No Gimmick – Every Show Joe

One For the Bucket List

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Every Show JoeArizona, Good Riddance, No Gimmick, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Skate Punk, The Last Gang, Youth Brigade

Bucket lists are things made to keep track of events, activities, or actions we want to achieve in our lives. Sometimes they are ever rotating things in and out and other times remaining pretty stationary in who sits on the top. Since I started doing photography with a DSLR camera, concert photography has created a bucket list of bands I want to photograph. One of those would be Youth Brigade, the Stern brothers who not only have left a mark with BYO Records and Punk Rock Bowling, but on East…

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Photo Gallery: 88 Fingers Louie, Decent Criminal, Wewerestereo, and No Gimmick

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 Every Show Joe88 Fingers Louie, Arizona, Decent Criminal, No Gimmick, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, We Were Stereo

Last month we had the pleasure of catching 88 Fingers Louie for the first time in years, and first time in general for me, in Phoenix. Joined by Decent Criminal on the tour and the excellent locals Wewerestereo and No Gimmick, this was easily one of my early favorite shows of 2019. While I’ve been busy trying to get the Concerts to Consoles show going, I fell a little behind. Despite that, I wanted to make sure you saw a little bit of this awesome night of music!

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A Summer Birthday

June 27, 2017June 28, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, C:28, Contradiktion, No Gimmick, Punk, Rundown Roommates, Tempe, Venomous Pinks, Yucca Tap Room

This marks the third birthday show put together by a friend. It was a full punk lineup, varied from the prior two shows. This time it was celebrating Summer’s birthday and she brought out five shining examples of the Phoenix scene. How she managed to stay closer to sober the entire night is the only enigma I have. The first of the music was her boyfriend’s band, Rundown Roommates. These energy filled guys didn’t hold anything back. I’m starting to get used to seeing Freddy behind the drums regularly. He…

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Big Eyes for CJ Ramone

April 26, 2017May 20, 2020 Every Show JoeArizona, Big Eyes, CJ Ramone, No Gimmick, Phoenix, Punk, Rebel Lounge, Rock

Nostalgia holds a strong grip on a lot of humanity. When you bring in nostalgia for a band that helped usher in the punk genre, you’re going to attract a lot of people looking for that original sound. While I enjoy watching CJ Ramone play some covers of The Ramones, what I enjoy more is watching him do his original stuff. He brought along Big Eyes for the tour, plus one of my local favorites, No Gimmick, opened up the Phoenix stop. Despite No Gimmick being a band for about…

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A Captive Audience

April 1, 2017April 1, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, No Gimmick, Nothington, Pub Rock, Punk, Reason Unknown, Rundown Roommates, Scottsdale, Western Settings

Earlier in the week I posted the fortune “Express yourself, do something creative.” The debate of if fortune cookies should be telling us our alleged future or just give us inspiring messages can rage on. The message in question, however, is the underlying reason I love music. You have people telling you their thoughts, their desires, and sometimes their humor through their talents of creating the sound of music. It is used to give you their views on a current event in their life or just vent. It comes together…

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The OKC of Punk

January 25, 2017January 25, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, C:28, No Gimmick, Punk, Reason Unknown, Red City Radio, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

It is rare an illness keeps me out of going to see music. Having a cold didn’t keep me from seeing Beck last year. However, when it includes a triple digit fever the body says different things on how long you’re going to make it on your feet. Getting that behind me was a blessing, and out to see the three bands tonight was one of the best things I’ve done in five days. However, before I even get to the first band of the show, let me first say…

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Ringing In A New Year

January 2, 2017January 2, 2017 Every Show JoeAlternative, Arizona, Authority Zero, Creepsville 666, Face to Face, Fourbanger, Gilbert, Hall 13, LightSpeedGo, No Gimmick, Phunk Junkeez, Playboy Manbaby, Punk, Rusty Ranch, School of Rock, Strung Out, Tempe

For many, the year 2016 was not the best one that could have been. Many less likely and less positive events occurred over the past year that some are wishing to put behind them in a traditional way as the clock ticks past midnight. For me, the year has been about change. It has been changes for the positive in many topics. It has been a stepping block to further ambitions and passions. For people in either the positive or negative view of 2016, New Year’s Eve brought some of…

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A Grand Ol’ Punk Show

November 27, 2016May 21, 2020 Every Show JoeArizona, Get Dead, Guttermouth, Krovak, No Gimmick, Swapmeat, Tempe, The Cryptics, We Might Be Wasted, Yucca Tap Room

This was a freaking fun night of music. The show was loaded to the brim with seven bands, four of our locals and three touring bands. We even saw No Gimmick spare no expense for the endeavor with a handmade banner. With that large line up came an early start to the show at 6:45. The night led off with Krovak doing their more traditional set since Halloween. Leigh’s R2-D2 did make it out again onto one of the amps for the set. We even got reading material from Leigh…

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A Rebel Riot At the Yucca Tap

November 6, 2016May 20, 2020 Every Show Joe2 Tone Lizard Kings, Broloaf, Less than Jake, LightSpeedGo, No Gimmick, Red City Radio, Russian Girlfriends, The Bombpops, Venomous Pinks, Western Settings, Yucca Tap Room

This was a night to remember at the Yucca Tap Room, rather part of outside the Yucca Tap! It was a great mix of locals and touring bands, bringing out more people who could fit in the regular venue. It sure doesn’t hurt that the headliner is one of two bands I’ve put in ink on my skin. The weather was perfect, and the PBR was flowing! The show kicked off with No Gimmick, and the charismatic Johnny Gimmick doing what he does best. Some of the best banter of…