MAY 11th, 1997
NIL8
IMPALER
& ARTICAL DEBRIS
ALL AGES @ Safari Nite Club
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Every once and awhile, you get a bunch of bands that don't fit, bugging you for a date. This was one of those dates. I think Ames' 35" Mudder played this show too. Their a Rage Against Machine rip off and are pertty much lame and boring. Artical came on and proved once again they need to work on getting better but weren't half bad.
Impaler is a metal band and was a bit of a joke for me to put them on this date. They needed a routing date back from Lawrence so I booked them as a favor to Brad. They used to be a big deal opening for all the big metal bands in the 80s. They have all kinds of props and stuff like the Chain mike stand and all that cheese stuff. They did a stripped down show with a few flash pots and some 80s metal. I just sat at the bar and laughed away.
NIL8 is no more and that is really too bad. They had their own sound which in thi day and age is rare. They take Punk and sprinkle in funk, rap and metal. They pull it off cause they stay with the root. The lyrics are very witty and inventing and their stage presence is such that it has a comic feel too it. I had seen them a number of times before but never really connected with them until that show. They give you the feel of sitting and watching old reruns on TV with the sound turned down. All the while there's this guy with Dreds hopping and telling all these stories in rythem to the stereo. They lead us through Land of the Lost, Dominatrix, Blood on the Saddle, Old MacDonald's Straight Edge Dilemma and Yombie Slut.
