Last Saturday I got a call about a pretty killer show going on at Rendezvous. In celebration of Kinski drummer Barrett Wilke’s 40th birthday count’em eight bands were on the bill for a night of 1969 cover tunes entitled 1969 vs. 2009. When I showed the booze was a flowin’, and the smallish group of Barrett’s close friends who had gathered in the Jewelbox Theater were well on their way towards a Sunday hangover.
The Kinski guys and gal supplied the back line and with no setup necessary, each of the 8 bands one after another jumped on stage for 20 minutes to showcase their chops on some classic rock tunes from arguably one of the greatest years in rock and roll history. In 1969 -- Sabbath, Priest, King Crimson, and The Allman Brothers all formed, The Stooges released their self titled debut, Led Zeppelin released I and II, The Beatles released “Abbey Road”, Bowie released “Space Oddity”, and of course a little festival called Woodstock took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. The bands involved with the tribute to Barrett and his birth year included Welcome, The Thing Changers, Little Champions, The Scraps, The Lights, Spoils, KINSKI, as well as the debut of Skipper the Eyechild.
Nobody in this town blends the super fuzz with the stoney psych rock quite like Kinski does, and that is why they are definitely one of my favorite Seattle bands. Recently Kinski celebrated their 10 year anniversary at Monkey Pub in the U District. It’s totally hard to believe that they have been around that long, not to mention one of my favorite records from 2007 “Down Below it’s Chaos” is already two and half years old. Let’s hope for some overdue new music in 2010.
Kinski of course kicked ass while rocking the The Stooges’ “1969” and Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl” back to back. Chris Martin gave a birthday toast to Barrett, and thanked him for being a big reason why they were still a band. Kinski’s set was a tease but equally awesome, as they vacated the stage after 20 minutes and joined the audience in Rainier guzzling to make way for the Spoils, who were previously unknown to me. Their set was totally over the top rock n roll mayhem courtesy of a half crocked Milky Burgesses’ onstage antics and a killer rendition of Judas Priest’s classic Fleetwood Mac cover “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)". I didn’t realize at the time but the Spoils’ guitarist Milkey Burgess, bassist Jim Davis, and drummer Don McGreevy also perform in the crazy local costumed drone tribe Master Musicians of Bukkake, and of course McGreevy is the current bass player for Dylan Carlson’s Earth as well.
Making their debut and closing the evening's festivities was Skipper the Eyechild, who I assume got their name from the Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode of the same name. The group featured birthday boy Barrett from Kinski on drums, good buddy of mine and extremely talented multi-instrumentalist Ryan Trager on guitar, and Shunk on bass. Keeping to the night’s theme the three-piece jammed on Neil Young’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” to which Kinski’s Chris Martin stumbled up on stage to help with vocals, and capped the night with Led Zeppelin’s “Moby Dick”, in which Trager impressively channeled Page’s nimble finger work and Wilke did his best Bonham impression on an extended and drunken drum solo. Eyechild had just two jam sessions months apart prior to getting up on stage last Saturday. I know it’s just fun and games for them, but I wouldn’t mind an encore someday in the not too distant future. Check out my crappy iPhone photo slideshow and video of Skipper the Eyechild rockin' "Moby Dick". Cheers!
The Kinski guys and gal supplied the back line and with no setup necessary, each of the 8 bands one after another jumped on stage for 20 minutes to showcase their chops on some classic rock tunes from arguably one of the greatest years in rock and roll history. In 1969 -- Sabbath, Priest, King Crimson, and The Allman Brothers all formed, The Stooges released their self titled debut, Led Zeppelin released I and II, The Beatles released “Abbey Road”, Bowie released “Space Oddity”, and of course a little festival called Woodstock took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. The bands involved with the tribute to Barrett and his birth year included Welcome, The Thing Changers, Little Champions, The Scraps, The Lights, Spoils, KINSKI, as well as the debut of Skipper the Eyechild.
Nobody in this town blends the super fuzz with the stoney psych rock quite like Kinski does, and that is why they are definitely one of my favorite Seattle bands. Recently Kinski celebrated their 10 year anniversary at Monkey Pub in the U District. It’s totally hard to believe that they have been around that long, not to mention one of my favorite records from 2007 “Down Below it’s Chaos” is already two and half years old. Let’s hope for some overdue new music in 2010.Kinski of course kicked ass while rocking the The Stooges’ “1969” and Neil Young’s “Cinnamon Girl” back to back. Chris Martin gave a birthday toast to Barrett, and thanked him for being a big reason why they were still a band. Kinski’s set was a tease but equally awesome, as they vacated the stage after 20 minutes and joined the audience in Rainier guzzling to make way for the Spoils, who were previously unknown to me. Their set was totally over the top rock n roll mayhem courtesy of a half crocked Milky Burgesses’ onstage antics and a killer rendition of Judas Priest’s classic Fleetwood Mac cover “The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown)". I didn’t realize at the time but the Spoils’ guitarist Milkey Burgess, bassist Jim Davis, and drummer Don McGreevy also perform in the crazy local costumed drone tribe Master Musicians of Bukkake, and of course McGreevy is the current bass player for Dylan Carlson’s Earth as well.
Making their debut and closing the evening's festivities was Skipper the Eyechild, who I assume got their name from the Garth Marenghi's Darkplace episode of the same name. The group featured birthday boy Barrett from Kinski on drums, good buddy of mine and extremely talented multi-instrumentalist Ryan Trager on guitar, and Shunk on bass. Keeping to the night’s theme the three-piece jammed on Neil Young’s “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere” to which Kinski’s Chris Martin stumbled up on stage to help with vocals, and capped the night with Led Zeppelin’s “Moby Dick”, in which Trager impressively channeled Page’s nimble finger work and Wilke did his best Bonham impression on an extended and drunken drum solo. Eyechild had just two jam sessions months apart prior to getting up on stage last Saturday. I know it’s just fun and games for them, but I wouldn’t mind an encore someday in the not too distant future. Check out my crappy iPhone photo slideshow and video of Skipper the Eyechild rockin' "Moby Dick". Cheers!
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