Ranger Danger

Ranger Danger is one of the bands I met through my network. The Up All Nights are friends with them and played a few shows; which is good enough for me to check them out. I was a little surprised by their sound, in a good way. These guys were pretty clean. FBR bands come to mind (Fueled By Ramen, i.e. Panic! At the Disco, Academy Is…, Paramore). I don’t mean for this to be an insult! Quite the opposite. I love these bands and the feelings continued here. They’re fun and catchy. My ears just keep on demanding more. And more importantly they inspire me. I can’t help listening to The Citizen, Call to Arms, and Julien and start creating a revolution movie plot.

(Plus their lead singer Jon Grubbs kinda looks like Brendon Urie (girly giggles))

 

            I met the bassist Kyle Holt at a Nights show several months ago and got his photo with Little Boo

And early June I finally saw them live. Even though the songs had a different feel live versus recorded it was still a fun show. They even did a cover of the only Katy Perry Song I like ET.

            Afterwards I did my traditional post show photo with Boo. Kyle was pretty excited to get another Boopic.

Here are more photos from the show

You can stalk them too on facebook and download their EP Call To Arms there and reverbnation for free

Meeting The Up All Nights

I met the Nights because they are close friends with the Cadaver Dogs. Sammy, singer and guitarist, is a regular at their shows. I met him at my second Dogs show. He knew me from my cartoons, I knew him from the dancing limbs tagged in album from the previous show. And we became friends right there.

(Boo liked him too, in a different way)

I met his band at a Doghouse house party a little later. His brothers Jack, bassist, and Yoyo, drummer, complete the group. I met them at different points in the night. They too were familiar with my cartoons and very welcoming to a new face to the crowd. The guys are pretty badass and make their stage shows a party that everyone is invited too. The blog’s name ‘Good Little Boys’ is after the first song I heard by them. And the header is them as well I’m around them a bit more then the rest of the bands so I’m closer to them. Sometimes I feel like they’re the cool cousins you want to hang around with.

(But the rest of your family is concerned)

Check out the Nights at http://www.upallnights.com/

Download their EP Demos and Devils at http://www.reverbnation.com/theupallnightsband

Meeting the Cadaver Dogs

I thought I’d introduce you to the major bands that will be appearing in this blog. Tell you how I met them. Let’s start with the Cadaver Dogs.

I met them as Look Afraid at the Young Veins concert. They were an unannounced opening act. And it was love at first sight. These guys brought unforgiving good ol’ fashioned rock n’ roll and with a confidence I didn’t expect to find in a local band. And when I find a good band, I’m hooked.

I spent the next day trying to find them online. Thanks to Steven King Photos I was able to remember their name and find them.

A few months later Hot Topic was having listening parties in stores. Look Afraid was making an appearance while supporting their off shoot band Cadaver Dogs. Since LA’s lead singer, Alex Nauth, is in Foxy Shazam now, three of the guys made a new band to keep up the rock. Me and my friend Julia, not intentionally, camped out in the store three hours waiting for them to show up. Eventually Cole Walsh-Davis (guitarist of LA, bassist of CD), and Lex Vegas (drummer of both) arrived. I showed them the cartoon I did.

Original photo

 My Cartoon

 They freaked in a good way. No one had done a cartoon of them before and was honored. I had them sign it and got a picture with Boo in his cowboy outfit made for the occasion. They gave me some free stuff as a thanks and our friendship went off from there. I eventully met the rest of the guys at various preceding Dogs shows and took some months to get the rest of the autographs. Now I go to as many Cadaver Dog shows as I can, being front and center snapping tons of pictures.

You can check out the Dogs at http://www.facebook.com/CadaverDogs

And download for free their EP Thrill Ride there as well.