Common Place Blog

Hey guys,

Common Place just got back from a trip to Virginia Beach, VA, where we played 2 shows on Friday at the White Horse Pub and Saturday night at Phil’s Grill. We all had a blast and it was a fun road trip.

I think one of the best things was that we played with a bunch of awesome bands and Artists.

Dave Johnson - singer of Close to Never, which apparently broke up, did an Acoustic set. That guy had an amazing voice and the songs were killer. I especially enjoyed the Alice in Chains cover.

Push - was a very technical experimental rock band with great musicians. Those guys are really skilled. We all tried to figure out how the singer can play those complex riffs and sing at the same time.

Finally, Clyde - the band that invited us for these shows is frigging amazing live. They bring great energy and put on an awesome live shows. They had a mix of original songs and cover tunes that had everyone going crazy.

They invited KBanger and Dave Johnson to do an awesome cover of Bulls on the Parade as well as few original Clyde songs. And then a whole lot of people ran on stage to sing along to Dirty Deeds cover.

Our sets were great for the most part. During the second show, I ran into a number of technical problems during the first song. I had to deal with a faulty cable, snapped strap and 2 strings that broke separately. I just stole Dan’s guitar and had to tune it up while they were playing other songs, cause that guy always has a million guitars all with different tunings Plus there were no monitors so you couldn’t really hear yourself sing. But we pulled through it somehow.

All in all it was awesome and we hope to share a stage with those bands again at some point.

Here is a short video clip of Bulls on the Parade with Shin jumping in the front and few pics:

Later,

Vic