The Kids Are Alright - MAD MAN's thoughts on punk band, Piss Poor
Last night I had the express pleasure of downing a few cold ones with Rob from legendary South Texas band, Piss Poor, and thought I'd bring the rest of you in on some of the events and subjects of the evening.
For those of you unfamiliar with the South Texas music scene, Piss Poor was a controversial punk band whose exploits throughout the late nineties and early millenium earned them almost mythic status in their genre and were even barred from the city of McAllen pending a riotous incident after the bands' last show there. In 2002 their drummer relocated to London, England, and the band has since gone their seperate ways but still remain amicable. Though in distinctly different music genres, Piss Poor remains eternally linked to vgZero through our very own Jake Blair, who rocked guitar for Piss Poor from their inception and throughout their entire run.
So last night, Jake and I were jamming with our brother band, Becoming Dead, who is humorously enough, fronted by Harley Pruett - another alumni member of Piss Poor. After leaving the Becoming Dead\vgZero All Stars jam session, (the results of which you may read about in the next practice log) me and Jake, despite an aborted attempt at meeting up with some other friends, once again teamed up with stalwart MAD Girl, Kacie K, loaded up on beer, and ventured off into the night.
Our quest for ultimate bad-assery eventually found us in Rob's company amidst many hugs, hearty welcomes, and slaps on the back as Jake and Rob hadn't seen each other in quite some time. We hung out in Rob's backhouse with a few of his friends and family, cranked up some Motley Crue, drank ourselves stupid, and tried to keep a certain member of our party from poisoning himself with a bottle of Zap. The night was fairly uneventful - just some old and new friends sharing a few drinks, but the topic of one particular conversation stayed with me for a while and kind of prompted me to jot my thoughts down on it. That topic being the possibility of organizing a one-night Piss Poor reunion show later this summer.
Offhand, such a project would seem to be pretty academic: get the guys together, book the show, give them some practice time, and then get 'em on stage, but it may not be so easy when one considers how drastically people can change over two years. The posibility of a one-shot show remains nonetheless and is further bolstered by the fact that their drummer is expected to briefly stop off in the US sometime in June. I myself, am an outsider in their affairs, but my curiosity compells me to ponder the opportunity, and I'm fairly certain that I'm not alone.
I guess time will tell for sure.
I'd also like to give a big, fucking METAL shout out to Rob for being a gracious host, and for being above the bullshit between our two hometown scenes. Rock on.
-mad