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Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Dropkicks, Sick Of It All rock the Masquerade
By Bobby Moore
Editor-in-Chief
rmoore 7@my. westxa.edu
Last Saturday, a
pair of veteran bands
and a couple of bands
that are new to the
limelight appeared at The
Masquerade in Atlanta.
Headlining the show
was Boston’s Dropkick
Murphys. With their huge
St. Patrick’s Day show in
Boston on the horizon,
the 10 year veterans put
on a great show.
They were supported
by New York hardcore
legends Sick Of It All, who
are in their 20th year of
touring. The Horror Pops
and The Tossers.
Up first were The
Tossers. This group, which
is from the Southside of
Chicago, show as much Irish
inflence as the Dropkicks.
Their sound is very similar
to The Pogues, moreso than
Flogging Molly.
Their mix of styles.
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as well as their having a
cute fiddle player, kept my
attention on the stage when
usually I am checking out
the merchandise booths
during the first act.
Their setlist
featured everything
from drinking songs
to a tribute to the late
Dee Dee Ramone.
1 was so
impressed by The
Tossers that their set
alone would have
been worth $18.50.
Anyone who is
interested in hearing
this band live will
not have to wait
long, because they
will be returing to
The Masquerade on
April 22 to open for
Catch 22.
Then the crowd was
treated to a pairof dancing
girls and The Horror Pops,
one of the hot, new acts
from Hellcat Records,
played songs from their
first two albums.
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The group, which
features members of
Ihe Adolscents and The
Necromantix, mix their
Danish influences with
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label acts.
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ska. Despite the stregnth
of their two albums,
2004’s “Hell Yeah" and
2005’s “Bring It On!",
this set was not up to par
with the rest of the show.
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In spite of a restless
crowd of skinheads, steet
punks and hooligans that
was chanting “Let's go
Murphys,” Sick Of It Ail
hit the stage and put on a
show like they were still
angry 20 year olds.
The best part of
their set may have been
when lead singer Lou
Coller complained about
the rumored closing of
The Masquerade, asking,
“Where are you going to go
to see shows where there
won’t be a 90 foot barrier
between you and
the band? You
can’t come to my
house. It barely
fits five people.”
Finally,
after a long wait
for instruments
to be tuned and
after a crowd
sing-along to
the Stiff Little
Fingers classic
“Alternative
Ulster”, it was
time for the
main event.
Dropkick
Murphys, who
are currently
touring to promote “The
Warrior's Code”. an
album which Loud, l ast.
Rules magazine says is the
band's best since “Do or
Die", proved to be worth
the wait.
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The hand, which has
found some mainstream
success in recent years, are
one of the few American
groups who can pull of
playing both the “oi” style
of The Business yet still
be sensitive when singing
a song like “Last Letter
Home”, which is about a
fan who died in Iraq.
The set featured,
several new songs,
including an incredible
performance of “Your
Spirit's Alive”.
They also played
some classics, including
"The Gang’s All Here”
and “Barroom Hero”.
To finish off their
encore, they played
"Skinhead on the MBTA”
while the stage was
flooded with fans. By this
point in the show, young
people from all walks of
life were chanting “oi”.
Overall, it was a
great show that featured
everything from hardcore
to psychobilly.