Information

To get invited to play a set at Chris' Club, contact Brad by Myspace Message at www.myspace.com/chrisclub. Please include a link to a sample of your music (FYI, www.myspace.com provides free web accounts to bands in their music section), info on where else you've played, how many people you think will come to see you and anything else you think is important. You can also contact him by email at brada@chrisclub.com

If you are invited to play at Chris' Club for one of our Friday or Saturday original rock nights...

• Please show up between 8 & 9PM.

• Shows start between 9 & 9:30PM depending on when the bands and the audience is ready.

• Playing order is determined just prior to the show, unless advance arrangements have been made. Please don't assume that if you show up first you will play first (although this is likely). Check in with our House Manager or Bar Tender before any load-in.

• We have a small 14' x 7' stage which we've extended with two 4' x 8' risers so most bands can now fit on the stage.  There is also a 13' x 17' dance floor in front of it.
  Packed capacity is probably 100 people. We are a small club!

• We provide a small house system including a 16 Channel Ramsa mixer ...
  accessible from the stage through our 16x4 snake. Also, we are now offering several mics for your use (a Shure SM58, a Shure SM48, a Senheiser, an Avlex DV65 and a few others ... i.e. good stuff). Our equipment includes a Microverb III, an Aphex Aural Exciter, QSC and Soundtech Amps, Yamaha S115H's orthogonally flown to a pair of Renkus-Heinz for our mains, Klipsch KP-480 Subwoofers & Renkus-Heinz and Klipsch monitors. It is more than adequate to fill our small room with sound.  Note that the monitors are loud enough so you WILL be able to hear
  yourselves.
  

• You should minimally bring your own instruments and instrument amps & speakers. You're also welcome to bring your own mics, cables, stands.

• The stage is right next to our front door, so you can load in & out directly from your trucks, trailers, etc. We also have a back room you can use for pre-staging. Your choice.

• You should have 30 minutes to 45 minutes worth of ORIGINAL material for your set. We discourage "covers." If you are planning a cover, please let us know ahead of time so we can make sure they are allowed under one of our music performance licenses. Also, if you want more or less time than this, please let us know when you are being booked.

• Please remember you are NOT playing the Oakland Coliseum, you are playing a SMALL club. If your amps have an "11", please don't use it. Making your audience's ears bleed might be amusing, but it doesn't get you any extra credit from us. And if the bartenders can't hear drink orders, we tend to get pissed off (for more information on pissing us off, refer toour rules blog).

• Your band is expected to show up before the first set and to stay the entire night. It makes for a better audience experience (ask about our "die for nothing!" night) and it's more fun to be playing to a fuller house. Besides you don't get paid until the last band is done (See MONEY in the Rules Blog).

• Your band is expected to bring fans and followers through our door. We expect each band to bring at least 5 to 10 friends &/or followers. If you bring 20 people, you're more likely to receive additional money at the end of the night as described to the left. We'd also like your friends to stay for the whole show. If you can, please let us know ahead of time how many people you think you'll be bringing.

• LAST BUT MOST IMPORTANT: Attitude is what makes for a successful show and being invited back. Vallejo has a crappy (read dangerous) and (mostly) undeserved reputation. We're trying to promote Chris' Club as a fun & safe place to have a good time. So far, so good. If you show up enthusiastic and ready to kill the house ... oops, bad reference, how about ... ready to knock 'em dead ... damn, let's try again ... ready to slay them ... shit, this just isn't working! OK, just show up ready to have a f*cking good time and come with a bunch of like-minded fans and we'll all be happy!