Skull Drug – Page 2 – Every Show Joe

A Fund-Rager

May 8, 2017 Every Show JoeAlex Squared, Andy Warpigs, Arizona, Contradiktion, Folk Punk, Gaby Kaos, LightSpeedGo, Punk, Punk Forefront, Reason Unkown, Rico Caldera, Rundown Roommates, Skull Drug, Tempe, The Bombpops, Venomous Pinks, Yucca Tap Room

What do you think of when you think of Cinco de Mayo? You’re saying Punk Rock, obviously. Oh wait, you mean Mexico celebrating a victory over a French army when things looked dire. Actually, I’m sure it is actually more of the alcoholic variety in most people’s thoughts. Tonight was an example of a group of great musicians and artists that came together to help Punk Forefront produce our zine. Another example in the past week and a half of how fantastic the music scene and beyond is. Opening up…

Concerts

Making St. Patty’s Day Pink

March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Creepsville 666, Inept Hero, Krovak, Psychobilly, Punk, Rockabilly, Skull Drug, Tempe, Venomous Pinks, Yucca Tap Room

One of the longer running punk bands in the valley are the Venomous Pinks. Over the last couple months the hard work they have been putting has been paying out dividends. They are now signed to a label, Squid Hat out of Vegas. They have an opening slot on the main stage of this year’s Punk Rock Bowling. Now the first fruits of labor under Squid Hat released with a great new EP titled “We Do It Better,” with two of the hardest songs I’ve heard from them titled “Pizza…

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Ruining… or Making Your Grandma’s Music Better?

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 Every Show JoeAlex Squared, Arizona, Contradiktion, Franks & Deans, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

Expressions are a great way to engage with an audience. The more animated on stage the more entertaining it can make a performance. Tonight felt like the culmination of a couple of the most expressive performers in our scene getting together. The first two are perfect compliments to each other too. Franks and Deans brought on top one of the most unique punk performances I have seen. The night opened up with the guys from Payson, Alex Squared. This fast paced group of punks right away showed their appreciation for…

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I Love Livin’ in the City

February 11, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Hobo Bastard, Jack the Cat, Krovak, Punk, Radical Fun Time, Ska, Ska Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Yucca Tap Room

A cool thing about these things is I get to bring bands to the forefront of people’s attention. I get to showcase bands I enjoy to see a lot. It creates an exercise in writing too, as I see bands more often trying to put different words into my take for the night. Tonight was a great night to see bands you don’t hear enough about from me that I think are fantastic, along with my usual staples of awesome local punk bands. Right off of the bat, I got…

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A Punk’s Night Out

February 3, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Contradiktion, Fea, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, Thurston, Yucca Tap Room

Change is inevitable and going to happen whether you want it to or not. Tonight brought forth a change you can see from the pictures with Yucca no longer having the black curtain behind the stage. I think it helps the stage look brighter and better, although based on the more than usual feedback has the audio bouncing around the room. The new look was brought with some of the fastest, loudest punk I’ve seen at the Yucca Tap Room tonight. Opening up was the band Thurston, who I’ve followed…

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Not So Aggro

January 13, 2017January 13, 2017 Every Show JoeArizona, Bowcat, Crescent Ballroom, Dirty Reggae, Mind Upside, Phoenix, Punk, Reggae, Rocksteady, Ska, Skull Drug, Tempe, The Aggrolites, Yucca Tap Room

The Aggrolites have a sound that took a little more for me to warm up to a few years ago. They are a ska band with the more traditional, older rocksteady sound. For whatever reason, I initially did not get into them. The first time I took a hard look at their music was when I saw Jesse Wagner play with Vic, from an all-time favorite ska band the Slackers, at a Punk Rock Bowling pool party. The duo was amazing and left me questioning why I hadn’t listened to…

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Favorite Local Albums of 2016

January 10, 2017January 15, 2017 Every Show Joe.decker, Alternative, Bear Ghost, Best Of 2016, Bluegrass, Broloaf, C:28, Folk, Harper and the Moths, Haymarket Squares, LightSpeedGo, Manual Sex Drive, Moment of Ruin, Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold, Punk, Reason Unknown, Red Tank!, Rock, Rockabilly, Skull Drug, The Darling Sounds, The Darts

People like lists I hear, so I’m putting together two. The first of which is to spotlight some of my favorite music released in the past year in Phoenix that I managed to catch. I struggled to keep it a best of ten, so I made it fifteen. I’m sure it may come to a shock for some it isn’t a punk band atop it, but my favorite genre does sit within in a couple spots. Be sure to check out all these artists and catch them at a show…

Concerts

A Wedding Punk-iversary

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 Every Show JoeArizona, Celtic Punk, Jack the Cat, Punk, Skull Drug, Tempe, We Might Be Wasted, Whiskey and the Barrels, Yucca Tap Room

Twenty Five years is a long time, and an amazing achievement. Tonight’s show was a celebration of two good friends, Barry and Isabel, celebrating twenty five years married. I did forget to ask what has made it work well for so long, but I have to imagine it is that punk rock spirit in it. Not only are they one of the most punk couples I know going to shows, they had a punk rock show with cake to celebrate those twenty five years instead of just a simple house…

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In The Whale on this Punk Sunday

November 14, 2016November 22, 2016 Every Show JoeArizona, In The Whale, Skull Drug, Tempe, We Might Be Wasted, Yucca Tap Room

This night started after the Arizona Cardinals game, getting to Yucca early to chomp down their wings as a dinner and chat football with Eric and Nate of In the Whale. This was in addition to a discussion of which team do we dislike more on Sunday Night Football, the Seahawks or the Patriots. We didn’t come to any agreement, mine being a division rival with impartial feelings toward the Pats and theirs being an AFC rival of their Broncos. Then we drifted onto other topics, and had a blast…