End of the World party

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Our first gig was just a few short weeks after we started making music together.  Our friend Laura was having an end of the world party on December 21, 2012- to celebrate the end of the Mayan calendar.  Spoiler alert- the world did not, in fact, end. 

Party InvitationThe band was still so new, we didn’t have a name.  So just for this party, someone came up with “End of Times”.    Rock and roll!

We hadn’t yet met our bass player Ryan, so our buddy Chuck was filling in- but he unfortunately had a family emergency and was unable to play the party.  This was also before Jeff joined us on second guitar.  So we were a sparse 4-piece for the evening – Gary, John, Ian and Xeno.

We played next to an enormous golden Christmas tree, wedged between a couch and a piano, with a nice crowd of festive party-goers across from us… and a good time was had by all Smile

Our set list:

  1. The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
  2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge
  3. John Cougar Mellencamp – Pink Houses
  4. The Beatles – Love Me Do
  5. The Romantics – What I Like About You
  6. Young Rascals – Groovin’
  7. Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
  8. Oasis – Wonderwall
  9. Police – De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
  10. Jack Johnson – Upside Down
  11. Jimmy Eat World – The Middle
  12. The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  13. REM – It’s the end of the world as we know it
 End of the world