![]() ![]() They never attained the ultimate goal, the ever-elusive recording contract, but they had one hell of a good time. They made it through alive and mostly in one piece. They were lucky, though, in that nobody ever got seriously hurt (see below), arrested (it was close a couple of times!) or chased by irate husbands (also, close!). Bad management decisions, bad personnel decisions, band vehicles of questionable safety, equipment problems, you name it. ![]() Want to be convinced? Check out the crowd noise heard an the Carowinds Concert! When the house lights and music went down and the band took the stage, Cirkus began kicking ass and taking names, and the crowd knew they were in for a thrill ride. system, large stacks of amplifiers, and a massive drum kit. They were greeted with lots of lights, a huge P.A. It was obvious to the attendees that they were in for something out of the ordinary upon just walking into the club. Even if there were relatively few people in the club (and there were those nights!), the band wanted those few people to go home and call their friends so that there weren't as few people there the next time. It was not uncommon for booking agents to advise their young, inexperienced bands to "go see Cirkus and you'll see how it's supposed to be done."Ĭirkus' main mission was that the band was going to have a great time and they wanted the crowd to, as well. There was nothing subtle about Cirkus, it was more of a sledgehammer approachcrank up those Marshalls and let's rock, boys! From the opening song to the last call for alcohol, Cirkus rocked the house harder than any club band in that area leaving the crowd sweaty, breathless and screaming for more. They traveled hard, played hard, and partied hard. Through many personnel changes as well as changes in the basic songlist, Cirkus worked hard to become one of the most prominent bands on the club scene throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. ![]() We are proud of the work we did, and we are pleased to have an outlet that allows us to share our experiences, if for no other reason than to say, "Here's what we were doing way back then, and it was special!"Ĭirkus was a rock and roll band that was in existence from 1978 to 1983. We have all gone on to lead normal, middle class lives (the ones we know about, anyway!) but are linked forever by an experience that none of us would trade for anything. It should not be construed as a "they're living in the past" kind of thing as that wouldn't be the case at all. This website is in tribute to all of the people that were involved in this project over the years. This is really silly, but it shows we traveled a lot.Phoo and Sean are really far out um far apart.Cheating The Reaper Concert and DVD Recording.The Last Show Ever at The Southland Ballroom.No longer is there a need to download files for listening (although downloading is still available by right clicking in the playback controls).Īll audio files are now in MP3 format and video in MP4 finally stopped using WMA and WMV formats at long last. Plus, the streaming audio and video files have been embedded with on-page playback. This has been done for both streaming multimedia and albums. Southland BallroomĪs an added bonus, all full-performance audio files and albums have been remastered for much better audio quality. The video is a "camera at the back of the room with somewhat distorted audio", but it's a great record to close out what has been a wonderful experience. The complete 2012 Southland Ballroom Show, the last show the band will ever play as Cirkus, has been restored to full size with completely restored audio. Previously, this video was available as a small 320*200 rendering only, with less than stellar audio. The complete 2003 Lincon Theater Reunion Show has been restored to full size DVD quality with completely remastered audio. Audio was likewise good, relatively speaking. Great for nostalgic reasons if nothing more. The quality of the tape, while not as good as when new and certainly not as good as the long lost original tape, was still quite salvageable. On July 30 th, 2016, a copy of the " Long Lost VHS tape of Cirkus at the Casablanca" was rediscovered. ![]()
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