Crash and burn

Off to Babylon for the Degeneration Overdrive fundraiser. The wee rock mag can be picked up around town free, but you know those things don't print themselves. Unfortunately the turnout was pretty blah. Dave Kerr was the show opener; he did a one-man rockabilly thing without his usual outfit, the Evil Farm Children.







Next up, Arson Eagles. I know there are a lot of Ottawa folks who dig the Scandinavian/Jeff Dahl style rock'n'roll: They should be kicking themselves for missing Arson Eagles. The Montreal outfit played a great twin-guitar, Motor City rock set.

Joe on the microphone.



Phil from down low.



J-P .



Vince.



Drummer Al.



Avian action!





More J-P!



Singalong action with Joe and Vince.





More Vince!



I'm guessing there's more than one picture in existence of Paul and J-P doing this.





Behind-the-back action!



Joe gets on down!



A really hot set. They can't come back soon enough - to a larger audience, I hope!

Bunch of degenerates!

Surveying the almost empty confines of Babylon as Dave Kerr of Evil Farm Children performed a solo set, I asked myself: Why such a cruddy turnout? Did all of Ottawa's rock fans slip on the sidewalk and hurt themselves? Did they all follow four-stroke to North Bay? Didn't want to be late for church tomorrow? I guess a few went to Mavericks to catch Anvil and company, but still, not good people! Anyway, enough sulking from me and on to the pictures.

Dave with his shiny hypno-Gretsch. As you can see from the banner behind him, this was a benefit gig for Degeneration Overdrive. See, you bad people have set back the cause of degeneration!



Arson Eagles rocked like crazy, Backyard Babies, early Hellacopters, Union 69 style.



By the time The Sweet Janes hit the stage there was about two dozen people in the audience; not a disaster, but still pretty cruddy.



You all missed Grady spitting blood, too!