Obituary - The Band

After working a good ten hours on a Sunday, I had about enough, and was in dire need of a drink. Brian’s band was playing at some event called a “DeathFest” where a bunch of different metal bands get together and play their hearts out, for $30 you get multi-staged metal starting at 11a.m. and the last act didn’t end till a little past midnight (I think). I knew I was going to miss Brian’s show, but I just wanted to see my best friend and have a drink so I made my way over to Fenix Underground (this is the nicest venue I’ve seen him play at, metal bands usually end up in the armpits of the world).
It was so good to be out…and I had forgotten Brian’s friend from New York is out here…CarrieAnne, the sweetest dominatrix there is (yes, she whips people for a living). I would be lying if I said she’s never flogged me before. Hey, I was curious what the whole S&M scene was about and she gave me a tour of the dungeon she was working at in L.A., so a little flogging thrown in wasn’t that out of place. I can honestly now say, that’s not quite my scene but I can understand why some people dig it. Just the visuals alone are much better than any Japanese anime porn.
So anyhow, Brian was really giddy last night because the last band playing was what he called “The Grandfather of Death Metal” or better known as “Obituary”. The band has been around for a little over 20 years, but they did break-up for 8 years...the singer quit, and became a programmer for a while. Heheheh. Programmer. They got back together not too long ago. Brian loves the singer so much, I 'm pretty sure he wants to marry him.
Trying to take pictures of a metal band is next to impossible because they all have crazy long hair and thrash around like a mofo. I can never quite figure out how they can headbang while singing/playing whatever instrument without strangling themselves or choke on their own hair. I can barely headbang without falling over and knocking myself out cold.
Also if I haven't mentioned how freaking scary the mosh pit can be, I saw a guy carried out from the pit with blood gushing from one of his eyes.