Caught Live: Music Showcase - Round Two

The band proved their metal so much, they managed to win a spot in Round Two, where they broke the rules.

Event: North Kesteven Schools Music Showcase - Round Two
Event Date: 8th May 2008
Venue: The School Hall
Ticket Price: £2
Songs Played: Equipment of the Futile and 'surprise outro' Attack of the Killer Tomato
Audience Number: Approx. 200
Round-up: The second outing on stage for The Vaultz, Music Showcase wouldn't have known what hit it. It was very nerve wracking for the band though. Not only this was the first time they had ever played an original song (Equipment of the Futile); they were sound checked and mixed badly, no one could hear each other; there were more people to perform in front of (mainly old people waiting for thier squeeky clean grandaughter to sing cheesy pop song); cables littered the stage, which Jimmi and later performers kept tripping over; the guitars were requested to be turned down and they weren't allowed distortion, which kinda has to be there for a song like Equipment of the Futile. So, thanks to bad stage organisation and a bad sound technician, they threw caution to the wind and went berserk on stage to teach them a lesson! Rowan tested out his killswitch on his Squier Strat; Matt tested out his Epiphone Thunderbird IV bass and Jimmi leaped into the air in at the song's climax. Ironically, Jimmi always had a vision of smashing up equipment on stage. He didn't though but he got close. He broke another performers pedal board! They then snuck in Attack of the Killer Tomato [Penned by Matt at a practice once] at the end, essentially playing two songs instead of one.
What the band thought: Jimmi says: Despite the soundcheck being an absolute shambles, we must have woke people up by playing first. The audience was better this time, clapping along with the song. Attack of the Killer Tomato was fantastic too. We need to use it again some other time or other similar instrumental breaks. You could also pick out supporter of The Vaultz too. Fantastic, despite the bad sound!
Rowan says: It was good fun but the sound was terrible, due to the sound tech. It was great to be back playing music though...even if it did suck...BADLY...