TomiT14 wrote:goonday41 wrote:it is the same guitar. i saw it up close and personal. first thing i thought was 'oh shit, thats derycks old standard!' and then i see tape remnants from the old Xs. confirmed.
btw, i caught 3 deryck picks!
Dude! You were at both shows? How was it?
IT. WAS. AWESOME.
Ive seen them twice with dave, and 3 times with Tom. Im telling ya, they sounded maybe the best ive ever heard them.
At the Sacramento show they played The Hell Song-Mr. Amsterdam (same setlist for the reno & sac show). I was a little bummed, but still pleased they at least got to Mr. Amsterdam. After that im pretty sure it went; Motivation, In Too Deep, Walking Disaster, Sick Of Everyone, Underclass Hero, We Will Rock You, Sabotage, Fat Lip, and then Pain For Pleasure. WHY NO WERE ALL TO BLAME?!?!?!?! Again, same setlist for both shows. During Underclass Hero, Deryck threw a water bottle out into the crowd. I caught that. At the end of Underclass Hero, Deryck threw a pick out to the crowd. I caught that too
I waited for Pain For Pleasure to do my crowd surfing. I crowd surfed twice, and at the end of the song as I got to the edge of the crowd, right before the security guard caught me, i fist bumped stevo!! A photographer snapped a pic of this, and ive scoured the internet for it with no luck.
So, once the show ended, it was off to Reno...
I woke up in our hotel room the next day in reno. I went downstairs to go buy some cigarettes at the store and when I exit the back door of the hotel lobby I looked across the street and saw Dan Moyse hanging out in front of a huge tour bus. I run to the store and buy my cigarettes and a bottle of jack daniels ;) . I walk over to Dan and tell him to give this to Deryck, and that I saw them last night and it was my 6th time & blah blah blahhh. Dan said Deryck will love it, and that he'd give it to him when he woke up.
So i get to the show later and the sound system in the place was twice as loud as Sacramento's! So awesome. This time i managed to get all the way in the front, direct center. Only a guard rail seperating Deryck & I. I could reach out and touch his foot if I wanted to kinda close. They played the same set and Deryck said "yup" under his breath when i yelled out "AVRIL IS A WHORE!!!" in between songs hahahahaha. At the end of underclass hero Deryck threw his pick. I caught it. Haha. When Tom struck the last chord of Sabotage he looked at me and I yelled "FUCK YA!" He looked at me, fist bumped me, and said "FUCK YA??? ARE YOU READY??" and starting playing the intro riff to fat lip while mouthing the tune of it to me. SO AWESOME!!
At the end of P4P, Deryck struck his final chord of the night & threw his pick into the crowd. I caught it
Later that night at about 2 am i was buying a bottle of champagne at that same store when i see 3 dudes walk by the store window. I knew who it was. I left my wallet and ran out of the store. It was Tom, Cone, and Steve. They were the only people on the whole strip! I ran up to them still with all my Sums gear on and ranted uncontrollably about how awesome they were haha. They looked a little freaked at first - im about a foot taller than them haha! I gave them all hugs and thanked them for everything. I left my phone in the store so i couldnt get a pic! They looked freezing though, it was 17 degrees out i didnt wanna bother them. Im fortunate to say it was the third time i met em! It was an awsome 24 hours!
All in all, you guys dont gotta bitch about what songs they play and all that. Most of the people in the crowd arent like us and were just there to hear Fat Lip anyway.
They still fuckin ROCK, and 12 years later, theyre still my favorite band.