A dark night chasing Marky Chavez of Midnight Panic - By N.L. Belardes
I couldn't find Marky Chavez after anywhere after the show.
Last night was their darkest performance to date on a cold Bakersfield night, where Midnight Panic performed to an intimate audience out at Studio 99.
No this wasn’t the big “Coronation of Mark Chavez”. This was a quaint night; a dark night of music and chills. I arrived just in time to see Marky Chavez standing behind a keyboard, smoking a cigarette, singing, taking sips of a drink, and whispering his tunes in a manner that almost made him appear silent, sullen, talking to himself in a dark room where lights flashed and people mingled.
A whispering dark night
Mike Montano plays bass in the dark stage lights
Francis Mayer and Meathead from KRAB Radio talk outside
about their new season of Damaged TV
I spent part of my time outside, huddled by a trash can where logs burned and a few locals gossiped about the music scene and beyond. I popped back inside occasionally to see Marky working the keyboards, or closing his eyes and smoking between music moments.
Marky Chavez is a controversial rock and roll figure who has been around the Bakersfield and national music scene for since the 1990s. Half-brother of Korn’s Jonathan Davis, he’s also the former front man for Adema, a band named after a mixture added to embalming fluid that helps reduce edema. The name Adema was possibly suggested by either Mike Montano or Kenny Mount. I have heard three versions of the story with Cesareo Garasa telling his own Adema tale (in an unreleased podcast) that mentions "edema" is a skin condition, but not that Adema was suggested by Kenny or Mike (although Cesareo does mention Mike Montano suggested the name in his big Adema Ancient History piece). That was written after the podcast.
Edema is a swelling/puffiness of body parts common during embalming, and is often caused by an excess of Formaldehyde. Glutaraldehyde is sometimes added to the mixture to help reduce edema and supposedly doesn’t have a foul odor. I will leave the rest of the discussion to Kenny “Mortician” Mount to address all the finer qualities of embalming, the necessary arterial and cavity fluids, and the naming of Marky Chavez ex-band, Adema.
As I mentioned, Cesareo does have an interesting piece on Adema, and you can find all kinds of articles on the Web by just doing a search for Marky Chavez. You will find out controversies about how and why Marky left Adema, what people think of Adema’s music, Marky’s music, old interviews, and more. Either way, history won’t argue that the name of Marky’s ex-band Adema isn't death-related. The dark Bakersfield underworld of Korn, Adema, Throatshot, Videodrone, American Standard, Relapse Trigger, Myndsick, and Midnight Panic is a testament to the creepier sides of human nature, whether death, relationship, or an exploration into the sometimes hellish minds of people.
After the show Rocky Nash took the stage to sing some of their new tunes, including their drinking song, “The NASHional Anthem”. Vixen of Bakersfield rock, Rocky took the stage and belted out her brash-sounding tough-girl tunes. Matt from Midnight Panic wandered over and yelled, “Rocky your music sounds so good!”
“Thanks little nipple guy,” she laughed.
And then their conversation digressed from there in an entire discussion of Matt’s tiny nipples and someone wanting him to get Oscar Mayer implants. Don’t ask. Folks had been drinking.
Meanwhile I ran into Wayne from Midnight Panic’s Thru the Roof Records and talked about the band’s national distribution deal. Mike Montano said, “Hello,” and I talked to a few readers of Paperback Writer and some folks who were reading Lords: Part One… I did see Marky Chavez for a moment. He talked about an upcoming gig at the Roxy. But he drifted out of sight as rock and roll folks often do, although I tried to chase him with the Buck City Podcast microphone into the dark industrial night of Anotonino Avenue…
Last night was their darkest performance to date on a cold Bakersfield night, where Midnight Panic performed to an intimate audience out at Studio 99.
No this wasn’t the big “Coronation of Mark Chavez”. This was a quaint night; a dark night of music and chills. I arrived just in time to see Marky Chavez standing behind a keyboard, smoking a cigarette, singing, taking sips of a drink, and whispering his tunes in a manner that almost made him appear silent, sullen, talking to himself in a dark room where lights flashed and people mingled.
A whispering dark night
Mike Montano plays bass in the dark stage lights
Francis Mayer and Meathead from KRAB Radio talk outside
about their new season of Damaged TV
I spent part of my time outside, huddled by a trash can where logs burned and a few locals gossiped about the music scene and beyond. I popped back inside occasionally to see Marky working the keyboards, or closing his eyes and smoking between music moments.
Marky Chavez is a controversial rock and roll figure who has been around the Bakersfield and national music scene for since the 1990s. Half-brother of Korn’s Jonathan Davis, he’s also the former front man for Adema, a band named after a mixture added to embalming fluid that helps reduce edema. The name Adema was possibly suggested by either Mike Montano or Kenny Mount. I have heard three versions of the story with Cesareo Garasa telling his own Adema tale (in an unreleased podcast) that mentions "edema" is a skin condition, but not that Adema was suggested by Kenny or Mike (although Cesareo does mention Mike Montano suggested the name in his big Adema Ancient History piece). That was written after the podcast.
Edema is a swelling/puffiness of body parts common during embalming, and is often caused by an excess of Formaldehyde. Glutaraldehyde is sometimes added to the mixture to help reduce edema and supposedly doesn’t have a foul odor. I will leave the rest of the discussion to Kenny “Mortician” Mount to address all the finer qualities of embalming, the necessary arterial and cavity fluids, and the naming of Marky Chavez ex-band, Adema.
As I mentioned, Cesareo does have an interesting piece on Adema, and you can find all kinds of articles on the Web by just doing a search for Marky Chavez. You will find out controversies about how and why Marky left Adema, what people think of Adema’s music, Marky’s music, old interviews, and more. Either way, history won’t argue that the name of Marky’s ex-band Adema isn't death-related. The dark Bakersfield underworld of Korn, Adema, Throatshot, Videodrone, American Standard, Relapse Trigger, Myndsick, and Midnight Panic is a testament to the creepier sides of human nature, whether death, relationship, or an exploration into the sometimes hellish minds of people.
After the show Rocky Nash took the stage to sing some of their new tunes, including their drinking song, “The NASHional Anthem”. Vixen of Bakersfield rock, Rocky took the stage and belted out her brash-sounding tough-girl tunes. Matt from Midnight Panic wandered over and yelled, “Rocky your music sounds so good!”
“Thanks little nipple guy,” she laughed.
And then their conversation digressed from there in an entire discussion of Matt’s tiny nipples and someone wanting him to get Oscar Mayer implants. Don’t ask. Folks had been drinking.
Meanwhile I ran into Wayne from Midnight Panic’s Thru the Roof Records and talked about the band’s national distribution deal. Mike Montano said, “Hello,” and I talked to a few readers of Paperback Writer and some folks who were reading Lords: Part One… I did see Marky Chavez for a moment. He talked about an upcoming gig at the Roxy. But he drifted out of sight as rock and roll folks often do, although I tried to chase him with the Buck City Podcast microphone into the dark industrial night of Anotonino Avenue…
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