If any of you NH kids work for, or know anyone affiliated with the Manchester club The Bomb Shelter please feel free to pass on the following suggestions to them.

1. If you insist on letting a girl handle the admissions make sure she has all her motor skills in tact.

I went to see Madball last night and drove all the way there in hopes of getting to see Since the Flood. I missed half their set because I was in line for 72 hours while some girl handed out change like she was a 104 year old cripple. The line seriously moved at the pace of about 1 person every 5 minutes. By the time I made my way through the door I half expected this girl to be wearing a bib covered in drool. Finally some guy formed a second line for people not drinking and things picked up (give this guy a promotion or a raise or something). But there was absolutely no reason for anything being that slow.

2. Strobe lights: Knowing the difference between a Judas Preist show and a Madball show.

Strobe lights while kids are dancing are ALWAYS a horrible idea. period. When you've got 100 kids knocking the crap out of eachother, it's important for kids to know whats going on. Flashing a fucking strobe light in the face is just a shitty shitty idea. It's not a KISS show, there's no need to create atmosphere. There's absolutely no need to risk people's well being because you want to pretend you're a roadie for Spinal Tap. Even worse, what if someone had epilepsy?

3. Sandbags are fucking dumb.

It's a wicked stupid gimmic and all it does is make a mess. I'd much rather sacrifice some ridiculous gimmic then have to worry about slipping and falling on a filthy sand covered floor.

4. A couple hundred people and 1 little fan. Nice planning job. jerks.

but yeah the bathrooms are very sanitary. thank you.

Dude, whatever happened there that pissed you off I can understand. Just keep in mind that it's one of the only places that real Metal / Hardcore bands can play that isn't a fuckin' P.A.L or Legion hall.
They support the shit outta metal in general and do everything they can to just stay open. Plus, the owner Serge, is a fuckin' great guy, nice as Hell and will book just about anyone, anytime.
But I woulda been pissed if that happened to me too, so I'm with ya on that one.

Oh and the planning......blame Mass concerts or eye9d productions for that one...they set that show up ya know....

it was an awsome show, and im totally thankful that they let such a show go on there. i just got a little aggrivated with some of it.

xmikex said:


Dont blame ya dude

my single problem with the bomb shelter is that there is no ventilation there are all. Since there are usually 100 people chain smoking there all night, it sucks the next day when you have no voice and all your cloths/bags reek of cigarettes.

they need bigger/better fans there.