Over The Edge Page 14

November 19, 2001

Darryl’s Grocery Bag, Removal,
and Special Guest Review

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By Joe Bowser

Another punk show hap-
pened again at the Art Space
and this time there was an
excellent line up for bands.
Bands on the bill included
Darryl’s Grocery Bag, and
Removal, however there
were some special guests
opening for both of the
bands, and if you didn’t show
up early, you
missed it.

The first band
was the
Hextalls from
Kamloops, BC.
Their unique
brand of pop-
punk got the
crowd going,
however, unlike
other bands,
they are not
currently going
emo because
i's popular. They played a
very solid set and entertained
the crowd, including old
favorites like ‘I'd take an
McInnis Slapshot in the balls
for you’ and = ‘Drew
Barrymore, Please don’t lis-
ten to Diesel Boy’. They are
working on a new CD and it
will be released on a label
that is yet to be decided.

After a very solid, yet sim-
plistic pop-punk performace
by the Kamloops band, the

next band,
Removal,
played their

set. The main
gimmick _ for jf
this band was
the lack of
vocals, but that
doesn’t mean
that this band
can’t rock out.
Their use of
sound effects
was amazing and their guitar
sound is superior to almost
any guitar sound in Punk
Rock today. This band is
probably one of the most tal-
ented bands that | have ever
heard, in the genre or other-
wise. Their set was not bor-
ing, and they kept the crowd
going without a lead singer
screaming and jumping
around, like the average
punk band has. This band is
an excellent Canadian band

Leys s
Photo By Joe. Bowser

and | recommend checking
them out.

Next up was the headlining
band Darryl’s Grocery Bag.
Their sound was more
melodic punk but that didn’t
keep them from rocking the
house. They played their

song “Do You Like My Van?”
which is currently on the
Spawner

Records CD
Sampler
“Give Us A
Breakil” that
has been fea-
tured on
CFUR FM
— 88.7. They
Wey also) = man-
aged to get
i the best
Cc Tr 0 w od
response of
the night,
despite the
fact that half
the audience left, since it was
indeed a school night.

In short, this has been one of
the best shows that has ever
been put on in Prince George
that | have ever been to. |
know that this is NOT the
rave scene, however, after
talking with one of the mem-
bers of Removal about the
lack of good live bands tour-
ing, he told me about the cur-
rent situation in Europe
where live bands are making.
a comeback
due to the
backlash
towards e lec-
4 tronic music.
Hopefully this
trend will hit
ma North America

7 soon enough
and we can
get more kids
picking up
real __instru-
ments and playing music
again. This show rocked, but
the clear lack of local bands
was entirely depressing and
is my only complaint about
the show. However, the
scene is still far from dead
since the kids were still out
and ready to rock.

Oh yeah, before | forget.
Thanks to Stephanie for
putting on these shows, she
rocks!!!