seen a whole club clear out in seconds? I have and thankfully it wasn't my band that was playing. It was during the recent Dallas Music Fest when this band comes up on stage and the lead singer decides to scream his head off. "AAAAAUUUGHHH" and "BWAHHHHHH" could be heard for every syllable. No one could understand a word and he was incredibly loud. I watched an entire room full of people run (not walk) to the door. All that was left was 2 girls bobbing their heads to some kind of rhythm (they must've been the obligatory girlfriends). In the past month I have seen my share of screaming bands. They are just terrible. It is ok when they come on after us, but is bad when they open for us - they drive everyone away. I don't understand the singers and why they think it is cool. I remember there was a small period of time in the 80s when Metallica was getting big when there actually some screaming bands that was popular. But it lasted only a couple of months. Granted there is a whole genre of music called "metal" that uses screaming bands, but metal is almost as unpopular as country. I do remember back in the day metal guitarists where actually pretty good. Nowadays they just play the same chord for over 5 minutes. Maybe I should take up metal. I'll get my mom to scream while I play the same chord. You can call us "PickUpYourRoomAndPutAwayYourClothes". That'd be cool.

Thought of the Day
Lt. Cmdr. James Block: Topper Harley?
Topper Harley: Once perhaps. Now I am called Tooka Chinchilla.
Lt. Cmdr. James Block: What does it mean?
Topper Harley: Fluffy Bunny Feet.
-- Hot Shots