{"id":2552,"date":"2014-10-02T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T16:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ribshots43.com\/?p=2552"},"modified":"2014-10-02T15:03:54","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T22:03:54","slug":"going-off-in-pomona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ribshots43.com\/?p=2552","title":{"rendered":"going OFF! in Pomona."},"content":{"rendered":"

OFF! is one of my favorite bands. 100% energy from start to finish. Their regular drummer, Mario from Rocket From The Crypt, was in the Pacific Northwest, so this is the first time I saw OFF! with Dale Crover (Melvins) … Holy CRISP (holy crisp was typo in an email I sent out last week … I intended to type holy crap, but I think holy crisp is funny, so I’m running with it …) Dale fits this band perfectly. He beats the crap out of his drums. I think OFF! is HEAVIER with Dale, and that’s hard to say, because Mario is the radest.<\/p>\n

Some of you know, when you get a photo pass and are allowed in the photo area, you are only allowed to stay there for 3 songs. This is an old rule for the glam metal bands who didn’t want their photos taken once their make up had smeared, hair had fallen and their clothes were sweaty … The bouncers at most venues still enforce the 3 song rule, but now I think it’s because they want the photographers out of there so they can keep an eye on the crowd and crowd surfers … Anyway, the point in telling you that is that the bouncers did not keep good count for OFF!. Their songs are 60 second blasts of energy and it would have been a drag to get booted out of the photo pit after 3 minutes (3 songs). Luckily, the bouncers lost count (or, perhaps they were being nice) and we stayed in photo pit for about 8 songs.<\/p>\n

I love shooting this band …<\/p>\n

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