APRIL 26th, 1997
U.S. BOMBS
30 FOOT FALL & VICTIM's ANONOYMOUS
ALL AGES @ Safari Nite Club
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Now, I was looking forward to this show for sometime and they had or should I say that Mike Kelly (the booker with one testicle, a wife who's a prositute and a 2 year old kid named Darby that takes shits on the dinning room floor while your on the phone with him.) cancelled their show in January. So to say that I was hyped to see these guys is an understatement. We cooked Bar-B-Q and ate beforehand with the guys and started hitting the Guinness about 4:30pm.
First up was our pals from Souix City Victims and these guys are no more, and greatly missed. They may have been the tightest high energy band to come out of Iowa in years. straight ahead and to the point with the stage barely holding them in place.
Next up was 30Ft Fall the Fearless Records band from Texas. They are a lot of things including a little Guttermounth and a little Vandals mixed with their own thing. they bummed out the gutter punks with the quite funny slams. Including a version of "Punk Rocks in Your Head" That included the line "You got all the right Crass patches". The gutters sulked in the back while the rest of us enjoyed Butch's spinning and hopping and the a pack of fin numbers like "Urine Nation", "Bad Hair Day Punx", The Billie Joel cover "Still Rock 'N Roll To Me", my request "Feel Like Morrissey" and a version of the Billy Idol"s "Dance with Myself" that included doing a little of Korn, Rancid, Green Day, Off Spring, Metallica and a slede of others.
Pound for Pund, Round for Round, The main Event: The U.S. Bombs. They hit the stage with Duane ploded and in true punk fashion busting out all the greats from their Bomp releases. By the time the hit the stage I was well past the point of caring as they swallowed me whole into the power of what they have. For the first time in years a band made me dance not by asking but just by playing. If you haven't seen these guys or bought the record leave 'cause if your that foolish you shouldn't even be reading this in the first place.
After they played we kicked the kids out and ate and drank more while listening to Duane talk about everything under the sun. This guy has done a great deal (Pro Skater, fronted a number of punk band, and may very well have been the first skate punk) in his life and the thing that comes across is that he's the real deal. I also kicked back and talked about the good old days with Kerry Martinez. The Rejects played that night and Duane kept saying,"I'm gonna fuck that little boy in the shiney pants"(about Joey) and then passed out in front of the door to the club and when I asked if he was OK and he covered his ears and said,"This music is scaring me!"(about Junk Poet). After carrying Duane to the van we got more beer and headed to Brian's and sat up with Kerry and Dave from Victim's tell 6am.
You know whenever things go wrong at shows, like the band not showing or being assholes or there's 10 people there, I just think about this night and remember why I was promoting in the first place. Not only for the kids but to meet and get to know great people like these.
