Last week I headed down to The Kathedral to check out a small punk show featuring Cobra Skulls and Teenage Bottlerocket. I haven't been to an intimate punk show for while, so I was looking forward to this. We got to the venue a bit after the doors opened and and there were maybe 50 people there.
By the time Cobra Skulls went on, there were about 150 people there, leaving the place half full. They are a three piece rockabilly punk band from Reno, Nevada. They've been around since 2005, but it's been just lately that they've been getting quite a bit of attention on the punk scene. I had been listening to their new record American Rubicon a lot, and since this was going to be their first show in Canada ever, I had to go check it out.
They played a 40 minute set which was about 13 songs. The three members had a connection together on stage which was cool to see. The crowd were enjoying themselves and there were even a few people singing along to the lyrics. The singer/bassist, Devin Peralta, had a strong stage presence and the singing sounded even better live than it does recorded. These guys are going to be big in a few years, so I'm glad I had the chance to see them play an intimate show like this.
Teenage Bottlerocket, a four-piece Ramones like pop punk band from Wyoming, attracted about 25o people (including 50ish guys in leather jackets) to the Kathedral for their headlining set. I only saw half an hour of the set, but I enjoyed what I saw. Most of their songs were around 2 minutes each, but you could tell they like to play fast. I kid you not when I tell you that they played 20 songs in 30 minutes. Less than a second after one song would be finished they would go in to the next song, and I highly doubt it was because they wanted to get the show over with as soon as possible. They looked like they were having way too much fun for that to be the reason.
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