The Pendulum show at the Nokia Club (which is not the Nokia Theater, thank you very much random lady standing around the entrance of the Theater and letting us know we are in the wrong place) was the first time I was going to see a band perform live drum and bass. According to our in-house Drum and Bass expert, Noel, we were in for a good show.

After some running around trying to figure out where to get our press passes and tickets for the show we finally get inside. And by we, I mean Mike, because Noel, Byron, and I went back to the car to calm our nerves a bit. Noel and Byron did it by drinking more alcohol and I did it by deep-breathing. Mike was getting a little lonely in there all by himself and keeps texting us updates. I’m sure if you follow us on our fakeRICH twitter you saw Mike’s almost second by second account of what was going on that night (or any night).

Finally we get a text saying “Pendulum is on!” Byron and Noel stumble on over to the club. I follow eventually. Now this is cool. My ticket gets me into the VIP section. At the Nokia Club this entails the use of a separate side door and two, not just one, but two, private elevators. Stairs? No. VIPs don’t use stairs. In my elevator, I named it Elle, there was this nice lady operating the elevator. VIPs don’t push buttons either. The lady was very nice, we joked, we laughed, we shared some moments, and then the elevator, Elle, came to a full and complete stop and the elevator operator said, “Welcome to the Nokia Club VIP Sir.” Apparently VIPs get everything announced for them too. I parted ways with Elle and the nicest elevator operator I ever met.

After all that I expected the VIP area to be amazing. Beuaitful girls, long legs, free stuff. It was nothing like that. So I went to the first level to go see The Glitch Mob, because Mike, apparently lonely, lied about Pendulum being on. Well my VIP wristband wouldn’t allow me to get on the floor of the club, so I had to go back up to the seating on the upper levels. Now here’s a note about the Nokia Club, by no choice of my own, I found out that there is not a bad seat in the house.

Well I finally catch up with Noel and Byron up in the nosebleeds and The Glitch Mob is just killing it. The crowd loves them. It was my first time seeing them live and they were great. I wouldn’t mind seeing them again. Since I got there a bit late I am only able to catch the end of their show.

Next was Pendulum.

I was never a big fan of Drum and Bass. I lived overseas for a couple years and I heard tons of it then. The driving drums and the non-stop bass always rubbed me the wrong way. But this was different. It was live. Live musicians playing this ridiculously fast music.

It was more fun than I imagined. I looked around and everyone else was loving it. The fat goth chick was jumping up and down and the whole world seemed to shake with her. The WoW nerd down the aisle was swinging an imaginary sword to the beat of the music, he was gonna kill that dragon. The kids dressed in their best raver gear were tripping on E, or so it seemed, but I think it was just a sugar rush.

All the while Pendulum was going and going and going.

Eventually it all came to an end. And I was pleasantly surprised by the band. They had tons of energy and the Affliction shirts they were wearing meant they meant business. They were here to rock our socks off…And wouldn’t you know it, my socks fell down just a bit by the end of the night. But that could have been from the elevator rides.

I wanted to say thank you to Derek from GoldenVoice and Danny from MediaContender for hooking up the show…you guys are our heros.

PENDULUM – PROPANE NIGHTMARES

EVIL NINE – ALL THE CASH FEAT EL P (THE GLITCH MOB REMIX)

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