tour diary - or bust... (december '00)

Boston Dec 5 Middle East
This was a really long day. We took the ferry to Connecticut for the first time in order to avoid the typical frustrating traffic getting to Boston, it was really cool. Boston has traditionally been great for us and this show was no exception. We did play too late and it was finals week, not to worry though, Boston isn’t a big college town. Drummerboy Keith played his first show with us that day and it was a rocker. The only downer was the constant electrocution I being made to endure the entire set from the Mic. Every time I would touch the mic I would get a shock so bad all the stage lights flickered, it added to the light show, but I was little dizzy afterwards. Garrison and Prizefighter rocked as well and I don’t think they got shocked. A friend came wearing a great YES belt buckle that I was very envious of though. Show was dedicated to Gatti and Liv, drunk freaks who know how to really enjoy an ET11 show!!!! Thanks to Jeremy, Kristy and Six Going on Seven.

Buffalo Dec 6^th
Long ass drive in a blizzard, in fact it was so bad they shut the city down, but that didn’t stop us from playing the 99 Custer House. The opening acts were really funny, our friend Vic’s band played, he dressed as a trailer trash rocker, not a stretch, just kidding…next was Carl, an acoustic one man act whose name is actually Justin. He was brilliant and very very funny. It was so cold in the basement that Adam and I actually played with our parka’s on! The show was lots of fun, even god can’t stop the fun. This was a last minute show set up by Laura, thank you to her as well as Vic and Ricki.

Grand Rapids, MI Dec 7th
We couldn’t make the show in time, instead we drove in a blizzard for 9 hours and made a b-line for Detroit. We got our friend Vanessa’s house which would be home for the next 3 days. This particular night consisted of heavy drinking, what a shock!

Flint, MI Dec 8th
This show was close and the weather was good for once. This was one of those last minute we need a show shows. We wound up playing with 2 cover bands and a band with a DJ. The first band opened with "Smell’s Like Teen Spirit". I couldn’t have felt more Spinal Tap, it was actually really funny. We played like shit which was a bummer, but it happens, no one knew the difference. Thanks for the show Chris, we know you tried. That night we returned to St Andrews (local club) in Detroit for a benefit they were having with 10 punk bands, not my style but free drinks made up for that.

Chicago, IL Double Door Dec 9th
This place was huge!!!! It was a real venue!!! We don’t get this opportunity often. The soundcheck sounded amazing, little did we know that horror that would ensue. The dressing room had beer on ice for us, this was all too much. Were we in Europe? Was it a dream? This is what happens when the right people make calls on your behalf. WOW!!!! Anyway, we get on stage and EVERYTHING goes wrong. It was almost comical. I mean everything blew up, it was sabotage (not the band)! But as usual, the crowd was nonethewiser and by the 4^th song we were rolling. I have to say that playing to 30 year olds in leather jackets is refreshing from time to time. IT was a great show (at least to the crowd, we needed medication afterwards) and we celebrated to the max! The last thing I remember was being at a bar where the bartender had attended the show and offered free drinks. Apparently we locked Brian in the trailer among other silly hyjinx. All I know is that I was back at Vanessa’s at 9:30 am in Detroit and we almost slept through our soundcheck the next day (or that day at that point).

Detroit, MI Shelter Dec 10th
Detroit has always shown us a lot of love. That whole thing about it being a rock town, it is really true. The radio stations there play stuff you just don’t hear anywhere else. The vibe is usually great. The venue is one of the better one’s on the touring circuit . but honestly there was always something I didn’t like about the stage, but I just couldn’t remember, then during soundcheck it hit me. I get the loudest radio feed ever through my amp at the Shelter. Everything on stage right does. So, playing slow quiet stuff is almost impossible. It is always something. I was VERY unhappy, but we endured. Our friends Remainder and Kid Brother Collective played great. This was by far the best we played on the tour. I celebrated by knocking over drums and throwing guitars, punk huh? . It was fun. But that was just the beginning, the club turned in "Booty Night" after the show. We were given all access and all free drinks for the evening for which Vanessa (whose B-day it was) and Kid Brother Collective joined us in. It was really funny. 300 fights, blood everywhere, girls in the skimpiest outfits ever. We really stuck out, but in a really funny way as was caught on our video camera.

Drive home Dec 11th
Needless to say the entire drive home (all 17 hours) was through a blizzard that seemed to never stop. By the end of the trip we had one headlight and no taillights. Short but sweet, there it was...

have readded the whole library of past shows for viewing:

11.02.99
01.26.00
05.17.00
08.29.00
08.30.00
08.02.01

can we hear a collective "whoo hoo"?!?!

a word from arty:  (january '01)

Hi everyone!!! Just wanted to give all of our friendly visitors an update on the goings on in ET11 land. First off, although we have been less than visible as of late, we have been very busy. We have been writing and recording at a feverish pace. Although we are not sure when or where the recent recordings will come out, we hope to get some newer stuff up on this site regardless. I also wanted to comment on the drummer situation. As some of you might know, Erik is no longer with the band. We wish him the best of luck. Our policy throughout the entire situation has been silence, mostly because there was nothing to say. Public discussion seemed unnecessary. I would like to thank the people who understood that. The important thing to us is the music, which there is an abundance of and our goal is to get it to the broadest audience possible. We are here to write music and that is what we plan on continuing doing. As of yet, we have not found an official replacement, but we will let you know when we do.

Onwards, we did a 6 day tour in early December that was great, despite the HORRIBLE weather. I would like to thank all the people that came to see us despite snow storms and college finals. I would also like to thank Vanessa from Detroit for housing us (and getting us free drinks) and being overly hospitable for multiple days. I will put up my tour diary, I am working on it. There should be an edited for TV tour video soon enough, it is funny as hell.

We are putting out a limited edition colored vinyl split 7" with our Swiss friends Favez on Diving Empire Records from Sweden. This is a limited European release (500 copies) that will feature the song "Right Again’ from our Crank! Ep and an unreleased acoustic song. There will be info for ordering it when it is available. We are also working on a possible spring tour, but that is still being discussed. In the meantime we will be playing NYC in the early part of this year. The date will be posted as soon as it is confirmed. Since the last time I wrote I have also noticed quite a few of our tunes being used on various MTV and ESPN shows, which is really cool even though we don’t get paid for it. Look out for it. It is all very exciting…..

Arty

from arty... with love  (november '00)

While we are waiting for the newly designed site to get its ass in gear and get combined with this one, I wanted to start something that hopefully will continue, a somewhat often update from the band itself.

I wanted to thank everyone who came out to this past weeks shows and rocked out with us. All we ever ask is for people in the crowd to have as much fun as we are having on stage and it seemed like our mission was accomplished.

Every show was special to us because we were with our good friends SAMIAM whom I would like to send a big thank you to as well. Even with the breakdown of their van and having to be stuffed in ours, they managed to play great and have a fun time everynight. Nobody can party like those guys. We wish them the best of luck with the rest of their tour. Please buy their new record called "Astray", it rocks.

As for ET11 news, we are currently in the studio doing demos and writing new tunes. There is a CMJ show in Oct., a UK tour planned for early Nov. and a short stint on the upcoming Sets A Fire Tour also in Nov.

Also I would like to thank the wonderful young lady who runs this site, her name is Amanda and she deserves MAJOR PROPS!!!

Enough ass kissing out of me.

LET'S ROCK THE FUCK OUT!!!!!!!!

Drinking and Fucking,
Arty & the ET11