Last night we played with the RUBBER CITY REBELS (they used to play the local dives in Akron, OH with the likes of the Dead Boys and Devo back in '76) and some old friends of mine from Phoenix, the Glass Heroes, as well as our local friends the Luv Taps. This is going down in my book not only as one of the best shows I've ever played... but one of the funnest all-around bills I've ever seen as well.
First I'll start by tellin' ya that I've been going to Glass Heroes gigs since '91. I've been to more of their shows over the years than I could ever even begin to keep count of, which gives me a pretty objective opinion on their performances. Last night they fuckin' rocked the roof off of the Cooler Lounge! A smokin' set from an amazing band! Hopefully someday these guys will get an album out and the world will finally find out what they've been deprived of for the last 15 years.
Next up was the mighty Rubber City Rebels. For those of you who don't know about these guys, I'll begin by giving you a brief history. They originated from the same mid-70's Cleveland/Akron, OH scene that spawned the Dead Boys, Devo, Pere Ubu, and the Pagans. They relocated to L.A. around '79 or '80 but soon broke up. They have recently re-formed with all original members except for the bass player, who incidentally used to play in Seattle/SF punk titans the Lewd. So how are they now?
THEY
FUCKING
ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They played a (literally) 2 hour set that never sagged once. These guys still love doing what they do best and holy shit did it ever show! I can barely move today because I shook my ass all night last night... and it takes A LOT for a band to get me to do that anymore. Now what really made this a standout show for me happened at the end of their set... they came back for an encore to do a cover of "Personality Crisis", the New York Dolls classic... and invited yours truly to jump up on stage and play 2nd guitar!!! I'll say this modestly...
I fucking SCORCHED! What else am I gonna do? Being asked by these punk legends to get on stage with them and play one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands? There's nothing else to do in a situation like that but rock like the apocalypse is at hand! Later on Rod (the Rubber City Rebels' singer) told me I was like maybe the 4th or 5th person in their entire existence as a band they had ever asked to do that, and then the rest of the night they referred to me as an honorary 5th Rebel.
What a fucking night! I wish I could hit rewind and live it all over again!
GLASS HEROES
THE DIRTY BABIES (that's me on bass)
First I'll start by tellin' ya that I've been going to Glass Heroes gigs since '91. I've been to more of their shows over the years than I could ever even begin to keep count of, which gives me a pretty objective opinion on their performances. Last night they fuckin' rocked the roof off of the Cooler Lounge! A smokin' set from an amazing band! Hopefully someday these guys will get an album out and the world will finally find out what they've been deprived of for the last 15 years.
Next up was the mighty Rubber City Rebels. For those of you who don't know about these guys, I'll begin by giving you a brief history. They originated from the same mid-70's Cleveland/Akron, OH scene that spawned the Dead Boys, Devo, Pere Ubu, and the Pagans. They relocated to L.A. around '79 or '80 but soon broke up. They have recently re-formed with all original members except for the bass player, who incidentally used to play in Seattle/SF punk titans the Lewd. So how are they now?
THEY
FUCKING
ROCKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They played a (literally) 2 hour set that never sagged once. These guys still love doing what they do best and holy shit did it ever show! I can barely move today because I shook my ass all night last night... and it takes A LOT for a band to get me to do that anymore. Now what really made this a standout show for me happened at the end of their set... they came back for an encore to do a cover of "Personality Crisis", the New York Dolls classic... and invited yours truly to jump up on stage and play 2nd guitar!!! I'll say this modestly...
I fucking SCORCHED! What else am I gonna do? Being asked by these punk legends to get on stage with them and play one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite bands? There's nothing else to do in a situation like that but rock like the apocalypse is at hand! Later on Rod (the Rubber City Rebels' singer) told me I was like maybe the 4th or 5th person in their entire existence as a band they had ever asked to do that, and then the rest of the night they referred to me as an honorary 5th Rebel.
What a fucking night! I wish I could hit rewind and live it all over again!
GLASS HEROES
THE DIRTY BABIES (that's me on bass)
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"wednesday june 16th 7:30pm
'eraserhead' director david lynch's bizarre 1978 feature debut about the title misfit, to be followed by a question-and-answer session with lynch, winner of cinevegas' vangaurd director award."
i just dug that mag out of the trash. so there you have it, thats all i know.