skinny jeans and no talent.

So this weekend my band played at a record showcase in Toronto. We knew we were going into a show where there would be a lot of younger bands, but nothing could have prepared me for what we walked into.

A sea of skinny-jeaned punk kids with belts tied around their thighs, walking around like they're hot shit...wait, i guess i was prepared for that. Everywhere i looked were these overly skinny kids who thought they were rock stars. It was pretty sickening, since i think i was the only dude walking up to other bands introducing myself. The rest of the bands really couldn't have given a shit. One band was 5th up, but were already putting their gear on stage because "We have pretty big gear so we're getting it up here now...you know?" Turns out their pretty big gear was a marshall stack, and an ampeg 4x10...oooooh, snazzy, look out, HUGE gear coming through.

I got the feeling that we were looked at strangely because we were the only band that was above the age of 18, and we were the only band that wore real human clothing, and didn't try to look like travis barker on Ecstasy all the time.

So the first act gets up...a solo rap artist. Not bad, but needs work. Second band gets up...needs a LOT of work....what do these 2 bands have in common? Both of them decided to break out a song they JUST wrote last week. At a record showcase. Are you fucking joking? Not only did the second band JUST write the song, but they screwed up the intro and had to start over. Fail.

Then we go on. I think it's fair to say that no one in there except our fans were expecting anything much from us. They assumed we'd be just another band...until the lights went out, and we kicked them all in the face with...gasp...MUSIC.

Not senseless riffing and endless whining...MUSIC. We weren't up there trying to be the next punk emo band, we were ourselves, and guess what? It was good. Our light show was custom, our stage show blew every other band out of the water...why? Because we've played a LOT of shows, and actually take time to study our performance. We don't just walk around bumping into each other while focusing on our own egos.

we got off stage to an awesome crowd. they asked us to sign things. the other bands congratulated us. They asked our light tech to do their lights....oh, and they bugged us for monster energy drink when our new shipment came. People told us our songs were in their heads. The record guys loved us...and guess what. We weren't wearing skinny jeans.

The majority of the rest of the bands all looked the same...all sounded the same...and all had zero talent. I'm sorry but it's true. Anyone can get on stage and slam on their guitar, and throw their bodies around like they're having a fucking seizure. All you're doing is copying off the countless bands that have done that before you. They have no personality. No charisma...nothing that sets them apart from the other bands. They all think they have something special, when in reality they're all fucking identical.

No hooks. No melody. just a bunch of endless whining and screaming, and random noises.

And skinny jeans.

So yeah, we were the old guys. Yeah we were wearing actual clothing.

And yeah, you remember who we are.