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I'll keep this short because language is hard: I'm a heavy music fan from North Carolina. I play in a prog rock/metal band, and have been for most of my life. If you're curious, my favorite band is Rush (some call them metal...) followed very closely by Fair to Midland and TOOL. When I need to get REALLY heavy, I fuckin love Gojira. But then...who doesn't? So...hello!

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Asheville is an awesome town! Played some shows up there' date=' they have a pretty nice appreciation of metal as well. And if you ever get a chance, you should go see somebody play at the Orange Peel, if you haven't. Definitely my favorite venue in NC![/quote'] Very nice. I've never heard of the Orange Peel, which is not surprising, since as I was going to say I've not really heard of any venues there. I was going to say that, but remembered that I do know a venue down by the French Broad river with a name like Blessed Mary (that is not it) or something like that. I did not see a show there, just had awesome soft taco's and looked around. It seems to be a place to hear Americana and Grange. I love a bar in Asheville called Ben's Tuneup which is a former garage, and I think they have some shows there and I would not be adverse to seeing some Psycobilly or some such there if I got a chance, that is what I'd expect from that place, but don't really know. When I go to NC it's usually Christmas and very family oriented, and guess what, my wife does not share my enthusiasm for Metal (go figure). No one ever matches my desire to hang out in Asheville, so we have some chocolate at French Broad Chocolate, shop for pottery, eat Mexican food, and then no metal. Such a sad story, hope I didn't bring you down with that one. The deal with that town and me is that I would like to live there one day, and may well.
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By the way Progmountain, you have been very polite, and we appreciate that here, but you should not hesitate to go to the "promote you band" area and throw down a link to a recording and or live performance of your band. You haven't even said what the band is called, which shows admirable restraint, but I for one would be interested to hear something. Thanks.

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By the way Progmountain' date=' you have been very polite, and we appreciate that here, but you should not hesitate to go to the "promote you band" area and throw down a link to a recording and or live performance of your band. You haven't even said what the band is called, which shows admirable restraint, but I for one would be interested to hear something. Thanks.[/quote'] Haha If you insist, I'll head over there and drop a link to our new live video series. We are putting one out every two weeks, so if you like it, we can keep tossing them over here for easy access. I've seen some big bands come through the Orange Peel. Last show I saw there was ASG and Mastodon. They do non-metal shows over there, too, so next time you're in Asheville with your wife, maybe you guys could find something a little less aggressive to check out. Side note, ASG is a KILLER stoner metal band from North Carolina, if you haven't heard of them. https://www.facebook.com/asgnation
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