Instagon 20 Year Anniversary Show - session #623 - photos and Audio!

INSTAGON's official 20th Anniversary show took place on Feb. 2, 2013 at Marilyn's on K in Sacramento,CA.  We were joined for this occasion by local friends EGG, and from SF the LORDS OF OUTLAND once again joined us for our birthday.  It was a fabulous night of chaos and music with new and old friends. The Instagon performance included 17 various individuals as part of the group and included 3 of the original 4 members from Instagon's first invokation. (Lob, Peek, & Chris TM were all present.. only Myke Quest was not)

There are a number of photos from this event in the photo albums on the Instagon Facebook page.. if you have not "liked" our page on FB.. please to there now and do so, and check out the pics. 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Instagon/187238906980

More photos were taken by local Sacramento photographer Ed Goldthorpe. He has posted them up on a flikr account and you can find them here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7148421@N03/sets/72157632725872458/

Sacramento music magazine SUBMERGE also had a photographer at the show and included shots from it with a review & short interview with Lob and Leticia Garcia (past player..sessions #611 & 619) by writer Stephanie Rodriguez.
This piece in Submerge can be seen here:
http://submergemag.com/featured/the-mistress-band/7755/

LASTLY..  the SOUNDS.. 

We opened this show with an audience participation percussion "Instacabra"..and then fell into a nearly 15 minute version of Sun Ra's "Space Is The Place" featuring Laurie Amat (of The Residents) on vocals.  It was an exceptional show with lots and lots of friends and players.  You can stream or download the entire show from our page at archives.org.   here is the link... enjoy!!
http://archive.org/details/instagon2013-02-02.flac16 

Instagon #623 - Feb.2,2013, Sacramento,CA - photo by Ed Goldthorpe

This is a first in a series of "catch up" posts that I am gonna make here in the Deamon's Tube..  I am hoping to be back to posting CURRENT happenings by the end of April ..beginning of May.  Thanks for reading.. and enjoy the links. -/\-

Instagon 579 at The Distillery, Sacramento,CA 8-27-2011

INSTAGON
Aug. 27, 2011
The Distillery, Sacramento,CA
session 579
http://www.archive.org/details/instagon2011-08-27.flac16

Megafauna are an awesome band from Austin,TX.  They came thru Sacramento last January and played a show with Garage Jazz Architects.  This time thru we set up a show with Instagon.  The show was really fun for those that were there..but the turnout was not as happy as anyone would have liked. ce la vie.. we still played a strong show.  The night started out with BUK BUK BIGUPS doing a ripping 20 minute solo set of really Dan Deacon inspired performance art... Instagon was next on the stage.. this time around it was all first time players.. with Kim Aparicio from The COMMON MEN on drums, Robert Kuhlmann from chikading! playing guitar for a change.. and Jasynte Harris from Set Theory916 holding down the keys.. Of all 3 of the new players, Kim was probably the most nervous at the start..but she did great and we had a blast!  The show started sorta slow..but quickly built up pace and was pretty hot with Joyride leading the way.. Buzzkill followed, it was not as upbeat as past versions, but still cool..there was a really fun version Orgone Collector ..and I pulled out a riff called "Peaches" from the band The Stranglers for the first time. (its Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers birthday this weekend), and a long rocking version of "Sound of the Night" to close out the set. . Little Black Bats were supposed to play next.. but they did not show up at all for the gig for some still unknown reason.. so Megafauna took the stage and mopped up the night.. Dani's shredding guitar and dreamy vocals made for  great time .. thanks to everyone that DID make it out.  Click on the link above to hear this set from Instagon.

Instagon 579, photo by Kevin Ian

here is a link to a video clip of "Peaches"
http://youtu.be/TrxfiNI8xz0

here is a link to a video clip of "Sound of the Night"
http://youtu.be/Tr-VpiX3b5w

here is a 2nd clip from "Sound of the Night"
http://youtu.be/QHyv6JSSIzw

Instagon 577 at Vega's Nightclub, Old Sacramento

Instagon
Aug. 19, 2011
session #577
Vega's Nightclub, Old Sacramento,CA
http://www.archive.org/details/instagon2011-08-19.flac16

Instagon played a SMOKIN' show to a room of a few friends and lucky peeps who happened to have stumbled upon it this past weekend in Old Sacramento for our friend Rick Vega of Vega's Nightclub.  The session players consisted of long time friend Robert Fisher(Gospel Swamp Blues Band) from Huntington Beach (who happened to be in town with his wife and could play a show), Chad E. Williams, Tony Passarell, D.Ray Grisham, and local drummer Joe Carusi(Fish Cat Fish) playing his 2nd show with Instagon.  This show was pretty amazing all around.. A new riff called "Obliviate" made its debut.. as well as a floppy excursion into The Dead's Shakedown Street (last time played 8-3-03 ses#352...225 show!) ..Brainwashed Love & Jazz for Satan were both pretty outstanding.. and a great version of Pink Floyd's Set The Controls (Robert's request) was also let loose....The night closed with Robert Fisher's traditional rendition of the blues classic "Cocaine (runnin all in my brain)"  which had not happened since session #406 (171 shows) in November 2004. Click on the link above to hear this show. Free streaming and downloads are available

photo of Instagon577 by Tracy Fisher

NEWS - NEWS - NEWS - NEWS

SO.. did you miss the Tube?  its only been 4 months since the last pathetic posting,..no comments?   Facebook has seemed to become our most active outlet for sending out news and information.. so if you are not a fan there.. you should sign up..

INSTAGON HAS BEEN VERY BUSY this has been a fairly busy year so far...we have played 22 shows so far this year.. and there are another 5 or 6 already confirmed as coming!   the schedule on this blog has been updated.
There have been 2 new releases so far this year.. and there are 3 more that are forthcoming..  TIF released "Thee Speed ov Infection" a studio CD.   LOVE EARTH MUSIC released "Scary City" a collection of live recordings with a poetry book by Lob. .. coming soon there will be "Pink Eye" from Placenta Recordings, a split CD with The Transhumans from Ventura,CA on Paper Cuts Records, and a full length CD on Aurricular Recordings as well.. so its a busy year!

also we have been doing some networking and building the web presence up a bit.
you can now find Instagon on Facebook, Twitter, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Myspace, SongKick, & Reverbnation.

ALL of this news and these links can be found at the instagon web page menu

http://www.tif.org/instagon/menu23.html

but the BIGGEST NEWS is that INSTAGON has joined the etree at archive.org!!
a collections page HAS been posted for LIVE RECORDINGS of full shows by INSTAGON for streaming and download..  the floodgates have opened.. and the sounds of the deamon are flowing..  select shows are beginning to be posted by Lob.. as well as others that have live recordings..  this can be found here

http://www.archive.org/details/Instagon

INSTAGON will appear at CURTISFEST (9/10), NORCAL NOISEFEST (10/1), & IAMINDUST FESTIVAL,SF (Nov)

Set List - session 557 - Vega's Nightclub, Old Sacramento, CA - 1-29-2011

Instagon #557
1-29-11
Vega's Nightclub
Sacramento, CA

Once again we return to Vega's nightclub in old town Sacramento for a night of good times and grooves for all.  This time around we brought our friend DOOFY DOO out to open up the festivities and seriously he stole the show.. Doofy Doo is a solo project with loops and live beats done by Drew Walker, it was a fantastic show and comes highly recommended to any that like improvisation and fun time grooves.  We also played our first show with another Sacramento instrumental band that we just recently came in contact with called Set Theory916!  They are a large ensemble that plays with a DJ ..it was very funk and groove oriented with serious deep sessions of the JAM!   They were the bomb.. seriously. 

photo by Yvette Lucas

Most of the previous incarnations of Instagon at Vega's have been really large ensembles that were somewhat out of control at times. This show as not like those, and featured a pretty solid 5pc ensemble that rocked hard and played well together. Drew Walker was on the drum kit, John Keeling was on the guitar, Drew brought a friend that had not played nor really heard Instagon before, his named was Barry McDaniel and he was a pretty smokin' guitar player we were really happy to have him along for the ride and will probably invite him out to try the demon out for another excursion sometime in the near future.  

photo by Yvette Lucas

Also joining us for this session was Andrew Wayne of Chopstick. This was Andrews' first time playing with Instagon in over a year, since Dec. 2009!  It was great to have him back and joining us once again for chaos and audio alchemy.

Instagon #557
Jan. 29, 2011

Vega's Nightclub
Old Sacramento, CA

photo by Yvette Lucas

Invokation>
The Little Turtle
Deamon's Tube
Sleepwalking
DUST
Buzzkill
Sound ov thee Night
Space Walk
Echophobic
In The Key of Y
(52:00)


LOB
DREW WALKER
JOHN KEELING
BARRY McDANIEL
ANDREW WAYNE

Instagon 557, photo by Yvette Lucas

Set list - session 556 - Access Sacramento Studios, taping for Listen Up Sacramento - 1-11-11

photo by Michelle Barbaria

 Instagon 556
1-11-11
Access Sacramento Studios
Coloma Community Center
Sacramento, CA

This session was a live in-studio appearance by Instagon that was taped for a Sacramento local cable access TV show called LISTEN UP SACRAMENTO hosted by Erika Kjelstrom on the Access Sacramento Network. The show airs twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, at 11pm.  It airs locally in Sacramento on Comcast channel 17, and streams online as well via the page linked above.   Our show will appear in February, which week in February has yet to be announced.. we will post it on our facebook page when we know.  The session was a quartet.. a larger ensemble was planned but was decimated due to illnesses.  The band that arrived to play included Drew Walker (Doofy Doo), Chad E. Williams (GJA), and Kevin Ian (The Common Men).. and the jams were thick and gooey.. There were a couple of great untitled improv jams that happened during the sound checks...and the session that was on camera was smokin' too!.. Look forward to announcements regarding this upcoming viewing experience that is coming your way!!

INSTAGON 556
1-11-11
ACCESS SACRAMENTO STUDIOS
COLOMA COMMUNITY CENTER
SACRAMENTO, CA
taping for "Listen Up Sacramento"

off camera:
SOUNDCHECK JAMS
Invokation

on camera:
Cosmic,
Sleepwalking,
Echophobic
Orgone Collector
Speed of Light
Space Walk
Pink Panther


LOB - lead bass/vocals
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DREW WALKER - drums
KEVIN IAN  - guitar

Set list - session 555 - Luna's Cafe - 1-10-11

Okay.. so I am gonna try to play catch up so we will be on target for next week.. here is the first post of a couple regarding stuff that has already happened this year..

INSTAGON 555

1-10-2011
Luna's Cafe

Sacramento, CA

Once again back at Luna's Cafe for the NEBRASKA MONDAY Series that is hosted and organized by Ross Hammond.  It had been nearly a years since we played this space last (session #527), & this was Instagon's 14th appearance at Luna's Cafe.
Playing the early spot was a trio called NICE RUG, that was made up of players that have all been part of Instagon in the past (Tony Passarell, Stefano Zeroli, Wayne Sheats). They played some really awesome free jazz with a really low and mellow vibe to it.   Instagon included Jon Bafus on drums, a horn section of Michael Otwell & D.Ray Grisham.. and we invited local guitar hero Victor Contreras from Nagul to hold down the six string duties for the first time.. we had a great time playing.  It was awesome having Victor out to enjoy the fun of garage jazz.

Instagon #555 - photo by Yvette Lucas

Instagon 555
1-10-2011
Luna's Cafe, Sacramento, CA
Nebraska Monday's Series

Invokation>
The Flux,
Brainwashed Love
Triple Nickel [special riff for this show only]
Sleepwalking
Trip 23
Undoing
Cosmic


Lob (lead bass)
Michael Otwell (sax/flute)
D.Ray Grisham (trumpet)
Jon Bafus (drums)
Victor Contreras (guitar)


also NICE RUG
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video "Trip 23" from Instagon 555


video footage courtesy of Ross Hammond

Session 554 set list - last show of 2010 - very late posting

OMG.. so so tardy..
just sorta got carried away and forgot to reflect here at the Deamon's Tube.. it happens.. the holiday season usually is this way.. and we apologize for seemingly vanishing.. the illness that was mentioned in the previous posting, also added to this as well.. but no excuses.. here is the late news.

INSTAGON 554
12-16-2010

Fire Escape Bar & Grill
Citrus Heights, CA

Session 554 happened in mid December at the Fire Escape in Citrus Heights.. it was fun night with great bands all around. but the attendance sucked because it was cold and rainey.. and also because the Citrus Heights Police Dept. decided to run a sobriety check point RIGHT IN FRONT of the venue we were playing.. so with flashing red lights chasing everyone away.. it was a drag.. but we played hard anyways.
Instagon featured a core that was the GJA trio.. plus Dan Quillan (Art Lessing), and Steve Coolidge from Volcano School playing his first set with the Deamon. We played a 45min set to open the evening .. it was a good time...because of SICKNESS this show ended up being the last show of 2010.. it was not planned that way.. but that is the way the deamon seems to have wanted it.

photo by Yvette Lucas

INSTAGON 554
12-16-2010
FIRE ESCAPE BAR & GRILL
CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA


Invokation>
Red Planet Landing>
My Little Red Planet,
Dripfall,
Buzzkill,
Deamon's Tube,
Sound ov thee Night [new song, first time played]
Spider
Set The Controls*  [Pink Floyd song, last time played 5-8-10 (17 shows)]
(45:00)

LOB - lead bass/vocal*
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DAN QUILLAN - guitar
MARK HALVERSON - drums
STEVEN COOLIDGE - keyboards

also Fish Cat Fish, Step Jayne, Art Lessing(solo)

Setlist - session 552 - Dec 3, 2010 - Vega's Night Club, Old Sacramento, CA

flyer design by Lob, art by Dolo

Instagon 552
December 3, 2010
Vega's Nightclub & Bar
Old Sacramento, CA

photo by Bob Scott

Okay..so the last time this blog was updated was nearly 2 months ago..and well I am apologetic and feel bad, but I have been a little busy with various projects.. which I will NOW attempt to catch up on.. there were no shows in November.. but there were 2 new releases...and there have been 3 sessions in December already!  So the Instagon Deamonic Viral assault continues as we try to bring our grooves and good times to you and you .. and you too !  SO.. we will start with THIS show.. and then try to catch up with more blog entries as the weekend progresses.. its a cold rainy weekend here in Sacramento right now.. so lets hope that gives me more opportunity to catch up with you that might actually care.

DECEMBER 3rd was also a rainy night.. but not too rainy.. and it was wonderful for Rick Vega to invite us back to his club.  This was our first show back there since the spring time when we played with Greg Ginn & The Texas Currogators.  (session #531)
This time around a locals show was planned..but at the last moment a traveler was added to the mix.   So the show started with our new friend from Oklahoma named CHRISTOPHE playing a short set of songs.. mostly originals ..in the mood of early Social Distortion with that lonesome Johnny Cash angst.. he also did a cover of a Misfits tune.. it was fun.  next up was ODD MONIKER the solo project of local musician Matt Conklin .. I have seen Odd Moniker play previous to this, and he is really a strong songwriter with a great voice and catchy hooks.. good stuff.. unfortunately the CAPTAIN called me outside and i was pre-occupied there and missed 90% of Matt's set.  It's all good..I apologized, and Matt understands these things.   Next up was a local band that I had not seen before called LITTLE BLACK BATS..and they were pretty good...they had some really great guitar work and cool songs. .they have only been playing together for a short time & are nice guys and we hope to play with them some more in the future.  In the honey spot was our new friends STEP JAYNE who are awesome and steal the show every time I seem them.. for this show they added a new member on keyboards and odd metal percussion.. and off they went!  a GREAT set from Step Jayne.. look for more posts with them involved... more shows together are planned,.   closing out the night was INSTAGON..  

photo by Bob Scott

for this excursion we were happy to invite for his first time with us, KEVIN IAN from THE COMMON MEN..  and Kevin was on FIRE.. it was smokin' right from the launch..  the session also included Stephen Elliot from Karmada on Keyboards.. Dex from Chikading on drums, and Chad E. Williams holding down the solid guitar leads..  the set was shredding. .. I really enjoyed "Buzzkill"..but everything played was pretty solid.. 

photo by Bob Scott

INSTAGON 552
12-3-2010
Vega's Night Club
Old Sacramento, CA

Invokation>
Jazz for Satan, [video! click here]
Buzzkill,
Spider,  [video! click here]
Electric Funeral*
Deamon's Tube,
Little Turtle,
Cambodian Holiday**
Pink Panther***, [video! click here]
Shut Down
(52:00)

* Black Sabbath riff, dedicated to Ozzy on his 62nd Bday.
  last time played 9-28-03 (191 shows)
** Dead Kennedys' riff
*** classic Mancini, last time played 6-27-09 (45 shows)

LOB - lead bass/vocals
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
KEVIN IAN - guitar
DEX LOPAZ - drums
STEPHEN ELLIOT - keyboards

photo by Cynthia Jones

A recording of "The Pink Panther" from this session will appear on the Placenta Family Tree Volume 5 compilation from Placenta Records coming in early 2011.

set list - session 547 - September 11, 2010 - CURTISFEST, Curtis Park, Sacramento,CA

Instagon 547
September 11, 2010
CURTISFEST
Curtis Park, Sacramento, CA

It was a warm afternoon and Instagon was scheduled to close out the entertainment list for the 4th Annual CURTISFEST that was put together by the Curtis Park Neighborhood Committee, and well.. it was a damn fun time!

The day was like this.. 3 acts.. Mike Justis Band played from noon til 1pm.. they also brought a PA that that had to tear down and it took a little while for them to clear the stage area to make room for the next band.. the next band was Garage Jazz Architects...and well.. we (GJA) played short.. only about 30 mins.. but it was awesome!  we had also played early that morning on the television news program Good Day Sacramento....so what im sayin' is that by the time Instagon was actually ready to start, i was pretty tired..and it was hot.. so it make it really FEEL like I was tired. 

Instagon was scheduled to be a 6 pc ensemble.. with a trombone and trumpet that did not make it..but ended up a nice simple quartet.. well as simple as anything can really be when you have Tony Passarell playing! 

Tony ads a flavor of his own to any group he is sitting in with. This was his 2nd time playing with the deamon..he brought a keyboard and a horn.. and shined hard on both at various parts of the jam.   

On the drums for this session was local Sacramento percussion notable, Alex Jenkins...this was his first time playing with Instagon and it was really wonderful .. Alex is a great player and awesome to play with. Rounding out our quartet was our new friend John Keeling .. this was Johns 5th time playing so far this year, we like John.

The set was an hour long.. and we played a number of really upbeat jazz riffs that were just rolling scales of fun.  The "Deamon's Tube" was nearly 10 mins.. it was cool.  There was also something called "Jazz for Ra" that had teases and elements of Jazz for Satan inter-weaved within it.  Near the end there was a really smokin' version of Echophobic, and a cool sloppy Shut Down too.  We had a great time.. there were lots of vendors and people out with their families.. lots of art, and a petting zoo too!  probably one of the more odd gig's that Instagon has played.. but easily one of the funnest. 

Instagon #547
September 11, 2010
Curtis Park, Sacramento, CA
CURTISFEST

Invokation>
Running in the Park*>
Orgone Collector
Deamon's Tube
Little Turtle
Jazz for Ra*
Thruster
Spider
Curtis*
Echophobic
Shut Down (w/Pink Panther tease)

*fresh improv/new riff

Instagon 547 was:
LOB - lead bass
JOHN KEELING - guitar
ALEX JENKINS - drums
TONY PASSARELL - keyboard/horn

 

also Garage Jazz Architects, & Mike Justis Band

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all photos by Yvette Lucas

set list - session 545 - August 30, 2010 - The Hub Collective, Sacramento, CA

 

Instagon 545
August 30, 2010
The Hub Collective
Sacramento, CA

This was a Monday night show with a history... Originally the guys from PHYSICAL DEMON (from Seattle,WA) contacted Bobby from LIVER CANCER asking for him to help set up a show with them and AL QAEDA... Bobby doesn't really set up a ton of shows..but he is a great guy and did not want to say no.. so he asked XOME to play too, contacted Andrew from CHOPSTICK to help..and a show was on.. during one of our staff meetings for Norcal Noisefest.. this show came up and Bobby asked if Instagon would be into playing a band set for this show?  and also Chemical Angel was invited to play too.. so now the show had grown .. but it seemed that LIVER CANCER would not be able to play.. and in fact Bobby did not think he would even be in town to see this show due to work related scheduling...and so then the show was turned over totally to Andrew.. who went forward with the plan.. the room was booked.. the show was a go.  On the day of the show word came that AL QAEDA were going to cancel due to one of their members going into labor the night before (babies and noise are not a good mix, and so this was for sure a valid excuse  lol) .. and within minutes of this also CHEMICAL ANGEL canceled due to being called into work at the last minute..  and so SMITE! was called into fill the spot from Chemical Angel.. and we were preparing for perhaps an earlier night that planned.. but wait.. an hour before the show starts a call comes in that the other 2 members of AL QAEDA are on their way and play to play as a duo!! and so the show is ON.  And it went down just like that.  CHOPSTICK opened the show doing a set that was with a guitar and some effects...it was very reminiscent of Audioemetic... followed by a lengthy set from SMITE! ..who played nearly 10 minutes! .. 3rd up was XOME,.. Xome played to the largest audience of the night..  and he was amazing as always and actually broke the sound level at the Hub.. we were asked to turn it down by someone.. PHYSICAL DEMON played next and were very cosmic and dreamy..  AL QAEDA came on next with a 15 minute set of wicked noise and sonic sound sculpturing.
INSTAGON played last.. and we were originally set to be a 5 pc band.. with Shadow from Chemical Angel and a trumpet player too.. but Shadow did not make the gig.. and the trumpet player was too stoned at home and missed it too.. so we were the power trio.. and a power trio it was!

  This time around was the 3rd round playing for Drew Walker.. Drew is the drummer for the local Sac. band THOUSANDS, as well as other projects around the grid.  Drew is an awesome drummer that really has a good ear for fast paced improv. He also has some effects and triggers that he uses occasionally to spice up his sound.

Also on board for this show was John Keeling on the guitar.. this was John's 4th time playing with the Deamon this year.. we like John.. he is a fun player and really fills the holes well when the sonic chaos is brewing..  This was the first show that Instagon had played as a band without any pre-meditated theme or concept since May and so we were ready to let it loose..the show was smokin' from the very start of the Invokation.. the level of intensity in the room was high and every one was really ready to just punch it and let the chaos fly.. it was an rock power trio.. we tore it up for the short time we had to play.. the Jazz for Satan was particularly fun.. as it was not the standard swing rendition but something else completely different with a fresh bluesy approach.  The entire set was really powerful and special for those that out on a Monday night to be touched by the Deamon..

INSTAGON 545
August 30, 2010
The Hub Collective, Sacramento, CA


Invokation>
The Flux>
Hubbin', *
Dripfall
Jazz for Satan,
Echophobic

* new riff, fresh improv
 


INSTAGON 545 was:
LOB - lead bass/vocals
JOHN KEELING - guitar
DREW WALKER - drums

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flyer art and photos by Andrew Wayne

Set List - Session 542 - July 18, 2010 - The Hub Collective, Sacramento, CA

Instagon 542
July 18, 2010
The Hub Collective
Sacramento,CA

This show was something organized by Lob with the Norcal Noisefest Org. in preperation/promotions for the Norcal Noisefest happening in October. This is was the pre fest summer happening.  Instagon appeared first in the line up, so thanks to those that came out early.. the plan was the MIXER SET !..  this time around the players included Stefano Zeroli from INK ON SUIT, Chad E. Willams, and Ryan Tomasello from BLOOD INTO WATER, who drove up from San Jose area to play!

The plan was simple.. to keep it moody and droney.. and so we did.. it was an excellent configuration of the MIXER SET.. and a great warm up for the BIG mixer set we have planned for NFXIV in October.

The rest of the evening was just splendid.. it featured the return to performance of klowd from Sacramento... it was his first time out in over 2 years... and it was great to see him play live again..  also Lucio Menagon, now a resident of NYC was in the room and did a shredding set of solo antics on the guitar .. SMITE! mixed some 80's dance beat into audio goulash ...Peter J Woods brought BIG speakers and leveled high volume violin noise that was squeaky terror...INSURGENT THEATER left us stunned after an hour long 2 person play regarding the rape and torture of the people by the corporate empire...and in the end MUCKY THE DUCKY came to tear it up, and did not let anyone down, we who stayed know what we got to experience.. thanks guys!

INSTAGON  #542

July 18, 2010

The Hub Collective, Sacramento, CA

(mixer set)

"The Sickness ov Losing Friends Over Stupid Stuff On Facebook"
(30:00)

Instagon 542 was:
LOB (mixer contols/bass),
CHAD E. WILLIAMS (guitar),
STEFANO ZEROLI (synths)
RYAN TOMASELLO (laptop)

 

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all photos by Yvette Lucas

Set List - session 541 - July 5th, 2010 - On The Y, Sacramento, CA

INSTAGON #541
July 5, 2010
ON THE Y

Sacramento, CA

this thrash metal show was originally booked to happen at the 16th Cafe ...and so it was originally an all ages show....but after a last moment closure of the 16th Cafe..a new location was found.. but the show was now 21+.. thanks so much to Grant from On The Y for allowing us to have this random monday night metal happening.. the line up was really great if you are into that sorta metal.  Instagon opened this show.. and we were a trio of mayhem featuring Leo The Butcher on the skins and Jim Willig from (WANING) on the guitar.  we tore up nearly an hour of time and had many fine words said to us after we finished.. even were given an extra pitcher of beer for our enjoyment ..   Evangelists are a metal band from Seattle.. they are the ones that originally asked Instagon to play this show..and they were really great....also a duo called COMPETING played ..who are i think the same guys from The Wait but not the whole band.. who i guess couldnt make it.  Virulent Death closed out the show.. they were smokin'   .. it was a swell night of beer and metal.. no fireworks...just rock

INSTAGON #541
July 5, 2010

On The Y, Sacramento, CA

Invokation, 

The Sickness, 

Hand Of Doom**, (Black Sabbath riff)

Forward, 

Cambodian Holiday, (Dead Kennedy's riff)
Deamon's Tube, 

(For Whom The Bell Tolls Tease) (Metallica riff)

Jazz for Satan,
Shut Down> (Germs riff) O

Forward (reprise)>

Shut Down

** last time played 5-15-09 (39 shows)

also played "For Whom The Bell Tolls" as a sound check. 1st time played, no recording exists

Instagon 541 was:
LOB - lead bass
LEO THE BUTCHER - drums
JIM WILLIG - guitar

someone named Randy took this picture.

set list - session 538 - IN THE FLOW Sacramento Jazz Festival, Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA - 5-16-2010

INSTAGON 538
May 16, 2010
Beatnik Studios
Sacramento, CA
IN THE FLOW FESTIVAL III

Riddled with obstacles.. but once again Instagon appeared at this 3rd annual happening presented by Ross Hammond and the Greater Broadway Partnership called IN THE FLOW FESTIVAL. .. We were a late addition to this event, not on the original press release, but generously offered a morning spot on the 3rd day of the event, which we gladly accepted.  (thank you Ross!)..a Sunday morning..11am opening spot..   ( BROTHERS AND SISTERS.. please come in and sit your selves down and be ready for the morning revival of the daemonic chaos Sunday morning ritual and possession of the garage jazz virus..)  So .. as i was saying...riddled with obstacles.. we arrived on time....a little after 10am for an 11am set... there was no one at the venue yet to let us in.. .we waited.. finally around 10:25 we were let in and started to setup..  about 10:40 we realized we had no snare or cymbals for the drum kit.. this was fortunately taken care of quickly by there luckily being another drum kit on site being used for the Festival.   ..about 10:50..my bass was plugged in, and it did not work. ..we went frantic looking for a Phillips screwdriver to open the beast up.. and when we finally got inside, i had broken a connection wire.. an easy fix with a soldering iron .. something we did not have available.. a bass was borrowed from someone we are told was actually in Texas and did not know i was using his bass for chaosmagickjazzrituals.. so better not to tell him i suppose.. and after a quick visit by THE CAPTAIN we were off to feeling better about this whole thing and ready to pull some whoop-ass on the Sunday Morning easy vibe..
Joining us for this session were local favorites CHAD E. WILLIAMS, DEX LOPAZ, & D.RAY GRISHAM, who just tears up the wind with a trumpet in our mix.. Its great to be able to add that element to the shows lately...also playing horn, but Saxophone was our special guest of the morning RENT ROMUS (Lords of Outland) from San Franscisco!  Rend came to play.. and play he did.. just taking the stage by storm and playing a firey set for such an early morning time window!
It was a short set by normal show standards..but it was a LOT of fun and some really awesome grooves happened..  the "Deamon's Tube" from this set is nearly 11 minutes and just MOVES!!. 

this show is available for download for only $3

.. share it with a friend ...spread the virus..

INSTAGON 538
5-16-2010
Beatnik Studios, Sacramento, CA
IN THE FLOW FESTIVAL 3

Invokation >
In The Flow,
Deamon's Tube,
Undoing,
Orgone Collector
(40:00)


LOB - lead bass
RENT ROMUS - saxophone
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DEX LOPAZ - drums
D.RAY GRISHAM - trumpet

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photos by Yvette Lucas
IN THE FLOW poster design by Lob

set list - session 537 - Body Tribe Fitness Parking Lot, Midtown Sacramento, CA - 2nd Saturday Art Walk- May 8, 2010 - Lob's Birthday!

INSTAGON 537
May 8, 2010
Body Tribe Fitness Parking Lot
Midtown Sacramento, CA
(lob's birthday)

Every year Chip Conrad (Instagon Alumni!) owner of Body Tribe Fitness hosts an art showing turning the gym into a gallery for the monthly 2nd Saturday activities.. some art stays up all month...but most are for the single evenings event.  the show is simply titled  "THE BODY" and featured many amazing local 

Sacramento artists. I (Lob) had a digital photo art piece in the show.. sort of a self portrait called "The Grateful Knee"  that is the image you are looking at above.   It is a 2 layer print of this image hand done, and signed. It measures 11x14 and is framed. It did not sell the night if this show and is available...just simply ask if you are interested in this or seeing any more my art.  So, this year Chip's 2nd Saturday show event for "The Body" happened to fall on May 8th.. which is my birthday.  Instagon was asked to play the event, that it happened to be my birthday was merely a fantastic synchronicity.   As with years previously when the Deamon has played on my birthday, i usually invite a huge number of players.. some might consider it too many.. but i am personally all about the chaos and flow of a large number of musicians.. (i think that is my Sun Ra influence sneaking through again) so for this outing Instagon consisted of  2 DRUMMERS .(we sure did have fun with that in HB the previous week and well we had the room, so why not go there again), the drummers were 

MARK HALVERSON (Garage Jazz Architects) and DEX LOPAZ (Chikading!) 

both who have played a number of shows with the Deamon and who both had a GREAT time playing drums against each other..  there were also 3 GUITARS!  CHAD E. WILLIAMS (Garage Jazz Architects) of course came out.. and he was screamin' the leads and laying it down in the streets of Sac that night for sure.. DAVE STONE (ThouSands) also came to play.. he was tearing it up and having fun.. this was his 3rd time playing so far..  a new friend STEVE CROWELL is a 

 blues guitarist we met via Craigs List.. it was cool of him to come out and jam with no notice and no idea what he was getting into.. another new friend of the day was PATRICK CLAYPOOL playing an Electric Violin! 

Patrick found us via Facebook.. and he is the first one to come to play from that Frequency! It was gret to have him play and we look forward to more adventures with our new friends in the future.. rounding all of this out of course was the bass of the deamon rider. ..there was also a 4th guitarist that traded places with Dave Stone who came up in the middle of one of the sets.. his name was later told to be TYLER COOK.  We played 3 sets.. each longer than the previous one.. we started in the evening.. and played into the night.. it was my birthday.. it was special

INSTAGON 537
5-8-2010
BODY TRIBE FITNESS, SACRAMENTO, CA


1:
Invokation >
Red Planet Landing >
My Little Red Planet,
Deamon's Tube,
orgone Collector,
Spider,
Undoing
(34;00)

2:
Jazz for Satan
Set the Controls  (pink floyd riff)
Cows,
Echophobic,
Brainwashed Love,
Thruster,
Sunshine of your Love (cream riff)
(45:00)


3:
the Flux,
BuzzKill,
Speed of Light,
Space walk,
Rock Lobster, (B-52'S riff)
Black Knight*  (Deep Purple riff, first time played)
Cambodian Holiday (Dead Kennedy's riff)
Cozmic,
The Day You Were Born,
Shut Down (Germs riff)O
  (with Pink Panther tease)
(65:00)


LOB - bass/vocals
CHAD E. WILLIAMS - guitar
DAVID STONE - guitar
STEVE CROWELL - guitar
MARK HALVERSON - drums
DEX LOPAZ - drums
PATRICK CLAYPOOL - electric violin
TYLER COOK- guitar

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all photos by Yvette Lucas