Show Journal 2001-06-30
I thought we had a really good show tonight for about an hour. During that hour a pretty big crowd rolled into the Pine Street, we set up, we played what I thought was a really good set, and had lots of people tell us we sounded great while we loaded off the stage. Everything was fine and I was feeling good about life … and then Tiger Army played. Those guys we so good I can’t even put it into words. I have never seen a band so genuinely excited to play a show and the crowd totally ate it up. They had everyone screaming for more after every song. They sound like a mix of super fast rockabilly mixed with the Misfits. This makes perfect sense when you see them using a stand up bass along with the drummer from Samhain. Easily the best show I’ve seen in over a year. I was glued to the floor and cheering with the every song as if I had never seen a band like this before. Then again I suppose I haven’t. I’d ramble on more about how great they played but it would only belittle our performance ever more. The Amazing Crowns played last and it was immediately obvious why they are consistently rated the best live band in the US. Super energetic, consistently funny and very entertaining. I figure if they can make me like rockabilly they must be doing something right. The energy and excitement level of the crowd was a little lower for them than Tiger Army, but they still put on an amazing set. Thanks to the Bend/Dead Even posse, Ben from Compact 56, Chris N. and everyone else who came out early.
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