Over the weekend Rick was hanging out and got an email from Atlantic Records. They were willing to guestlist us for the Taproot and Chevelle show tonight. I was like, well I wouldn’t pay $23 for a ticket, but I’ll do a show review for it.

Tuesday rolls around and things are all confirmed that Rick is guestlisted and has a +1 for me. After work I walked down to the Quest and met up with Rick. Now let me explain something. Rick and I had been on the guest list before and gotten burned because someone dropped the ball. It was for an Atreyu and Unearth show back in March. We ended up paying. At the time Rick didn’t print out the confirmation he got back from the PR firm. I was a little miffed, but I’d be willing to blame the PR guy before I’d get on Rick.

So today I made sure Rick had a copy of the confirmation email with him. Sure enough we walk up to the guy at the club and tell him we are on the guest list only to find out we weren’t. This kind of thing is common. Now I don’t mean to sound like a righteous prick, but that is bullshit.

For me it’s no big deal. I was already downtown for work and I had to pay for parking anyway. Rick, on the other hand, had to drive 150 miles right after work. Pay for a meal on the road, gas, parking. Not to mention he pretty much wasted his night. We could’ve paid the $23 for a ticket, but neither of us were that stoked to see either of the bands. Even more we were asked to interview Taproot for Decoymusic. Neither of us could make it to the venue before 6 to do it so we had to decline. I wonder what would’ve happened had we shown up to do the interview?

Anyways, the guy at the front was willing to go find Taproot’s manager but he wouldn’t go til after their set and they wre going on within minutes of us arriving. So much for that. We headed to a bar, grabbed a beer and just shot the shit for a while. Bottom line, if you’re going to try and get some press for a band you represent, it’s usually not a good idea to forget to put them on the guest list.

Update: Rick’s entire expose has been posted on Decoy.