So what's your concert schedule looking like?

[Dr. Medulla]

I'm going to An Evening With Glen Matlock at a small community hall in Tayport. Although the ticket states that the doors open at 7:30pm, he can't set up his PA until eight, as a pilates class is on!

It wasn't like this at 100 Club, Glen thinks, not like this at all.

[Silent Majority]

I'm going to An Evening With Glen Matlock at a small community hall in Tayport. Although the ticket states that the doors open at 7:30pm, he can't set up his PA until eight, as a pilates class is on!

It wasn't like this at 100 Club, Glen thinks, not like this at all.

Cor some of them middle aged birds were fit. Anyway, this is sort of the song Pretty Vacant.

[101Walterton]

I'm going to An Evening With Glen Matlock at a small community hall in Tayport. Although the ticket states that the doors open at 7:30pm, he can't set up his PA until eight, as a pilates class is on!

Interested to know what you think before I invest in tickets?

[dave202]

I'm going to An Evening With Glen Matlock at a small community hall in Tayport. Although the ticket states that the doors open at 7:30pm, he can't set up his PA until eight, as a pilates class is on!

Interested to know what you think before I invest in tickets?

I'll let you know. It's a Q&A and song thing, and turns out he's been booked into a hotel in Dundee about five minutes from me. My first question will be, "Any chance of a lift home Glen?" and depending on his answer, this might colour my judgement.

[BR16ADE_R055E]

Saw The Alarm last Friday. It was an epic show. Mike Peters is the consummate performer (take that, cancer).

Smiley, who was in JS & The Mescaleros, is the drummer. The band did a bit of “Mag 7” during “The Stand”...



The Alarm’s original drummer Nigel Twist, who lives in SF, joined the band for an incredible finale...

[Flex]

Reggae on the Rocks was extremely good. Not a bad set all day/night, but here's how I would rank the bands in descending order:

Probably the best show I've seen the 'Tones put on. Dicky Barrett was in absolutely fine spirits and the whole band was in top form. Great setlist too. Played Johnny Too Bad, which I'd never heard them perform before (as well as Rudie Can't Fail, which they usually play, and Simmer Down, which was a new one for me live). A few other Let's Face It era cuts I'd never seen before live (including the exceptionally contemporary title track) and a few others. Great rendition of Dr. D. Totally stole the whole show. I was the only person I saw all day with any 'Tones gear on, and they converted the whole audience by the end of the night. Angelo from Fishbone came up to play sax on Someday I Suppose, which was fucking thrilling. Can't believe I didn't capture it on video (I was actually only 5 rows back all night, I could have recorded the whole damned festival).

Fishbone was a blast. Had seen 'em once before like 10+ years ago. Didn't even realize until the band got up that this was a big reunion tour for 'em, so tons of fun. Angelo also played one or two songs with Judge Roughneck, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime with Rome. So he was busy. He jumped into the crowd and was hugging and high-fiving people towards the end of the set, myself included. So awesome.

Judge Roughneck. These guys are a Denver outfit that have been around for a while. Good mix of second and third wave ska sounds, seasoned enough to put on a good show. They were the openers, so has the difficult task of warming up a filtering-in crowd in the mid-afternoon in 90+ degree heat. But they kept it lively and ripped through a bunch of fun originals. Did a cover of Mirror in the Bathroom with Angelo, which was great. I've seen these guys in clubs in Denver, and they're a good time. I might see if we can bring them up to Dillon.

Inner Circle. Very unfamiliar with this band outside of the Cops theme song (which they played to close out their set, and it was shockingly awesome). The only really traditional reggae group in the bunch. The lead singer has great pipes and they brought a heavy reggae sound - a little too heavy, I think the mix was a tad off. Enjoyable, I may pick up a Greatest Hits cd of there's if I find one, but I used this set as an opportunity to rehydrate and walk around the venue a little.

Sublime with Rome. I've seen this unit once before in Vail, so the novelty factor wasn't really there for me. They played all the Sublime Greatest Hits, which range from great (What I Got, Doin Time, Scarlet Begonias, etc.) to the juvenile (Garden Grove, Smoke Two Joints, Burritos, etc.) to the "I can't believe they're playing this in 2017" (Date Rape, mostly). Mixed in a few (decent) cuts from their new SwR albums and had Angelo come up for a ripping version of Skankin' to the Beat. Rome still clearly seems to be having a blast playing the music, which is slightly infectious, but doesn't quite do enough to paper over how wrong the whole program feels at a fundamental level. I was with a buddy who knew Sublime's songs more than any other act that night, so I would have felt bad about suggesting we bag it early and catch a few extra hours of sleep. Most amusingly, towards the end of the night Rome kept asking the front row for updates on the Mayweather/McGregor fight, and relaying them to the crowd. That was fun. I guess they were better than when I saw them in Vail, and Red Rocks always brings an act's A game, so it was worthwhile seeing them again. But I'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason to see them a third time. Maybe if they promised to play Paddle Out.

As always, Red Rocks is one of the best places to see any band in the world. On a side note, the marijuana smoke didn't get too noticeable until Sublime, and fortunately a breeze kicked in partway through the SwR set so the air cleared up (I'm fairly resilient to these things, but even I was starting to feel my throat and eyes get irritated from the amount of smoke around me).

Everyone I was with agree the Bosstones were the highlight of the night, but it's SwR that draws the crowds, so they get top billing. Oh well.

[Marky Dread]

Reggae on the Rocks was extremely good. Not a bad set all day/night, but here's how I would rank the bands in descending order:

Probably the best show I've seen the 'Tones put on. Dicky Barrett was in absolutely fine spirits and the whole band was in top form. Great setlist too. Played Johnny Too Bad, which I'd never heard them perform before (as well as Rudie Can't Fail, which they usually play, and Simmer Down, which was a new one for me live). A few other Let's Face It era cuts I'd never seen before live (including the exceptionally contemporary title track) and a few others. Great rendition of Dr. D. Totally stole the whole show. I was the only person I saw all day with any 'Tones gear on, and they converted the whole audience by the end of the night. Angelo from Fishbone came up to play sax on Someday I Suppose, which was fucking thrilling. Can't believe I didn't capture it on video (I was actually only 5 rows back all night, I could have recorded the whole damned festival).

Fishbone was a blast. Had seen 'em once before like 10+ years ago. Didn't even realize until the band got up that this was a big reunion tour for 'em, so tons of fun. Angelo also played one or two songs with Judge Roughneck, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime with Rome. So he was busy. He jumped into the crowd and was hugging and high-fiving people towards the end of the set, myself included. So awesome.

Judge Roughneck. These guys are a Denver outfit that have been around for a while. Good mix of second and third wave ska sounds, seasoned enough to put on a good show. They were the openers, so has the difficult task of warming up a filtering-in crowd in the mid-afternoon in 90+ degree heat. But they kept it lively and ripped through a bunch of fun originals. Did a cover of Mirror in the Bathroom with Angelo, which was great. I've seen these guys in clubs in Denver, and they're a good time. I might see if we can bring them up to Dillon.

Inner Circle. Very unfamiliar with this band outside of the Cops theme song (which they played to close out their set, and it was shockingly awesome). The only really traditional reggae group in the bunch. The lead singer has great pipes and they brought a heavy reggae sound - a little too heavy, I think the mix was a tad off. Enjoyable, I may pick up a Greatest Hits cd of there's if I find one, but I used this set as an opportunity to rehydrate and walk around the venue a little.

Sublime with Rome. I've seen this unit once before in Vail, so the novelty factor wasn't really there for me. They played all the Sublime Greatest Hits, which range from great (What I Got, Doin Time, Scarlet Begonias, etc.) to the juvenile (Garden Grove, Smoke Two Joints, Burritos, etc.) to the "I can't believe they're playing this in 2017" (Date Rape, mostly). Mixed in a few (decent) cuts from their new SwR albums and had Angelo come up for a ripping version of Skankin' to the Beat. Rome still clearly seems to be having a blast playing the music, which is slightly infectious, but doesn't quite do enough to paper over how wrong the whole program feels at a fundamental level. I was with a buddy who knew Sublime's songs more than any other act that night, so I would have felt bad about suggesting we bag it early and catch a few extra hours of sleep. Most amusingly, towards the end of the night Rome kept asking the front row for updates on the Mayweather/McGregor fight, and relaying them to the crowd. That was fun. I guess they were better than when I saw them in Vail, and Red Rocks always brings an act's A game, so it was worthwhile seeing them again. But I'd be hard pressed to come up with a reason to see them a third time. Maybe if they promised to play Paddle Out.

As always, Red Rocks is one of the best places to see any band in the world. On a side note, the marijuana smoke didn't get too noticeable until Sublime, and fortunately a breeze kicked in partway through the SwR set so the air cleared up (I'm fairly resilient to these things, but even I was starting to feel my throat and eyes get irritated from the amount of smoke around me). "You mean the room was cloudy, cloudy!"

Everyone I was with agree the Bosstones were the highlight of the night, but it's SwR that draws the crowds, so they get top billing. Oh well.

Sounds like you had a blast, nice one mate!

[Marky Dread]

Saw The Alarm last Friday. It was an epic show. Mike Peters is the consummate performer (take that, cancer).

Smiley, who was in JS & The Mescaleros, is the drummer. The band did a bit of “Mag 7” during “The Stand”...



The Alarm’s original drummer Nigel Twist, who lives in SF, joined the band for an incredible finale...

The Alarm are great and Mike is a diamond geezer.

Cool vids Gil.

[revbob]

of the night, but it's SwR that draws the crowds, so they get top billing. Oh well.

Who is SwR?

[BostonBeaneater]

Just got tickets for the Kim Deal-less Pixies in October for VH, jr. and myself. I am determined not to let the Jortsville (and his dad) influence his music taste.

I'm to see them on Oct. 7. I'm just going to enjoy this for the cabaret it is. The biggest shame of this never ending reunion is that I liked quite a bit of Francis' solo output with the Catholics which he's simply just booted to the side.

[Flex]

Who is SwR?

Sublime with Rome

[Kory]

Fishbone was a blast. Had seen 'em once before like 10+ years ago. Didn't even realize until the band got up that this was a big reunion tour for 'em, so tons of fun. Angelo also played one or two songs with Judge Roughneck, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Sublime with Rome. So he was busy. He jumped into the crowd and was hugging and high-fiving people towards the end of the set, myself included. So awesome.

It's cool that Fish and Bigham are back, but I'm reluctant to call it a reunion until Chris Dowd is back on board.

[Flex]

It's cool that Fish and Bigham are back, but I'm reluctant to call it a reunion until Chris Dowd is back on board.

Kibby too. Well, he's been back in the band for a few years now, but he wasn't last time I saw 'em. Your standards for what constitute are higher than mine, I guess.

[Kory]

It's cool that Fish and Bigham are back, but I'm reluctant to call it a reunion until Chris Dowd is back on board.

Kibby too. Well, he's been back in the band for a few years now, but he wasn't last time I saw 'em. Your standards for what constitute are higher than mine, I guess.

Yeah I was pretty bummed when Kibby left because that just left Angelo and Norwood and a bunch of no-names. The reason I want Dowd back so bad is that he did a fair amount of vocals back then and it sounds weird without him. To me he's the heart of Reality of My Surroundings at the very least.

[revbob]

Who is SwR?

Sublime with Rome

So Rome is a person in this instance. I know tow tho vs about Sublime.
1) They have an album cover with a tatoo of Sublime on a guys back.
2) There is some stupid Sublime cover band that I see in the club listings around here all the time.

Are they thst good/significant to warrant a cover band? I know none of their songs.