TechStock a couple weeks ago was a tremendous amount of fun. For tonight's Old Towne gig, for the first time in recorded history, we have a 5-person lineup. Which is fucking sweet.
Welcome
Gabe
Rollins will be making a comeback for the Old Towne show. But for TechStock, bass duties will be handled by Gabriele 'Gabe' Pichierri. Dude is a fantastic musician and we're happy to welcome him to the TSS family!
TechStock | Old Towne
A couple new shows are on the books. See y'all there!
2017
As 2017 comes to a close, it's hard not to be overwhelmed by all the awesome times we had together as band this year. Simultaneously, however, the feeling is bittersweet, as we had to say goodbye our friend and bassist, Chris Rollins. Did he die? No, not quite - he moved to Alaska.
We love you, man - you'll always be our brotha.
Sputnik!!!
I honestly had no idea, but turns out that our gig on the 4th will coincide with the 60 year anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. Holy shit. Erik gets full credit for making the connection. So come drink many drinks comrades! And celebrate space. -K
HEAT
It's been about 1000 degrees in Pasadena for the last week. So we've been hiding away in the garage - just drinking and jamming. As a result, we'll have some new songs to play on the October 4th gig, for which we are stoked.
To our great dismay however, our brother Chris Rollins will be moving to Alaska immediately after the gig. So make sure to come out and sponsor his IPAs.
We continue to be in denial at the prospect of him leaving us for glaciers.
4 parts
Sometimes, 4 parts is simply not enough. So you have to have... 5 parts. The newest song we added to our set is a 5-part composition that ventures into arabic (double harmonic) scale and has multiple breakdowns. Not sure we can learn it in time for the next gig...K
Complete
Finally, pictured in the decade where we belong.
The setlist this Friday will be:
1. Roadhouse Blues (cuz you gotta do the Doors to represent SoCal)
2. Freeway (from Liquid Water '07)
3. Outlaw (from the new-new album)
4. Leaves Have Fallen (from the new album)
5. Pouring Rain (again, new-new album)
6. Painted Skies (Chris S. wrote this one!)
7. Rolling Stone (Erik has much respect for the Nobel-prize winner)
8. Come Undone (from the new album)
9. Jonny I Hardly Knew Ye (take yeh lobstah and shove it up yeh saahx)
10. Complacency (Chris S wrote this one too!)
11. Bold as Love (keep the hate at bay yo)
12. Deuterium (from the new-new album)
13. encore? Another SoCal classic
- KB
It's On
Incomplete
Erik has been ripping up the curl in Costa Rica. In the meantime, practicing with just the three of us, I've noticed how remarkably hollow the sound is without him. Here is a pic of me and the two Chris's looking in different directions waiting for him to come back. Which should be tomorrow.
- KB
- KB
Previous events
Come celebrate the end of the academic year, and the beginning of summer with us at Old Towne! Rumor has it that Rollins will make a much-anticipated comeback on the bass!
Get ready for this year's Techstock, the annual Battle of the (Caltech/JPL) bands plus national-touring headlining band. But how is that more exciting than watching your buddies/TAs/profs/students play?
We are back at Old Towne on October 4th. Come rock out with us in this iconic Pasadena venue, and buy Chris Rollins many drinks, for later that night he will be placed on a flight to Alaska and the rest of us will miss him greatly.
Games | Food Trucks | Black/White/Carnival Attire | The Seventh Season Live
What could go wrong?...
Instead of drinking alone on this St. Patrick's day, come rock out with us in this iconic Pasadena venue! As with most great things, it's hidden: to get inside, you have to take the alley going south off of Holly between Raymond and Fair Oaks.
Come rock out with us in this iconic Pasadena venue! As with most great things, it's hidden: to get inside, you have to take the alley going south off of Holly between Raymond and Fair Oaks.
8:45 pm - The Seventh Season
10:00 pm - Spooky Island
11:00 pm - Hot Sauce Holiday