They poured cocktails using the berg system- which is a machine that measures what's being poured out. As a bartender, this system was insulting to use and I flat out refused to order one from this place. I did however, enjoy their draft beer. The only food they served was personal sized Tombstone pizzas that they would bake in a tiny oven, and more than once I indulged because my stomach growled. What made HOR special is that they chose to go for a mostly originals entertainment schedule, which attracted many bands of all sorts of diffrent draws, and for a period of time did all ages shows on Sundays, one night in particular when Depth Charge shared the stage with a group of kids called Twisted Vengance- where their bassist paid me the ultimate complement. When he saw me enter the room, I didn't bring in any gear yet. He said "You're the bass player right?". I nodded my head and shook his hand. They were way better than I anticipated, and their fans took to us immedately. Kids were headbanging, moshing, with their energy feeding mine. And I was thinking to myself "Yeah, this is why I rehearse at a place where I sweat 10 pounds off every night- to play a set like this!".

I worked there for awhile and would tell people to look for a “Tuff Shed With Gargoyles” south of 112th on Irma Street. My favorite band was Silencer, they did a cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wrathchild” with Harry Conklin on lead vocals. Given that Maiden’s my thing. I always remembered it.

This was one of my favorite places to play back in the day, A) it was close to home, less than a mile away. B) We had some of the best turnouts there. C) got to see Jag Panzer, and Megadeth acoustic there. The owners and staff were super cool with us. I can’t recall ever having a bad time there.