The Concert Thread

[Griff]

Excellent show at The lost Horizon over the weekend. I only took like four pictures because I'm trying to be present when I go out and I'm never sure about the phone/camera in those situations. Against Me! is a pretty well known punk act. They've made the decision to play NC despite having a trans lead because she does not want to punish her people. It makes sense as Springsteen has broad appeal when he gives an FU it sticks and makes a point. Anyway this is a solid band if you like the genre. They have great rapport with the audience which was pretty entertaining as well and a safe place for gay (place alphabet here) kids. They are a 4 piece in concert but here is a cut from elsewhere.


FEA was a fun punk band from Texas. Their singer has some Debra Harry in her voice and a tendency towards bloody stage falls. Little Griff felt solidarity with the lady drummer. The only dude in the band was on guitar put on an excellent show with the bassist.


Tim Barry would seem like an odd choice to travel with these folks but his wiki page says he used to perform with a couple different Richmond based punk bands. He had a prison song, a train hopping song, and a protest song about VCU paving the graves of slaves who staged an insurrection. He was very passionate and charmingly stage frightened. Great voice. The Upstate New York punk crowd got nervous when he started to get political but they warmed up when they figured out a guy with that accent could still be with them politically.