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Review by Frank Rizzo Ok before I start this review, I need to get something off my chest! The Palladium can suck my dick and burn in hell!!! Why am I so mad at them? Because they are Nazis! First of all they charged $12 for parking in their shitty parking lot! FUCK MAN! That's about how much the ticket was! So next I wait in line to get in, and wait and wait. Finally I get there and the dip shit security tells me that I can't go in because I have band pins in my hat. Yeah you know what I'm talking about, the circular pins you get from bands. Well I have about 10 on my baseball cap and they want me to take all of them off and toss them in the trash! Fuck that! Do they really think I'm going to harm some one with a pin?!? Ok, so I go all the fuck the way back to my truck to leave my hat there, wait in line some more only to be told that once again I can't go in because my Misfits key chain is considered a weapon! Can you believe it?!?! This time I told the security to fuck off and nearly got myself killed because he go 3 more to help fend me off. So if you are thinking about going to the Palladium for a show, DONT GO!!!!!!
Ok so I finally get in and I missed all of the first band and about half of The Atari's set thanks to the small dicked security. Once I got into the main hall and did a few rounds in the pit I felt better. Now it was time to enjoy the rest of The Ataris. Although they are not one of my favorite bands, you have to give it up to them because they did draw just about all of the little hotties in the crowd. I looked around and noticed that just about every chick there had on an Ataris shirt! Each and every one of them shouting the lyrics back at the singer. The Ataris played a clean and tight set. Every chord and every drum roll was right on! And man their have one kick ass drummer! I think he was Josh Freese in disguise. Anyway, after about 5 more songs about chicks from the Atatis it was time to give the stage over to Lagwagon. Lagwagon has to be one of the best bands that are on Fat. I saw them once before at the Barn in Riverside and I have to say they didn't play the best because they had just gotten their new drummer and I think he was still learning the songs. But tonight was very different! Joey and the boys cranked out as many songs as any band could in 45 minutes. Barley taking a break just to greet the crowd. And from the crowds reaction, I think that most of them were there to see Lagwagon. As they played bits from just about every cd they have released, I couldn't help but notice how strong Lagwagon realy is. Keeping the attention of every person in the place is no easy task. But the pit was large and strong the whole time.
Next up, The Vandals! I have seen this band more times than Michael Jackson has molested little boys and they keep getting crazier and crazier every time I see them. With a backdrop of a bull dump'n turd, The Vandals took the stage with pride. While David spat out comical lyrics Warren flung himself over as much of the stage as he could. And like a Tasmanian devil from hell, drumming whore and legend Josh Freese smashed the shit out of his kit as only he could do. I was surprised to hear that they didn't play a whole lot off their brand new "Look What I Almost Stepped In" Cd and that's a good thing because I haven't memorized that one just quite yet. Although a lot of people had left after Lagwagon played, you could tell that all that was left were true Vandals fans. After the encore you could see steam rising above everyone as they left the Palladium. All in all this was a very good show. Well except the fact that it was at the Palladium!
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