Whit AlexanderBang Camaro Leaves Pittsburgh In Shambles
December 15th 2008 03:36
Three nights ago, at Mr. Small’s Theatre in Pittsburgh, I watched Boston-natives Bang Camaro rock the place as hard as anyone ever has. Looking at the stage, you would never know that only three or four dozen people showed up. Maybe it was the near-blizzard outside, or maybe they’re not as big yet as I thought they were. Either way, judging from their performance, they’ll have the place packed soon enough.
The opening bands were entertaining enough. The Hot Rails’ fontman was a cross between Joe Cocker and Will Ferrell from the SNL Blue Oyster Cult skit. He spent about half of their set on the floor, dancing as if gripped by some horriffic musical tantrum. But when Bang Camaro finally took the stage, they owned it. They opened with “Out On The Streets”, and then went right into “Pleasure (Pleasure)”, which I was expecting to be the final song of the night. I don’t have the rest of the setlist memorized, but I do remember “Swallow The Razor”, “Bang Camaro”, “Rock of Mages”, and “Push Push Lady Lightning” played from the first album, and “Blood Red Rock” and “Revolution” played from the upcoming second album. Even with a smaller touring lineup (about 10 guys total, compared to the 20 or so they have when playing in Boston), the stage was a madhouse at all times, with the energy and the music feeding off of each other. Here are some videos from Thursday night:
Out On The Streets
Rock Rebellion
Bang Camaro
Push Push Lady Lightning
Considering I’ve paid the same price to see awful local bands many, many times, this was probably the best $10 I’ve ever spent. Things are only looking up for the band; they played Lollapalooza this year and in January will be performing with Lynyrd Skynyrd, 38 Special, Molly Hatchet and others on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man Cruise.
The opening bands were entertaining enough. The Hot Rails’ fontman was a cross between Joe Cocker and Will Ferrell from the SNL Blue Oyster Cult skit. He spent about half of their set on the floor, dancing as if gripped by some horriffic musical tantrum. But when Bang Camaro finally took the stage, they owned it. They opened with “Out On The Streets”, and then went right into “Pleasure (Pleasure)”, which I was expecting to be the final song of the night. I don’t have the rest of the setlist memorized, but I do remember “Swallow The Razor”, “Bang Camaro”, “Rock of Mages”, and “Push Push Lady Lightning” played from the first album, and “Blood Red Rock” and “Revolution” played from the upcoming second album. Even with a smaller touring lineup (about 10 guys total, compared to the 20 or so they have when playing in Boston), the stage was a madhouse at all times, with the energy and the music feeding off of each other. Here are some videos from Thursday night:
Out On The Streets
Rock Rebellion
Bang Camaro
Push Push Lady Lightning
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Comment by Ken Janssen
-Ken Janssen
The Hot Rails