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Text taken from HERE"The Mostly Dead offered even more hope for new life to an old scene. Face it, D.C. ain't a rock town anymore. Once the home of straight edge and Dischord Records (well, still the home of Dischord, but things ain't like they used to be), it's hard to find a good crowd for a hardcore show these days, so I was pleased to see the turnout on a cold Sunday night.The Mostly Dead continued to show growth -- no doubt in part to having a heavy metal guitarist [Ivan] filling in this night. He helped toughen the sound even more, giving the band more muscle, and he threw himself into the songs, making for a wilder stage show than The Mostly Dead at the Velvet Lounge a few months ago. And the band sounded tighter, though better sound at the Black Cat may have [had something to do with that] The band stormed off with a blistering, short opener, "Culture Dog," which sounded like hard rock played faster and louder and with an opening call-to-arms riff reminiscent of second generation punk. Somewhere deep down underneath, I even sensed a certain boogie you might find in a Stones or a CCR or an Iggy Pop song. Deep, deep down. It's that for which the band owes a debt to San Diego post-hardcore of the '90s more than that of the 1980s Dischord bands you might also think of. Regardless, this is a D.C. band playing in D.C. and helping save the post-hardcore scene. (I hope.) And they don't play by numbers, either. Compositionally, "Stutter" has the hiccups you'd expect given its name, and they keep you guessing. Ditto the break in "Part of the Problem." "You Suck at Interventions" was hard-driving throught the first half before changing to highlight the drums and schizophrenic guitar. And it was just as angrily witty as the title suggests. Then the shouted chorus and oi!ish "whoa-oh-ohhs" of "Lost in Space" cut through the maelstrom of guitars with spine shuttering effect.
But what really cemented the show in early 2009 local lore was the short Misfits post-set. Members of The Scare, The Mostly Dead and opener Ante Up, carried out a threatened lark, joining forces on stage to play a couple of Misfits songs together, despite some confusion about who knew and could play what. They pulled it off. An indelible charm of their shared affection for the punk legends sang through. I'd take any of the three singers on stage for the Misfits' mic these days and let Jerry Only focus on his bass."-Matt Stabley.
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