THE EDDIEOAOTS REPORT

"Underground"

The Move...

I was really excited moving out to New York City about six months ago. I had played three shows in town, which sucked, but I always had a good time, despite the blizzards, flu and frozen toes. But living out here is a completely different experience. There are so many people. A lot of them are cool. A lot suck. Most you ignore. The same with bands.

Finding a Drummer...

We met Joe Borges at our first show at the Knitting Factory for the Screaming Females’ record release of this genius band’s first album. He became our drummer about a month prior, when I asked Mike and Glen, formerly Plastic East, if they knew any drummers. “Joe’s a drummer,” and then “Joe is an amazing drummer,” is what they said. He plays music with a lot of his friends, including the Imperialists but had never been in a serious –ha- band and had never played a live show before. -!- I think he agreed to be the drummer that night that I met him in person, right after getting my face ripped off by Marisa (of the Screaming Females). She rocks it. He rocks it. That’s it. And he’s well mannered, exactly so to Sounds Like Vinyl and the One And Only Typical’s standards.

The Scene...

We have met a couple of bands out here that are a lot of fun, mostly through Streetwave. The Atomic Missiles are now The Invincible Gods. Our good friends Eisenhower throw amazing fucking parties in their loft and even built a stage in their kitchen, where The Imperialists played their first show on Halloween. We are playing with a band called Rabid Roy in a few weeks in midtown. They are cool guys. We saw The Invincible Gods play a keg basement party in New Brunswick (Where Rutgers is, and where Plastic East, The Atomic Missiles, and the screaming females all met or live or something) with Rabid Roy. I got trashed. By the end of the night. around 7:30, by the neighborhood watch’s standard it was too loud too late during Rabid’s set and the cops came in. Undercover. Nick Fury, Kyrsten and I were walking down the driveway, in the rain, as two plain clothes cops crept up to the back door. But we kept in touch with Roy and they asked us to play in February. Then we play our favorite Trash Bar.

So we’ve met cool people, bands, and places to play. Now we just need a hundred more people to come see us play each night and we will be golden. We also need to practice, but that’s another story altogether.

Look for the EDDIEOAOTS Report every two weeks where he takes us along on his bands journey to make it in the Big Apple! Next week we'll hear from Sean Michael Korman of The Invincible Gods(and of the infamous The Atomic Missiles).

Upcoming Shows for the The OAOT's

Jan 25 2007
8:00P
Club Midway
New York, New York
Feb 10 2007
12:00A
Siberia
New York, New York
Feb 21 2007
9:00P
Trash Bar
Brooklyn, New York