This one will be a tag team. I'll give my review of the opening acts and the first few songs of SGL but then Mike will take over for the rest of the show. It was an all ages show, however Mike did find out that in the 5th song, it would be a good idea for me to take the kids home.
There was a little mix up with the time the doors were going to open we ended up arriving to Studio 7 at 7pm which was advertised BUT the doors weren't opening until 8pm. We visited with a friend and his daughter's troop of friends for a few but ended up back in the car to wait it out.
Finally in the door, we got to enjoy the people watching the crowd was providing. Mohawks to the left, pink tutus to the right and every neon hair color you can imagine. This was an all ages show, so the under 21's had to stay downstairs and the over 21's could head upstairs for a drink. I really like the layout of Studio 7 just for these types of shows. It is very easy to keep the kids where they should be.
Around 9pm a couple of clowns started to make their way around the lower room. One was on stilts and both had a more vintage vaudeville clown look going on. The best part was seeing our daughter overcome her fear and loathing of clowns on stilts. She had been telling Mike on the way to the show how she really didn't like clowns on stilts. They gave her the creeps. But she took his hand when he offered it and danced with him for a little bit. Our son was having no part in the dancing - just yet. We bought a CD and a SGL Haz-Mat suit for Mike to wear while he was taking pictures.
The clowns made their way onto the stage and started to remove things from a large refrigerator size box. Out came a chainsaw, a knife like the ones knife throwers use, a bowling ball, a grenade, and a very large jug of booze. Once they had shown off their booty, they took the box apart only to find a live marionette inside. The clown on stilts started to move his new toy around the stage to the song 'Coin Operated Boy' by The Dresden Dolls. The marionette grew tired of his strings and escaped them only to show off his new talents - juggling the things they took out of the box earlier. The chainsaw was even ON. This impressed the kids. My son's take away though was that he wanted us to find the song to put on his Shuffle.
The second opening act was Titanium Sporkestra. They bill themselves as a punk rock marching band. There are 8 horns and 8 drummers. They play songs from the likes of Slayer, Cop Shoot Cop and Social Distortion to name a few. The leader wears a megaphone that he straps to his back and uses it to talk to the crowd and get them yelling. They are pretty interesting for those who appreciate a good drum line.
Finally, it was time for Super Geek League to take the stage. The kids were aware that there could be pies thrown and water squirted on the crowd so they stayed back to start with. When the confetti cannon went off to open the show, my son was a goner and made his way over to the area where the confetti fell the heaviest. The songs were fun the the visuals of the band were fantastic. Super Geek League is the the band of geek super heroes completely unlike say, the Super Friends or Justice League. Their outfits are pretty damn fabulous though. The majority of the band are in silver jumpsuits with a huge sunflower on their right 'lapel'. The lead diva was in a silver outfit that look one heck of a lot like bubble wrap. There was a Power Ranger looking guy and you can't forget the G-Nomes. These are the guys who control the confetti, throw things and just cause a bunch of havoc.
By this time though... The 5th song was about to begin and Mike was shoving us out the door. He had been warned that the more 'Adult' portion of the show was gonna start here. He said it was about 2 minutes after we had left.....
I was going to have Mike finish the blog, but apparently he has had a bit too much going on lately to finish this post. I'll let his pictures to his commenting for him.
