Descendents and Buzzcocks Live in Edmonton Sept.10th 2025

  This Descendents and Buzzcocks show was over a month ago, so I'm going to make this a quick review. My buddy Nazz and I went to this show at the Midway Music Hall. When we heard about this show, it was a must go show, two iconic punk bands on the same bill, super cool.

 We got to the show early and were surprised to see that there was a third band on the bill;m, we weren't aware of that. The first band of the evening was a band called MattstaGraham, a band from Tuscon, Arizona that I had never heard of before. A high energy pop punk band that I thought were alright.

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 Next up was the English punkers Buzzcocks who have been around since forming in Bolton in 1976 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto, so ya, old school punk. I had never seen them before and was really looking forward to seeing them live, even though the original lead singer Pete Shelley passed away in December 2018. Steve Diggle who joined the band in 1977 now does lead vocals. While I can honestly say that I don't know the Buzzcocks music as much as most of the older punk crowd did, some of the songs I did know were played such as "I Don't Mind", "Sick City Sometimes", "What Do I Get", "Orgasm Addict", "Ever Fallen In Love" and "Harmony In My Head". I enjoyed their set and appreciate their music even more now.

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 Next up was the headliner, another old school punk band the Descendents out of California formed in 1977. This would be my second time seeing them in concert. And again, they were great. Led by lead vocalist Milo Aukerman, with long time drummer Bill Stevenson. The band played their pop punk style music, short 2-3 minute songs, so lots of songs in their hour plus set, probably 30 plus songs. I don't call myself a huge fan, but I do get a kick out of their music and songs. Some of the songs I remember them playing were, opening with "Everything Sux", other titles I recall were "I Don't Want To Grow Up", "Coffee Mug", "Weinerschnitzel", "I'm Not A Punk", "I Like Food", "Silly Girl" and whole bunch of others that I'm not sure of the song titles. Another great set by the Decendents. Good times!!!

Descendents.

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Punk In Drublic Festival in Edmonton September 3rd 2022

My Buddy Nazz and I went to the Punk In Drublic Festival at the Edmonton Expo Centre, this was our second time attending this festival together. The Punk In Drublic Festival is a day of punk rock and beers. The festival starts with a taste testing of dozens of local breweries. With your ticket you get ten free tickets to sample some of the local craft beers. And because my buddy Nazz doesn't drink, I make out on this deal pretty damn good. After sampling lots of different beers a few hours before showtime, a guy can get a little buzz on. Thanks Nazz for the beer tickets! One of the many beers I tried.

The day started with local punkers Real Sickies. This was my 7th time seeing them in concert. They were great, nice to see that they always have local band in the line-up. The Real Sickies.

Next up was Cagary's Chixdiggit. This was my 2nd time seeing them play. They too were great. Chixdiggit.

Up next was a band called Voodoo Glow Skulls, a band from California that play a mix of punk rock and ska. I had never seen them play before and was really looking forward to seeing them in perosn. I was a fan of this band in the mid nineties and in all honesty didn't even realize they were still around. The only original members now are the two brothers Eddie Casillas on guitar and Jorge Casillas on bass, their other brother Frank who used to be the lead singer quit the band in 2017. On vocals now is Efrem Martinez-Schulz who also sings in the band Death By Stereo. I didn't know this until my brother told me before the show. I was a big fan of Death By Stereo back in the day. Seemed odd that Efrem would be fronting a ska band as Death By Stereo were a hardcore band. So I wasn't sure what to expect, but have to say I thought he did a great job. Voodoo Glow Skulls were high energy and awesome. Voodoo Glow Skulls.

Next was a band called Strung Out. Nazz and I caught a few of their songs but I didn't take any pictures. We had decided to hit the smoke pit outside for a smoke. Well the smoke pit was always fun every time we went out. It was always full and it was more like a weed pit as there were just as many people smoking weed as cigarettes. And with everyone having a good buzz on, it was full of funny drunken antics. And if you were sly enough you could sneak a drink out with you to the smoke pit. We hungout there for a while. We went back in to the venue to catch a bit of the band Pup, but decided it was more fun outside, so out we went for fresh air, ya right, more smokes and laughs.

Up next was another band out of California called the Descendents, a band that formed in 1977 and still going strong. This was the main band that Nazz and I were very excited about seeing as I had never seen them perform before. And they did not disappoint, there style of music would be a mix of hardcore melodic punk if that makes any sense with humour mixed in. They were excellent and probably the main reason most in attendance were there for. An awesome set by the Descendents. The Descendents.

Headliner of the festival was Los Angeles band NOFX, who have been around since 1983. This traveling festival was put together by lead singer Fat Mike of NOFX and the festival is named after one of their albums Punk In Drublic. This would be my 2nd time seeing NOFX in concert. I'm not the biggest fan of NOFX but thought they put on a good show. All in all we had a great day out at the festival. Good times!!! NOFX.

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