yesterday was a busy day- coaching soccer, then to Tim Soriano’s celebration of life- it was nice seeing old friends there. Donni Segur had told me about this show at the skate park, so I figured I would stop in after Tim’s celebration and see the band he was drumming for (Lesdystics). Well, they were running way late and it was sweltering hot in there… but I am so glad I stuck it out. I was able to see these guys as a result.
First off, this band is great. More about them in a bit. Not only that, but these kids came up right before them to play a couple songs and were amazing! I was asking my long time soundman pal John Taylor who the hell they were.. nobody knew… come to find out, it was Josh from Lesser Sons’ son’s band (say that fast 3 times) called Wave Decay. I am definitely leaving the house to see them when they play next.. and that is a bold statement coming from me.
On to Lesser Sons. They grabbed me from the first song. I got set up in a hurry to film and missed some of the beginning of the set. Not only that, but my sound levels looked funny (all brickwalled) during the first song or 2, so I checked my settings.. my mic attenuator was not on and it sounded like trash. I fixed it and here is the 23 minutes of good audio. If anyone wants the distorted start of set, let me know.
Lesser sons are:
Jacob Poindexter- formerly of Pummel and Revelry on vocals
Josh Bailey- formerly of Hung on guitar
Dave Girard- formerly of A Single Second and Drowning Adam on drums
Clint- formerly of Drowning Adam on bass
Joe Altamirano (main songwriter?) on guitar.
So basically an all star sacramento punk/metal lineup. No wonder why they are so good. They have an album up on soundcloud as well.

Free tacos were good too.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG60 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined into the camera.