We went to see Shiny Toy Guns at Club Hell Wednesday night. It was the third time we have seen them live. The first time was at the Living Room a couple years ago before they made it big. We were actually there to see Clear Static who was opening up for them. There was virtually nobody at the show. I knew a couple of the guys in Clear Static and my GF brought her D-SLR to photograph them. While we were talking to the guys, a woman comes up to us and asks where we got our coffee (it was a very cold night) and I directed her to the Dunkin Donuts that's right near the Living Room. Turns out the woman was Carah Faye Charnow, the female lead singer of Shiny Toy Guns. We were so impressed with their performance, we got their CD and Nicole took a bunch of great photos of them.
Anyways... about Wednesday night. Club Hell is not very big for a concert and we got there early enough to see the second opening band (Your Vegas, a Killers sound-a-like) and get an OK spot to see STG. We were all pretty squished together, as you could imagine. After STG comes on, some chick squeezes past me to get closer. Whatever, chicks do that all the time. Well, then she tries to pull her 6' 230# ox of a boyfriend through the same hole! He ain't gonna fit in the same spot as you, honey! So I'm giving up 4" and 100# to this frat boy and he virtually topples me over. What the fuck! Then, with her squished next to me, he drunkingly proceeds to grope her throughout the whole concert. His hairy arms brushed up against me all night. Yuk, I felt so violated! And I'm not one who shys away from contact at concerts. I'm in the front, moshing at every Zox show. But being groped like that, ew!
In spite of that, the concert was cool. I love Gregori's voice. I didn't know until the show started that Carah was no longer in the band and was replaced by some bouncy dark haired chick. She sang OK, but I enjoyed STG's older stuff rather than the new songs where she jumped around the stage like a cheerleader. Carah had a much darker stage presence.
Anyways... about Wednesday night. Club Hell is not very big for a concert and we got there early enough to see the second opening band (Your Vegas, a Killers sound-a-like) and get an OK spot to see STG. We were all pretty squished together, as you could imagine. After STG comes on, some chick squeezes past me to get closer. Whatever, chicks do that all the time. Well, then she tries to pull her 6' 230# ox of a boyfriend through the same hole! He ain't gonna fit in the same spot as you, honey! So I'm giving up 4" and 100# to this frat boy and he virtually topples me over. What the fuck! Then, with her squished next to me, he drunkingly proceeds to grope her throughout the whole concert. His hairy arms brushed up against me all night. Yuk, I felt so violated! And I'm not one who shys away from contact at concerts. I'm in the front, moshing at every Zox show. But being groped like that, ew!
In spite of that, the concert was cool. I love Gregori's voice. I didn't know until the show started that Carah was no longer in the band and was replaced by some bouncy dark haired chick. She sang OK, but I enjoyed STG's older stuff rather than the new songs where she jumped around the stage like a cheerleader. Carah had a much darker stage presence.
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Last concert I went to was Family Force 5 on October 11th.
Damn I need to go to a show soon.
CARAH WAS REPLACED!?
Oh no!