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By Art Boerke
If you're the kind of person who likes music tl
tingly fast, loud and heavy, you should have bee
last Tuesday night.
Those who turned out were hit by a veritable
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and their opening act The Vatican Commandos
When the "Commandos" hit the stage, th
screaming although the-audience didn't seem
sparse in number, the club patrons stood aw
unknown band while they rocked and twisted.
AND IF the opening act wasn't heavy enough
Saints came out thrashing like madmen and the
ing crowd went even wilder. The dance floor wa
people slamming into one another in a vigorous
wa?; no Hoiiht fhat this wac thp hfsrilinp an
Battalion of Saints cite their main influences
as Motorhead, Raven and Anthrax, as well as
punkers G.B.H. They certainlydrewfrom their i
night.
The sound was fast and kept up the pace tl
show.
When they broke into "My Mind's Deceaset
screamed along with them.
The Quartet's version of Motorhead's cla:
Spades" was twice as fast as the original.
What it lacked in musicianship, it made up
sweat and gut-wrenching fervor.
The headliners went through their set playir
their firstEP as well as most of the tracks frorr
The highlight of the performance was the final
edic version of Van Halen's "Panama" which
"Enema," which sent the audience into hysteri
There was no encore. When the show ended
their breath and left satisfied.
The show drew people who love punk and tl
the heavy metal sound, proving that as each type
more extreme, the closer they actually become.
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songs shy of a contract
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no sooner, as it would
released around Christr
from major bands.
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album, at bars like Ru
nights at Rockerfeller's.
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on the anticipated albui
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leave in in October, is "
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first of three sets with "Man in
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Boys." The sixth tune, "Restless," is
: and features the driving, consistent
it Whales pounded out by drummer
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rslee.
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Ripete Records, Inc., which features
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recorded with Moonlight Records in
ad guitarist Bethany, the next album
: a change in pace for the group.
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get "lost in the shuffle" if it were
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a Bird Cage" will be the featured hits
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3's latest surprise: Blakeslee will not
aving the band, and we're looking for
:thany, who noted Blakeslee, who will
tired of being on the road, away from
, the Killer Whales will continue rockind
next month in Savannah, Ga., at
; sets of almost all new music and their
? by bands like Talking Heads and The
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