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This post is dedicated to Skin, from members who played in the Intercollegiate up which kept the flame alive even today.
ardi Once upon a time he had never read or Freud, and Plato. Before Philosophy, Madness and any other hobby, I had a rock band. It all started when I asked the Christ child a guitar for Christmas of '99. I can only say, Jesus is Rock'n'Roll because this year I brought a black electric guitar. For 2000, instead of dancing the waltz with my dad for my fifteen years cut my hair and I joined with my best friends to form a band.
Venezuela In 2001, one could still go to Arts without having secured 75% death. Entries for the Intercollegiate Festival Rock were open and Valery Knox, Peg, Zerpa, Chivita and I launched for the Ateneo de Caracas. The hardest part was filling out the form, especially the part where you had to specify "Genre of Music." And had taken us months to find a name. We had passed by 2000 Bleu Stars in the Sky (when you're 15, you're stupid), Skin Deep by (name Valery rejected because it sounded like Gipsy Kings), reaching Skin. We did not have much time to fill out the form, and the question did not seem so important, we define our gender as "Nu Metal" that day. Even today I would not put a label on our music back then, but if anything I'm sure it was not Metal .
Finally came the day of the Intercollegiate. I remember at that time I was tared and smoked. Rather, at that time lit cigarettes and avoid coughing in public. I felt cool and rocking it smoked and had a rock band. Vices should be able to return to not feel so Gallas and losing all the time. The day of the Intercollegiate, all we got thousands of hours before we had to play. We tune the guitar every five minutes and I secretly wanted to mourn and vomiting from nerves.
When we finally had to enter the clubhouse , I could not help noticing a group of Orcs from Lord of the Rings. Dirty monsters, metal and Cures disguised Satan. Amid all the commotion in the backstage , one of the Orcs will not stop screaming " WHERE'S THE BEEF HEART I bought my Mom?" What the fuck did a beef heart in an Intercollegiate Rock?
Orcs played right before us. WAS AWFUL! For starters, they were like seven human beings on stage and tune each instrument was more than the other. These buddies were terrible, everyone touched by his side and music other was to vomit. To close, they played a song that lasted about 10 minutes, each of the seven members made a single. In minute 8, the singer came out and began practicing as an exorcism. The corduroy was like possessed by the devil and the blue, came the beef heart. That band is still the most pathetic band I've ever seen. For others, the exorcism of Orcs caused euphoria. All metalheads gorillas began shouting and clapping as if Ozzy Osbourne had eaten a bat on stage. We realized we could not the best idea in the world having "Nu Metal" as a genre of music. At that time we realized that all the bands that played that day was Metal-Metal. Festival organizers had distributed all the bands in three days, the first day was for Alternative Rock, Punk for the second and third for Metal. That day was full of Orcs Ateneo and they wanted to Orcs as winners.
When he left Skin on stage, no one understood why we were not wearing Iron Maiden shirts, and why our drummer not used double pedal. It was like a crazy contrast between all the bands we metalheads chacaiteros us, skirts, dresses, makeup and cute. Orcs laughed at us while others were stunned to see four girls using so much distortion. I had never been so scared in my life, but it was worth. One night in 2001, Ramon Castro went out and announced the end of Intercollegiate Rock Festival, clarito remember when he said, "the result is skin deep" ...
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We stand and live our own Miss Teen-Venezuela, half of the Ateneo stopped booing. Turns out the fans metalheads Orcs could not accept that a band of pure women win. All metalheads gorilla were so aggressive that security guards had to lock us in the dressing rooms for those animals would not attack. We spent two hours locked in the dressing room while we were shouting out PUTAS. There are videos of the elderly gentlemen yelling "these carajitos only won because he slept with the jury." Obviously a woman can not win anything, not a job unless you sleep with the boss. But still, that night was one of the best nights of my life. We did not win the Intercollegiate Festival that year, but won the Festival Alma Mater and then the New Bands Festival the following years. Skin somehow revolutionized the role of women in the Rock Venezolano. Skin today remains the best BANDA DE VENEZUELA and continues to inspire more than a tattooed arm and mounted a guitar on his shoulder.
After FNB, I retired from the Rock to devote to philosophy. Fortunately, Skin follows. Just released their first album and their first video. Really, I recommend you watch this video. I'm sure after they see you, will run to the first store to buy the album. Do not miss them live. Also, if you get to the singer Valery with the disc in hand and mention you read ardi vs madness, she not only give you an autograph but also a surprise.
And in case anyone is wondering, "Do not you regret having left the Skin?" The answer is, "all days of my life. " But that's life, there are moments where you have to choose, always be a void. Even though I chose France, somehow, Skin always be a part of my being.
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