Well time to see X....again. Seems like I see them every 6-8 months and this time was pretty much like every other time I have seen them....they were awesome! Started the night with my wife and I meeting some friends for drinks and some food. Hung out with Clifford of Blast! fame...(interview coming...) and then off to see one of the most iconic US bands ever. Opening the shindig was Matt Freemans (Rancid) side project Devils Brigade...they were ok'ish but really not grabbing me too much. They did however do a killer version of Police Truck (DKs). Next were X...wow! As always they killed it! Each song was perfect and the band was very into rocking us all out for the night. I went into the pit for Nausea, fell down, and was picked up. I then headed over to stage left where I ran into Steve Corona (Diesel Queens fame) and settled in for the rest of the night. Once their set was over, John Doe and Exene came out and played an acoustic version of 4th Of July that was perfect. Someone mentioned to me, why is it that John Doe is always sweating and you see Billy Zoom with his leather jacket and he is NOT sweating.....hmmm. If you look at Billy, you'd think he made a deal with the devil. He looks the same as he did in 1983.....After leaving, the wife and I went across the street to our fave Mexican food haunt on Pacific and had a free Quesadilla and some killer Anejo Tequila! I was hungover for TWO days! WOW.
Next up for next weekend are The Swingin Utters and Rev. Horton Heat. Same club, same town!
Oh and the bottom picture, it was taken by Billy Zoom...I am the guy with the two finger F U salute wearing the Lonsdale Tee. This can be found on X's site too.
Ken
FFS...why was I born in England!
ReplyDeleteHaha you and I have talked about this before Neil. Wouldn't be fun if we could do some time machine thing and you could come over here and I could go over to the UK. Funny how many of your favorite bands are US bands and mine are UK bands. Hey at least we have good taste no??
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Yeah, so true Ken; I'd swap in a heartbeat. I'd love to be able to see X, but doubt I ever will.
ReplyDeleteToo bad my Anon friend cannot post on here anymore. He has written some nice responses. I have The Angelic Upstarts coming in Aug. so I will get my UK fix soon!
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Oh ohhhh send them to me...I love a bit drama lahma :))
ReplyDeleteLast time I saw the Upstarts was at a punk festival about 7 years ago when they played my town.
They come from a few miles south of me and two of the band made the mistake of wearing an oppositions football shirt.........Menzie got a beer glass in the face and a broken nose. So fucking stupid as they only played 1.5 songs but were on fire.
Some of these old geezers still think it's the old days. So sad. I'd not seen them since 1981 and was really looking forward to it. Oh well...enjoy it mate.
They are recording some new tracks for a split with Crashed Out which should be out soon.
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