Hey there, scene kids...

Thanks to those who made it out to see Seven Ages and The Requested last Friday night. If you missed it, we'll forgive you this time. But I can only give out one warning, so if I don't see you at Club Static this Friday night or if you don't get yourself over here to see the legendary Angry Samoans on the 22nd, I'm afraid there's going to be a pretty severe penalty. It involves shaving cream and dental floss.

Anyway, I figured I better whet your appetite for rock by giving you a little recap of last week's show.

Technically speaking, the headliner for this show was Texas screamo-kids Scarlett O'Hara, but their tour bus decided to die on them somewhere in the vast in-between.

Luckily, their buddies The Requested - also a Christian screamo group from McAllen, Texas - made it to Cali a few days before the show to soak up some time in L.A. Lead singer Cody Pena said this is the farthest they've ever made it out of Texas and are heading to Fresno and Las Vegas before making the trip home.

I also asked him where the name came from, thinking it was something really profound, and he said they were surfing the web back when they first got together and the site they were trying to load said, "The Requested Page Can Not Be Found." Thus, The Requested.

And they were awesome. Nobody knew who these guys were since they're still on their rise to fame, but they made a name for themselves, playing tunes like "Optimus Prime Needs a Serious Shave" and "Iron Side of Mars." I had to pick up one of their CDs for $5. Check out their MySpace if you missed it.

Finishing up the show were local heroes Seven Ages. These guys blew me away, not only by the music, but by the fact that they play barefoot. I was wondering what was up when they walked in to play a show wearing flip-flops. Just call them the hardcore hobbits. No doubt you'll see these guys here again.



Opening up were Latch Key, Stop the Phoenix and Starful Ashley. The energy during this whole show was phenomenal. It's not every concert that each band inspires their own circle pit. Needless to say, if you were there, you know. And if you weren't, you missed another good one. Don't get yourself in a downright messy situation with me by missing the next one.

Cheers,

Your loyal Vault girl