Yeah, yeah….why the hell is this guy’s username CHEESE SANDWICH?
I admit, it’s a pretty dumb name.
When I became a writer here, I found out that we don’t really use our real names ’round these parts. So, I had to think of something witty (at least in my mind). There’s this band on Epitaph Records called Set Your Goals that plays this peppy pop punk stuff with lyrics that to me are…well…’cheese sandwich’. Context: some of SYG’s songs have preachy lyrics along the lines of “I’m my own person, you can’t change me, it’s my life, I’m going to do what I want, not what you tell me to do…” etc. One of my esteemed colleagues coined the term ‘cheese sandwich’ for this, as he almost expected the band to say “I’m going to go into the kitchen and make myself a CHEESE SANDWICH because I’m hungry and I can eat WHAT I WANT because it’s MY LIFE and I don’t have to listen to you!!!!!”
So, at the time of my initiation to BtH, I decided upon ‘Cheese Sandwich’. Admittedly dumb, but whatevs. That’s the context behind it, so you can stop wondering (or not caring).
So what’s my deal??
I’ve been going to concerts for a long time. My first non-Weird Al Yankovic concert was the Red Hot Chili Peppers and 311 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco in 1999. Even though I am now a devout 311 fan (despite not being a stoner, I KNOW, RARE!), I remember not enjoying them at that show, nor did I know who they were. And yes, 311 is still around. And they still rock harder live than most bands you like.
Here are some less wordy facts about me organized in some easier-to-read list:
Real name: Adrian
Birthday: November 4, 1984
Favorite bands/artists: This is a list that changes more frequently than I can count, but….311, Nirvana, Foo Fighters (basically anything Dave Grohl), Led Zeppelin, Rx Bandits, Oasis (basically because What’s the Story Morning Glory was the first CD I owned), Dispatch, Silverchair, ANDREW WK (capitalized for emphasis because he’s God), Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, most other grunge bands, and so on. Like I said, this list changes every 7 minutes or so.
I’ll add more to this when I have more time. Now I gotta go watch sports.
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Add/follow me if you dare, I’m pretty cool though.
I enjoy a good milk steak any day, with a side of your best raw jellybeans, of course….
What else…hmm…well, I’ve seen so many concerts in my day that I couldn’t possibly ever compile a list of all the bands I’ve seen….but among this labyrinth of music I can say I’ve seen:
Hanson
Weird Al Yankovic
Kid Rock
New Found Glory (about 26 times, no joke)
311 (in New Orleans, Memphis, New York and throughout California)
Third Eye Blind
Tim McGraw (kinda)
Sugar Ray (lolz)
Metallica
FUCKIN SLAYER
Oasis
etc etc.
I always tell people I’ll go to ANY CONCERT for free, with only one exception: those HOT 97 radio shows in NYC or whatever that typically get shit like Mariah Carey/Mary J Blige/whatever insipid R&B artists are hot at the moment….that type of show would probably cause me to go Michael Douglas on everyone (“Falling Down” reference there).
So yeah…hope you dig what I have to say here, if you don’t, then you are clearly an asshole.
Leave comments on my shit/email me with love/spam/whatever. Oh and follow me on Twitter, I’m only about 3 million followers behind Ashton and John Mayer….MAKE IT HAPPEN! 
