The current internet fad of dumping a bucket of ice over your head in support of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) has spread like wildfire. From everyday folks to athletes, actors and musicians taking a bucket of ice to the head. This past weekend during their show at the Rosenthal Winery in Malibu, CA, Quactus lead singer/guitarist, Seth Gordon, took a break from the show to do the ice bucket challenge in front of the live audience, calling attention to the fact that his Grandmother suffered from ALS and it’s a cause he believes deeply in. Backed up by the band playing “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice, Gordon called out two bands, LOTUS and THE WERKS, in addition to an unexpected person, Russian President, Vladimir Putin. Ending the challenge by saying, “It’s on you, Putin.”
Check out the video here:
Two members of the audience were so inspired by Gordon’s call to action that they took part in the challenge themselves. Quactus played “Ice Ice Baby” for them too!
Check out the girls doing the Ice Bucket Challenge HERE!
Full Setlist from the epic three set show:
August 16, 2014; Rosenthal Winery; Malibu, CA:
Set 1: Finally Free, Esprit D’escalier > Have A Cigar > Might Be You* > History Repeats Again > His Father’s Son, Radar Love#, Umbrella^, Superlfitious
Set 2: All Apologies~, Happy Birthday, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad > Keeping You Close, Cutting Corners, Fever Boy, Poison, The Journey, Scarlet Begonias
Set 3: Ice Bucket Challenge/Ice Ice Baby$, Drinko, Wine, Fearless, Ice Bucket Challenge/Ice Ice Baby$$, Poinephobe, Suzy Greenberg, Gabe’s Bathroom Break%, Mine All Mine, A Little Less Conversation, Freedom, Van Winkle’s Dream
* Top Gun Tease
# Technical difficulty with umbrellas tipping over on stage
^ In honor of the umbrella problems during Radar Love
~ Audience member, Fallon, comes on stage to sing “Quactus Karaoke”
$ Video Campaign for ALS research involving the act of dumping a bucket of ice on one’s head combined with Quactus jamming to Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”, First Time Played
$$ The first ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE of the night inspired others to do it too, Quactus supplied the music
% Impromptu song during Gabe’s bathroom break
