Kicking and punching

Les Pugilists are another one of those hot rock combos Quebec seems to be exporting a ton of lately: Le Nombre, Les Tabernacles, Les Vipers. All good, and far too infrequent visitors to Ottawa. I've seen Les Pugs blow the roof off the Dominion twice, with crowds far smaller than they deserve both times. Nonetheless, they gave it their all as photos at Birdman sound and here play inappropriately silent tribute to.

First, Greg Kitzler - "The Entertainer" and guitarist Lucas Rupnik step out to meet the crowd at a gig with The Setbacks and The Heelwalkers Oct. 9, 2004, in a montage-arama not nearly as fabulous as Kitzler's shirt.



None of these guys need an excuse to show off their moves. They're up, they're down, they're all over ....



Mikael Semegen played drums on their album "Gimme Some Kicks". Going by the pictures on their disc, this ain't him. But that is Simon Lessard on bass.



More Lessard, without the snazzy white jeans he was sporting at their show opening for the Million Dollar Marxists at the Dominion.



Guitarist Carl Dandenau. The Killers were playing a show at Capital Music Hall that night, and wandered over after their gig to catch the rock action.



Let's rock together, boys and girls!



I wish there was news more recent than Autumn 2004 of this bunch. It's quiet out there ... too quiet ....