Promoting shows!

Kevin Alvarez (1968-2004)

Fig. 8 Slo-Mo "Originator"

After saying I would never promote shows again back in 2000, I found myself back at the helm in 2005, throwing a B-Day bash with Useless, The Gears, The Sirens, The Hellions and The Scrid Hunters. 

Joining the Gears put me back in touch with people I hadn't seen in years. I hadn't even touched a bass for two years before I joined the Gears(except for a short side project with C12. It's funny because Axxel thought I was a huge Gears fan, but in reality I hadn't heard the band in 10's of years and I really only remember the single, as the record was very hard to find. But that's a different story. back to promoting...

Once I saw how successful the show was I started booking shows at Mr T's again. At first only Gears show, but then restarting fig 8 at Mr T's bowl with bands like Prima Donna, Inazuma and others. Shows were hard to put on as the bands wanted high minimums and I would wind up losing money,because honestly in this current economy people would rather stay home than go see a band and pay 5 bux a beer. Then somewhere along the line I think the bands realized people aren't gonna come out just to see them and a bunch of lame opener, so I figured I'd start packing the bill with top notch bands and splitting the cash according to draw, which seems fair anyways. I had most of my shows this way to end 2008 and they were all picks of the night in the L.A. Weekly( thanks, Falling James)!  So far in 2009 we haven't had any shows as our venue has closed for who knows how long. Mr. T's bowl is another story I'd like to get into some day. But check out our next show in April at American Legion Hall, with The Deadbeats, The Gears, Carnage Asada, Inazuma, and Million Kids!