Old Arabi Sheds

02/16/2024

https://youtu.be/51X2oWl3dQk?si=d34lrNp_OisR9WPS

OLD ARABI SHEDS BY THE WALLJanuary 6, 2024Arabi, LA. The Old Arabi sheds by the wall hosted bands from 1982 through 2016. When the property was acquired by a...

01/07/2024

Here's an update of what it looks like now:

My first time being back in a while.
Just the slab now.
Great memories
"You're Gone ...But you were Good"

The Old Arabi Sheds
(By The Wall)
Ain't dere no more
January 6, 2024
Arabi, LA.

12/15/2022

The Tornado Destroyed
The Old Arabi Sheds By The Wall
December 14, 2022
Arabi, LA.

Oh man that fu***ng sucks!!!!!
Tony I can't thank you enough for all the times me, you and Joe and everybody that played with us that got to jam there before the brewery took over.

The Old Arabi sheds by the wall hosted bands from 1982 through 2016. When the property was acquired by a local brewery that unfortunately went out of business less than a year later. The building sat idle for the last several years. With hopes and dreams that it would one day become a place for bands to harness there skills once again in St. Bernard Parish. Unfortunately that time never came.

I will always have great memories of that place from seeing all the great bands in their budding stages back in the mid 1980s to where they blossomed from there. It was a great part of our history growing up in the music scene. Especially during those summer months when we were carefree teenagers. There would be hundreds of people out there listening to the band's practice after stopping at The chateau on Judge Perez in Arabi buying a brown bagged cheap 40 oz beer. Then plopping up on the levee wall watching the bands practiced with the metal roll doors flung wide open and the volume as loud as it could go! We were in our own corner of the world back there. Jamming to the bands and talking with everybody. There was something magical about hearing the music come out of those metal sheds with the wind and the sounds of the Mississippi River behind you with the silhouette of the city in New Orleans in the background. Some great music was written back there. A lot of great bands practiced back there that we all grew up with and we're all still friends with. So tonight we bid you farewell...

Old Arabi sheds by the wall
Thank you for the great memories
growing up in the parish:

"You're gone, but you were good"

11/08/2019

07/12/2019

EXHORDER: "My Time"
July 12, 2019
New Orleans, LA.

07/12/2019

http://geni.us/ExhorderMTSS

Album Out September 20th. Listen/Download:

05/31/2019

Our mission as their friends is to also BUY this album the week it comes out.

The mission is simple: Let's get this long awaited record on the charts!!!

And of course let's go to this show!!!

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***HOMETOWN ALBUM RELEASE SHOW***
Mark your calendars! This will be one for the books, we guarantee you that! Grab your ticket now: https://bit.ly/2W5SFjw
„From the mid/late 80’s on through the early 90’s, few other experiences matched the unity felt at Exhorder shows in New Orleans. Our audience might as well have been ”The Island of Misfit Toys”, but all were welcome as long as you weren’t making problems. The opening slots were priceless for up and coming bands, as well as regional acts successful in other towns, but looking to break it in New Orleans. We did trade off gigs with them, and helped out local bands in need of exposure as much as we could. It was once about the scene here in New Orleans. Today, we are bringing that back to you. We cannot turn back the clock, but we sure as hell can return to the mindset of looking out for our brothers and sisters of the music community. Welcome back to the family, New Orleans!“ - wise words brought to you by Kyle.

03/18/2019

They use to jam by the sheds go check them.out

https://www.facebook.com/VORnola/

VOICE OF REASON Second Coming

VOR is Bud Faust (vocal, guitar), Chris Kain (drums), David LaBrosse (bass), and Emmett Mayer (guitar).

10/11/2018

1982 - 2015

07/07/2015

Check it out yall

Just as one man's trash is another man's treasure, it would seem one man's nostalgia is another man's opportunity. That is the case for former St. Bernard resident Al Hodge III when he sees the plans for the growth of...

06/18/2015

Music and pictures are coming

Formed in January of 2014 - July 2015 Arabi, LA.

Al Hodge - Guitars / vocals
Joe DiPadova - Lead Guitar
Tony DiPadova - Drums
Irvan/Don/Jessie - Bass

05/14/2015

I know we said we were gonna try to have a gathering there June 27 but we are gonna have to postpone this to a later date. We will announce more details very soon.

05/12/2015

Tony and I have been trying to remember all of the bands that have practiced there from 1982-2015. The first band was called BLITZ in 1982. now from my memory and Tony's here some that we remember please feel free to add to the list to help us out.

BLISS
BLITZ
RIVERSIDE
S.S. STEEL
RAZOR WHITE
DARK AUGUST
VICTORIAN BLITZ
GRAVEYARD RODEO
SOILENT GREEN
EHG? (I Know I helped record the DRIP demo there in 92 not sure if it was soilents practice space or ehg's))
DOWN (They wrote and I did a demo on a 4 track for "Eyes of the south" one night sometime in 1992 or 1993)
B.R.A.T.
THE DIRTYS
FIENDANCE
SNAKE OILER
WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE HONEY
DIRTNAP
THE NO-SHOWS
ASHTRAY
DRUNKEN CHICKEN
ZOMBIE LEGION
BLACK WITCH GOD
ROTTENATOMY
RAT IN A BUCKET
APPROVED BY CONVICTION
NO IDEA
THE UNNATURALS
FETICIDE
DEUS VULT
BLANKET
VOICE OF REASON
RAIN
CREATIVE NUISANCE
SHROUDS OF EXILE
DRUNKEN CHICKEN
FINAL CHAPTER
BILE
SERPENTIS
SHY DOG

I know there are a ton more but this is a start

I'm.gonna also include HOLY TERROR although they practiced around the corner at the old slaughterhouse they should be included in this list as well.

05/09/2015

April 8, 2015. - unnamed "mystery" band practice - Arabi, LA.

05/08/2015

April 22, 2015 - The wall by the sheds Arabi, LA.

05/08/2015

May 6, 2015 old flyer from Andy Capps found in the first shed Arabi, LA.

05/08/2015

May 6, 2015 - Joe checking out an old SNAKE OILER flyer in one of the sheds Arabi, LA.

05/07/2015

This is a page I'm working on to celebrate a great piece of the New Orleans metal scene history. From 1982-2015. As of July 1, 2015 the 40 Arpent brewing company who now owns the building received a grant and plan to extend their brewery into the historic building. We welcome them to continue and honor the area with music which they intend on doing, but we never will forget spending our teenage years back there meeting friends and getting to see great bands. I'm lucky enough to be in one of the last bands that have called this place home. There's something about cranking up the guitars with the breeze of the mighty Mississippi at your back that makes great stuff happen!!! Let's here your story. We plan on having a final gathering on Saturday June 27. Please share and come celebrate the legacy of the old Arabi sheds by the wall.