Supersuckers In Edmonton May 30th 2013

Well I made my way to the Pawn Shop last night by myself, cause all my friends are light weights (damn work) to see the triple bill of local band The Preying Saints, Lydia Loveless and the Supersuckers. I got there for the tail end of the Preying Saints, and from what I saw and heard, I didn't miss much, not really my thing, boring same old rock-a-billy. But I was sure to be there for the other opener Lydia Loveless.

Lydia Loveless is an artist from Columbus, Ohio who plays a country punk rock style of music with a voice that chills you to the bone. This lady can sing, and yet she is such a tiny lady, hell I think her guitar is as tall as she is. What she lacks in stature she makes up with her singing abilities and guitar playing. This three piece band killed it last night and won over the small audience with her first visit to Edmonton. The band played for about forty-five minutes playing lots from her 2011 album "Indestructible Machine". The album is full of drinking songs and even a song about being stalked by Steve Earle, and of course the song is called "Steve Earle". A great opener and look forward to seeing her again.

Lydia Loveless at the Pawn Shop.




Next up was headliners the self proclaimed "Greatest Rock N' Roll Band In The World" the Supersuckers. This was my fourth time seeing the band in concert and this time was way better then the last time I saw them when they opened for Pearl Jam back in 2005. The Supersuckers are best seen in a club setting, and the Pawn Shop was the right venue for them. Lead singer/bass player Eddie Spaghetti was sounding good on this night and had the crowd in the palm of his hands right from the get go. They came out rocking and didn't let up at all through out their hour and a half set. It would have been nice to see them do a couple of acoustic numbers from their country album "Must've Been High" but not on this night. They played songs covering their whole career including a couple songs from my favorite Supersuckers album "La Mano Cornuda", playing "On The Couch" and "Mudhead". Other favorites played were "Born With A Tail", "Hot Rod Rally", "Gone Gamblin", "How To Maximize Your Kill Count", "Rock N' Roll Records (Ain't Selling This Year)", and "Supersucker Drive-By Blues" in which the whole crowd was singing along to this one raising the middle digit. they also did two new songs last night, one of them was called "Something About You". The song was like any other Supersuckers song, balls to the wall rock n' roll. All and all a great night of some dirty raw rock n' roll. Good times!!!

Supersuckers at the Pawn Shop.



Eddie Spaghetti autographed ticket stub.



Autographed Lydia Loveless album.



T-shirt.

20 Years Ago Today...May 30th

It was twenty years ago today that I saw the London Quireboys play at the Dinwoodie Lounge here in Edmonton.

Primus In Edmonton May 28th 2013

Last night my buddy A-Bomb and I went to the Primus concert here in Edmonton at the Jubilee Auditorium, this show was part of the Primus 3D tour in support of Primus' first album in eleven years called "Green Naugahyde".

This was my second time seeing Primus in concert, the first time being at Ozzfest in Vancouver back in 1999.

On this night it was an evening with Primus, with the band doing two sets. We got to our seats which were row AA, since when is row AA, like five rows back, that's just fucked up. Anyways, we got there in time for the show after walking to the venue getting primed for the show.

I have been a fan of Primus since the "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese" days. So I was hoping to hear a lot from that album, as I think that was their best album by far. Yet they only did one song from that album. So many good songs on that album and you only do one, what the hell. I have to say overall I wasn't all that impressed with the show, the 3D stuff was wicked, I see that being the future of shows. But the setlist was terrible, the sound was, as Primus would say "Mud". The vocals were way too low in the mix, actually the whole mix was awful, it all just melded in to each other, very little distinction between the instruments, hell your only a trio, you would think the sound would be better then that. After a while all the songs just started to sound the same as well. It was just one big long thumping bass sound that was more jazzy then anything. The biggest surprise of the evening was Les Claypool's ode to the late great Stompin' Tom Connors, playing a little something by Stompin' but because of the shitty sound, I couldn't tell you what it was he played. Les did mention that he is spreading the word about Stompin' Tom, good on ya Les Claypool.

Primus has always been known as a stoner band, and there was no lack of them kind of people at the show, I saw more then a few people tweaking out during the concert. Especially the four guys a few rows in front of us. At one point during the show they were moshing amongst each other, and this was in a soft seated venue, fuckin' hilarious, and then two of the guys decided to take their shirts off and one of them throwing the shirt on stage. Security eventually did come in and marshed their mellow, there is no doubt this bunch was having a good time, and good on them. All and all not one of the better shows I have been too, but still glad that I went. The 3D stuff is super cool, but I won't be going out of my way to see Primus anytime soon. Good times!!!

Setlist for the Edmonton show.

1.Groundhog's Day
2.Fisticuffs
3.Extinction Burst
4.American Life
5.Stompin' Tom cover
6.Hats Off
7.Lee Van Cleef
8.Eleven
9.Over the Electric Grapevine
10.My Name Is Mud

Encore:
11.Eyes of the Squirrel
12.Dirty Drowning Man
13.Frizzle Fry
14.Southbound Pachyderm
15.Eternal Consumption Engine
16.Jilly's on Smack
17.The Heckler
18.Moron TV
19.Harold of the Rocks

Encore 2:
20.HOINFODAMAN
21.Too Many Puppies

Pictures I took at the show.







T-shirt front.



T-shirt back.

17 Years Ago Today...May 29th

It was seventeen years ago today that I saw Rymes With Orange play at the Thunderdome here in Edmonton.

1 Year Ago Today...May 28th

It was a year ago today that I saw Roger Waters perform The Wall here in Edmonton at Rexall Place.

The Jammy Pacs at DV8 in Edmonton May 25th 2013

On Saturday night my buddies Hurl, A-Bomb and I went to a show at DV8 here in Edmonton. We went to see a band called The Jammy Pacs, a Ween tribute band from Calgary. I had some trepidation about going to this show as I never go see a tribute band as I would much rather see the real thing. And Ween being one of my all time favorite bands, I didn't want to see some band ruin their music. Well much to my surprise, the Jammy Pacs did a wicked tribute to the mighty Ween. There was an alright turn out for the show, the small but appreciative crowd ate it up dancing and singing along all evening. My buddy A-Bomb is the biggest Ween fan I know and he was impressed and was singing along all night. We had a great time at the show and look forward to seeing this Ween tribute band again. And with Ween out of commission this is about as close as we will get to seeing Ween anytime soon. Great job Jammy Pacs. All the members were really talented musicians and nailed it perfectly. All hail the mighty Boognish!!!! Good times!!!

This was also my first time to this venue and have to say I thought it was pretty decent actually. Well, it's a good thing I went to this, as DV8 at this location is closing and this was the last show put on there. DV8 will be moving in to the old location of New City Legion (8130 Gateway Boulevard 103st). I had the chance to talk with the owner of DV8 (Rod), and he seemed to be a super nice guy and even bought me a few beers at the show. Thanks Rod!!! Sounds like he fully supports touring bands giving them 100 percent of the door. Look forward to seeing more shows at the new location.

The Jammy Pacs in Edmonton.



Setlist for the show.

18 Years Ago Today...May 27th

It was eighteen years ago today that I saw Furnaceface play the New York Theatre in Vancouver.





Also on this day three years ago today I saw The Sadies with openers Pack A.D. play the Starlite Room here in Edmonton.



As well on this day two years ago I saw a couple of shows, the first one was a band called The Details play an in store performance at Permanent Records here in Edmonton.



And then in the evening of the same day I made my way to the Starlite Room to see Anvil play.





It was a very busy day as earlier in the day I also went to Axe Music for a meet and greet with Anvil.

Album Give-away, Song Of The Day May 26th (La Chinga)

Today's song of the day is by the Vancouver band La Chinga from their debut self titled album. They are three piece band that wear there influences on there sleeves. They are rocking band with a heavy 70's music influence, ala Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Blue Cheer and Cream just to name a few, they mix the boogie rock with some psychedelia which makes for some rocking music that would be great for summer festival camp out tunes. The song I picked for my song of the day from the album is titled "Country Mile". La Chinga kind of remind me of Fu Manchu.







Now that hopefully you have listened to the song and watched the video by this great band, you might be interested in winning a vinyl copy of the album by La Chinga, this is a limited edition vinyl as only two hundred copies were printed. A BIG thank you to the band for donating the album to me for my first give-away on my blog.

To win this album, you need to be the first person to leave a comment telling me the names of the members in La Chinga and tell me what tour poster is featured in my poster montage video at the 420 mark. Please leave your e-mail address so that I can get in touch with you. Good luck!!!



If there are any other bands out there that would be interested in helping me out with further give-aways, please get in touch with me by leaving a comment or e-mailing me at methatswho33@hotmail.com