Seven Inch Single Saturday (Deer Tick)

Today's seven inch single from Deer Tick is a Record Store Day exclusive from last year limited to 2000 copies that was released on Partisan Records. The two songs on this single are from the sessions from their last album called Negativity. The two songs are Side A - Bus Stop and on Side B - Denver. I really like the side A song, the song on side B is very slow. I have included the tow songs for your listening pleasure. Check your local record store as this single can still be found with some digging. Enjoy!!!

Side A - Bus Stop

Side B - Denver

Throwback Thursday...Anvil

A few posters from the times I have seen Anvil in concert.

Tragically Hip Live in Edmonton Feb.12th 2015

On Thursday night my Sweetie Janis, our friend Erin and I went to the Tragically Hip concert here in Edmonton at Rexall Place. The Hip are on tour for the re-release of their 1992 classic album Fully Completely, in which the band were performing in its entirety. Why the band were doing this is beyond me. You would think they would wait til the 25th anniversary, but nonetheless, that is what this tour was about.

This was my 15th time seeing the band in concert, and as always I was looking forward to seeing what the hell lead singer Gord Downie's antics would be like this time. Because you never know what kind of show you will get from him.

There were a few let downs for this show. Starting with the start time of the show. On the ticket, it said 8pm start. There was no opening band for this tour, so we made sure to be there before 8pm. Only to have to wait until 9pm for the band to hit the stage. I guess a DJ spinning records is an opening slot. That sucked, ya the tunes played were good, but if I want to listen to records for an hour, I would have stayed home and had a few more cheap beers and played my own damn music.

When the Hip did hit the stage to a crowd of about 13,000, they opened with the a wicked version of Grace Too from the album Day For Night then doing four more songs before doing the Fully Completely album. Only one new song on this night (Transformation) from their latest release Now For Plan A, the song sounded much better live then on record. After the first five songs it was into the album Fully Completely. What bugs me about these kind of shows when a band does an album in its entirety is the lack of surprise for a live show, as your know the sequence of the next ten songs or how ever long the album is. Don't get me wrong, I love that album and they played it awesome. Though there was no surprises in it, they played pretty much as you would hear it on record. There were no jams through the songs, which The Hip are known to do live, and the biggest bummer, no rants and tangents from Gord Downie. That is one of my biggest pleasures of seeing The Hip live is hearing what Gord is going to go on about. Although a lot of times, you never know what it is he is going on about, but anyone that has heard his tangent with Killer Whale Tank, knows what I am saying. But on this night, there was none of this from Gordie. And, as much as Gord was entertaining with his weird Gord dance shuffle, he wasn't as animated as usual. No fights with the microphone stand, not as much improvising with his handkerchief and lyrics, he actually kept it pretty simple on this night. Which is too bad. One thing I didn't miss, was Gord playing the guitar, none of that during this show, which is cool, cause I always think it takes away from the weirdness of Gord's performance. The band was their usual solid and tight.

After doing Fully Completely, it was another five songs from the rest of their catalog. One of the songs that surprised me and a song you don't hear live very often is the song Twist My Arm from the excellent album Road Apples. They then ended the show with the song Blow At High Dough, a great way to end a wicked night of music. All and all a great show, just a little tame compared to many of the other shows I have seen by The Tragically Hip. Good times!!!

Janis and I.

The Tragically Hip in Edmonton at Rexall Place.

Setlist from Edmonton show.

Vince Neil (Book Review)

Well, I finally got around to reading the Vince Neil of Motley Crue biography Tattoos & Tequila, To Hell and Back of Rock's Most Notorious Frontmen. This book came out five years ago in conjunction with his solo album of the same title.

After reading the Neil Strauss book Motley Crue The Dirt, I didn't think there was a whole lot more to learn about the band, but figured it would be interesting to read Vince Neil's side of things. And in all honesty, there really isn't much more to learn here other then Vince really has nothing good to say about his band mates. He slams Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx pretty bad and Mick Mars is just a recluse.

Throughout the book Vince keeps saying things like he doesn't remember all the details of certain events. Seems his days of drinking and drugs didn't do him any favours as his memory for details are terrible.

He does talk about the passing of his daughter Skylar who passed away at the age of four of cancer in detail.

Vince also contradicts himself lots in the book, saying he would never work with the other members of Motley Crue ever again, only later in the book to say he loves them like brothers. I guess when the Crue is your bread and butter, you have to keep going back to them. None of the members of the band have made any money with there other projects. Should be interesting to see what happens now with Motley Crue doing their last ever tour together this year.

Some of the more interesting reads in the book are when his ex-wives talk about Vince. Would have been interesting to read a little more about Vince's plastic surgeries. He doesn't get in to that at all. Vince also talks about how many times he has been to rehab, yet says he is not an alcoholic and how he has quit drinking, only to say, he now only has a few glasses of champagne once in a while, and a shot of tequila as well. Sounds like an alcoholic to me.

What can you say, the book was entertaining to read.

Throwback Thursday...AC/DC

A concert ad and poster from a few AC/DC shows I have been too.

In concert news...AC/DC will be playing in Edmonton at Commonwealth Stadium on Sunday September 20th.

Seven Inch Single Saturday (Doughboys)

So I have been going through some old seven inch singles and decided to start a new feature called "Seven Inch Single Saturday". So today I will start with the seven inch single by the Montreal punk/pop band Doughboys who were around between 1987-1997.

This single by the Doughboys called La Majeure 1987 was released in 2003 on Scamindy Records. The two songs featured on this are, Side One has The Forecast and Stranger From Within and Side Two has a song called I Remember.

All three songs are from the Doughboys first demo sessions recorded in the winter of 1986-87. All three songs were also on their debut album called Whatever. If your a fan of the punk/pop sound or the Doughboys, this is well worth finding. The 180 gram coloured vinyl looks and sounds great.

Throwback Thursday...Motley Crue

A few posters from times I have seen Motley Crue in concert.