Ninieties Boston punks Doc Hopper are back, and back on the road, and decided to head up to Ottawa to play their first show here in a couple of decades. This was a five-act night, starting with solo troubador Matt Charette.
More Matt!
And so on!
Montreals' Laureate got the pop-punk started. Here's bassist and vocalist Erin!
Singalong action with Matt!
Giancarlo sings!
Mike hits!
More Matt!
Extra Giancarlo!
Extra Giancarlo and Erin!
Even more Matt!
Even more singalong action!
More guitar!
Extra Erin!
I last saw Audio Visceral perform at the For Pivots Sake fundraiser at Targ back in August 2017; once again, heres Steve in his Pac-Man duds!
Bass action with Kevin!
More Steve!
Steve sings!
The whole lot, including drummer Gary!
Close-up Kevin action!
Gary hits!
Steve works the dancefloor!
Close-up Steve!
Extra Gary!
Tongue action!
Visceral action!
Just like the last time I caught them, The Steve Adamyk Band followed Audio Visceral, and they're still a trio. Here's Johnnie O. on bass!
Steve strums!
The whole lot!
Singalong action!
Pat hits!
More Pat'n'Steve!
And so on!
Double-Dave guest vocal action!
I didn't see Doc Hopper the last time they played Ottawa (some time around 1995?), but I have seen Mikey Erg just recently, at the Ottawa Explosion.
Chris sings!
Buttoned-down action!
Singalong action!
Rhythm section action!
Greg hits!
There was much more jumping that I failed to capture ....
More Mikey and Chris!
And that's it!
