Hey, so we packed our shit up and went camping for 2 days, in some old resort in the northern Catskills, East Durham to be exact.
It was a punk rock fest with tons of bands, and comedians as well. I was actually clued in on it through a comedian I met in my other hometown, Victoria, TX. The comedian is JT Habersaat, he was opening for a Texas band called Worm Suicide, and Grief Thief. We got to talkin a bit, and came to the realization that we had played a show together opening for the Murder Junkies in New Paltz, NY. Small world. He's hilarious, check him out!!! http://jtcomedy.com/bio/
Anyway, Sheer Terror was headlining the 2nd night, along with this band from Moscow, Svetlanas, and their label mates, a Devo worship band called The Fantastic Plastics, all were on tap for a great weekend of camping and punk rock.
Friday night, we showed up late, and set up camp, then checked out the layout. It's a scattered campground, spots here and there, a pub, a pool, and an outside stage, with a bar and merch tents. There were also motel looking rooms on the property too.
This was the greeting robot
The best sign ever
We went to the pub, and caught Albany's New Red Scare, who are a super solid punk rock band with some cheery Descendents sorta appeal under all the gruff. Studio stuff is a bit more polished than what I heard live.
Svetlanas from Moscow played a surprise set, and rocked the house. They remind me of Turbonegro with alot more palm mute, and minus the amazing guitar shred that is Euroboy. Olga's wide eyed stares and in your face front woman tactics elicit nothing but hardcore punk mosh and sing along from the crowd. During the chorus for "I Must Break You," being the typical American, I pictured a Rocky montage, of Ivan Drago working out to this song & next time we're doin' shots of waadka and rockin "Let's Get Drunk" - look out.
http://www.svetlanas.su/
The next day, we caught the comedy special, which was a perfect and positive way to start the day's festivities. There was a band that played called Menace To Sobriety, which were fun moshy punk. The funniest shit ever, was the singer quoting someone else, who had such a gem quote he had to share, now I shall share too;
Why do think there will be a second coming of Christ? He wasn't nailed to a fucking boomerang!
This band Damn Broads played, fairly aggro riot grrl 3 piece punks, who all shared vocal duties. The drummer had the Wendy O voice that stood out above the other two, and was so fucking rocking. https://www.facebook.com/damnbroads/?fref=ts
We did a lot of campfire grillin and chillin, with live punk in the background, Mephiskaphilies sounded great, we finished our food and drink, and head to the show, which, by the way, baked beans in a half a grilled butternut squash bowl is a camping dream.
Svetlanas played another set, and it of course, ruled. Go see these guys when they come to your town. They kicked off their US tour at the fest.
And finally, Paul Bearer and Sheer Terror did their usual, get the crowd pumped with their timeless legendary NYHC classic anthems, only to put the pit on ice, with Paul's 10 minute banters. I still love them ugly bastards.
https://www.facebook.com/sheerterror/
After that set, we went indoors to the pub, and saw The Fantasic Plastics rock their Devo-tional stylings, and, I will admit, i am hooked like cracks yo! Devolver is a killer record for any Devo/B-52's/80's rock/new wave fan. https://www.facebook.com/TheFantasticPlastics/
Miranda Plastic, gettin spacey on the Moog theremin, & Tyson Plastic's shadow, working Overtime! Way to seal the deal. Male Patterns blasted the face after that, we creeped back to the camp, what a day....
I hope they do this campout fest again, we absolutely had a blast, the turn out was pretty terrible, but, when I am camping, I kinda don't want a bunch of people around anyway, so, there's that...
