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Powerman 5000
The Penny Road Pub, Barrington
October 29 2009
By Lissy MacMillan
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53 miles there and another 53 back is how far I travel when I go to The Penny Road pub, but I have seen some really good shows there recently. When I found out that Powerman 5000 was going to be playing there, I knew I would be making the journey again.
I arrived in time to see enough of Lockjaw to know I liked them a lot! As soon as I walked in they grabbed my attention with their dark industrial sound and I was very excited to see who else they were going to have open the show. Lockjaw will be opening for Fashion Bomb’s CD release show at the Double Door on December 4 so don’t miss it!
The next band was called “Heart-Set Self Destruct”. Good musicians, playing alt/rock. They gave the audience what they like, and are a group of good looking guys. I can see them doing well, and have since been to their myspace page and seen that they have a lot of shows booked in the near future.
Hyperflo are essentially a cover band, playing songs by Linkin Park (Bleed it Out) and NIN (Head Like a Hole). As a band that captivates and entertains the crowds they have that down- they had everyone eating out of their hands. Even musically, they’re pretty good. I just found it hard to see some of the songs they played being played by a band other than the original artists. I would definitely love to see what these guys could do if they were to write their own material.
Powerman 5000 can do no wrong, simple as that! Everyone was there to see them and moments before they came on you couldn’t move by the stage as everyone crammed up as close as they could to get to the front. Despite a terrible sore throat, Spider put on a brilliant performance, downing honey in between songs and laughing off requests for “Worlds Collide” They played tracks from his new album “Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere” which I think is a brilliant album, as good as, if not better than “Tonight the Stars Revolt!” They left the stage to allow everyone to call for an encore and came back on to everyone’s immense pleasure and played their request for them and a couple other popular classics.
You could feel a good vibe in the atmosphere that night at Penny Road Pub where all, despite the torrential rain outside, had a good time and a great kick-off to the Halloween weekend.
http://www.pennyroadpub.com
http://www.myspace.com/powerman5000
http://www.myspace.com/hyperflo
http://www.myspace.com/heartsetselfdestruct
http://www.myspace.com/lockjaw
10:06 PM
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