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very nice. Good scene,
good kids, good crowd.
I'd hate to be the
band that fol-
lowed them. You
better hope your
record is as good
as it sounds.
Tom:
You are in
charge of a whole
new era of The
Lost
Horizon.
What do you see
coming up for
The Lost? Any big
plans?
Bryan:
Right off
the bat, there are
two shows. Earth
Crisis and Clutch.
Let's talk about
Earth Crisis. That's
a hometown band
that really took
the
Hardcore
world by storm.
They've
been
around it. They
got back together and
reunited and The Lost
Horizon got the show.
It was one of the most
talked about shows I
can remember in re-
cent years.
And right after that
we got Clutch. Which
is spectacular. It just
shows the level of
bands that are being
brought into The Lost
Horizon by various
promoters like Syracuse
Shows, Upstate Shows,
Eastern Artists, Apoca-
lypse
Productions,
you know? These are
promoters that are go-
ing out of their way to
bring great bands to
Syracuse and make sure
that the kids have a
chance to get up front
and close, and sweat
with their band.
Tom:
So what are
your favorite shows
that you have seen at
The Lost?
Bryan:
Well, I'm an
East Side kid. I grew
up on Westcott Street,
so I could always stumble home drunk
from there, but I can think of a hundred
thousand good times I had there but two
have been in the last five years.
One was when Chuck Chao of Eastern Art-
ists booked Blue Floyd through there. It
had Johnny Neel from The Allman Broth-
ers. It was an all-star line-up of musicians
who were touring doing nothing but Pink
Floyd covers. It was fantastic. I thought
they were really great people. It was one
of the most musically entertaining nights
I've ever had there.
And the other was the night we closed Club
Tundra with the Brand New Sin CD release
party when Joe Altier was still singing. It
was a giant `friends and family' party and
it could have easily gone on until 6 o'clock
in the morning. The band was at its height,
everybody was in their hay day, and it was
one of the best bookings of the year. And
there were the God Below shows... I guess
I've got more than a few favorites.
Tom:
"I know, I was sitting here trying
to figure it out for myself, if I had to pick
shows...I saw so many bands there it's hard
to pick. The Wailers, Oh my god yeah,
The Wailers, That was incredible. I ended
up sitting in the back blowing off a big bad
cone of some killer shit with these guys.
Bryan:
I remember the Lamb of God
show that we had here four or five years
ago, and the line was six kids wide, and
literally stretched all the way down past Li-
quor Square parking lot, all the way down
Hedson. I can still remember standing on
the roof...I still have a picture of it that
I took...thinking, "It's still three hours till
show time...you're screwed. There are
way too many kids coming to this show."
They packed the house and we ended up
having a fantastic night. Lamb of God put
on a brilliant show, and it's what this place
does.
It gives you an experience beyond just go-
ing to see a show. You walk out of there
feeling like you were at THE show, you're
right there, it's hot and it's packed, but it's
fun.
The Lost Horizon looks forward to anoth-
er three decades of entertaining the music
fans of Central New York.
So check out their MySpace page (www.
MySpace.com/LoHo315) to see what's
coming up, and when you show up, tell
them TomAroundTheWorld and Tool &
Die sent ya!
As always, keep rocking!
Lost Horizon
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