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This Show Had LOSS Written All Over It

Max Baker Jr.

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August 2, 2003.

Bile
 Nocturne
 Blunt Force Trauma
 Lowlife

On paper, it looked aggressive. Underground. Heavy.

In reality?

It had loss written all over it.

Twenty years later you can laugh about it. Back then, it wasn’t funny. It was one of those nights where you could hear your dad’s voice in your head saying, “I told you so. Don’t do it.”

And there goes the savings.

The only reason Bile got booked was history. They were the band blowing fire at Foundation Forum when we were first crossing paths with GWAR and hanging around James and Forte. There was nostalgia. There was belief. There was loyalty.

But belief doesn’t always equal ticket sales.

The local bands were solid. Blunt Force Trauma. Lowlife. The scene was there.

The crowd wasn’t.

If you had to guess? Maybe under 250 people. And in a room like the Diamond Ballroom, when it’s that light, you feel every empty square foot.

That’s part of the business nobody glamorizes.

You win big.
 You lose bigger.
 And if you stay in long enough, you collect both stories.

Some shows build your name.

Some shows cost you.

This one cost. 


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