Proud to say I got to see One For The Wolves with our very own Sam J on bass (and singing!) perform live a prestigious dive bar near MBC HQ. I have never been to a live performance at a dive bar, and it was GLORIOUS.
The set was a short but sweet:
Fuel – Metallica Cover
The Pretender - Foo Fighter Cover
Breakdown – Tom Petty cover
Man in the Box – Alice in Chains cover, performed with special guest singer lady from another band
The Breakdown - One for the Wolves original (available on iTunes)
<Forgot the name> - One for the Wolves original (unreleased)
I did a shout out at the end of some training at the Salt Mine that Sam and I did on Thursday and actually talked two engineers from Taiwan to come listen too!! :D So happy that worked!!
They took the stage in front of a fairly full room and when the room exploded with the angry Metallica tune they announced the 70/80/90s soft rock wuss stuff was OVER. Venue wasn’t sound oriented, but it was good enough and it was loud. The next song I didn’t recognize (I hadn’t heard it before) but after watching the video for the original, I like their cover better than the original. More raw emotion from the Wolves’; Dave and the Foo boys might have over produced that one. Three Wolves took part as singers in their version, with Sam handling the end parts. They had it going. They slowed it down into a loving rendition into one of Petty’s best numbers, and the whole crowd (including one retired fried PEte) was singing “Breakdowwwwwwwnnnnnn”. It was cool to see the crowd get into it. Slight delay as the new singer joined the band. Her whole band tried to join on stage but they figure it out quickly and took off into the AIC number. Her voice just didn’t work for me with this song until one of the Wolves singers combo’ed with her to give it more depth like Lane’s voice gives this song. She has talent, don’t get me wrong, she’s got LOADS of it, I just felt that song takes more gravel than her voice could give, but it was still a great job by the team. During this song, the drum kit failed so there was a delay while a drum key was found (from old co-worker Randy in fact) and they got the kit straightened out. They jammed into the whole reason I was there, The Breakdown. I LOVE this song. My wife asked me after the show what band did the original, and I laughed and told her it was THEIR original. She thought it was a Foo Fighters or 3 Door Down cover! If you don’t know the song, it starts with a dreamy guitar lick that evokes the image of an alarm clock. The dreaminess cuts and the song jumps into gear. I loved seeing it live, it’s a favorite song of mine, and I just love the imagery the dreamy alarm clock guitar gives. It was the whole reason I was there, and they delivered. Funny enough, part way through the song, one of the largest cymbals fell over and Sam had to help put it into a safe space. They were so in the zone (or drunk ;)) that nothing would throw off their fun. And fun music is great music. Another pause hit while AGAIN repairs are made to the drum kit, and everyone was now awaiting a full Spinal Tap moment, and we started to fear for the drummers life J. They hit into the last number, another original, and this was one was new to me. More complex, with more layered arrangement (and a bass solo!) it’s another solid outing from the Wolves. If they had this 10 years ago, I could see them going full commercial, but at this age of the band, I’m not sure they would have the time and energy to really commit to the life. Set over, it was special to meet and thank the band members individually, and see the joy on their faces when I fanboy’ed on them :) I hoped I didn’t embarrass Sam! Super nice guys, we hung out and chatted about the set while the next band started to set up.
But it was almost 10:30pm and I had 4 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours (longer story but tl;dr overnight grad party chaperone) so we didn’t stay for the last band. But since we just wanted a slice of the Wolves, it was a happy evening.
Kudos to Sam, and the rest of the band, and if you get a chance, GO SEE ONE FOR THE WOLVES!!
The set was a short but sweet:
Fuel – Metallica Cover
The Pretender - Foo Fighter Cover
Breakdown – Tom Petty cover
Man in the Box – Alice in Chains cover, performed with special guest singer lady from another band
The Breakdown - One for the Wolves original (available on iTunes)
<Forgot the name> - One for the Wolves original (unreleased)
I did a shout out at the end of some training at the Salt Mine that Sam and I did on Thursday and actually talked two engineers from Taiwan to come listen too!! :D So happy that worked!!
They took the stage in front of a fairly full room and when the room exploded with the angry Metallica tune they announced the 70/80/90s soft rock wuss stuff was OVER. Venue wasn’t sound oriented, but it was good enough and it was loud. The next song I didn’t recognize (I hadn’t heard it before) but after watching the video for the original, I like their cover better than the original. More raw emotion from the Wolves’; Dave and the Foo boys might have over produced that one. Three Wolves took part as singers in their version, with Sam handling the end parts. They had it going. They slowed it down into a loving rendition into one of Petty’s best numbers, and the whole crowd (including one retired fried PEte) was singing “Breakdowwwwwwwnnnnnn”. It was cool to see the crowd get into it. Slight delay as the new singer joined the band. Her whole band tried to join on stage but they figure it out quickly and took off into the AIC number. Her voice just didn’t work for me with this song until one of the Wolves singers combo’ed with her to give it more depth like Lane’s voice gives this song. She has talent, don’t get me wrong, she’s got LOADS of it, I just felt that song takes more gravel than her voice could give, but it was still a great job by the team. During this song, the drum kit failed so there was a delay while a drum key was found (from old co-worker Randy in fact) and they got the kit straightened out. They jammed into the whole reason I was there, The Breakdown. I LOVE this song. My wife asked me after the show what band did the original, and I laughed and told her it was THEIR original. She thought it was a Foo Fighters or 3 Door Down cover! If you don’t know the song, it starts with a dreamy guitar lick that evokes the image of an alarm clock. The dreaminess cuts and the song jumps into gear. I loved seeing it live, it’s a favorite song of mine, and I just love the imagery the dreamy alarm clock guitar gives. It was the whole reason I was there, and they delivered. Funny enough, part way through the song, one of the largest cymbals fell over and Sam had to help put it into a safe space. They were so in the zone (or drunk ;)) that nothing would throw off their fun. And fun music is great music. Another pause hit while AGAIN repairs are made to the drum kit, and everyone was now awaiting a full Spinal Tap moment, and we started to fear for the drummers life J. They hit into the last number, another original, and this was one was new to me. More complex, with more layered arrangement (and a bass solo!) it’s another solid outing from the Wolves. If they had this 10 years ago, I could see them going full commercial, but at this age of the band, I’m not sure they would have the time and energy to really commit to the life. Set over, it was special to meet and thank the band members individually, and see the joy on their faces when I fanboy’ed on them :) I hoped I didn’t embarrass Sam! Super nice guys, we hung out and chatted about the set while the next band started to set up.
But it was almost 10:30pm and I had 4 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours (longer story but tl;dr overnight grad party chaperone) so we didn’t stay for the last band. But since we just wanted a slice of the Wolves, it was a happy evening.
Kudos to Sam, and the rest of the band, and if you get a chance, GO SEE ONE FOR THE WOLVES!!
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