Showing posts with label Eagle Tears. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eagle Tears. Show all posts

Sunday, July 09, 2017

Out come the wolves

At the start of June I headed over to House of Targ for some metal action, headlined by the sui generis Muffler Crunch. It was a chance to catch up with Lycanthro, who I've only seen playing Motorhead covers, and Mad Parish, a combo I last heard a good decade ago. They've been through a few changes since then - in fact, I think singer Josh could be the only guy remaining from that long-ago lineup. Here he is, pointing to a suspicious stain on the Targ stucco!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Keyboard action with Dave!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Flying V action with Bob (who I believe was also playing drums for Eagle Tears last time they were in town)!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Mad action with ceiling-scraping bassist Steve (another Eagle man) and guitarist Aaron!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Bob sings!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Rhythm section action with Paskal and Steve!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

More Paskal!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Extra Josh!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Extra madness!

Mad Parish at House of Targ

Lycanthro went on last for the Motorhead tribute show back in January, and their performance was, shall we say, rough but ready. They were a lot sharper with their own material for this punchy set. Here's some in-the-red action from David and James!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Bass action with Kyle!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Nathan hits!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

More James!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Nathan sings a bit!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Singalong action!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Hairy headbanging action!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Tipping over action!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Behind the back action!

Lycanthro at House of Targ

Things got a bit more technical for Dead Centuries' set. On the right is Adam, on the left is recent band addition Jacob. They're also playing a house show this Sunday ("Ask a punk").

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

Percussive action with Bryant!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

Fretful action with Jacob!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

More Adam!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

Tippy-tappy action!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

Even more guitar!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

And so on!

Dead Centuries at House of Targ

The crowd had thinned out a bit by the time Muffler Crunch came on, but as always they killed it.. Here's Luc!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Angie hits!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Crunchy action!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

More Angie!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Luc works the crowd!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Shouty action!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

More shouty action!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Pint-pulling action!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

The end!

Muffler Crunch at House of Targ

Ferocious as always!

Sunday, July 24, 2016

The good book

Many years ago I headed over to the Dom to check out the heavy sounds of Illuminati; this was pre-blog, but a few photos did make it on to the Birdman Sound website; a couple of years later they were back for an equally loud gig at Zaphod's. They called it a day in 2007, but no one doubted the various folks involved would be showing up again in various projects, most notably bassist Nick, who's kept pretty busy - the next time I saw him, in 2007, he was backing up ex DFA 1977 man Sebastien Grainger at Bluesfest. A few years later he revved up the mighty machine that is Biblical, along with some folks from Bicycles (who have also made a blog appearance) and Steamboat (of whom I know naught). They were joined by Montreal's Mountain Dust and local power trio Rex Heck; here's Heckler Dave!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Brad hits!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Dave sings!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Danny sings!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Bonus Brad!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

More Danny!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Even more Brad!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

The whole lot!

Rex Heck at House of Targ

Mountain Dust also raised a mighty noise; they have a new album chock full of extra-heavy blues sounds out. Hal from Eagle Tears was here in November 2013 for a show at Pressed, and Patrick was rocking a Flying V at Mavericks for a 2010 Trigger Effect gig. Here's frontman Brendan!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Keyboard action with Patrick!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Blair hits!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

More Patrick!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

More Brendan and Hal!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Bonus Hal!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Patrick works the steel!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Even more Brendan!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Rhythm section action!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

More Blair!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Hal sings!

Mountain Dust at House of Targ

Biblical put on a really good show; they really like to jam out their tunes. Besides Nick, there's Andrew from The Bicycles and The Meligrove Band on guitar and organ, Matt on guitar and Jay on drums.

Biblical at House of Targ

Nick is under there somewhere.

Biblical at House of Targ

Matt rocks the Gibson!

Biblical at House of Targ

Nick sings!

Biblical at House of Targ

There was so much jumping about I busted out the flash.

Biblical at House of Targ

More SG action with Andrew!

Biblical at House of Targ

Jay hits!

Biblical at House of Targ

Biblical action!

Biblical at House of Targ

And so on!

Biblical at House of Targ

Andrew sings!

Biblical at House of Targ

Closeup action!

Biblical at House of Targ

Faceoff action!

Biblical at House of Targ

An excellent night.