TSOL

T.S.O.L.
Nerve Agents
Thrice
10/06/00 @ The Glass House in Pomona

Unfortunately I got the show a little late so I completely missed the first band. And I only caught the final few songs of the next band Thrice. But but to my luck I got to the Glasshouse in time to see the Bay band the Nerve Agents.

I’ve never heard of this group before. I had no idea what they would sound like. When they began to play I realized that these guy’s knew what they were doing. They were a five-piece hard-core punk rock group from up North. They were similar to T.S.O.L. and Rudimentary Peni. The lead singer knew how to scream his lungs out and it sounded fucking awesome. The whole place loved these guy’s. They were the first group of the night that really got the crowd going. They had an enormous mosh pit. The lead singer bouncing off the walls, I’m surprised that I didn’t find a straw up his nose. One of the things that surprised me about this bands set was their cover song. They played “Evil” by 45 Grave. This has to be the coolest song ever. They played it extremely well. The crowd went nuts with this tune. I got to know the guy’s pretty well when we did an interview. They live in separate cites up North, like Oakland and surrounding cities. This makes it difficult to get together for practice. The lead singer drives two hours to make rehearsal. This band has a lot of devotion towards their music. I would highly recommend that you check one of their show’s out.

The room was anxious for these guy’s to get on stage. As soon as Jack showed his face people began to applaud. It’s T.S.O.L. for Christ’s sake. One of the greatest punk rock groups ever. I was shocked when this group began to perform again. If you have the opportunity to see these guy’s, then take advantage of it!!!

Tonight was a little different for their set. They had a lot of new songs to be played and they spoke of their new record that will be released soon on Nitro records. Of course the place looked like a Loony Bin as people were bouncing off the walls and the whole stage was crowded with tons of people. One of the things that you will notice is that Jack, the lead singer of this group will make numerous attempts to create live sex acts from the audience with the incentive of fifty dollars per person. Of course you will have the random slut flip up her top but as usual no one will fuck on stage.

There were many members of bands at this show. Rumor had it that Rick Agnew from the Adolescents was their. On top of it all I met and interviewed Jello Biafra from the infamous Dead Kennedy’s. That should be up on this site soon enough.

As soon as you thought that the show was to end T.S.O.L. hammered song after song. They said that they were going to play every song that they had ever made, which they probably did. Overall this night was rad. The atmosphere of the show was great as well. If you missed this show then I feel sorry for you.

       Farewell,

              Danny McElwain