we found this place after blind willie's was not to my friend's liking. we started wandering down the street and a few doors down from BD we found this not very welcoming little place with a trashy sign above. i don't know what pulled us in and after becoming $14 poorer we proceeded to go downstairs where we found this really loud metal band playing (metal bands? are they still around?). the lead singer had stage presence (a lot of antics) but his "singing" sucked big time. the band was worth it, knew well what they were doing. then comes another lead singer who sucked more and that's when it hitme: it's a metal karaoke with a live band. and old school metal too: zeppelin, sabbath, motley, and the like. the lightest song that night was "don't stop believing" which some dude massacred. but some of the singers were actually pretty good. you could tell they were probably regulars or had practiced a few times before. i had been looking for a kakaoke bar for so long but i'm a rocker and the ones i had seen somehow weren't my thing but this one... i felt like moses when he saw the promised land. the karaoke is only on saturdays and mondays i heard. the crowd was very eclectic, some kids (and i mean kids) looked straight out of the '80s (wannabes) but i'm thinking "you weren't even BORN when KISS was playing that song kiddo... other women were wearing their spring dresses (really). a lot of spiked hair and a lot of black around... i was very preppy and my friend very "tough working class guy" but we didn't feel out of place. there's a bar but the stage drama was too interesting, didn't care about the beer and i think most people didn't care either. you pay $20 to sing (steep i think) but can get your performance on DVD (i suppose for a few bucks more). we stayed there until they kicked us out at 2am (too early). will be back again and again and again and...!
Pros: metal karaoke? woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cons: over at 2am? come on...
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