Face Value,Battle of the Bands- Dreamworld,
Saturday, August 10
Dreamworld Music Complex is a haven for creativity. John Tunnell, the
owner,
always tries to challenge the mind and encourage you to think outside
the box.
A lot of bands get their start there, many playing shows and using
their
recording studios. They have a Battle of the Bands every month. September
5,
they will have their Battle of the Champions (the winners of the Band
Battles)
and the winner will get to make a music video.
At this Battle of the Bands, Dank went on first. They were a horror-rock
band,
complete with faces painted like skulls, and they covered a bunch of
Misfits
songs.
The second band, Face Value, was hard as hell. Much like Disturbed,
they were
an emotionally-driven, going "Waaaack," -duh-duh, "Waaa!"
A lot of the kids stayed outside during the third band, Prussia, but
they missed
out on a truly artistic band. All of the musicians in the band
played well- the
guitarist stood out playing both power chords and Leeds,
also using the neck on his guitar itself to alter the sound, and even used
a capo (a clip which when put on a guitar neck changes it's sound) .
After that was Blood Stained Carpet, who had two guitarists and were
unbelievably fast. The mosh pit started and didn't stop, continuing
into the
final band, Nimic, who was also bad-assed.
Kyle Lofton
dallasmusic.com