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Friday, July 29, 2005
Ward Driving - For educational purpose
What is ward driving? Google it, im lazy to explain. *grab a coffee* i know im getting lazy, sorry cant help it.
Ward driving is still not a popular propaganda locally here in Malaysia or even Asean countries. Now, wat do you need to kick start ? Grab a beer first, basic stuff such as :
1) Laptop - in case you didnt know what's a laptop, its a box of juicy wet rubber inside with number 003 on it.
2) Wireless card - *almost fall asleep here*. Any brand will do, ask those sales person for it and dont be suprise if it comes without wire. Its wireless moron !
3) Antenna - if you have sufficient budget, getting one of em helps you to widen your wireless connection search. You could even get a good "chick scan" from it.
4) Amplifier - you gonna need one to supply additional power to your laptop.
5) Car - Proton, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, whatever you name it.
6) Some proggies - free software like Netstumbler, lan scanning software blah blah blah ( fucking google it ).
Ok folks , thats all for now.... im off to bed with Angelina Jolie.
[12:45 AM]
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Damage Inc. - Part Two
so we got the band, tiny little 3 piece who needs to be recognized. We need a band name, not Hugo A Go Go or KingKong. We came up with our peculiar name while congregated at Black Widow Studio after jamming session. And as usual, donz came up with stupid moronic names and were all rejected ( as usual ). We finally decided to be known as "Damage Inc." named after one of the Metallica title.
We had a couple of gigs, mostly school performance and we actually went up there and "clean" the stage. I would say the Asia Bagus audition was our first exposure to the local underground scene. We were there late ( on purpose, we are chicken enough to be the first starter ) with 50 other bands and to my suprise, after i filled up the form we were asked to the stage to prepare! WTF !! After 20 over bands registered and theyre all waiting there, why are we the first one when we actually came late and we have a que number like number 20? Now this is pressuring, we took like 15-20 minutes to tune our stuff. Cameras flashes, vid cams, big TV screen, judges in front and japanese chicks ( kampate ! ). Its the real thing ! Im gonna faint !I strummed it off and there we go with Nirvana "As a girl". We werent selected but at least we were the youngest band and we dont hear boos, we got a pretty good respond from the crowd.
When our music grows to a higher level ( not really that high actually ), we started to compose our own songs. We had like 3-4 songs but never recorded and even until today i dont really remember how it sounds like. Damage Inc. lasted for another 3 years, the 3 of us went our own separate way. Me with my career, donz with his never-ending education, kok hui with another band playing professionally at China.
RIP Damage Inc. 1994 -1997
Guitar / Vocal - me
Bass - donz
Drums - kok hui
[3:02 PM]
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Damage Inc. - Part One
This is about a band called "Damage Inc." back in the early 90's. A 3-piece band who's into tunes from Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and the almighty Sepultura. I started off as a church guitarist ( dont laugh ) and during that time it was only me and my bassist in the so call incomplete band. We were looking for a drummer and believe it or not, it comes naturally.......very natural. Fate has brought us together.
Damage Inc. was born from the bosom of chinese malay rock band. With the different taste of music and the disintegration of the band, we both set out to create our next band. Here's how the reinforcement came. I was trying out this Ibanez guitar ( donz my bassist wanted to buy it ) and as i was raping it ( with some Metallica riff ).Stood right in front of me, a long hair chinese guy enjoyed watching me ( i know im sexy ). As we walked out from the store, he approached and invited me to join his band. I acccepted it immediately without any doubts and that nite itself i went to their studio and jammed. These guys are into the same music i am but they are more of a chinese band ( yah chinese songs ). We had a couple of gigs and i really do enjoy it though im just the rythmn guitarist. They finished 2nd in the Canton Rock Band Competition and unfortunately i was only 16 (under age ) that time and i wasnt there to play with them. They made it to the local scene especially their frontman who guitared most of the Astro Chinese shows ( Astro Talent Quest blah blah blah ). Almost forgot, their band name is "Barbastelles" some sort of bat's name.
Though i miss it, but here comes the reward. We were looking for a drummer all these while, one nite... this guy ( the frontman of the chinese band ) came to my house with his cousin. Ive seen this guy passing by my house all the time with his drumstick on his hands. I was thinking to myself , could he be a drummer? otherwise he wouldnt be holding the drumsticks unless he's wanking with it. We went for drinks and that session kills all my curiousity, HE IS A FUCKING DRUMMER ! The next day, when i was about to go downtown, i saw him at the bus stand. I asked him where he's heading to and he told me he's on his way for a jamming session with his band. BINGO ! I went there with him and man, their band sux big time. They cant even play the basic chords correctly and in one flurry of creativity i proposed him to join us for a jamming session. I called up Donz ( the bassist ) and we hit it off, a history in making.
[8:32 PM]