Zombies, CONs, Video News and a Mic Check

Greetings Tribe!  February’s been a big month for The Unsatisfied.  We played a coupla great shows and got a lot accomplished, with the help of YOU, our fans, friends and families.  We started out the month with a killer show at Sluggo’s North in Chattanooga that was booked to shoot a scene for our upcoming video release ‘The Lovin’.  Thanks to our devoted Tribe we had a great turn-out and got some really good footage.  The crowd even helped us out by all wearing masks for one scene!  We can’t thank everyone who attended enough…this is going to be a super-cool scene in the final video!  We’d also like to give a big thanks to our good friends The Value for opening the show and revving up the crowd with their classic punk rock sound.  If you haven’t heard this group, check them out on Reverbnation or facebook.  They play some real, honest rock’n’roll.  Of course, I can’t forget Ashley and Terry, owners of Sluggo’s for letting us take over their room for a day! Thanks guys!! Sluggo’s ROCKS!

This past weekend (Feb 17-19) we had a blast hanging out and performing at ConNooga, Chattanooga’s best Sci-Fi and Comics convention.  Friday evening Eric and I were on a panel with a few of the members of Radio Cult and Bella Morte where we all told tales of the trials and tribulations of being in a band on the road.  A few of the younger guys in the audience seemed to get a real kick out of some of these stories.  Later that night we got to see Leticia Wolf perform and caught Radio Cult’s set as well, Great Stuff!!  Eric also did a phone-in interview on idobi.com/radio that should be available as a podcast soon, if you weren’t tuned in.  Saturday afternoon we all had the pleasure of doing an interview with Mr. Timothy Dean of TDB Pirate Radio.  It was good to finally meet him and we’ll spread the word as soon as the podcast goes up.  That night we had one of the coolest Unsatisfied shows ever!  We were joined on stage by a fairly fresh dead girl, a mutated zombie and The Devil himself.  During the course of the performance Eric danced with the dead, was beaten and berated by The Devil and finally attacked by a zombie who gutted him on stage!  All this, and he arose from the stage to finish the set soaked in his own “blood”!  What a show!!   After we cleaned up our mess and caught our collective breaths we stopped in at a few of the room parties and had a ball!  ConNooga was a great time and we hope to be back with an even bigger show next year.  We want to thank Jesse Shorter, Destiny Scealf and Dylan Bales for their parts in our show (recognize any of those surnames?).  They took an already intense performance and helped to propel it to a whole other level.  Be on the lookout for more of this kinda stuff at our shows in the future, we’re just getting started with this!  We also want to thank Mitch Davis for an awesome job as our photographer this weekend.  You can see his photos as well as some video from the show on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/theunsatisfied

Now, down to some serious business…Our dear friend, singer and Tribal Shaman, Eric Scealf has lost a precious possession.  In ’95 Eric was given a Shure SM58 microphone by Lux Interior of The Cramps.  Lux had just spent the last little while bashing the mic into the stage at The Roxy, (so much that a sliver of wood from the stage was lodged beneath the windscreen).   That was the first time Eric got to meet his hero Lux, and since then he kept that mic like a trophy.  He actually used it for a few shows right after he received it.  You just can’t kill an SM58, but Eric decided to retire it to the trophy shelf and not risk further damage to it.  For the last few years he’s carried it with us in his make-up case whenever we’re performing or taping something.  It’s Eric’s talisman, his good-luck charm.  Recently, it came up missing.  There’s a story about it here:     http://performermag.com/2012/02/13/the-unsatisfied-offer-reward-for-missing-microphone-used-by-lux-interior-of-the-cramps/

Please help spread the word on this, it means alot to all of us.  Eric has posted a $500.00 reward for its return.  If you hear anything you can contact us at theunsatisfied@gmail.com

In the mean time check out our facebook and Reverbnation pages and keep on the watch for another video release soon.  I’ll be back in a few weeks with more news and happenings about The Unsatisfied! Til then: Luv’n’Blood!!

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The Unsatisfied: Stoking the Fires in the Dead of Winter

Salutations Tribe!  It’s miserable out so you might as well snuggle up with your dear ol’ Unsatisfied and rock out for awhile!  We’ve been staying busy with all sorts of projects and plans, lemme fill you all in…

Our main project right now is the filming of a new concept video for ‘The Lovin’ from ‘Songs the Belt Taught Us’.  This will be our second “Official” video released from that CD, but what really makes this one special is that YOU could be in it!  On February 11 we will be shooting scenes for a portion of the video at Sluggo’s North in Chattanooga.  The shoot will involve a live set by The Unsatisfied with a few pauses for audience participation and shooting some different angles.  Local punk legends The Value are gonna warm up the crowd before the taping begins.  It’ll be like a regular show with some fun extras going on and it’s only $1 to get in.  Basically you’ll get to see 2 of Chattanooga’s finest acts in a very intimate setting, and be in some scenes for The Unsatisfied’s next video!  All for a buck!!  Plus, Sluggo’s has great food and cold beer…what more could you want?  Check our facebook page for more details and times.   http://www.facebook.com/theunsatisfied

You can get more info on Sluggo’s here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/sluggos-north-vegetarian-cafe/201791988139

We’re also in the middle of rehearsing and planning for this year’s ConNooga.  If you’re not in the know, ConNooga is a killer Comic and Sci-Fi convention held every February at The Chattanooga Choo-Choo.  This’ll be our second year performing, and we can’t wait!  Eric and E.T. have cooked up a stage-show that ought to rival anything we’ve ever pulled off before!  Last year our performance was slightly interrupted by paramedics rushing the stage, until they realized that Eric’s gushing head-wound was more Science-Fiction than Medical Fact!  They were a little put out, but we were glad to see they were Johnny-On-the-Spot, you just never know what might happen at an Unsatisfied show!  We’ll be performing at 8:30pm on Saturday Feb 18th in the Centennial Theatre at the Choo-Choo. Don’t miss it!  We will also be a part of a Panel Discussion called ‘From the Band’s Point of View’ on Friday, Feb. 17th at 5:00pm in the Finley Lecture Hall.  Other Panelists include: Leticia Wolf, Bella Morte, Radio Cult and  Rogue Holly.  The panel will give you an opportunity to ask any and all of us about our lives (and businesses) as musicians.  We will also have a booth set up in the Exhibitors Hall, so if your there, stop by and say “Hello” in person! It should be pretty cool.  You can get more info on ConNooga here: http://www.connooga.com/

Last week we went down and played a little show in Atlanta at the fabulous Clermont Lounge.  We decided to get out and knock the rust off a bit before these upcoming shows and our friends The Bums and The Dirty Knockouts were kind enough to host us in Atlanta’s diviest of dives.  The Clermont is a legendary Hotel Bar/Strip Joint/Punk Club…I don’t think there’s anything else quite like it in the Western hemisphere.  The place has its own brand of sleaze…simply amazing.  If you ever get the chance, you gotta check it out.

In the mean time, we’ve still been planning and getting info together for our upcoming benefit concert for Chattanooga Room in the Inn Women’s Shelter.  We should have a BIG announcement regarding this soon.

Last week Eric and I did an interview with Ginger Coyote from Punk Globe Magazine! We’ll have a feature in February’s edition so be sure to check it out.  We’ll also have a full length feature on  http://reginaswarnmusicandfilmsnetwork.ning.com/  for the month of February.  We’re also still writing material for the next CD and rehashing some of the older tunes, it never gets boring in Unsatisfiedland!

That sums up the last few weeks, but check back and I’ll have more news.  Keep in touch with us tribe, we love hearing from you.

Welp, that’s about it for now…stay warm…and stay tuned…

Over and Out

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