The Confederacy
of
Scum Supershow
(REVIEW BY CURTIS PAYNE)
I just saw such an amazing line-up of bands
over
the weekend in Las Vegas---some of whom happen to be on TKO (but this is
beside the point). And I just have to spread the love. The Confederacy
of
Scum Supershow in Las Vegas, Nevada was an experience one rarely has in
these
days of overhyped bazulzashit and bandwagon leaping: a collection of
TRUE
legends getting together to---without fanfare and hype---play for each
other
and a few initiates. Like a meeting of wandering outlaws, these
originators
often imitated never duplicated rode into town, hitched their wagons up,
and
strode into the Boston Saloon to doff their hats at each other and
proceed
to lay down the rock.
I saw Jim Goad of Answer Me! fame quietly crooning Merle Haggard
while
accompanied by Travis from Hammerlock on acoustic guitar, Jeff Clayton
from
ANTiSEEN singing Alice Cooper with Jeff Dahl and his new band backing
him
up, the newly reformed Jabbers with Wimpy from the Queers singing (putting
GG well in his grave with one of the strongest sets of the whole
weekend),
Cocknoose and Hammerlock showing just how much shame there is in
Nashville
Pussy's fake-ass redneck game (seriously making Nashville Pussy look
like
a bunch of fucking Hollywood types in trucker caps), and Sammytown from
Fang's new band the Resistoleros whipping-ass like some demented
evangelists. Not to mention some bad-ass tough guy shit from Limecell,
The Tunnel Rats, and Rancid Vat. Check these bands out for your own good so
you
can get some true quality punkrockandroll into your soul to battle the
ever
rising tide of bullshit and fashion. Go to
www.confederacyofscum.com,
www.steelcagerecords.com, and
---Curtis Payne
Curtis Payne is TKO Records' director of marketing and publicity.
live at the Boston Saloon, Las Vegas, Nevada (October 3 & 4, 2003)
www.tkorecords.com and see what's up.
hotseat@tkorecords.com