Reviews

The second show held at the D.A.V. turned out to have a smaller crowd but, not any less of quality. By some standards it might have been even better. The June 9th show was bursting with diverse goodness. Yummy��.musical diversity for our listening pleasure. The first brave souls to take the mike were Pop Shove It. A melodic heavy band (by their own admission, the crowd thought they were rap/rock) from
right here in good ole PSL. This was their first show at an actual venue, perhaps that explains their lackof punctuality. Yeah, these boys made the crowd wait for nearly an hour to hear their twenty minute set. They claim it was due to being told they could take their time setting up. I'm sure they didn't mean that much time. The crucial question now is, were they worth the wait? Well, actually no they weren't. But they were worth hearing. The music I thought was good. My only real complaint is that I couldn't make out a word their lead singer said. I suggest sticking around to catch their set if they are ever at a show near you (they will be in the D.A.V. June 30th show), I don't however suggest that you go specifically to see them, it might be a long night. Don't take my word for it tough, check our their website: http://www.popshoveit.cjb.com/ .

Passive Resistance and Haymarket (not to be confused with haystack or flea market) ,two (one-two) bands from Merriot Island, shared the next set. These bands played some heavy punk. I liked them but I found their music was a little caustic on the ear, and the lyrics were hard to make out. They claim influence by bands like The Unseen, and delight in calling themselves "crust punk". The crowd enjoyed them and Haymarket got heavy crowd participation with their beer song. Heavy political influence in the lyrics of both bands. One band professing a meat-free lifestyle (Passive Resistance) and
even passing out brochures on it, the other band professing to being peaceful anarchist (confused? So are they). If you want to learn more about the band Passive Resistance, and info about their politics, check out their website: http://www.angelfire.com/myband2/passiveresistance .

Haymarket doesn't have a website yet, but hopefully when they have one they'll be gracious enough to pass the address along to us. Since you can't find out who they are via a website I will include their line-up here:
Jason AKA "Dirty" (a major contributor I was told to the smell)-
singer/guitar
Dave AKA "Christmas" (I still don't really get it)-lead guitar and communist
Matt AKA "Gurr"-drums
Travis AKA "Travy-poo"-bass
Palin AKA "Palin"-lead singer

One of PSL's hardest working bands, Twilight Republic. I just want to know was Phil drunk for Twilight Republic's set, that usually keeps it interesting. By all accounts a good set, not a great one, but like I said Phil's more fun drunk. I'm hesitant to label them, so I'll say something generic like hardcore, yeah, that's what they are. The music was good (again not great), and Phil gave an energetic performance pumping up the crowd. Twilight Republic seems to be really good at that. The crowd never seems bored when Twilight takes the mike, and so they're usually a band worth watching. To get more info check out:
http://www.teenageriot.8m.com/ .

Revolution, Revolution, tsk, tsk. Why not just become an instrumental band. You can't hear the singers, so why have them? The problem was not making out the lyrics, I could barely hear the lyrics for any song but Bill's try at singing. This has been a consistent problem for the band. You've stopped being rookies, so fix it. I can't say I really like Revolution's music. I find that the guitar riffs are usually really annoying I can't really put my finger on why, they just are. The band does give one hell of a performance though. With heavy crowd participation, and an energetic, if somewhat quiet, performance from the lead singer this is definetly a band to keep an eye out for. They're still fine tuning things, but it's fun to watch. They update their website regularly so check it out:
http://geocitites.com/revolution_psl/ .

Gracing us from Gainesville was Vangard. Providing us with punk music with a strong melody to ride on. An excellent band, and I'm glad they took the time to come here. They put on a highly energetic show. I had never heard of them prior to this show, but I hope to hear more of them in the future. They left me without a single negative comment, a difficult feat to say the least. To find out more about them and download their music (it's worth it) go to: http://www.punkmusic.cc/.

The final band, the headliners, a band that came to us all the way from Jacksonville, Stradladder. An excellent band riding strong on fast music and well sung lyrics. Not the most energetic of bands, but much more worth your time than some of the ones who are. Another band I didn't know what to
expect from, but that left me satisfied that I had been to a good show. Should they ever come back down for another show, you should make it a point to see them. To keep an eye out for their return go to:
http://www.stradladder.com/.

My great complaint, the one thing that ruined my night, was all the little bitches that left before the show was over. Lesser bands had a good crowd going, but the last two bands, which were the better bands, had barely anyone to support them, and they came the furthest to be there. I was embarrassed at the lack of graciousness these bands received, and pissed off because it probably wouldn't be worth it for them to come back again. If you can't fully support your scene, than get the fuck out of it. If you can't appreciate bands coming to do shows for you then don't bitch about the bands you have. Adios, till the next show.