Mission Of Burma - Live At The Echo

The same weekend Cock Sparrer played in San Francisco, Mission Of Burma played in Los Angeles. Well they also played in San Francisco on Saturday, but I was at the Sparrer show so that wasn't gonna happen. So it was Sparrer in San Francisco on Saturday & Burma in Los Angeles on Sunday. A bit of a trip, but it was deffinetley worth it. as always, Burma put on one hell of a show. If you haven't heard by now, they just recently released a new album titled The Sound The Speed The Light. Just as every other release of theirs, this one does not disappoint.

Now unfortunatley, the show was moved to The Echo at the last minute. It was originally scheduled at The Echoplex, which located right below The Echo. Not to say that The Echo is a bad place, it is much smaller than the Echoplex so it has much more of a bar feeling to it, but The Echoplex has a much better sound system. But despite this, the show was still none the less amazing. They played a great mixture of old and new. I couldn't have asked for more. So check out the videos, listen to the tunes, & let me know what you think! Enjoy!

Live At The Echo

Dirt

So Fuck It

Blunder

2wice

Forget Yourself

Here It Comes

Comes Undone

Nu Disco

Academy Fight Song

This Is Not A Photograph

Trem Two

One Day We Will Live There/Untitled

Spider's Web

1,2,3, Party!

Careening With Conviction

That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate

Learn How

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Missing Tracks
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P.S. The two Untitled songs just stumped me! I went through all my Burma material (which is just about everything they ever released) and I still could not come up with the titles. I know I've heard these songs somewhere. Maybe they're covers, but I just can't put my finger on them. Help?! Anyone?!

Riot Fest 2009 - Cock Sparrer

So here we are with the last of the Riot Fest posts. I wanted to get them all in before the new year, but 2009 in 2010, so what right? But of course, I saved the best for last. Cock Sparrer played two nights at the Fest. Played saturday night at the Congress Theatre (which they didn't even headline, NOFX did. Just down right fuckin sad.) & sunday night at The Metro (which they did headline). Now I got both shows on video,but for saturdays show I was up front in the pit. So watching that video might make you a bit nauseous, too damn shaky. Sundays I decided to stay up on the balcony & get some great footage. Naturally sundays show was better between the two.

You know I really would have been happy just to see them once, but to see them twice in Chicago & then again in San Francisco a month later, just amazing. Every show was great and different in their own way, but hands down the one at The Metro was the best. And that's the video I have to share with you all here. I believe Pirate Press Records is putting out a video of the shows in San Francisco so look out for that. So sit back, watch the video's, and enjoy the music that is COCK SPARRER!

















Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Metro)

Intro/Riot Squad
Watch Your Back
Working
What's It Like To Be Old
Sussed
Teenage Heart/Droogs Don't Run
Spirit Of '76
Tough Guys
Get A Rope
Argy Bargy
So Many Things
Running Riot
Chip On Your Shoulder/I Got Your Number
Suicide Girls
Because You're Young
Take 'Em All
Where Are They Now
Sunday Stripper
England Belongs To Me
We're Coming Back
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Riot Fest 2009 - Pegboy

Gonna keep this one short and sweet. Here's some footage along with all the audio from the Pegboy show at the Congress Theatre. Great show & I was quite glad to see John Haggerty play. Along with Larry Damore as well. I'll have the last Riot Fest installment within the next couple days. Enjoy!













Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Congress Theatre)

Dangermare
Through My Fingers
Field Of Darkness
Witness
Time Again
Strong Reaction
Hardlight
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Riot Fest 2009 - 88 Fingers Louie

Here we got footage of the long awaited 88 Fingers Louie reunion show. I have to say I am a big fan, but I was kinda disappointed. I mean the music was great as ever, but Dennis just can't sing no more. I guess that's what happens when you grow old. So does your voice! His vocals really started to give out towards the end, especially in songs like I've Won. But despite this, it was still a great show. I'm glad I finally got to see them. Played a pretty good set as well. Though the set at their first reunion show in August was even better! Of course they had more time to play. Check out the music and videos and see what you think. More to come!











Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Congress Theatre)

Pent Up
Selfish Means
Outright Lies
Slow Chorus Overlap
100 Proof
Tomorrow Starts Today
Blink
Go Away
Past Mistakes
I've Won
I Hate Myself
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The Effigies - Live At Reggie's Chicago, IL 2009

OK finally I got some time to get back on the posts. Been busy lately. Still editing videos and making DVDs for friends here at home. Last weekend I was in San Francisco for the Cock Sparrer shows up there. Good times. Didn't film those ones though. Pirate Press already had it covered. So look out for that DVD soon. So going back to Chicago, here's a great set from the Effigies. Now they weren't part of the actual Riot Fest, they just happened to play at some bar after Naked Raygun played at The Metro. I got the chance to have a word with John Kezdy before they went on stage. In his own words, he had this to say about the Riot Fest: " We didn't get invited to play." Kinda sad, huh? One of the true punk pioneers in Chicago & they got excluded from the biggest Riot Fest to date. Well, at least they did play while I was there and I'm now able to share it all with you.

They played a great mixture of both old & new. There were titles from the Haunted Town E.P., the Body Bag 7", & their new album, Reside. In fact their opening song was even newer than the new album. Didn't catch the name, so I just titled it "I Get By". In my opinion it sounds even better than anything on Reside. But that's just me. So again I got the audio of the full set available for you, plus a couple videos. I got video of the whole show, but I won't post them all here. There will be a couple more posted on You Tube. Now about You Tube, I must admit I've never been a big fan. But all in all I can't deny that they have one of the best video players available on the net. At least compared to the one here on blogger. Makes my videos look like crap. Uploaded to You Tube still ain't as good as the raw footage, but a definite improvement. So there you go. Enjoy!











Live At Reggie's Chicago, IL 2009

I Get By
Cold Plate
Strong Box
Baby Sleeps Alone
The Guv'ner
Haunted Town
The Full Weight Of Failure
Haz-Mat
Mob Clash
Security
Body Bag
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P.S. I'll get the Raygun video's uploaded to You Tube as well. Soon.

Riot Fest 2009 - Naked Raygun

So it's been about two weeks since I've been back. I know I was supposed to keep you guys updated everyday out there and what not. But things just got busy with sightseeing during the day, and all the shows at night. We saw 8 different shows in 4 nights! Pretty hectic. But it was great. I got great footage of a lot of the bands. The first night we missed the Butthole Surfers. Kinda sucks cause I wanted to see them, but by the time we flew in, checked into the hotel, and grabbed a bite to eat, they had already played. All the shows were early ones. Ending no later than 10:30 or 11:00. Curfew for all the kiddies.

So as I mentioned before, I didn't get video of 7 Seconds, just audio. Got Kevin Seconds "acoustic" set though. (It was supposed to be acoustic, but no one had an acoustic guitar!) So I'll get that up later. Next night was No Empathy, Rights Of The Accused, & Naked Raygun. Showed up late so we missed No Empathy. Real bummer. Caught Rights Of The Accused, but only got first half on video. Some security jackass came around & made me stop recording. Even went as far as telling me to delete what I just recorded in front of him. So me not being a dumbass deleted another video in front of him. I at least got an audio recording of the rest of their show.

Then it was time for Raygun! Great show as always. They played a great set, about 23 songs in all. They even played 4 new songs! Or least ones I haven't heard before, so they should be new. My favorite new tune was Growing Away. (I think that's what it was called) Great classic sounding Raygun. So since I knew security was on the look out for me, I unfortunately couldn't record the whole show. I had to pick and choose songs to record. That really sucked. There's too many great songs! All in all I got about six of the 23 on video. Doesn't do justice I know, but what can ya do?! Again I at least got audio for the entire show so it wasn't a total loss. So here I got for you are two of the six videos & all 23 audio recordings. If you guys wanna see the other videos, let me know and I'll post those too. Stay tuned for more Riot Fest footage! Enjoy!













Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Metro)

Home Of The Brave
Metastasis
Backlash Jack
Iron Maiden
Walk In Cold
Coldbringer
Dog At Large
Growing Away
Peacemaker
Treason
Vanilla Blue
Surf Combat
Hips Swingin'
Home
Entrapment
Hot Atomics
The Strip
I Don't Know
Knock Me Down
Rat Patrol
Unknown I/Unknown II
Wonder Beer
New Dreams
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P.S. New ones are Iron Maiden, Growing Away, and the two unknowns. Didn't catch the names of those two but I'm pretty sure they're new. Titles might be wrong so don't get mad!

Riot Fest 2009 - 7 Seconds

Day 2 of the Riot Fest here in Chicago. Well, yesterday was, today's the 3rd. Yesterday was 7 Seconds at the Beat Kitchen. Got a few audio tracks from the show. Got there about 15 min. into their set, so it was already a packed house. It was much too dark in there, so the video came out kinda crappy. After the show, Kevin Seconds played an "acoustic" set at the Cobra Lounge. Great show & got great video of that show. Post that later. In the mean time enjoy these tracks recorded last night. Heading to the Raygun show now!





Riot Fest 2009 (Live At The Beat Kitchen)

Committed For Life
Trust
In Your Face
Walk Together, Rock Together
Here's Your Warning
If The Kids Are United
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