Top weekend for ska and reggae
August 28th 2006 12:29
Friday nights started out with a few folk-punk bands at the Empire. Mutiny, the fantastic band from Melbourne were the headline act and were supported admirably by Sydney City Trash and the Corps. Not reggae, but entertaining music nonetheless.
A decent crowd turned out the following night for Mark H’s birthday. It was good to see Jed from the Lyrical Madmen doing something new and Kampei, who I haven’t seen for some time. We had been pushed back and I appreciated it as it meant people could get more drunk ready to dance.
New singer and new bass player for the Signals meant I was a little nervous about how we would go down, but I shouldn’t have been because we got a really positive reception and I was pleased with how the set came together. How good is it being on stage playing reggae and rocksteady.
Steppin’ Razor were up next and I have to say they are going in the direction I wanted them to - less straight out punk songs and more reggae and ska-punk songs. Their cover of Chase the Devil is fantastic. Last up were Backy Skank and were great, despite the crowd starting to thin as it was getting late. Roll on the second half of the year!
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