Astronoid just released their stellar sophomore album via Blood Music. The band is currently on tour opening for Between The Buried and Me and Tesseract. Casey Aylward shares his Favorite Concert Memory in a guest post for Ghost Cult. Submitted for your approval: the greatest live band ever, The Dillinger Escape Plan!
Picking a favorite memory from a show at my age is terribly difficult but there are a few that immediately came to mind. Interestingly enough all three memories are from the same band but different shows, so I’m gonna take that as a sign and go with the recently deceased and always incredible The Dillinger Escape Plan. I’ve seen Dillinger more than any band probably, including seeing them with Gil Sharone in Seattle during the Ire Works tour. Big flex. However, this story will take place in 2010 in Hampton Beach N.H. at the Casino Ballroom. Brett, Dan, and I went to see Dillinger support the Deftones who were supporting Diamond Eyes, which is my favorite Deftones record. (Maybe there is an argument here, but it’s close). Show was incredible and Brett and I made our way close to the barricade for DEP. As expected the set list was incredible, but there was a moment towards the end of Milk Lizard where the song explodes and Greg repeats, “this feels like never-ending.” For some reason, we locked eyes and he felt like I should finish the song, I assume. He then threw his wireless microphone to me, I SOMEHOW caught it in a sea of 2,600+ people and finished the song, then threw him the microphone back. (Perfect throw, nailed it) I got to finish one of my favorite Dillinger parts ever, on my favorite Dillinger record ever (non-negotiable to me really). We found Dan after and thought it was Greg who finished the song, his eyes aren’t great, so that was a cool compliment. Brett then broke his nose when the Deftones played Engine No. 9 I think. I found Brett in the bathroom bent over a sink that was full of blood, good times. Brett seems to think Greg May have remembered me from a show that coincided with my 21st birthday. Dillinger had just released Chinese Whispers as a single and I memorized the song/words and sung them in Greg’s face. He seemed kind of blown away and almost took my arm off with a swing of his very large arm in an act of what I can only describe as him being fairly excited that someone had taken very quickly to new material. I don’t think he remembered me, those fellows have probably 2000+ shows under their belts, but it’s a nice memory anyway. I guess you’ll have to ask the man himself some time.
CASEY AYLWARD
Astronoid is:
Brett Boland – Vocals / Guitar
Daniel Schwartz – Bass Guitar
Casey Aylward – Guitar
Matt St. Jean – Drums
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Catch the band on tour!
Astronoid and Between The Buried and Me and Tesseract remaining tour dates:
February 8 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club
February 12 Wilmington, DE The Queen
February 13 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
February 14 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
February 15 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
February 16 Hampton, NH Wally’s
February 17 Rochester, NY Anthology
February 19 Cleveland, OH Agora
February 20 Lansing, MI The Loft
February 21 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
February 22 Des Moines, IA Wooly’s
February 23 Omaha, NE Slowdown
February 24 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
February 26 Reno, NV Cargo
February 27 Fresno, CA Strummer’s
March 1 Pomona, CA The Glasshouse
March 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock
March 4 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos
March 5 Corpus Christi, TX House of Rock
March 7 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
March 8 Pensacola, FL Vinyl Music Hall
March 9 Greenville, SC The Firmament
March 10 Winston-Salem, NC The Ramkat
March 11 Louisville, KY Diamond Pub Concert Hall
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