Rotorua's Ryan Christensen is in New York, he is keeping us posted with what he has been up to:
Trolling through Facebook on my Sunday evening, just as we all normally do, I saw a post from one of my favourite bands "Bad Rabbits". They were performing a show and shooting a music video in Amityville, Long Island that night. Usually I look at these posts and wonder what if I was just closer to this place and could be a part of it. Just out of curiosity I googled where this Long Island place was. It was an 85minute train ride from where I was sitting. Needless to say I was on a train within the next half hour.
When I arrived in Amityville it was a ghost town. I was so used to the hustle and bustle of NYC and I couldn't believe not seeing people on the streets.
Even after 3 weeks here I was so used to it. It was great to get a sense of America suburbia, small little houses on massive sections with squirrels running through the grass and an American flag on every house. This was a side of America I hadn't really seen yet. After helping a man get a fridge off the back of his pick up, I found "Ollie's Point", the bar the gig was being held.
Walking into the small venue, there was already people everywhere. There were a couple of college bands opening for them, so there were Nanas and Grandads with video cameras and I really got flashbacks from the old "Stanza" days. (My high school progressive metal band).
