The Rising Hedons came down to the Armory in Tainan on Saturday, May 10th 2008. The guys are a mix of several different bands form the past, most notably Boogie Chillin’ and Faye and the Slacks.

Brad Tindall, the lead man for the Risng Hedons can appear to be possessed at times while playing his tunes. As relaxed and chill as he is while not playing, he enters another dimension when he is. I’ve only got one word to describe it, and that is, “inspired”.

Inspired by what, I don’t know. I never got around to asking, even though the night went on and on, and the beer flowed like water at Niagra Falls. It was an interesting night, as I got to speak with Darren the bass player, who also is playing with The Money Shot Horns, and has previously played in Boogie Chillin’ and Milk, to name a few of the better known bands that have graced the foreign music scene in Taiwan, before I got too drunk. Usually we’ll meet at about 2 in the morning at festivals, intoxicated by everything, not the least of which is the booze. What did we talk about, well, life and music mostly. What else is there really?

All of the guys in the band are nice, and they were pumped up to come down to Tainan and play. I am always happy when good bands come down to Tainan to play. I hope it becomes more of a regular thing.