Re: quickie review: Greyboy Allstars in Los Angeles
Michael Bolotin (mlb6c@server2.mail.virginia.edu)
Fri, 18 Jul 1997 15:47:57 -0400 (EDT)
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> 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.
Do you know who it was from sublime that was playing with them? I love
sublime, but without Brad Nowell (lead singer who died of a heroin
overdose) they were never really anything that great. I'm guessing
you're not a huge fan of reggae/ska/punk type stuff. Long Beach puts out
a lot of good stuff in this genre.
What are the Greyboy allstars like? I am now kicking myself because I
missed them with Reuben Wilson, a great old organ player who used to
record on blue note, but at the time I hadn't heard of them and couldn't
justify going just to see Reuben play in between sets.
-mike