It's not often where I go to a local concert featuring three bands I've never seen live before, but that was the case last night at Coch's Corner, when Detroit, Destroilet, and Talk Shit hit the stage for Detroit's CD release party! Good lively crowd, though CDs weren't flying off the shelves as fast as I expected...maybe people were waiting for Detroit to finish? Well, I bought myself a Detroit t-shirt, got a stockpile of Destroilet stickers (one's now on my computer tower), and of course, bought "Brace For Impact"! Only $5, comes with handwritten liner notes and lyrics. No jewel case, but the packaging's still alright! I won't give my full review until February 1st, but I can confirm that the songs taken from "Let The Hammers Fly" are indeed re-recordings, and definitely have better production! They never said how you can buy CDs after last night, but they are indeed available for purchase, $5, I'd say message Detroit on MySpace if you'd like a copy! And as you may have noticed, cause it's now out, the banner image here and the logo on our Facebook page have changed accordingly!
Now to be completely honest, although metal enough for SMS attention,this show did have a heavy punk influence, especially with a high amount of punk covers from all three bands. I'm a metalhead, I don't listen to punk as much as I admittedly should, so if I get a band name wrong or miss an otherwise easy reference, my apologies! The first band was Talk Shit, and they were pretty good! I've missed them at many shows over the past year, so it's nice to finally see them, and they delivered a good selection of punk covers! I caught some Propaghandi covers near the end too, which were good! One thing that struck me about Talk Shit was that every member of the band got their moment to sing lead, though the drummer handled most of the vocals (reminds me of Stiffler's Mom and Sykotyk Rampage in that respect!) Really good for the most part, catchy fast punk rock that I'd say most punk fans could enjoy! Though not metal, I'm a fan! Now here's hoping they launch an internet page of some kind!Also, I should add that this concert had a pure party atmosphere for much of it, especially when Talk Shit were joined by Detroit's own Brenton Ellis and Mikey Hawdon and Nebraska Arms frontman Guy Thiffault to sing vocals on a few songs, some of which were Christmas carols! Who cares if it's late, it's punk, and it was fun to see!
After them were Destroilet, in their first ever live performance! And for a first show, they were also pretty good too! Thrash/punk mixture with a good deal of energy, much of which was provided by frontman Mike Hull, who freely went around the stage to sing with a noticeable aggression! Guitarist Chris Foisy also sometimes gave up the guitar to join on vocals, even delivering almost grindcore like singing on one song! They mostly played covers, as well as a few originals, and for a first concert, they did about as well as one could expect! The rest of the band did well as well, though I'd love to see Destroilet handle some more heavier stuff, maybe cover some type of metal classic, I bet they could pull it off! But right now, they're good, and will only improve from here! In fact, I got about 90 seconds of them playing the song "Nothing", check it out below! (I really need a bigger SD card)
And finally, Detroit hit the stage for to headline the show, and if you like your metal fast, quick, and unforgiving, these guys will do the trick! Most of their songs are in the 60-90 seconds range, and are chock full of hardcore intensity and extremely fast, mosh-worthy music! And mosh they did, even though there isn't a lot of room to do so thanks to tables. Frontman Brenton Ellis jumped around the stage like mad, even entering the crowd at points and getting us going! He really is a good hardcore singer, and can do clean singing well, I wonder how he'd do singing a Lion Ride song? The rest of the band had similar energy, Curtis Fox was good on guitar, Mark Rand was all over the place on bass, and Mikey Hawdon was excellent on drums! They played the songs off of "Brace For Impact", along with a few songs that didn't make it to the new album, like "Killorama" and "Lord Beer Me Strength" (among others), and covers of Seven Seconds and NOFX songs!All in all, a fun night, if a bit different from the shows I tend to hit. I don't hit a lot of punk shows, and while this was metal enough for the SMS, I do need to see more punk! Must get on that. While these bands aren't going to be on the "most technically advanced bands" list, that's not their style, what they play works well, and I'll be back for more! As you can tell above, I took photos, so head to our official Facebook page or click here to check them out! And as you probably saw, I took a video of Destroilet, so did I take a video of Detroit too? Well......of course! Here's the band playing their original "St. Christopher"!
Your next local concert in Sault Ontario is Saturday night at Foggy Notions when Caveman Morrison return there for their second Foggy's show since the reopening! But before that, we have two shows in Sault Michigan tomorrow night! So here are your local concert previews for New Years Eve, the final local metal concerts of 2009!
First, we'll head to nearby Barbeau, which is just outside of Sault Michigan, for the first New Years Eve show, featuring Nixxon Dixxon! They will hit the stage at Cozy Corners Tavern & Grill to rock 2009 away with a night of great covers and hopefully some of their originals! Great to see them playing a full show again, cause they have talent well beyond their years! Hopefully some of you guys will make the drive out to Barbeau to check them out! They'll hit the stage at around 9:30 PM! There is no announced cover charge. Then, Nixxon Dixxon will kick off 2010 with the first metal concert of the new year at The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino! Friday night at 9:00 PM, no announced cover, expect more great music from these rising stars! Hope the shows go well, I wish I was old enough to attend either! Check out some studio quality versions of their covers at their official MySpace page! For a preview, here's Nixxon Dixxon's performance from the second night of the Kiss Battle of the Bands!
Speaking of Nixxon Dixxon, it's time for a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!!! (We'll get to the other concert tomorrow in a second.) The band have scheduled two more local dates for January at The Dondee Lanes! They'll be there on January 15th and 16th! Both are 8:00 PM shows, there's no announced cover charge! So if you miss them this weekend, you can check them out in a couple weekends! And speaking of when you can next see them, their previously scheduled concert on Saturday at Kewadin Casino has been cancelled, as it's been removed from their MySpace listings. No matter, you have three chances to see them in January if you can't make it out to Barbeau tomorrow night! And if I hear anything more on upcoming Nixxon Dixxon shows, you'll find it here!
Now, to the other New Years Eve show tomorrow night, and it comes courtesy of Riot! By Night! Fresh off their Boxing Day concert at The Satisfied Frog, the local hard rockers return to The Frog tomorrow night for their own New Years Eve concert! It will be at around 10:00 PM, and they're hyping this as "their biggest show yet", so you know they'll bring their A-game! No announced cover charge, and I doubt it's all ages. Still can't tell you how they sound, but as I always say, if it's anything like Absolute (who three members of Riot! By Night are also in), then you'll get some great stuff! Should also be a good show, hopefully they and Nixxon Dixxon will end the year with a bang! You guys have a tough choice for which metal band to see tomorrow night to end the year, but you can't lose either way! But if you miss Riot! By Night, no worries, they'll be back on Saturday night for their first show of 2010!And just to close this post, you know how I've been mentioning Duane Roy's book "Castle Stories: A Rock N' Roll Scrapbook" and the press for it on Rock 101 lately? Well, Duane was kind enough to send me an autographed copy, which I recieved in the mail this morning! Just started reading it, it's very good so far! Makes me wish I was old enough to have seen shows there! I'll likely post more detailed thoughts once I finish it!
That's all for now, tomorrow, you'll see an in-depth look back at the year that was, which will talk about all the major metal events, album releases, band happenings, breakups, and incidents of 2009! And on New Years' Day, I'll preview the Riot! By Night and Caveman Morrison concerts taking place on Saturday night, with hopefully much more to come! Stay tuned!
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