Kreator opened up the Mercyful Fate show with a ripping set. I have not followed them closely since the 80s, but it was an impressive set. They closed the show with 2 I knew- Pleasure to Kill and Flag of Hate.
Again, the audio is only OK due to a low battery in my DPA audio preamp. D’oh, live and learn.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS-200
Enhanced (denoise) with Adobe Premiere/Neat Video
Oh wow, I almost forgot to post today. Here is the last set from the Charlie Stratford benefit show.
This band appears to have no online presence. Brian Hanover mentioned that Dave Chavez (Verbal Abuse, Code of Honor) plays in the band. There is a Warning Shot based out of Yuba City, but they do not mention Dave and they do not mention playing this show… so I assume the Yuba City Warning Shot is the wrong one, and this one is from the bay area and are new.
Charlie’s gofundme will be in facebook comments, in case you want to contribute.
Recorded by: Matt from Cafe
Multitrack Mixed by Anonymous
Show Poster by Paul Imagine
OK, Back once again to audio and the Charlie Stratford benefit show.
Not a lot of info about this band- it looks like they formed in 2020 and they are from the Sacramento area. I don’t know who is in the band.
Charlie’s gofundme will be in facebook comments, in case you want to contribute.
Recorded by: Matt from Cafe
Multitrack Mixed by Anonymous
Show Poster by Paul Imagine
OK, Back to the Charlie Stratford benefit show. Hellbound Pound started playing shows this year from what I can tell, and is either from Richmond Ca (as one flyer states) or Stockton (as the Stratford Benefit flyer says). Dunno which one is right.
Charlie’s gofundme will be in facebook comments, in case you want to contribute.
Recorded by: Matt from Cafe
Multitrack Mixed by Anonymous
Show Poster by Paul Imagine
Once again, I need to thank Jakobe Ares Moreno for sending the multitrack audio files over so we could synch them up with this video. My audio came out distorted- I think the Rode failed.. so huge thanks!
The synch is all whacked out while they prepare to play for the first 1:50. I should have trimmed that out, sorry. Just forward it to 1:50 and they will start rocking.
Man, they sounded great.
So much to say about this one. I hung out with so many old friends at the show that I only ended up video’ing the Deathryders set. There were a ton (6 or 7) of bands there and the cafe was packed. It was really nice to see everyone show up for the memorial. Pat Stratford was even there, glad to see him out for this.
Deathryders are Dustin Stratford (Charlie’s son), Jakobe Ares (playing Lyon Wong’s guitar), Brian Hanover, Charles Albright playing a set of mostly Tales of Terror songs. I did not catch the bass player’s name.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG60 and multitrack audio from Matt at the cafe
Multitrack mix by Anonymous- thanks Anonymous!
I hope this is Cement Eater- I think it is. This benefit show had 6 bands and there are no band announcements. Please let me know if I got it wrong
Flyer/poster by Paul Imagine.
If you would like to contribute to Charlie’s gofundme for final expenses, I will add the link in facebook commments.
Recorded by: Matt from the cafe
Mix by Anonymous- thanks Anonymous!
I want to thank Jakobe Ares Moreno for sending across these multitrack stubs- we were expecting The Deathryders’ set to synch with video, but the file had the entire show! Thank to Matt from the Cafe for getting this all recorded for us.
Here is The Vacant’s set- Charlie was the drummer for the band until he passed away, so Roger and band performed with no drummer. Short set, but the best quality Vacant recording I have heard.
Flyer/poster by Paul Imagine. This was the uncolored draft, I’ll use the final version for the rest of the posts.
If you would like to contribute to Charlie’s gofundme for final expenses, I will add the link in facebook commments.
Recorded by: Matt from the cafe
Mix by Anonymous- thanks Anonymous!
So much to say about this one. I hung out with so many old friends at the show that I only ended up video’ing the Deathryders set. There were a ton (6 or 7) of bands there and the cafe was packed. It was really nice to see everyone show up for the memorial. Pat Stratford was even there, glad to see him out for this.
Deathryders are Dustin Stratford (Charlie’s son), Jakobe Ares (playing Lyon Wong’s guitar), Brian Hanover, Charles Albright playing a set of mostly Tales of Terror songs. I did not catch the bass player’s name.
So why, you ask, did I decide to post this on Mediocre Monday? Well, 2 reasons. First, I had my laptop with me so I could record a multitrack off the soundboard but Matt was super busy so I decided to rely on the Rode mic instead for audio… and then something went wrong with the mic. I dropped it right before the set, but I have beat the hell out of that thing and it always worked fine. I think I finally killed it.
Anyway, sorry. Maybe they will do another show so I can make up for this. If anyone has decent audio for the full set, please let me know.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG60 and (apparently broken) rode videomic pro stereo
Here is a rare treat- back in October, Kepi hosted a couple of shows at the Side Door here in Sacramento. On the first night, he invited his long-time friends from Seattle– a band called Head from Seattle. I had never heard them before but Kepi had been friends with the band for about 30 years and if he recommends them, I’m all in. They were GREAT and after some research, it looks like they are highly regarded in the punk rock record collecting circles. I’m glad I got to check them out- thanks Kepi!
I had never filmed multicamera at Side Door before and I have even more respect for Eric Bianchi’s livestream multicamera wizardry from there- it’s a tough place to set up cameras onstage. Anyway, these 3 angles at least kinda turned out ok and where else are you going to find a 4k multicam of Head.
Video recorded by Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG60, Gopro Hero 7 black, Canon HFG50
Audio Recorded by: Shayne Stacy and anonymous
Equipment used: Sony PCM-M10 through the soundboard; Sony PCM-A10 with Schoeps MK4 Mics and preamp.
Audio Matrix by Anonymous
Edit by Tromster
Here’s the last vid from that October 7 show. Everyone went absolutely nuts for Gel- in fact, I had 2 gopros hit the floor after about 5min of the show. Roger Ford walked up and handed one of them to me- somehow the mount broke off.. and the other one was behind the drummer! How the hell did the drummer gopro fall? Crazy. So this will start out as a 5 camera multicam, then go to 4, then 3. Probably the most chaotic show I have ever seen at the cafe, and that is saying something.
Also, the band was so nice and gave me permission to film, and asked me to tag them on instagram with the video. I will try not to go into my old man rant about instagram, but I don’t understand the purpose as I am a desktop guy. I don’t use my phone for this stuff at all. So, if someone can figure out how to tag them on instagram, please go ahead. I don’t get it.
Recorded by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60, Canon HF G50, 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black
Multitrack Recording by Matt O’Neillin
Multitrack mix by Anonymous
Edit by Tromster
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