Im opening for ice nine kills

hi, my friends band has been contacted about opening for nine inch nails, and asked me to play guitar on their songs, they need 2 guitarists, dont ask me why. anyway its a small gig which is why its not posted on their site. anyway wish me luck and for all of u guys who want to see me play its somewhere on longisland, i have no idea where tho, ill get back to you with more info.

Dude!!! Get me some connections my man!! lol. Good luck Elliott!

Ozz

thats ***in amazing... how come you got called 4 that. tell them to play in san luis potosi san luis potosi mexico. and then call me. openin to a big band?? how did you did that? details please.....
i wanna play with someone biig too

Same here! I'll just join Soy's band. lol. I am without one, and I refuse to be a groupie. haha.

you shouldnt say that being a groupie lots of times means openign for a band. but being a groupie pays and gets you experience, and teachings from people that are better than you, i've been a roadie a couple of times for a local band. i learned how to play i am the walrus and a killer solo, its all just experience.

rofl. I meant the groupies that play a different song with the band.....the horizontal bop. Your thinking of roadies dude.

i acctually dont like them i just thought they were kinda famous, ye, they asked me to play guitar, my band is opening for theirs, and im kinda in both bands now. and ironicly this will be my first gig.

Are you going to go tour with them? Or are you just a fill in? If they want a tour just learn the most impossible ****in' thing you can dude. Make an impression.

no im just a guitarist for the band whos opening for them. im the warm up band. its just this one gig.

Oh. Well, still, talk to as many people as possible, and try and make some connections.

One word. Awesome!!

I dont need to wish you luck, you dont need it!, give em hell m8.

Cheers!
Empirism

Haha, Elliott, Dude, this is an amazing opportuinty! Congrats! Are you ready? What songs will you play? I love your directions, I'll just get off the bus on Long Island and wander the streets asking complete strangers "have you seen Elliott"? Bring someone to take pictures. When is this all going to happen?
Phip

itll be round jan 24th i think. dont know where yet, ther gona play one or 2 of my songs also! yay! aand like 6 of theirs. they loved my songs!

Good luck EMB. Wow, my freind might become famous some day! Remember me!

lol thnx, im not tht good tho, i will record us playin though! and if ny one is in the area of like hicksville long island on the 24th, contact me for tix nd stuff. itll be fun. also a good chANCE TO SEE 9 inch nails

Wish I could, it sounds like it'll be real fun. You're lucky! I'd like to go but I haven't been on a holiday anywhere in over 6 years, doubt that'll change now. But have fun over there!

i will! thnx :)

Congrats man, that'll be a great experience, but make sure you practice like crazy for it so you can match their skill. Then they might want you to play with them! (Happened before)

thats sick dude, i dont like them, but still sick. good experience

congrats dude.

Awesome!!, good luck. Remember "Confidence"

yep, seems like im an idiot. turns out were really opening for ice 9 kills. a horrible scremo band. yep im an idiot. is ther a way i can change the thread topic name?

edit: now thinking of it i think the guys said that we COULD open for 9 inch nails, but are opening for ice 9 kills. i got the 2 comfuzed lol sorry.

Oh noes!!

I wanted you to hook me up wit Trent Reznor. :( I was gonna convince him to put ALL of the NIN albums up for free download off of his website. :P

EDIT: Hehe, I'm reading the comments of Youtube videos by the screamo band you mentioned, Ice 9 Kills, and it's just a bunch of emo kids dedicating the song to their ex-girlfriends. There's a lot of this going on:

" :'( :'( :'( OMG i M1z u s0 mucH, plz come b4ck 2 m3 :'( :'( :'( "

And if the fans heckle you since you aren't screamo music, you can do some Axl Rose thing and go in the stands after them. :P

lol. illl throw a beer at them lol. i still hve a chnce to open for 9 inch nails thou

you gotta start somewhere

yep. then my band is opening for the the band im playin g for, im kinda in both, so ill be in the opening band then in the main on a gig ill play in late march.whats funny is im better then my friend at guiar that been playing since he was like 10, hes 15 now, ive been play for like 10 months.

Hehe, well...no big deal :D. It's still a gig, and now you have better change to steal the show ^_^

I like INK....they have some good acoustic songs =] ah well either way it gets your foot in the door, just remember us when you take off dude =D

Haha I thought it was a little bit too good to be true! Edited the topic title for you.

In a way though, this could be a better experience. Trent Reznor would probably get in his private jet at the end of the show and go home, but these guys might hang around for you to talk to.

yay thnx for editing it. ye these guys asked us to play. cept theres gona be like 5 bands playing. and its also a complete rip. were ony getting paid for the presale tix we sell...

lol. Well that sucks man. But like someone above me said, you gotta start somewhere. And yeah, whatever the little screamo kids do to you, just shove it intheir face ten times worse. Don't let a bunch of tone deaf screamo fans get you down. lol.

Ozz

PS - Good luck at the gig anyway. Record it?

ye we are, ther acctually playing one of my songs too! itll be on itunes! the band is tearing pavement, the old stuff sucks the new stuff is good.

Cool.

i was writng a ver long thing to motivate you, but when i pressed post, th internet was gone, so here it is resumed: they aint good, its achance for you to be heard, give a better show than them, play well known songs, easy to keep track of e. summer of 69, or knockin on heavns door, easy to learn lyrics for people to sing while playing... you can give a better show... show off

Wow, ive been looking at this thread since you posted it

But the entire time I thought you said Nine Inch Nails, and I just realized its accually Ice Nine Kills

Thats trippy man

Elliot did say Nine Inch Nails, but he got it wrong!

Going back to what soy.el.che said, don't play too many covers, otherwise you'd gain a reputation as a band who can only play other people's songs.

were not playing any covers but i only have like 2 weeks to finish my song! lol

When you finish it, post the live version of it. Mouth of to, stage raps DEFINETLY get people's attention [just don't talk ** about any other bands on your first show--duh]. Get the singer to talk to the crowd. Word of advice from Iron Maiden - "When you're onstage, you can't be subtle, you have to kind of inflate your ego, do things big, so that the people in the back feel like they're front row sitted". Not the exact words, but its the gist of it.

ye, well the only time wer talking bout another band is when i announce my song, which im gona give credit to me and ill say visit my bands site and stuff.

What I meant was to be as charismatic as can be man. Look up David Lee Roth's interviews and live stuff. Hes the master in my opinion. Also, be original or unique. Make something that people will know you by.....actually, don't. They'll probably know you by "Those guys who blew the screamo punks out of the water" lol.