Crystal Cancels

[djredeye]

ok what happened?...all i know is a bunch of pissed off hipsters were stomping through lower greenville. that and a phantom text message saying that they were trying to move the show at the last minute and if i knew a venue.

the skinny jeans were not pleased.

[Ottica B]

hey this reminds me of way-back when dj's like Keoki being so fucked-up he could'nt perform. I hate to hear this.

[PeterS]

Pretty much a mess.

Fallout got rammed.

[DREX]

crystal castles: "After witnessing the CC soundcheck, the owner of the club was afraid that CC would "blow up the soundsystem" and the show was cancelled, after three hours of arguing."

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mike schoder (owner of granada):

Let me start with a definition:
Pre-madonna: Pre-madonnas cannot help the way they are because their parents spoiled them and they are still developing their personalities. All a pre-madonna has to do is whine and their parents give them what they want.

Here's how our day went at the Granada on Tue:
Vega (Alan from Ghosthustler) opened for CC in Austin Monday night. At 5pm (3 hrs before doors) we received a call from CC that Vega could not be on the bill.

Vega had been approved by CC in advance for the bill. Early on Tue CC hired a light tech from Austin that is also a DJ to replace Vega.

CC could have communicated with Vega early in the day before they left Austin.

Vega was at the Granada waiting to soundcheck.

CC would not enter the building until Vega was gone from the premise.

Alan was super cool. No pre-madonna.

We've never seen this request. The other co-promoter out of Austin has never seen this kind of request.

CC wining...

CC soundchecked at 6pm instead of at 4pm.

CC didn't "like the sound of their kickdrum".

CC insists that "more woofers be brought in".

Rental places close at 6pm.

It is now 7pm.

Granada has 16 - 18" sub-woofers and 12 - 15" sub-woofers. Also 32 - 8" midranges. Lots of firepower.

Sound check was great.

CC says they would rather cancel the show than possibly not have enough kick drum.

Granada begs that the show goes on.

Granada even offers to dismantle sub woofer stacks and place them in different places in the room.

Granada was willing to do anything to have the show go on.

CC waits until after 10pm to give final cancellation.

The show must go on. Life is all perception. One person sees the day as beautiful, another sees the day as crap.

Why would any band crap on their fans like this?

Insecurity is a cancer. Love yourself. Love your sound guy and the system at the club you are playing.

Play the show. Then listen to your fans. If you don't like the sound at a club never go back to the club.

We've had every big band imaginable in every genre imaginable and had amazing shows.

Nobody has complained about our sound. This is totally out of left field.

The sound at Granada is amazing...and would have been if CC would have just got on stage and played.

Today, Granada is refunding ticket cost and entire service charge to each patron. No one cares for live music more than we do. We've put together an amazing room, staff and sound system.

We'll see you soon fellow music fans.
Mike Schoder and all the Staff at Granada.

[djredeye]

yeah when i found out i was like "Fallouts about to get the ass tore out of it!" I'll bet that was a hot mess. I got a phone call at 3:00 a.m. to attend an after party by whoever was suppossed to open for them, but i declined.

[molecule]

vega probably tore shit a new one in austin.

+1 for Vega, -1 for CC

[DREX]

further explination from CC:

a) Vegas (sic) were not kicked off for "petty bullshit", if Vegas want to try to create an internet meme out of this that's fine, whatever.

b) CC obviously did not want to leave 1000+ people hanging outside. The people at Granada pulled the plug on CC during CC's soundcheck, claiming they feared CC would "blow the soundsystem." The people at Granada tried to rent (at the last minute) proper speakers that would not "blow" for the show but it just couldn't happen on short notice. At one point they thought they had found professional speakers but 2 hours later this fell through and the decision was made that the show could not happen. Also of note, a DJ had blown their speakers a few weeks ago and they did not want this to happen again. They said they couldn't afford to repair the speakers again. It would be nice if you knew the truth and were fair to the band since this wasn't their fault. The blame goes to whoever booked this band at this ill-equipped venue."

and finally:

"Vega stole an FX-Pedal from CC. If this is not a good reason to get kicked off a bill and (possibly) get blacklisted by a promoter I don't know what is. Worst part is CC liked the guys and tried to convince us to forgive them."



VEGA's Alan Palomo denies this: "Fucking bullshit." Apparently CC borrowed one of VEGA's guitars in Austin the previous night, and the FX-pedal ended up in the guitar cab. As soon as Vega realized they were in possession of one of CC's pedals (shortly after the Austin show), they called CC's management to rectify the situation, and arranged to return the pedal in Dallas. Both the venue and Vega feel that Crystal Castles had no intention of playing this show with Vega on the bill from the beginning.

[Sinner]

lol

wow

[Left]

ah yes, drama at the rave bar.

[djredeye]

fucking hipsters

fte: it's prima-dona, if anyone knows that its me

[bigKenny]

Originally Posted by djredeye

ok what happened?...all i know is a bunch of pissed off hipsters were stomping through lower greenville. that and a phantom text message saying that they were trying to move the show at the last minute and if i knew a venue.

the skinny jeans were not pleased.

That was me txting you. The dude from Crystal Castles was out in line asking if anyone knew a dance club they could play at.

[woodyrosen]

you could not walk through fallout it was so packed. TOO packed, thank god for the smoking ban or I would have many ciggarette burns on me and/or cancer.

[Sinner]

Originally Posted by bigKenny

That was me txting you. The dude from Crystal Castles was out in line asking if anyone knew a dance club they could play at.

LOL@ leaving venue because of sound check to drop in un-announced to rave up another club

[Nick]

I started my night by grabbing a patio table at the aw shucks across the street from Granada. I gave up on going to the show as soon as I saw it was sold out, but the hipster watching was fun.

I knew Fallout Lounge would be packed, but I went anyway. Too packed!! so I went home.

[Tymeless]

lol at CC saying that the Granada has "inadequate sound". And that tey didn't want to risk speakers being blown because it is "too expensive" to repair.

The Granada has a ton of sound and is a great place to play. As for the speakers being too expensive to repair, It really isn't all that expensive unless they toast half the stacks and blow a couple of amplifiers.

fucking primadonas