My Hero

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My sister Suzanne Morales played her first live gig in about 5 years Friday May 13 2005 at the Comet Tavern. The group, former members of Baba Yega, are now called "Grey." Additional acts include "The Lesbians" and "Swarming Hoards," all doom rock/thrash metal bands. There was a recent write-up in the Stranger with more detail about the label that is carrying these act and the local metal scene. Sis has been spending serious change on equipment such as amplifiers.

The update: the show was amazing. Suzanne introduced me around shocking friends that she even has a sister. Lots of other friends and family in attendance. Suzanne played extremely well, everything really tight, in sync, loud and ominous. I sort of feel like I've been missing out on something all my life having never been to a metal show before. The venue was small and the music was not mind-crushingly loud, but it was intense. Suzanne had a host of fan-boys and everybody was really cheerful, and attentive to the show, dead quiet while the leads had solos. It was really cool. Garrett took footage of the whole thing and I hope to get to see some of it. I didn't bring a camera because I thought it would be rude to do any flash photography, but there were dozens of people there taking picts, videography, etc.

Any blog-philes that know of this may want to write here and tell me of your impressions.

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