4/19/19

Last night the Hickoids were at the Buzzmill in San Marcos. We were last on a bill of three. I got there after Hammel On Trial had already started. He was second....  chronic I tell ya. 

Hammel did his usual kill it thing. That dude is a machine, his right arm is a fucking piston. Pretty amazing.  And it’s been that way for 25+ years!!

We went up and had a pretty wild set. Nothing specific happened, it was just one of those totally unhinged shows that goes all over the place and (somehow) still stays focused.  We do that. 

And speaking of stuff we do, we ended the night with “The New Canadian Leaf Leaf Rag”. Five Canadian rock tunes mashed together in a ridiculous way. We haven’t played it live since we were in Canada last year and we kinda pulled it off with no major fuckups. 

Dentin tomorrow! 

6/30/18

Nearly a week ago the Hickoids had a show at the Buzzmill down in San Marcos. I got there and Cody was setting up with Chief Fuzzer. They had a short but kick ass set. All three of them really tare it up. 

The Smoking Cucarachas went on before them... I found out after I showed up that they were on the bill. Shit. 

Next up was Fully Crazed from Canada! We are hooking up with them when we head out in August. They came down to test the waters. Fully enjoyable pile of agro sweatiness. Our time in Canada should be just fine. 

Our set was pretty good. Rusty as fuck but we brought it. A skate club had their reunion that night and they went full on. 

1 Saw a dude get hit in the head with a glass. 

2 Dude in a wheelchair was being spun around the “dance” area in front of the stage in time. 

3 A guy did a full face plant on the concrete, came back covered in bandages for the last few songs. He was totally unphased. 

4 Right at the end there was a fight and it ended with this gal punching a guy in the head over and over. Not a clue what started it. 

After I packed up and headed home. Beaumont’s were playing nearby but I didn’t have it in me at that point. Too much excitement already. 

10/5/17

Last night had us in San Marcos at the Buzzmill.


When I showed up Pat and the Outsiders were setting up, I'd already missed Harvey... Damn.


Pat's set was great, almost all of the tunes were different than the night before. Stylistically similar but different "numbers". Mmmmm, Professionals!


Our set was short but rockin. They have a noise cutoff at 11 and we went on a little after 10. A decent amount of time, but with all of the bullshitting we do... During the first song I pulled a Davy Jones by stepping on my cords and unplugging my tuner... twice... Sigh.



We did Glorious Heroin and Half Breed/Eighteen with Frontier Dan. What a charming son of a bitch. We ended our set with Donkey Lady at lightning speed. It was more than a little unhinged.

5/6/17

More than a week late... No surprise there.


Hickoids at the Buzz Mil in San Marcos with the Beaumonts! We went on early, 8:30, most Hickiod fans are just getting up at that time, but a few of them made it out to the club for us.


Our set was pretty good. Tiny stage so Tom and I were on top of each other. It was one of those nights where you had to plan your move to the microphone and you would still end up knocking the crap out of the other guy...



Beaumonts were next/last. Lance and I ate pancakes and eggs while they played... I drank a little whiskey and the Beaumonts were killing it. New (to me) tune "Cooler than Jesus" had me crying in my breakfast. I snuck out when they had about twenty minutes left. We are doing a little tour with them at the end of the month I'll get more Beaumontin' than I can use then!