Iron Lung, No Statik, Acephalix, Merdoso

This was the Prank Records showcase of some of the label's local bands at Balazo on Thursday, January 19. It was also kind of the unofficial kickoff party for the Short, Fast, and Loud anniversary fest at Gilman the next two days.

The first band up was Merdoso who played such a short set that I didn't get a picture of them. They were a solid D-beat band that I'm going to be seeing again in the future.


No Statik killed. My favorite local band. They should really be at the point of being a headlining band at a show this size but they consistently open shows or play second. That's cool but I'm going to a show where they are on the bill because of them at this point.


Acephalix was a weird choice of band for this bill because they are such a metal band now that some of the crusto kids don't like them. They play fast so at least it wasn't like they interrupted the flow of the night too bad. They were rad as usual. Dan is really getting to be a fan of running into me when they play. I told him that one of these days I'm going to headbutt him and he seemed stoked on the idea.



Iron Lung are rather amazing live. I've seen them enough times now that I've got their current set pretty much down and kind of want them to play some of the other songs, they have enough.