Review by Snack Baggs
Photos by Scott Wulfestieg   

I was really intrigued by tonight’s bill at the Showcase theatre, the evenings headliner was Tiger Army one of the best Psycho Billy bands from the Gloomy East Coast.  But before I was to enjoy the stand up goodness of Tiger Army, I had to trek thru 1 ½ hours of nagging So Cal traffic.  Due to this ever present nuances of our Highways I was unable to catch the opening band “Over my Dead Body,”  so I cant say if they were good or bad.  But not so for the second band, the punk as fuck band F-minus.

 If you like your Punk poppy, and your songs about bubble gum, you will not like F-minus, REPEAT you will not like F-minus. When you go to see F-minus you can expect a few things one, sexy female musicians, jarring vocals, and punk rock played at a blistering pace. Main singer Brad Logan logs the most time singing time, but the beautiful punk bookends,  guitarist Erica Daking and bassist Jen Johnson of 4-gasm fame do their part to keep things fresh. But the punk rock gods were not kind tonight, as brad broke a string immediately into the first song. Playing through it like true professionals, they got back on track and fired off some insanely angst ridden hardcore punk.

Following up next on the Showcase stage was Creep Division, an all-star band that consists of two parts Good Riddance, one part Sick of it All, and one part of the unknown. This was the first time I had seen them so I wasn’t familiar with their music. But I was familiar with feedback, and so was guitarist Russ R.  He filled all the dead time between the songs with a ever-changing levels of intentional feed back.  Singer  and part time “Sick of it All”  member “Craig Ahead” had mic in hand and looked a little uncomfortable with the new role. They play a punky hardcore style of music, great performance, but only ok music! Maybe the songs grow on you the more you hear them! But don’t quit your day jobs yet.