So we’re just back to the hotel from the WAAF Boston Tea Party starring Extreme, aka the 10-year reunion of my favourite band. Things were cool.
First and foremost to fans of bands other than Extreme was, after the encore performances of Get the Funk Out and Hole Hearted, former drummer Paul Geary related a story of a poster on his wall as a child featuring a popular band from Boston that he had looked up to, and hoped to succeed on a national scale as they had. It was with that they announced the reunion of Boston – the band – on stage, where they performed “Rock and Roll Band” and a cover of “Rock and Roll” by Led Zeppelin.
I have to say, it was surreal to a certain degree for me. Everywhere I’ve ever been since getting my first Extreme album around 1989, I’ve been the biggest Extreme fan in the room. I’ve got all the singles and imports, the videos, DVDs, posters, shirts, guitar picks.. heck, I’ve got a Washburn electric because of Nuno. But I gotta say, the freaks were on parade tonight and it made me look like a guy who knew a couple tracks from the radio. People fresh out of the trailer, slam-dancing in the aisles, and making out in a decidedly odd way. Three guys beside me spent most of the night singing to one another, when they weren’t busy groping each other and whispering into their ears. The average age of the show was probably 52, but the show was great and the guys were on.
I told Mary if she didn’t like what she saw there to get the funk out. I didn’t try to force feed her. So she got the funk out.
The venue was awesome, it had restaurants and bars to access at all times, so you were never more than 25 steps and $8 from a Bud Light. Looked like Kingswood, which added to the “1992” feeling of the evening. I was almost in Rockland Wonderland.
Now I’m tired, and I must rest. Another day awaits. This is a great town, though. Not Seattle great, but yet another one to prove to me just how paltry Toronto is. Sad, but true.