Human Drumkit at the Galaxy Theatre 9/17/09
The show in Santa Ana at the Galaxy Theatre on September 17 was an amazing show! It started off with the band playing “Paid in Full” from their Unia album. Then if I’m correct, it was “It Won’t Fade” from the same album. I don’t really remember how the order of the songs went but they played the following: “Full Moon”, “Replica”, “Caleb”, “Flag in the Ground”, “The Last Amazing Grays”, “Everything Fades to Gray”, “White Pearl, Black Oceans”, “Black Sheep”, “Last Drop Falls”, “Black and White”, “The Cage”, “Vodka-Hava Nagila”(it’s a sing along song), and “Don’t Say A Word”. Well, when it came down to the last three songs, the singer, Tony, was left on stage by himself to speak to the audience. He said “How are you doing tonight Santa Ana?”
We responded with a loud scream.“WOOOOOOOHOOOO”
“Do you want to be part of a drum kit?” He asked.
“YEAH!” We screamed.
“Do you want to be a part of a drum kit I said”
“YEAH!!!” We screamed as loud as we can.
“Alrighty then. I am going to divide you guys into three groups. To my left you will be group one, the hi- hat. I want you to make this sound tiss tiss tiss.”
“TISS! TISS! TISS!” Group one copied.
“ To my center you will be group two (in which I was in). I want you to be my snare drum. I want you to make this sound boom boom boom.”
“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!” We yelled.
“ Great. Now last but not least to my right, group three you are my kick drum. So I want you to make this sound bam bam bam.”
“BAM! BAM! BAM!” Group three screamed.
“Now let me test you out to see if you are ready.” So he points to group one and they go “TISS! TISS! TISS!” Then to group two “BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!” Then to group three “BAM! BAM! BAM!”
“Ok perfect. Now we can start. (Long pause) Oh, I need a pair of drumsticks. Where are my drumsticks? (The drummer comes out and gives him a pair of drumsticks). Ok NOW we can start.” He said. So he sits on the chair in the center of the stage in front of his microphone, and starts to pretend to play drums using us as a drum kit. He starts with group one and they go “TISS TISS.” Then to group two “BOOM.” Now back to group one “TISS TISS.” Then back to group two “BOOM.” Then to group three “BAM.” So he continues with that pattern and then he starts to sing:
“Buddy you’re a boy make a big noise
Playin in the street gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo face You big disgrace
Kickin your can all over the place…” And points to the audience and we all start to sing “We will we will rock you, we will we will rock you…” then the rest of the band comes out and begin to play their instruments. Then the band finishes that song, which it is a cover song by QUEEN, and we the audience go crazy. Screaming at our top of our lungs, “WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!” Then they go on playing the rest of their set list. Here is the link if you wish to see it:
