Went over to Kimo’s and checked out Pyroklast Fri. night. Walked down to Hanks to get some bleu bites before the show & some of the band yelled at me “Hey punk rocker! the shows over here.” Hmm, advertising a show by yelling at random punks walking down the street? Sounds like it’ll be a packed crowd!!! Oh yeah..
Bleu bites are tater tots mixed with some bleu cheese. They were too soggy - fucker put too much cheese on them, damnit. I like tater tots because they’re crispy. Soggy tots SUCK!
Anyway so I go back to Kimo’s and head upstairs. No cover? Nice. 10:30 and no one’s playing yet, so I grab a beer and hang at the bar upstairs. Never been to Kimo’s before, the upstairs is cool. First band stars - they’re called Strains of the Apocalypse.
Wow, they were fucking bad. I’ll save you from any cheesy “Stains of the Apocalypse” puns.
While I went downstairs to take a piss, Some drunk fuck comes up and asks if I’m “with the band” and how I put the pyramid studs on my jean jacket. Wanted to know if I used a machine or some shit. Haha. Brandon from Pyroklast comes out of the bathroom and we start laughing at the dude. Talked to him for a bit.
Pyroklast eventually comes on and they announce that virtually everyone there was friends or family. Haha. I’m guessing no one pushed the show anywhere. It wasn’t even on the list. Only reason I knew about it was cause I saw they were playing Gilman on Saturday and when I checked their myspace, it listed the show at Kimo’s.
Pretty energetic set. Lots of political shit about water supply, etc etc. Also featured some ROCKIN’ behind-the-head guitar solos.
I think I was the only person they DIDN’T already know, so they were stoked that I was there. I enjoyed the show, they’re a pretty enjoyable band to see live and play some pretty decent hardcore. I prefer to keep the metal out of punk but this stuff, while sort of borderline, is still fun to listen to. Check ‘em out.
