The opening acts were a pair of Canadian bands, touring from out west. First up were The Moby Dicks, who hail from Lethbridge, Alberta, and are responsible for both some peppy punk pop and at least in part the mighty Mammoth Cave Recording Co. The MBs have undergone a fairly radical membership shift, exchanging a tall guy and a short woman for a couple of Endangered Apes. There was a Rolling Stone cover in there somewhere, I think (or maybe I imagined it).
Evan! Joel! Paul!
The Moby Dicks at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
And since my poor Nikon is still being repaired and I'm stuck with my Olympus I figure I might as well keep making use of its relatively easy-to implement monotone function.
The Moby Dicks at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
On to Needles//Pins, who are pals with The Moby Dicks and share a split-single with them. Bassist Tony X and guitarist Adam Ess both fled Ontario towns when they were younger (and reflected on shows they saw at the Legion Hall a decade ago), met drummer Macy in Vancouver and have a rawboned take on the pop-punk genre. They also covered Teenage Head's Picture My Face.
Ess! Macy! X!
Needles//Pins at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
Yeah, I shot some pointless B&W pics of them too ....
Needles//Pins at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
M.O.T.O. is basically Paul Caporino and whoever he ropes in. In this case, Ottawa's own Allie Hanlon was elevated to the M.O.T.O. drumseat as Caporino banged his way through tunes you'll swear you heard elsewhere if you listen to any amount of punk pop (and actually have, if you've caught The White Wires doing Rats).
Paul! (And a shadowy Allie!)
M.O.T.O. at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
A less shadowy Allie!
M.O.T.O. at The Montgomery Legion Hall, August 19, 2011
Definitely a lot of crowd enthusiasm ... Jon Bartlett was so thrilled he dumped a beer on me.
- Show reminder: Finish What You Started wraps up with Secret Police, Naughty Girls, It's Asshole Time, Nummies, Kommando, The Donner Party and Shot Nerves at Mavericks and Farlers Fury, The Valveenus, Brutal Youth, Knives & Forks For Freedom, The Mudplots and Scally Cap Brats at Cafe Dekcuf; Trace Bundy and The Superlative perform at Zaphod's; Lindsay Ferguson and James Farr end up at The Rainbow; Full Tipped Sleeve are at Irene's; The Elmdale hosts Nudie and The Turks, Ray Harris and Jamie Guitar. Andy Buchanan, Streets of Hastings and Mark Kenny play the Avant-Garde Bar.
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