"He wears the fucking mask during rehearsal!"The scene is a basement in a lower middle class neighborhood in Philadelphia, it's 12:30 PM. I enter a small house and I'm greeted by the owner, Adali Vernon, he's wearing a mangled bunny mask. He grabs me a beer and asks "So you just want us to run through our set?"
I nod in agreement and he leads me to the basement, I'm greeted by the stench of weed and a pin-up of a playboy magazine from the 60's. Adali goes back to the mic and it is then that he almost becomes possessed by the microphone. He ends up on his knees with his back arched as he gags on his microphone. From the gagging I can make out thinks such as "Check check! Fuckkk!" And with that, they're ready. They play the opener for their set "Are You Coming Down?"
As they start, Adali falls back onto his knees and lays on his back and as the first verse starts he stands up and starts singing, he has the chord wrapped around himself. He unravels the chord and tosses it and catches it as they enter the chorus. He jumps up onto one of the amps and lets himself slide off landing on the carpet. The song goes through another verse and a chorus and it goes into a guitar solo, to which Adali begins sexually rubbing the guitarist's guitar as he plays the solo making it a feedbacky mess. The song goes into another chorus and they end the song.
If it's not fair
Then I'll let you speak
If it's not fair
I will let you speak
If it's not right
Then just keep quiet
If it's not right
Then keep your damn mouth shut
Are you coming down?
Or do you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or do you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or so you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or do you want some more?
If it's not fair
Then I'll let you speak
If it's not fair
I will let you speak
If it's not right
Then just keep quiet
If it's not right
Then keep your damn mouth shut
Are you coming down?
Or so you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or do you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or so you want some more?
Are you coming down?
Or do you want some more?
They take a quick water break and Vernon asks me "How was that."
I give a thumbs up of approval and the band continues their set.
They play their next song which he tells me is titled "Heart Achin' Blues." It has a very 50's feel to it and I can't help bobbing my head in rhythm to the song. Adali ends up climbing up to drumset and up to the rafters in the ceiling as he sings and he monkey bars his way to a clear landing spot and he rolls as he lands and he continues the song on the ground laying down.
Is it a bad thing?
That I miss you?
You used to be so
Fucking awesome
But then one day
You stabbed me in the back
I told you that I don't want to hang out
But you know I want to come back
Now it's a whole year past
You swore you hated me
But I found flowers
On my front porch
You stabbed me in the back
I told you that I don't want to hang out
But you know I want to come back
Just the thought is killing me
You know I actually care about you
You stabbed me in the back
I told you that I don't want to hang out
But you know I want to come back
And sometimes I swear
That I dream about you
But I don't remember
You stabbed me in the back
I told you that I don't want to hang out
But you know I want to come back
Yeah yeah, I want you back
Yeah yeah, I want you back
Yeah yeah, I want you back!
Ohhh wooo woo woo woo woo
Yeah yeah, I want you back
Yeah yeah, I want you back
Yeah yeah, I want you back
I clap as they finish the song. "How many more?" I ask Adali
"One more. Trust me, there'll be more on tour though." He assures me
The next song is a slow song and the band slowly sways as the play it. Adali transitions between laying on the drummer's bass drum, and sitting on a stair rail as they play.
Do you ever think to yourself: Man, I really want to hold that guy?
Well that's okay I'm gay too
Please just say you want me
I want to say, I love you
I wanna go to bed with you
I want to light up a smoke
I wouldn't care if it killed me
I want you to tell me that I am candy to you
I want to tell you that you're pretty
Please just say you want me
I want to say, I love you
I wanna go to bed with you
Do you have any left?
Smoke 'em if you got 'em I guess
What else do you have for me?
A broken heart? That's okay, I guess.
I guess it's true, you did move to Portland.
You just left, but that's okay too.
Sometime, I'm gonna come back.
And you're going to want me
Please just say you want me
I want to say, I love you
I wanna go to bed with you
Please just say you want me
I want to say, I love you
I wanna go to bed with you
Please just say you want me
I want to say, I love you
I wanna go to bed with you
As the song ends. He bows "Thank you so much for coming and watching us." He drink and smoke for a while and eventually I head for home. So, who the hell is Disco Squad 666? Disco Squad 666 is a surf punk band with a baddd attitudeeee. They're one of the raddest bands around right now and if you have the chance to see them, then god dammit, do it. You won't regret it.