Steady Machete's EP Release!

This Saturday at Club Vegas we will be having our EP release party (New recorded music that's never been heard by man...Or woman).

Music should start at 9:00pm, but we probably won't perform until 11:00pm. We hope you can come and dance out with us on on this fantastic occasion!

(P.S. The best mustache get's a free T-shirt!)

Club Vegas
445 S 400 W
Salt Lake City

Also, if you can't make it on Saturday, we are playing the X-96 4play concert at the Avalon Theatre on the 4th of September. This is an all ages, free show, so bring the kids, bring your cousins, and bring your neighbors!

If you know you can't make it, please pass this blog on to someone you think would enjoy a great show!

Don't burn the locals---Follow Up

So here we are, glad our foot was not too deeply inserted in our mouth over the battle of the bands hosted by X96 for a chance to play the main stage at the Big Ass show this September.

The other day we were reading up on Portia's blog and the comments directed at her. We noticed a few things: 1. We were not alone in thinking that some of the line-up, was less than stellar. 2. We were a LOT less vocal than some other people. 3. The criteria by which bands were chosen. This last one, #3, was of most interest to us. On the X96 blog, Portia lists the criteria as bands having, "variety, fan base, and stage presence." This was slightly surprising (emphasis on the word "slightly") as TALENT was not listed. The smart ass in us, wanted to say: "So you're not looking for the BEST band out there, just the one with a lot of members that play music people don't listen to and have a lot of friends." But we would never say that.

We even got a personal message from Portia explaining (sort of) why we weren't chosen. They (X96 people) apparently weren't sure if we could "fill a big stage." Well, we, or rather THEY shall see. This is because the band "Loom" has dropped out, and we were apparently first in line as "runners up." So the honor is now ours of showing whether or not we can actually compete against these bands we so quickly dissed.

This is fantastic news, really. Yes, we weren't chosen right away, but we at least were NEARLY chosen and first in line should another band cancel. Thanks Loom! Love you guys, whoever you are. Also, imagine if we win. Then we get to say, "isn't it totally weird that you didn't even want us on here to begin with and we won? Weird." So the victory would be just a bit sweeter given the opposition.

Be still my heart as Phil Collins sings "Against All Odds" to the beat of our life!

The not-so softness of Velour

So SM now joins the legions of bands out there that have had their shit stolen by those that incredibly believe small-time local bands can afford to replace it. The crime took place at The Velour in Provo, UT. A really cool venue except for the lack of door locks or employee presence in the back where everyone keeps their gear. The owner might want to start thinking about a cheap security camera, an employee sitting back there to watch over everything, or (gasp) a door that cannot be opened from the outside.

Thieves are probably the worst kind of human. Luckily for you ass-hats that took my guitar--the only thing they got--I wasn't that attached to it for several reasons:

1-It couldn't hold a tune
2-The electronics were shaky at best
3-My ex-wife gave it to me

So I guess the joke is on you thieves. May the pure, sublime evil of my ex plague you for the rest of your natural lives. Oh, in case any of you robin hoods read this, it would probably be a good time to tell you that I regularly farted in the "f" holes to keep the wood crisp. Good luck with that as well.

"Don't burn the locals"

Greetings.

You have stumbled upon the official blog of the band, Steady Machete.

Last night on "No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain", the host (Bourdain) went to Vegas. While watching, something stuck out besides his complete lack of enthusiasm throughout the entire episode. Every time he talked to a Vegas "local", they all had the same advice: "Don't burn the locals." Interesting advice that I suppose means that if you are playing a non NGC regulated game of poker and cheat to win, you just might end up with a horse head in your bed. Perhaps a timely message.

We are a local band with international aspirations, and as such, it often makes us feel like we're not a local band. Rather, our perception is often skewed so that when we ARE treated like a local band, we feel the sting. This happens a lot.

The most recent occurrence would be our desire for a shot at playing Utah's biggest music festival, The Big Ass Show. To do this as a local band, there is only one way to accomplish such a luctrative feat. Since the show is sponsored by X96, the radio station's beloved local band rep, Portia, organized a battle of the bands (BOTB) wherein 16 lucky, "deserving" bands are chosen to compete. The winner obviously gaining a spot on the stage.

According to her website, Portia received no less than 74 submissions from bands all across Utah (and beyond?) asking for a spot on the BOTB bill. I'm not sure what the screening process was, what criteria or genre they were looking for, or if there even was criteria. Not being plugged into the local band scene until very recently, we have a very outsider type of view on the local scene here. So upon seeing the list, we looked up all 16 bands that apparently won over Portia in some way or another. What we found baffled us to say the least.

We won't name the bands that were chosen--in case you haven't guessed it, WE were not one of them--because that would require actual research. Let's just say that if you are into the local scene, you still won't have heard of some of them. Most of them, actually. Is this a bad thing? Absolutely not. Afterall, who's heard of Steady Machete? Nevertheless, this led us to really take a step back and ask, "Is this the right town for us?" If these are the types of bands that deserve to be showcased in front of thousands and thousands of their peers, perhaps we don't belong here.

If that is the case, then where do we belong? Probably somewhere we could never afford to go. And if we got there, wouldn't the same sort of thing happen to us? In fact, everywhere we go we will be considered a "local" band. So our resolve? To keep at it, simply. Afterall, the best thing a local band can do, is win over the locals. If we were to scream and cry and call bull shit every time we got passed up, the great people of Utah might start to regard us an egotistical, prima-donna band. Our goal is not to piss off our public. And as we already know, you just don't burn the locals.

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