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
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
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
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
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!
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!
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!
Wet the Rope are a Sacramento-based band with 2 of the main members, Scott Torguson and Chris Sanders playing again after being in the late-80s band Platypus Scourge. That sentence structure sucks, sorry. They are really good at that angular hardcore stuff- Chris’ guitar work is excellent here.
I have the full audio multitrack, but I got there late and missed the start of the set. You’ll see me put up the one stationary camera, then the other camera kicks in after a couple minutes.
Recorded by: Shayne stacy
Equipment used: Canon HF G60 and Canon HF G50
Multitrack Recording by Matt O’Neillin
Multitrack mix by Anonymous
Edit by Tromster
I had seen that Verbal Assault had been playing recent shows back east and I really wanted to see them again, but I could not justify another cross-country trip for a concert. When Scott Torguson announced that he was bringing them to town, I wasn’t gonna miss it. Having it at the Cafe was a bonus- best place in town.
I had not seen Verbal Assault since they played at the Club Can’t Tell in 1986. In fact, I don’t think they had played Sac since then. I showed up to the Cafe early and put up a bracket against the back wall so I could mount an anchor camera as a 5th angle. It came out pretty nice. Sounds great- thanks Matt and Anonymous for the audio!
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
There are a bunch of bands named Freewill- if you look at discogs, there are about 10 between “free will” and freewill. This band originated in Southern California(Big Bear) and released an album called Sun Return on New Age records in 1988. I had never heard them before, but they were great and a perfect fit for the bill with Verbal Assault.
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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