{"id":292,"date":"2023-06-01T01:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2024-02-10T10:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T16:23:15","slug":"the-church-of-feedback-and-bad-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threewerewolves.com\/tourblog\/the-church-of-feedback-and-bad-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Church of Feedback and Bad Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The next venue on the Feral Eclipse tour route? A former church converted into a music hall in rural Missouri called The Rafter Room<\/em>. The GPS nearly gave up halfway there, rerouting them past suspiciously watchful cows and a hand-painted sign that just read: \u201cY\u2019all better turn back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old chapel loomed like a relic of some long-forgotten saint of chaos. The steeple had a lightning rod bolted on crooked, and someone had spray-painted Rage is Holy<\/em> on the side of the bell tower. Stained glass windows had been replaced with colored plexiglass. The front marquee read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTONIGHT: FERAL ECLIPSE
TOMORROW: BINGO & BRISKET\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Inside, pews had been cleared to make way for folding chairs and a tiny bar in what used to be the confessional booth. The \u201cgreen room\u201d was the old Sunday school office\u2014still decorated with sun-faded Noah\u2019s Ark posters and an unsettling number of googly eyes stuck to the ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassie walked in, took one look around, and deadpanned, \u201cI feel like we\u2019re gonna summon something just by soundchecking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maya kicked over a plastic duck. \u201cIf the power goes out mid-set, I\u2019m blaming Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thane was already pacing near the back wall, eyeing a breaker box that looked like it had been through at least two exorcisms. \u201cThis place has three-prong outlets but only two wires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark, perched high on a truss trying to mount a VariLite with duct tape and hope, muttered, \u201cIt\u2019s fine. We\u2019ve lit worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel was grinning ear to ear. \u201cThis is going to be the most metal church revival ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rico wandered up holding two mic cables in either hand. \u201cThese both say ‘Lead Vocals\u2019 in Sharpie… one\u2019s sticky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreat,\u201d Thane groaned. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna get electrocuted and<\/em> sued.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But when showtime hit? The crowd\u2014mostly locals, a few confused youth group members, and one guy in a Slayer shirt holding a casserole\u2014turned wild<\/em>. The sound bounced off the vaulted ceiling in ways that made even Jonah say, \u201cOkay, that was kinda beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel shredded his bass so hard a section of the back wall started rattling. Maya lost a pick mid-song and improvised with a communion wafer someone had tossed on stage. Jonah launched into a solo that echoed like thunder through the old rafters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassie, radiant under Mark\u2019s chaotic lighting work, had the entire place clapping and screaming by the third song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, an elderly lady in the front row stood, held up her walker, and yelled, \u201cTHIS SLAPS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backstage after the set, dripping with sweat and pure disbelief, Thane slumped into a folding chair next to the now-empty baptismal font.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe just headlined a haunted chapel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gabriel, drinking soda from a chalice he found in the back, nodded solemnly. \u201cAnd brought salvation through distortion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonah blinked. \u201cIs this sacrilegious?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark walked by and slapped a clawed hand on Jonah\u2019s shoulder. \u201cNah. It\u2019s rock and roll.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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