I've been waiting for this day, since C.O.C. announced that they would be back together with Pepper on vocals, to have the tour stop in Upstate NY. For those of you that don't know C.O.C.'s long tenured history, they have a sound that varies by album, from punk, hardcore, metal, & stoner rock. Basically, any heavy rock genre that seeps from the underground, C.O.C. has an album for it.
The Shrine opened up, offering up some skate rock from Venice Beach, CA. They seemed to have pulled their more stoner jams out for this tour with Clutch and C.OC. They have a few videos on Youtube of them being kitschy and corny, which to me, kinda takes away from the legitimacy of their brand of rock n roll, something we take very seriously here at The Full Metal Racket Show. Though, the imagery aside, the songs rock. They remind me a lot of Annihilation Time, with that 80's SoCal vibe. It's as if they lived off the SST comps like the Blasting Concepts, with a ton of messy Greg Ginn style guitar work, overall making the band remind me of Rollins Era Flag. Anyway, check out my photos, they're kinda shitty, then watch my quick little interview in the post below!
So, for this tour, Corrosion of Conformity had our favorite lineup of theirs, Woody, Mike, Reed, and Pepper. C.O.C. has been a band since '82, with vocal additions of Karl and the COC Blind era in the early 90's. Go check out our interview with Karl and Reed and COC Blind on Youtube, and here on our blog. Anyway, Pepper joined the band mid 90's, then left the band a few years later. Pepper brought that Southern stoner groove to the table, later revitalized with the Down albums.The 2 records, Wiseblood, and Deliverance are the Pepper albums, and they rule. Pepper sounded great, he can still belt out those (now old) tunes. They played a song "Who's Got The Fire" that they haven't played live in years, someone posted it on Youtube, check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja9PZjOtikg
Here's some photos I took, All photos by your truly, George DeMers, copyright and all that.
Got to meet those creeps! The headliner was Clutch, one of those bands that we have tried to like, but, somehow, it's just not there. It's kinda rocking, kinda stoner rock-ish, but just not at the same time. All I know is, we're ready for the COC Animosity tour!?!!
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