The Sounds (Double Door, Chicago 2009). This was an example of when a band had played a venue on the way up, spent far less time at the top than they intended, and then played the venue on the way down much sooner than they'd have liked. They hated us for not being in an arena
Fastball (The Empty Bottle, Chicago 2010). Yes, "the" Fastball. Played to a crowd of maybe 6 or 7 on a Sunday night. "Don't call us one hit wonders, because we had two hits." One of the players ex-woves came and screamed over a goodly number of the songs (but thankfully not either of the hits)
Two episodes for me:
The Sounds (Double Door, Chicago 2009). This was an example of when a band had played a venue on the way up, spent far less time at the top than they intended, and then played the venue on the way down much sooner than they'd have liked. They hated us for not being in an arena
Fastball (The Empty Bottle, Chicago 2010). Yes, "the" Fastball. Played to a crowd of maybe 6 or 7 on a Sunday night. "Don't call us one hit wonders, because we had two hits." One of the players ex-woves came and screamed over a goodly number of the songs (but thankfully not either of the hits)
Shit, forgot to mention that the opening act for The Sounds was a group called Hey Champ which was pretty rad but I suppose never ended up making it
Looks like this was the show. Opening act was Peter Salett.
http://tmbw.net/wiki/Shows/2003-12-30