The Axtell Street dance this past Saturday was incredible! We’ve seen and experienced some great events this summer but Saturday night in Axtell was one of the best times I’ve had all summer. The crowd was awesome! It was cool to see new faces, make new friends and feed off the energy they kept throwing at us. Nebraska people can party with the best of them and definitely know how to have fun! The Axtell Fire Department did an outstanding job putting this event together. The event could not have been more organized and professional, from the staging to the security and the gate staff everything went off perfectly.

A special thanks goes out to each member of the Axtell Fire and Rescue team, these guys worked their asses off to put together a first class event. I personally want to thank Jeff Nelson for his attention to detail and for putting up with my constant phone calls and questions. Kevin Ericson for all the advance work he did early on in the process, and Jeff England for leading the troops. Thanks also to Y102 and Scott O’ Rourke for introducing the band, Mark Weinand, Hits 106 and Rock 101.5 and all the sponsors who helped bring Judd Hoos to Axtell.

Last but not least thanks to everyone who showed up and made the night so much fun!

Shane

Another pretty awesome time in Iowa! We had a Micheal Jackson off in Whiting on Friday and somehow avoided being rained on in Primghar on Saturday. You can check it all out in our pictures section… but what I’m really concerned about is Hornick.

Drew, Shane and I took some time to check out the greatest town in this nation – Hornick, Iowa. Sure it’s population is 253 and it’s speed limit is 25, but with such great landmark names as the  ‘Hornick Park’, ‘Hornick Library’, and ‘Hornick Volunteer Fire Department’ you wonder why it isn’t our nations capital. God Bless Hornick!

Laters,
Hornick

Holly crap the rally is over! It seemed like it just got started. I had such a great time. We ended up taking a ton of pictures. Most of them are up so go check out what you missed or you don’t remember. The rest should be up in the next day or so.

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Loud American. Half naked girls, fights, and late night parties were the norm this year. Anybody else notice the large amount of body paint this year?

We played with some great bands like Johnny Lunchmeat, Dirty Word and Appetitite for Deception. Chris Roman from Lunchmeat and I are working on getting a show on NPR. Anyone interested in listening to ‘Bass Talk with Chris and Chris.’ It’s a half Bass Guitar half Bass Fishing show. I didn’t think so…

Andy, Mark, and Brandon from Appetite came up and played a few songs with us on Saturday night. If you are ever in the Oregon area I highly recommend you go check these guys out. They kick ass and who doesn’t like G&R?

I ended my rally drinking a few beers… and a few more beers, singing Beatles tunes backstage with the rest of the Hoos, the crew, and appetite. I think we even sang some Iron Maiden.

I’ll end this Rally post with some wisdom from good old B. Dickinson:

So when you’re waiting for the next attack
you better stand there’s no turning back

Laters,
Chris