We Have Been Sabotaged?
Story goes as follows:
Countach planned to organize this open air show a month ago and postponed it to 25-Sept. Fine. Gobling was scheduled to drive up to Kuala Lumpur on 23-Sept to compete in the ROTTW Road To Soundstage audition then, so we did not plan to play in it anyways. Unfortunately, the audition was cancelled until after Hari Raya. Then came the owner of the studio asking us to play in their open air gig. We gratefully accepted, being humble Muslims and music lovers we are. Payment? No payment, we were to play for free. That we didn't mind, though, as we never were after profiteering. We were ordered to come to the venue earlier as the show was to start at 8 pm. Ok, no problem.
Farique asked the studio owner: "What shall we play?"
The owner said: "Anything you would like to play."
Farique said: "We do not want to play in the first set, that is all we ask."
Owner said: "Ok. No problem."
So on that unfortunate day, we turned up early to make sure we did not miss the boat. No one else was there, except us. But we brought all our equipment there and waited. And waited some more. Still, no one turned up.
So the owner went to us and said: "You are to play first."
We said: "No, we thought we have talked this over with you."
Owner said: "But there is no other band except you guys."
So we said: "Ok. We understand your position."
We proceeded to the stage, set our gear up, let Fawaz do the housewarming and introduction thingie, and started playing. We played
1. With Or Without You (U2 Cover),
2. Mello,
3. Two Times Late, and
...disaster struck during our 4th song of the set, Mister Calcium. We were midway through the song when the power supply was cut off suddenly and was suddenly turned back on again. Bastards! Not willing to be dazed and confused, we continued the song right from the solo part until the end, with our small but faithful crowd cheering us up.
Technical glitch- yeah, right. I waited to see 4 more bands play, and no other bands had such "electric glitches". No power supply failure can be resumed that fast. Farique's guitar had not even ended its sustain when the power supply was resumed. That was not a broken fuse's work, that was more of a switch-flipping work to us.
So fuck it, we say. At 12.30 am, Farique, me and our good buddy Hasan went to another studio that night to work on Hasan's new song. By playing music, Gobling had created a circle of close-knit friends, and we do not stab friends. Mess with us, and we do not hesitate to mess with you. Take our word for it.
Countach planned to organize this open air show a month ago and postponed it to 25-Sept. Fine. Gobling was scheduled to drive up to Kuala Lumpur on 23-Sept to compete in the ROTTW Road To Soundstage audition then, so we did not plan to play in it anyways. Unfortunately, the audition was cancelled until after Hari Raya. Then came the owner of the studio asking us to play in their open air gig. We gratefully accepted, being humble Muslims and music lovers we are. Payment? No payment, we were to play for free. That we didn't mind, though, as we never were after profiteering. We were ordered to come to the venue earlier as the show was to start at 8 pm. Ok, no problem.
Farique asked the studio owner: "What shall we play?"
The owner said: "Anything you would like to play."
Farique said: "We do not want to play in the first set, that is all we ask."
Owner said: "Ok. No problem."
So on that unfortunate day, we turned up early to make sure we did not miss the boat. No one else was there, except us. But we brought all our equipment there and waited. And waited some more. Still, no one turned up.
So the owner went to us and said: "You are to play first."
We said: "No, we thought we have talked this over with you."
Owner said: "But there is no other band except you guys."
So we said: "Ok. We understand your position."
We proceeded to the stage, set our gear up, let Fawaz do the housewarming and introduction thingie, and started playing. We played
1. With Or Without You (U2 Cover),
2. Mello,
3. Two Times Late, and
...disaster struck during our 4th song of the set, Mister Calcium. We were midway through the song when the power supply was cut off suddenly and was suddenly turned back on again. Bastards! Not willing to be dazed and confused, we continued the song right from the solo part until the end, with our small but faithful crowd cheering us up.
Technical glitch- yeah, right. I waited to see 4 more bands play, and no other bands had such "electric glitches". No power supply failure can be resumed that fast. Farique's guitar had not even ended its sustain when the power supply was resumed. That was not a broken fuse's work, that was more of a switch-flipping work to us.
So fuck it, we say. At 12.30 am, Farique, me and our good buddy Hasan went to another studio that night to work on Hasan's new song. By playing music, Gobling had created a circle of close-knit friends, and we do not stab friends. Mess with us, and we do not hesitate to mess with you. Take our word for it.
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