Anvil @ Jaxx 10/19
Went with John to see ANVIL on a rainy Wednesday night at JAXX. I was on the fence, thinking I should go home and rest (was feeling a bit sickly. But then I mentioned it to Johnny and he was like havign a rough day and was like Sure lets go fucking metttaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!!)
Tickets were under $20, and I wasn't up to anything else, so why not check out Anvil? I was familiar with the first 2 and the um most recent 2
Anvil records and the book/documentary about them. We had some ciders before rolling into JAXX
The show was like being part of the Anvil documentary actually- about 40 people showed up. Seriously.
Merch stand had several Anvil shirts, some sort of fan club
thing, and then CDs (with some rare ones I'd not even seen before- I
perhaps should have snagged some...). And an Anvil...fanny pack... yes.
We got there to a pretty empty house, some local 3 piece band with a horrible name (Not-Liable)was
on. I thought they were better than I expected them to be. The faster
tempo songs were interesting, even if horribly sung. They reminded me a
bit of Suicidal Tendencies (which is not a good thing since I
personally am not an ST fan). The singer/guitarist was notable because
he was black- something that is rarely seen in this scene, for whatever
reason. He did a decent job guitar, but his vocals sucked, IMO. The bass
and drum were solid, nothing to complain about there. The drummer had a
short drum solo...
Baby Jane, whom I am sure I've seen open up for a hair band
before, played a very hair-sounding set. Which I enjoy. I like that
sound and enjoyed their set- the singer sounded somewhat like a cross
between the guy from Dangerous Toys and the guy form Cinderella. Extra points for the LA Guns and Priest covers... They had the same band as Not-Liable, but they had another guitarist (lead) and singer. The singer/guitarist fromNot-Liable played only a few songs. And some chap from the crowd helped sing some songs? wtf? Another drum solo too...
ANVIL came on shortly after, around 10:30PM eastern time, the
crowd was pretty excited, despite being small. Lips and Co. came on and
they were damn loud and Lips and the bass player were VERY enthusiastic
and full of energy. Lips had a smile plastered on his face for almost
the whole set- you could tell he LOVED doing this. I think they could
have used another guitar to fill out the sound more, but they still
sounded good. The infamous dildo came out during Mothra, and I
was crackin up the whole time. Lips seemed pretty genuine about loving
what he did, even if it was for a small audience, he mentioned. The
newer songs, IMO sounded better (probably because they were written with
the one guitar part in mind?). Overall I'm glad I came out and see
these guys play their hearts out- very good performance. Decent songs.
After the set, Lips came down to chat, sign, take photos. Rob was in the
back too, and the bass player, but I just got a picture that I should
have used flash on with Lips. He was very accommodating- a shame that
the experience was very similar to the documentary.
It took forever to get thru the line, people were just yakking forEVER.
Not-Liable
Baby Jane
Anvil
Tickets were under $20, and I wasn't up to anything else, so why not check out Anvil? I was familiar with the first 2 and the um most recent 2
Anvil records and the book/documentary about them. We had some ciders before rolling into JAXX
The show was like being part of the Anvil documentary actually- about 40 people showed up. Seriously.
Merch stand had several Anvil shirts, some sort of fan club
thing, and then CDs (with some rare ones I'd not even seen before- I
perhaps should have snagged some...). And an Anvil...fanny pack... yes.
We got there to a pretty empty house, some local 3 piece band with a horrible name (Not-Liable)was
on. I thought they were better than I expected them to be. The faster
tempo songs were interesting, even if horribly sung. They reminded me a
bit of Suicidal Tendencies (which is not a good thing since I
personally am not an ST fan). The singer/guitarist was notable because
he was black- something that is rarely seen in this scene, for whatever
reason. He did a decent job guitar, but his vocals sucked, IMO. The bass
and drum were solid, nothing to complain about there. The drummer had a
short drum solo...
Baby Jane, whom I am sure I've seen open up for a hair band
before, played a very hair-sounding set. Which I enjoy. I like that
sound and enjoyed their set- the singer sounded somewhat like a cross
between the guy from Dangerous Toys and the guy form Cinderella. Extra points for the LA Guns and Priest covers... They had the same band as Not-Liable, but they had another guitarist (lead) and singer. The singer/guitarist fromNot-Liable played only a few songs. And some chap from the crowd helped sing some songs? wtf? Another drum solo too...
ANVIL came on shortly after, around 10:30PM eastern time, the
crowd was pretty excited, despite being small. Lips and Co. came on and
they were damn loud and Lips and the bass player were VERY enthusiastic
and full of energy. Lips had a smile plastered on his face for almost
the whole set- you could tell he LOVED doing this. I think they could
have used another guitar to fill out the sound more, but they still
sounded good. The infamous dildo came out during Mothra, and I
was crackin up the whole time. Lips seemed pretty genuine about loving
what he did, even if it was for a small audience, he mentioned. The
newer songs, IMO sounded better (probably because they were written with
the one guitar part in mind?). Overall I'm glad I came out and see
these guys play their hearts out- very good performance. Decent songs.
After the set, Lips came down to chat, sign, take photos. Rob was in the
back too, and the bass player, but I just got a picture that I should
have used flash on with Lips. He was very accommodating- a shame that
the experience was very similar to the documentary.
It took forever to get thru the line, people were just yakking forEVER.
Not-Liable
- Keep Running
- ?
- Drum solo
- Going down
- Backed up
- Stalking
- All Alone
- ?
Baby Jane
- ?
- Midnight Movie
- Hell's Bells intro
- Never Enough (LA Guns cover)
- Waiting for you
- Drum solo (zzz)
- Highway to Hell (AD/DC Cover)
- Road Rocket
- Livin' after Midnight (Priest cover)
- Paradise City (Guns N Roses Cover)
Anvil
- March of the Crabs
- 666
- School Love
- Juggernaut of Justice
- Winged Assassins
- On Fire
- This Is Thirteen
- Mothra (w/ guitar solo played w/ dildo)
- Thumb Hang
- White Rhino (W/ drum solo [zzz])
- Fuken Eh!
- New Orleans Voodoo
- Metal on Metal
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- Running