At 09:07 PM 7/17/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, it isnt often that I take a weekday night out to go listen to music
>(yeah, I'm a nerd) but I cant pass up Greyboy Allstars, right?
>
>Well I get to the Palace, meet Elson outside, Mariko and her sister Sumiko
>inside and the first act "Pocket Lent" goes on for 4 songs. Elson knows
>these guys from Jazzid Up and they're okay, nice groove, good sax player,
>nothing special though.
>
>Next up is the Long Beach Dub Allstars, who are the former members of
>Sublime and a few others. I was a little wary about this "dub" band but
>whatever, I've got an open mind, right ;)
>
>NO! GOD! These guys were so HORRENDOUS it was first embarrasing, then
>aggravating, then finally disappointing. I should've been warned by the
>heavy "OC" (Orange County) crowd that was there to see the "LBDA" and not
>Greyboy. They go on, do a few songs that are nothing close to dub but more
>like bad punk with a singer with an accent. Then the lead singer tells us
>he's going to invite some friends on. First its the "Mexikanz" who are two
>rappers who were so talentless it was astounding that anyone ever listens
>to them. I mean "Put your hands in the air!" and shit like "Say ho!" is
>just so out.... It gets worse though, because next up is the Jamericans,
>who are two "Jamaican" rappers (one with a decent singing voice) but who
>were worse than the "Mexikanz." Then finally there was this singer "HR" a
>guy in dreds who came on stage for four songs and was so horrendous, I was
>crying in my drink by this time, sorry for myself for paying $17 to hear
>this bullshit. By this time, the "dub" band was down to the drummer (who
>couldnt keep rhythm), bassist (who was nothing special) and guitarist (who
>was really bad...REALLY BAD) who were essentially playing bad punk/ska and
>letting this dredded guy just croon awfully on stage. I'll add that they
>had their whole entourage of "OC" fans on stage in the wings (like 40
>people) which made for a real professional feel. This music was so
>infantile and dated, I was just dying.
>
>Finally, at 11:30, they left. Phew!
>
>I stayed 30 more minutes, heard 4 amazing songs by Greyboy Allstars and
>went home happy to have heard them, but wondering which crackhead placed
>these two bands on the same bill.
>
>Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. I cant even begin to describe
>how talentless the Long Beach Dub Allstars were. It was literally amazing
>to find out that these guys had the following they did. Doesn't anyone
>have any taste in Long Beach or what?
>
>Embittered...
>
>Gen Kanai <gkanai@earthlink.net>
>(in honor of ShannonM's recent post, I bring back this choice quote...)
>
>Sex is something you do while your motorcycle parts are on order.
> --Kimberly Bouwens
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