Biscuit Power in NYC
NYC experienced a "rebirth of hardcore pride" as the allmighty Gorilla Biscuits made their "official," triumphant return to the motherland. Walter and the boys brought all-out, finger-pointing mayhem (as expected) to the barricade/bouncer-free B.B. King venue.
GB played almost every song they have, plus a a few covers from CIV, (is that really a cover?), Warzone and Project X. As expected, there was an array of NYC hardcore legends in the house, including Lou and Pete Koller (Sick of it All), Hoya (Madball), John Joseph (Cro Mags), Toby Morse (H20) and a dude in a banana costume.
Civ (the guy, not the band) made some jokes about the aging crowd making the trip out to the show after having their wives apply Ben Gay, which is probably true. He also said "seperate we are junk, together we are mighty." I am not sure if that goes for our man Walter, uh, Quicksand?
The bottom line is that the show was as amazing, if not better than we anticipated. Not to mention that Murphy's Law and Leeway also played.
More photos and setlists after the jump.Setlist - B.B. Kings September 2, 2006
1. New Direction (complete with horn intro)
2. Stand Stll
3. Better Than You
4. Time Flies
5. Big Mouth (Tribute to Raybeez)
6. First Failure
7. Sitting Around at Home
8. Two Sides
9. Forgotten
10. Things We Say
11. Breaking Free
12. Slut (Shout out to Ernie of Token Entry and Black Train Jack)
13. Competition
14. Hold Your Ground
15. Dance Floor Justice (Project X)
16. Do Something (CIV)
17. High Hopes
18. Good Intentions
19. Degradation
20. Happy Birthday to Hoya
21. No Reason Why
22. Cats and Dogs
23. Biscuit Power (featuring Toby Morse)
24. Finish What You Started
25. As One (Warzone, featuring Lou of it All)
26. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Sort of)
27. Start Today (featuring everyone in the place, see photos below)
"I'll tell you stage dives make me feel more alive"
Lou Koller joining GB to pay tribute to the late Raybeez with "As One"
"Let's Start Today"
The Gorilla Biscuits tour ends today ended with a Sunday Matinee at CBGB, word is there are still some tickets left.
Get action-packed photos from Brooklyn Rocks and Brooklyn Vegan.
GB played almost every song they have, plus a a few covers from CIV, (is that really a cover?), Warzone and Project X. As expected, there was an array of NYC hardcore legends in the house, including Lou and Pete Koller (Sick of it All), Hoya (Madball), John Joseph (Cro Mags), Toby Morse (H20) and a dude in a banana costume.
Civ (the guy, not the band) made some jokes about the aging crowd making the trip out to the show after having their wives apply Ben Gay, which is probably true. He also said "seperate we are junk, together we are mighty." I am not sure if that goes for our man Walter, uh, Quicksand?
The bottom line is that the show was as amazing, if not better than we anticipated. Not to mention that Murphy's Law and Leeway also played.
More photos and setlists after the jump.Setlist - B.B. Kings September 2, 2006
1. New Direction (complete with horn intro)
2. Stand Stll
3. Better Than You
4. Time Flies
5. Big Mouth (Tribute to Raybeez)
6. First Failure
7. Sitting Around at Home
8. Two Sides
9. Forgotten
10. Things We Say
11. Breaking Free
12. Slut (Shout out to Ernie of Token Entry and Black Train Jack)
13. Competition
14. Hold Your Ground
15. Dance Floor Justice (Project X)
16. Do Something (CIV)
17. High Hopes
18. Good Intentions
19. Degradation
20. Happy Birthday to Hoya
21. No Reason Why
22. Cats and Dogs
23. Biscuit Power (featuring Toby Morse)
24. Finish What You Started
25. As One (Warzone, featuring Lou of it All)
26. Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Sort of)
27. Start Today (featuring everyone in the place, see photos below)
"I'll tell you stage dives make me feel more alive"
Lou Koller joining GB to pay tribute to the late Raybeez with "As One"
"Let's Start Today"
The Gorilla Biscuits tour ends today ended with a Sunday Matinee at CBGB, word is there are still some tickets left.
Get action-packed photos from Brooklyn Rocks and Brooklyn Vegan.
Posted by Mike Spinella on Sep 3rd 2006 12:32AM
Filed under: Photo, Concerts and Tours, Still Awesome, Amateur Review
Reader Comments(1 of 1)
Justinat 9-05-2006
I need a photo of the dude in the banana costume. I've got a little thing going on over at my blog that he'd be perfect for...
nihilist91at 9-05-2006
I wish I had one, I was at the show and saw that fool.
Robat 9-05-2006
I felt like a little kid at that show. The G.B. were amazing. They played every song they wrote with the exception of "Distance" plus a few covers. I haven't felt so excited before a HXC show in almost a decade. It was worth the wait. It was kinda strange hearing those songs due to soooo many hxc bands covering the G.B. throughout the years and this time we got the original lineup.
It was awsome to see Murphy's Law and Leeway as well. I saw those bands about a dozen times each since 1991. And as always, they wailed. Murphy's Law just a Great time as usual. And LEEWAY with their original lineup never sounded so tight.
Another thing that was great (and probabally most important) was that there were no barricades and bouncers dividing the band and crowd. Just total freedom and chaos and everyone having a great time.
Robat 9-05-2006
A BIG SHOUT OUT to Brooklyn JOE at the G.B. show selling the merch.
for the bands. Another thing that was great about the show was the
fair prices of t-shirts and sweaters ranging from $10-$30.
considering BB KING is a major venue in times square.
ottoat 9-06-2006
Ernie from Token Entry/BTJ/Grey Area/Arsons was there too..... he was on the floor.
Mattat 9-07-2006
Damn, if I knew Leeway was playing I might have opted for this show instead of CB's. But then again there was no HR at BB Kings.