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- The Joysticks Battle the Clip-On Expressway to Your
Skull performed in their first "club" show opening for
Matador recording artist Solex on July 26, 1998 at the
Millvale Industrial Theater. Originally kicked off the
lineup as a result of excess bands, The Joysticks were
forced to start their performance at promptly 8:00 p.m.
and
limit their noise making to 20 minutes (although, this is
their preference for time anyway). As they took the stage
at the scheduled starting time, the crowd consisted of
family members, friends, other bands performing that
evening and approximately three paying customers. The
Joysticks went through with some brief equipment tests
and proceeded to announce themselves as Aerosmith. Next,
Richard pressed a button on the audio cassette playback
unit, and magically, the instrumental version of Tag
Team's "Whoop, There It Is!" began to play! They plunged
into a dense, complicated noise composition. Their
equipment setup included: a Casio SK-1, a Yamaha CS1x,
two Casio CZ-101s, a Yamaha PSS-177, a Bearcat Scanner, a
Yamaha DD-7, Hot Keys, a laptop computer, a Yamaha
SHS-101, a Casio Ctk611, an electronic science kit, a
Squier Stratocaster, a Gibson SG, Dunlop Cry Baby pedal,
Dunlop Rotovibe foot pedal, BOSS Metal Zone foot
pedal, the Deltadeath 028.48HJ93L2 (Joe's model
keyboard), a TYU-30, a 2XL robot, My Little Song Maker
Keyboard, a Voice Mutator, and other electronic toys. The
first five minutes consisted of a very thick-structured
noise, and it evolved into a much more calm soundscape
during the following 302.088 seconds. This portion of the
set concentrated on the utilization of the electronic
science kit and the Deltadeath 028.48HJ93L2. It gradually
moved into some of The Joysticks' traditional "beep-core"
sound and then, into a more harsh noise section. At the
12.07048 minute
- point, the second sparkler of the show was lit. It
actually caught a Walkman lying on the stage on fire, and
after a couple of seconds, the stage caught on fire.
Richard successfully put the fire out after a number of
kicks to the stage. The Joysticks went into a song
structure as all three members began to play keyboard
melodies at exactly 900.007 seconds into the show.
Following this, they went back to the original dense
noise structure as they went all-out for their last five
minutes. Gregg and Richard both took their turns at
destroying/breaking/smashing the My Little Song Maker
Keyboard off the stage. The crowd, which had increased to
30+ people, began to cheer as The Joysticks went about
their destruction. Joe triggered the demo button on the
Casio SK-1 at the 20.104 minute mark, Richard said,
"We're the Pittsburgh noise and fire scene," Gregg said,
"Buy our stuff," and The Joysticks Battle the Clip-On
Expressway to Your Skull's performance was completed.
Following the show, they found support from Solex, the
band members playing with Solex, and Semi. Overall, The
Joysticks couldn't have been more addition-machine-like
within one performance.
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