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Tsunami Relief @ Diegos... feb 12 Switchblade Valentines, Bettylou Bombshells, and Rod Island Haulers.
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| rickylong User Info... | Tsunami Relief @ Diegos... feb 12 Switchblade Valentines, Bettylou Bombshells, and Rod Island Haulers. Whew... first off it was really cool to see a turn out of some of the original Street Machines Unlimited guys. It's been 15 years and us QUeeers was talkin about a full blown reunion at the twenty year mark. Even Jerome was there ,Victorias original greaser, since he moved to Vancouver about twenty greasers have taken his place. But thats what it takes, twenty guys to replace an act like Jerome! Anyway the Diegos was full of grease and tatttoos. Diegos is a strange venue. Diegos is not the venue for this sort of event. Still it went down. The Switchblade Valentines are a Rock a Billy band and the sound man probably has never heard Rock-a Billy...... The band played good but if'n you can't hear the slappin stand up bass, you loose a serious element of rock a billy! I like the Valentines and have to say Victoria has been long overdue to have a rock a billy band of thier own and these greasers are it! The Bettylou Bombshells then took to the stage and alls i can say is SEXXXYY. I'm sure during wartime men dreamed of ladies like this all day and night. The music pulsed away as the two vixens teased and danced thier way to a near climax. This was burlesque and it is a totaly different thing than what goes on in the basement of the Diegos. The Bombshells leave more to the imagination and i think thats sexier. The stage smoked and the DJ introduced the Rod Iron Haulers. It's Rock and Roll baby. This is one heavy soundin band and they grind away a music that should make the crowd go off..... but they didn't really. Thier was a little skuffle and the bouncers where in there like dogs sniffin butts. The Haulers are a dangerous lookin lot of guys but they played a safe set of rock music. Me and me Jak friend, Free, where sayin we should climb up the palm trees that are in this Diegos and start chuckin the cocoanuts at the dancefloor. Then it happened the DJ shut off the mic and said goodnight to the boys. WOW. It was over like that! Ifn the Haulers ever play Diegos again i think they have an invitation to not play a safe set. I think Diegos is not a good venue for this type of show but the whole purpose of this show was to raise money for the Tsunami Relief and by far that is more important than the DJ's rudness at Diegos! -rickylong - Sun, 13 Feb 2005 1:46am | ||
| salmon queen User Info... | shite..your review of Tegan and Sarah was better than this show broh! - Sun, 13 Feb 2005 2:50am | ||
| kmac User Info... | Yeah I have to agree that the shut down of the Haulers was abrupt, rude even...seems like things were just getting cooking then they were suddenly over. God forbid the live music should cut into the canned tunes. I agree with the comments about the sound guy...although I don't know if it was him or the actual equipment. Whatever the cause the bottom end was definitely lacking. Regardless, I had a good time and enjoyed both bands. I'm not a big rockabilly fan but I thought both bands played well and had good energy. And the Bettilu Bombshells were smokin' hot! All in all a good show for a good cause. - Thu, 17 Feb 2005 7:36pm | ||
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