Halloween in August a Tremendous Time!
This Saturday, Boneland Productions held their Halloween in August Extravaganza to raise money for their upcoming film Going Feral, and to celebrate their producer Miss Rachel Riot’s 26th birthday. With promises of stage acts, live music, a costume contest, and birthday cake, I’d been looking forward to this event since hearing about it a few weeks ago at Back to the 80s. My evening was split with a close friend’s bachelor party, so I had my friend Myque join me with his camera to get as many shots in as possible.
I made it to Volume 11 Tavern – host of the party – at about 1130. I hadn’t been to Volume 11 before, but found it to be a pretty nice venue. A large bar area and a great sound/lighting system really set the place out and the staff kept up with orders well.
There was a good crowd assembled, the majority in costumes.
There was definitely a lot of great Halloween atmosphere going on, despite the waterlogged heat outside.
I caught up with Kaptain Lee Moore, head of Boneland Productions, to tell him congratulations on a great event and say hello. He was wearing a fantastic zombie costume. About that time Myque arrived, we ordered up some beer, and hung around the bar area trying to get a few good photographs.
Pretty soon the next band up – Left Outlet – started warming up.
“These guys F-ing rock!” my words disappeared into my cupped hand before reaching Myque’s ear, obliterated by the audial assault coming from onstage. In all truth, Left Outlet kicked some serious ass, providing absolutely withering metal and enough energy on stage to trip the southeastern grid. I think the band has been around for a few years, but if you haven’t seen them yet I’d definitely suggest you make it out to one of their shows.
(I apologize for not using any bandmembers’ names, I’m terrible with names and couldn’t quite figure it out from the website.)
After the band finished, it was time for the costume contest. There were a lot of really fun costumes – my personal favorites were the Cyberpunk (John Stancil of PopErotiq) and the Nerd (introducing himself as “what everyone here is deep down”), although the winning prize went to A.J. Reid, the keyboardist/synth player from the next band Of Colour, with her very awesome costume.
After the contest, there was a raffle for some prizes. Myke Rozar, the bassist for Of Colour, won the birthday kiss.
I grabbed a few more pictures in the audience and around the bar, then headed back to see Of Colour play.
Of Colour is a local rock band described by the lead singer’s girlfriend as “sort of rock, and really good”. Of Colour was really damn good. While not as hardcore or possibly experienced as the previous band (one of the members is only seventeen), they still brought a ton of just slightly more upbeat energy at a perfect time to keep the night going, even getting a ton of audience members on stage at the end. Visually, too, they were fantastic, with a great look to match their sound.
They seemed to bring quite a following with them; I definitely think they’ll be a band to watch for more great things to come from and definitely recommend making one of their shows, to.
After the show ended, we walked out back, and took a few photos with the band and Kaptain Lee.
08/25/2009
Thank you guys so much for coming out and having a blast with us, these shots are amazing.
08/31/2009
what a fun night! love the pictures of both bands. im a huge fan of left outlet and a new fan of OF COLOUR. totally lucked out on being at tavern 11 and all for a good cause right?!?