Badr Vogu, Negative Standards, DHC, and Arrastrados

The Blogspot program is being a chump about some of my photos so I'm just going to go with what I have. This show was another killer one at the Swamp. I freely admit that the proximity to my house of this venue endears it to me but they have been bringing some really rad bands there lately. I believe this was an all locals show with Badr Vogu, Negative Standards, DHC, and Arrastrados.

I don't think that this was their first show but Arrastrados are a brand new crust band from the North Bay. They have two female singers who trade off screams, one a bit prettier and the other totally gnarly. The PA was fucked up so when the gnarly screams singer was singing, she was totally blasting out the sound and it sounded incredible.

DHC played next and they were a lot of fun. The Swamp is a pretty enclosed space so Eric really got up in the crowd's face. This really is a solid band and despite the name, they keep it together. With a name like Drunken Hardcore you don't really expect much out of them.

Negative Standards are always quality. Here's an elusive photo where you can see both Wills' faces in the same shot.

Badr Vogu closed things up. They have really been playing a lot and the set is getting pretty tight. You can tell that they are a touring band now. They are getting a little theatrical with lots of feedback and adding more samples. It keeps getting better.