This past Saturday we celebrated our 1 year anniversary at the Heavy Metal Mecca = Duff's Brooklyn. The night was a complete success from start to finish, and we proved that if the fans of Heavy Music unite, nobody can touch us.
The event kicked off around 8 pm to a crowd of about 60 people. While Slam One Down was setting up, the jukebox was cranking some powerful music and getting everyone pumped. Next thing you know, Slam One Down sound checked and everyone's jaws dropped! Since the crowd was hungry for some furious Metal, our founder Jo Schüftan quickly introduced the band and kicked off the rage session by putting back a Pabst Blue Ribbon with the aid of the Slam One Down funnel. The party was on!
For the next hour, Slam One Down kept the crowd excited with their crisp tight sounding music filled with positive Heaviness. Not only did they play their party anthems, but they even threw in a few covers like Pantera's "Becoming", Metallica's "Seek and Destroy", and Machine Head's "Davidian". This are all obviously very hard songs to cover, but they performed them flawlessly. Needless to say, the crowd demanded an encore.
Through the rest of the night everyone literally bumped elbows with each other and peacefully fought their way to the bar. We have actually not seen Duff's that packed and in such raging mode, since the Official Slayer CD Release party for "World Painted Blood" in October of 2009. The success of this event was thanks to the amazing staff at Duff's who made sure everyone had enough to drink, We actually didn't see anyone without a drink at hand, and at the end of the night the amount of PBR cans all over the bar made it clear that the night was a complete riot! Another key factor to the nights success was having the Slam One Down crew over, they all came to have a good time and make sure that nobody was standing still.
We can proudly say: Mission accomplished! If you missed this party or arrived too late and missed the band, they will be headlining The 2011 March Metal Beatdown at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn on Saturday March 5th. See you there!
FYI: VIdeo of the night and plenty of pictures coming very soon!
Here are some quotes that pretty much sum up the Horns Up Rocks 1 Year Anniversary FIesta!
"RELENTLESS weekend of fun - Thanks to MISERY, Joey Z, and Nightcrawler for a kick ass Friday night (Check out MISERY's CD "EVIL IS CROWNED", you won't be disappointed) and to SLAM ONE DOWN and Joseph Schüftan for makin' Saturday night a fuckin' 4 alarm rager !! We're crankin' it up a few more notches this week - Stay tuned !!" - Jimmy Duff (Owner of Duff's Brooklyn)
"Awesome fucking night in Brooklyn. Thanks to Joseph Schüftan and Duff's Brooklyn for having us and helping us bring the party. Everyone went apeshit over the new covers and we even played a brand new original song that we didn't expect to play. Cheers to Horns Up Rocks on their one year anniversary and we wish them many more." -Slam One Down
"Had a great time at the Horns Up Rocks Anniversary! It's great to participate in something so genuine, communal, and straight up brutal! Just wanted to say that the Lies Beneath gang appreciates what you do and would love to continue to participate. Let me know about any events in the future that we can be part of! Whether it's at Duff's, Public Assembly, Crash Mansion even a basement! it'd be an honor! Keep your horns strong! \m/ - Andrew Czegledi (Drummer of Lies Beneath)
"I haven't seen Duff's jumping like that since the Slayer party...and that's saying a lot." Lou Toro (exZAKKed)
"OMFG! Last night was AMAZING! Thanks so much to everyone who came and made the night so special! The fact that we packed Duff's Brooklyn and everyone had a good time with Slam One Down as the soundtrack of chaos, simply put: HISTORY in the making! Missed it? Well, come to the 2011 March Metal Beatdown on March 5th at The Trash Bar!" - Jo Schüftan (Founder of Horns Up Rocks)
Pictures courtesy of Rene Encarnacion and Evil Steve!
Related links:
Official Site of Duff's Brooklyn
Official Site of Slam One Down
Official SIte of Pabst Blue Ribbon
The 2011 March Metal Beatdown
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One week ago was the Horns Up Rocks 1 year anniversary. The following video was meant to be played at our Anniversary Fiesta at Duff's Brooklyn. Fortunately (and we do mean that), we had a record breaking turnout and all our plans to keep people "entertained" went right out of the window. The party was so successful, that it made it into the All-time Top 10 of events that have taken place at Duff's Brooklyn! This is an honor for us, and once again we want to thank the staff at Duff's and the guys from Slam One Down. And of course, YOU the Horns Up Rocks fans!
