(Photos via Anna Jaye Goellner, bless her.)
Kirby Krackle's KRACKLEFEST gig last Friday was almost a disaster. Lucky for us, we had an arrow in our quill that ultimately saved the day: the best fans ever.
They knew every word. Every word! So when after a full day of chatting it up with folks on the ECCC tradeshow floor Kyle's voice was suddenly reduced to a croak by the second song, the crowd totally had his back. We had pre-sold nearly 200 tickets, and having a full house of nerd-rock fans taking the lead, shouting the verses to "Ring Capacity" and "Great Lakes Avengers" and more, was amazing to experience from the stage. We surfed that wave all the way to shore.
We had a lot riding on this show. We were all set up to do a live recording and were filming the whole thing in hopes of putting together a live DVD. That plan went out the window, which is disappointing, but in a lot of ways it turned into one of our best-ever shows. When people sang along, they sang loudly and enthusiastically. When we went back onstage for the encore, it was real, not some pre-planned B.S., we were very literally summoned back by the crowd. What an evening. Endless thanks to KK fans everywhere for saving our butts, and kudos to Kyle, for being the kind of frontman every band secretly covets.
Want proof? Here's yer proof: