Last night Mary and I went to 7th Street Entry to see an amazing five band line up. Now five bands is a lot even for a music head like me but when you put together a bill like this you don’t even notice how many bands there are because you face is being constantly rocked. The bill consisted of The Dynamiters, Birthday Suits, Off With Their Heads, Scared of Chaka and Dillinger Four.
The highlight of the evening was getting to see one of my favorites, Scared of Chaka from New Mexico. Scared of Chaka’s last album came out in 2001 and they haven’t been around since then but for some reason they decided to get together and do a 3 show mini tour with D4. If you were to give Chuck Berry 10 Red Bulls and a 8 ball of coke you’d get Scared of Chaka. It’s fast, it’s loud, it’s punk but it’s also melodic and danceable. The singer/guitar player for Scared of Chaka is also the bass player for the highly successful indie band The Shins which could explain why Scared of Chaka just kind of went away. It was such a great treat last night, being able to see a band I thought I would never hear from again. I was in my happy place.
Mary and I felt like we took a time machine back to 2001. We got to chat with some my old coworkers from Cheapo and catch up on their lives. It was great to hear of their successes and I look forward to keeping in touch with them. 12:35 am, Dillinger Four took the stage and our age started to show. This isn’t 2001 anymore, I don’t work at Cheapo and Mary isn’t in college, no, we have to get up at 6 AM to get to our desk jobs.
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