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What a fucking sick show. The turnout was great (especially for a tuesday night in ABQ), with over 70 diehards coming out to make it happen. Slick Idiot killed it, despite the band being a little beat up thanks to health issues and such. A real pleasure to meet En Esch in person finally, I only wish I had a copy of my CD with the song we did together to give to him. I got into a few mosh pits, and got to beat myself up to “Godlike” and “A drug against war”. Reminded myself I’m human as I slammed against others and yelled lyrics at the top of my lungs. Had a great time opening with Vertigo Venus for the show, got to hear my new drumkit mic’d up and love love loved it. Thank you to the Launchpad and Slick Idiot, you guys rock, and I hope we do it again soon.
We’d like to thank our fans and the staff of ABQ’s Coronado Hot Topic for making a great gig for us today. You all made it happen, and you’re the reason that we had such a great turnout. We got tons of copies of our new CD out, met lots of cool people, and most of all, rocked the house. Thank you all for being awesome. Don’t stop the rock, keep it going, and going…
/brian
Hi everyone, We know that we’re asking a lot of you. The mall. Hot topic. The… mall. yeah, we know. but seriously, the more people we have at this show, the better. So please, please come out tomorrow at 6pm (or earlier!), and bring everyone you know. We’ll be giving away free CDs. And, if we can show that we can pack the house, HT is going to be a lot more interested in getting us onto their shelves. and that may seem small, but it’s not. IT’S HUGE. So please, help us! /brian Come spend and evening with Vertigo Venus at Warehouse21! We’ll have our new CD in hand, hot (literally) off the presses – if you’re at this show, you’re the FIRST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD to get it! check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=122161584463220 Please come out – it’s free – and get some new music while you’re at it! Thanks,
Red Elvises w/ Vertigo Venus, 5/17 @ Corazon (Santa Fe, NM) Last night we got to open for the Red Elvises at Corazon, and boy howdy, was it a great show. We managed to deliver a very good set, I felt, despite the fact that the change in altitude got to a few of us more than we thought it would. I got to inaugurate my new drumkit, which made me quite happy, and everyone delivered on the energy front, as is the Vertigo Venus way. Having never seen the Red Elvises, (which is sad, considering how often they make their way through Albuquerque), I was pretty psyched to get to finally catch a set by them (much less open for them!) I wasn’t let down in any way shape or form, that’s for damn sure. The last time a band got me this jazzed up was The Gluey Brothers reunion at Launchpad in December of ’09, and before that, I can’t even remember. I’ve rarely seen a band with this kind of energy and awesome skill on a stage at once. Igor’s one of the finest frontmen you could ask for, with a distinct ability to control a crowd. Oleg’s giant bass is actually outshined by his giant smile he flashes constantly while playing. Milka, on backup guitar/vocals, had a voice that you would never have expected to come out of her frame – like Tom Waits mashed up with an army of gospel singers, this girl delivered. Elena on keyboards was officially one of the most awesome keyboard players I’ve ever seen, with so much energy it almost hurt, I have no idea how she was able to do what she did in high heels. Finally, Kyle on drums held it down like a fucking metronome, and his drum solo was by far one of the most expressive and original I’ve ever seen. In the two (yes, two) sets that the band played, they did everything from “Your love is better than Cocaine”, to “I wanna see you Bellydance”, and even the most amazing cover of Chris Iasaak’s “Wicked Game” I’ve ever heard. I can’t wait to see this band again, they’re obviously hardworking and deserve all the success they’ve had. My only regret of the night? Forgetting my “Six String Samurai” movie poster to have the band sign I should also make a mention of Corazon, which is officially one of my favorite venues in New Mexico. Mikey Baker is a man who knows how to run a quality space, with great staff and sound. This is a great club that I hope has much success. I do understand that they’ll be back in September, though, so when they are, I urge you to see this band. Hanging out with Milka and Kyle at IHOP afterward, Kyle asked Jessica, “Did Igor ask you to join the band?” . We would have fought hard for her /brian
We’ve got a TON of great shows coming up, and we hope to see you out! Firstly, we’re opening for the RED ELVISES at Corazon in Santa Fe, NM on May 17th:
This is sure to be an AWESOME show! Next up, we’ve got a great gig in Santa Fe again, at Warehouse 21 – ALL AGES and FREE!
We follow that up with a REALLY IMPORTANT GIG. On May 26th, we’re playing an instore appearance at Hot Topic at the Coronado mall in Albuquerque. yeah, that’s right. So here’s the deal. We need as many people as we can get at this gig. Why? Because if we can show HT management that we kick ass (which we do), they’ll sell our new CD. That means a lot of good things for us. so, what we need YOU to do is show up at 5:30pm to Hot Topic in Coronado mall, ready to rock. Bring EVERY FRIEND YOU HAVE with you! PLEASE! I know we ask a lot of you, but this is REALLY important!
And Finally, we are still selling tickets for our june 6th show with SLICK IDIOT, featuring former members of KMFDM and PIGFACE, for only FIVE DOLLARS! This is sure to be an AMAZING GIG. Get in touch with us at vertigovenus@gmail.com to purhcase your tickets, do it now!
Thank you as always for your support, it means THE WORLD to us! -brian, drums Hi everyone, Last night, we closed a set in a way we’ve never done before. Tomorrow, we’ll be doing more amazing things we’ve never done, as we play with ABQ local rockers Shoulder Voices for their ALL AGES CD release @ Revlis gallery at 712 Central .SE in Albuquerque:
This show is ALL AGES, with a $3 cover and A FREE CD from shoulder voices! Check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/shouldervoices Also, in the next week, you’ll start to see a lot of cool new stuff from us, as we gear up for our very own CD release of our NEW CD! On May 17th, we’ll be opening for the RED ELVISES at Corazon in Santa fe – sure to be a great gig… come out! Info is here:
We’re also selling tickets RIGHT NOW for our upcoming gig with SLICK IDIOT on June 1st. Slick Idiot features former members of KMFDM and PIGFACE. This is going to be the show to kick off the summer with! Get your tickets from us for only FIVE DOLLARS! Email us at vertigovenus at gmail dot com to purchase! There’s plenty more good stuff coming, so please do keep your eye on our calendar and beyond… 20ten is the year of VERTIGO VENUS! /brian Vertigo Venus fans! Call the Edge radio station Sunday nights at 9:30pm (mountain time) and request our music to get played on the air 338-EDGE (338-3343) www.1041theedge.com It’s been an interesting past few days or so for Vertigo Venus.
Vertigo Venus worked very hard in 2008. We played tons of shows, made new music, opened for big bands, and did a two month run as The Angry Inch in at the Vortex Theatre for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”. We were rewarded by winning best Punk band, Bassist, Vocalist, and Drummer, as well as best Stage production and 2nd best guitarist in the 2009 Best of Burque.
When we won, there seemed to be an air of dislike toward us for the fact that we had marketed ourselves and campaigned for these positions. We were accused of cheating in various channels, and even the mention of Best Drummer made sure to mention that I was good at drumming, but better at networking.
When the 2010 BOB came around, there was mention on various channels that we would win silly categories that we didn’t fall in, and musicians that said that we shouldn’t promote ourselves, that we would do better to sit on our hands and wait.
That’s not the Vertigo Venus way.
So, we did a small amount of promotion asking our fans to vote for us in the categories of Best Punk band, guitarist, vocalist, bassist, and drummer. We didn’t market nearly as much as we usually do for something like this.
When the 2010 BOB issue came out, I picked it up, anticipating the results. I was surprised to see that in the Music category, five main categories were missing; each of those being the categories we’d campaigned for.
I then found out via one of our fans on Twitter that there was a mention in the Alibi’s “Staff Picks” section on the website saying that we’d been “retired” from winning Best of Burque. I found this interesting, because, well, we hadn’t been informed that we’d been retired.
Our fans took this and ran with it, coining the Twitter trending topic #vertigovenusgate, and spreading the word. The issue wasn’t that we didn’t win; the issue was that we were discounted from winning for a reason that didn’t make sense; as it was said in the web posting, because of anticipation that we’d win some category like “best sculpture”, we were retired from winning Best of Burque.
Soon after attention was brought to this, the posting was removed from the Alibi’s webpage. But, it was too late; VertigoVenusgate was already in full effect.
A posting on the Alibi’s forums brought to my attention a proposed explanation for the omission; if a category didn’t have enough votes for a clear first, second and third place winner to be declared, then the category would be omitted; if there were so many votes that there were an 80 way tie, the Alibi would remove the category because it would seem one-sided.
I find this hard to swallow, though; in previous BOBs, there were plenty of two way ties; in one case, Torture Victim and Le Chat Lunatique both tied for a best of position. So, by the Alibi’s reasoning, if someone were to do “too well” in a category, they would be discounted from winning that category?
It’s difficult to believe that this would happen, but obviously it did. The reasoning for this seems contradictory, but we’re not in a place to argue much. Our fans, however, have already run with this issue. It’s actually worked out as nice promotion for our new album, “Success or Suicide”.
While we respect the Alibi and it’s employees, as well as their responsibility to make the choices they make, we’d still ask for a clearer view of why, after seeing the hostility put toward us for being good at what we do on the internet and in other ways, it would be reinforced by the Alibi’s music editor in a hastily posted comment on the website. The posting didn’t say that we didn’t win any categories or were not allowed to compete in those categories because we cheated or because as they have insinuated, we’re “too good”. The posting stated that because it was expected that we’d take some silly category, we were discounted. But why were the categories taken with us? And what about the bands and musicians who were also pushing for those categories? Surely there were other musicians who wanted best drummer, guitarist, and so on. But, the Alibi would have me believe that there were not, so little of them in fact, that it warranted the complete removal of the categories, as well as us, from the Best of Burque.
It’s a bit offensive, and while I realize that it may be been in jest, being “retired” against our will wasn’t funny. I’d still kindly request an explanation outside of the general disclaimer of “not enough votes for others”. Perhaps someday, I will see one.
/brian
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