Scenes from the Chumps' farewell show @Legendary White Swan.
City Life, Dead Space, Savage Pinks and the Slizz came along for the ride.
The photos and (especially) the videos are out of focus, shaky and scruffy...but it was impossible for me to stand still.
I hope that despite the technical shortcomings, you'll get a sense of what an insanely good night of rock and roll that was.
The Chumps kicked it out to a packed house for their last show. One of the best nights of my life...
The Chumps are dead... Long live THE CHUMPS!!!
PHOTOS:
VIDEO:
"Bald" + "I'm a Chump"
"I Got a Problem"
"Needle Beach"
"G.D.A.E."
"Fuck You, I'm Rich"
"Pharmacy"
Below is a link to one of my previous posts about the zine that Richard Lynn and I made for The Chumps!
http://demoniotx.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-book-of-chumps.html
June 14, 2013: The Chumps' farewell show
June 13, 2013: Gospel Truth Tour kickoff
Scenes from the Gospel Truth tour kickoff show @Hotel Vegas with Quin Galavis, John Wesley Coleman, Hidden Ritual and uh, The Gospel Truth.
PHOTOS:
VIDEO
Hidden Ritual - "No Friend of Mine"
Gospel Truth
June 8, 2013: Crooked Bangs, Grape St., Gory Details
Scenes from Hotel Vegas/Volstead with Crooked Bangs, Grape St. and Gory Details.
PHOTOS
VIDEO
Crooked Bangs - "Untitled #4"
Gory Details - "Acceptable Maggots"
June 7, 2013: Windsor Wes Dog Lovers
Scenes from Hotel Vegas with Windsor for the Derby, John Wesley Coleman, A Giant Dog and Bad Lovers.
PHOTOS
VIDEO
John Wesley Coleman - "Hanging Around"
A Giant Dog
June 5, 2013: Sweet Talk, Gospel Truth, Pharaohs
Scenes from Beerland for the Sweet Talk tour kickoff/Gospel Truth record release show with Pharaohs starting the proceedings (at least for me...another band played first but I missed 'em).
PHOTOS
VIDEO
Pharaohs - "Head High"
Gospel Truth
Gospel Truth
Sweet Talk - "Never Alone"
Sweet Talk - "Viewing Party"
May 31, 2013: Horse + Donkey, Daniel Doyle, The Black
Scenes from a show at The Owl with Horse + Donkey, Daniel Francis Doyle, and David Longoria & The Black.
PHOTOS:
VIDEO:
Horse + Donkey - "Borracho"
Horse + Donkey - new song
The Book of Chumps
This is a slideshow of the "Book of Chumps", a zine that Richard Lynn and I put together for The Chumps, one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, on the occasion of their last show (on June 14, 2013 at the Legendary White Swan).
We printed 60 copies of the zine on 11" x 17" paper in half-fold format. There are some photos that are sideways, but since that's how they were formatted on the zine, I decided not to change the orientation for the slideshow.
YouTube version
Slideshow version
May 24, 2013: Schooley, Ghetto Ghouls, R.A.D., Dead Space
Scenes from Trailer Space with Schooley and his OMB, Ghetto Ghouls and R.A.D.; then on to Club 1808 for a little more Schooley; ending up at The Owl with Dead Space.
PHOTOS:
VIDEO:
R.A.D.
Ghetto Ghouls - "SGO"
May 23, 2013: Suspirians
Scenes from the Suspirians' show @North Door.
PHOTOS:
VIDEO:
Suspirians - "Buddy Holly"
Suspirians - "Illuminator"