FATAL FLYING ROAD-O-TEENS

What was perhaps the worst kept secret in the scene was finally broken by the Press this week - the Fatal Flying Guilloteens have tapped Erik Bogle (Bring Back the Guns) to take over Brian McManus' guitar duties in the band. Now all we need is a new press picture. That's not really news, unless you're the sort of person that thinks Saliva might make a good headlining act over the sum total of Houston's best talent. God the Press is weaksauce.

Back to matters - one of the great things about Bogle being in the band is that, in addition to being a four star shredertainer, he can read, write and use the internet. He put these three skills to work for us yesterday, sending updates from the road and his first show with the old FFG.

First show whipped a lot of ass; It was at the drunken unicorn in Atlanta. The dudes from Mastodon showed up and hung out backstage with us a lot. Nice enough dudes; the singer ... started talking about how it's hard to leave the house when you're making pop tarts. A couple of the Black Lips showed up and made nice. I guess we are all going to put that near fight behind us.

We just ate at Mike Stipe's restaurant and a guy I know that was in that band Macha that did a split with Bedhead a few years back was there. I went over to say hi to him and he was eating with the big fat dude from Widespread Panic. Crazy. What a famous people sighting tour this is.

We have stayed in some amazingly terrible hotels. Last night in Atlanta we stayed a couple of doors down from a guy who offered us drugs and women. We saw several prostitutes and figured out that it was kind of a pimp land where everyone but us was there to [bone] prostitutes. I slept in the van. When I woke up at 9 AM because it got too hot, I was walking up the stairs to the room, two dudes started asking me "trick trick?" I was like "Man, it's 9 AM, I don't even [make the beast with two backs with] my girlfriend this early in the morning." It was awesome.

Sounds like a good start. And it may as well be, as the Guilloteens and their young new squire have quite a few more stops in the weeks ahead, including an opening slot at Les Savy Fav's upcoming CD release party in New York and (more locally) a Halloween gig at the Proletariat. Get into it.

Upcoming dates:
08-03 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon (w/Pelican)
08-04 Austin, TX - Emo's (w/Pelican)
08-05 Denton, TX - Hailey's (w/Pelican)
09-21 New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg (LSF release party)
10-31 Houston, TX - The Proletariat (Halloween party)

MP3: Fatal Flying Guilloteens - Reveal the Rats