Saturday evening my buddy Hurl and I braved the 17 centimetres of fresh snow that had fallen during the day and ventured to The Pawn Shop in Edmonton to catch a couple of local bands. This show was an album release party for the ska band Mad Bomber Society.
The night started with openers The Chokeouts a band I had never seen before. They are a five piece high energy punk rock band consisting of three females in the rhythm section Maz and Jenny on guitar and Karlin on bass rounded out by Dustin on drums and Chris on vocals. A very energetic band with screaming vocals with Maz and Jenny doing shout out background vocals and once in a while taking over on lead vocals. I found it hard to understand a lot of the lyrics, but one of the titles I caught was interesting and gives you an idea of what they are about "I'm Not Homeless (But I Drink Like It)" which is what they opened with. They were an alright punk rock band,but not really my thing.
The Chokeouts.
The headliner of the night was local ska band Mad Bomber Society. They were celebrating the release of their new album "Butchers,Stompers & Cheats" that has been six years in the making. This is only the second album that they have put out since forming in the 90's. The band consists of Rich "Bomber" Liukko on lead vocals and guitar, Jason "Bomber" Zazula on drums and vocals, Mike "Fourfingered Bomber" Johnson on trumpet and vocals, Smooth Bomber on bass, Nate "Bomber" Connelly on trombone and Jonny "Bomber" McCormack on saxophone. Rich Liukko is also an owner of a local record store here in Edmonton called Freecloud Records.
The Pawn Shop was a great venue for this show, as the place was packed and everyone in a good mood and ready to dance there asses off, which is what happened through out the hour plus show. They mixed it up with both new songs and old songs from their first release, 2001's "Atomic A-Go-Go". Mad Bomber Society don't do a lot of live shows, so to see them perform is always a treat. This was only my second time seeing them live, the first time I saw them was in 1998-99 with Let's Go Bowling.
All and all it was fun night out with great tunes and some old school skanking. Good times!!!
To hear some songs from there first album click here.
Mad Bomber Society.
T-shirt front.
T-shirt back.
The new Mad Bomber Society CD.
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