I know what you are thinking, “WTF is Brian blogging about Mid Carson July? Does anyone even know who this band is?” Well, I don’t. Not really, that is. I happened to see them once, but can’t recall the specifics of their set.
August 27 1999 @ Merrimack College North Andover Mass: Bane, Garrison, Errortype:11, Mid Carson July, Little Dipper
I was really there to see Bane play. Here’s what I remember about this gig. The opening bands played FOR HOURS. It was the longest gig ever somehow. 4 bands then Bane. And it felt like forever. Errortype:11 seemed especially long. And they set up on the floor. Not that anyone was moshing for them.
Then Bane started, really wide stage. This venue was more of a school auditorium then a gig spot. Think Romeo and Juliet with velvet curtains and the works. During one of the first Bane songs, Shanna Barney did a torpedo dive. What does that mean? Well, she held her arms at her side, and her feet together and basically dove head first into the ground. Worst move either. And it isn’t like she was doing that on purpose. She was just executing a terrible dive. Terrible. Needless to say, she would have crushed her head in if a few dudes didn’t grab her at the last minute before she hit the ground. This caused the school people to come running out clambering about “NO STAGE DIVING.” They warned the next stage dive would shut the show down.
Bane began playing again, and some jerkface** stage dove immediately. The school management pulled the plug and that was the end of the show. Seriously. Game over.
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** I won’t point fingers.
I may or may not have been running around that show holding a Tenfold Vegan Justice 7″ above my head like it was the Stanley Cup. I think Bane played longer than you are saying, otherwise we got TONS of stupidity in during that short set.
@Clevo – Yeah, I wasn’t implying the Bane set was super short. I was just saying that 3 seconds after they announced “no stage diving,” the show was shut down due to stage diving.
I showed up late to this gig and never went inside. glad I didn’t. awful
Whoever ran those loved gigs that went on forever. I think earlier that year there The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, H2O, The Shods & about 3 other bands played. What had been sold to me as a nice afternoon show ate up a whole day of my life.