What can I say about this band. Well first off, it's not PC, it's not for everyone. I could go on and on about how wrong they are. I won't cause to my way of thinking ain't nothing wrong at all.. Honestly they made my night. Great sound, great presence, great attitude.These guys take me back to the late 70's and early 80's when the audiences at shows like this were even weirder than the bands. When a outfit made of garbage bags was conservative dress. God I miss those days. Actually I miss the audiences and not most of the bands from that time. Let's face it most of the punk bands in the day sounded like shit cause they couldn't play and could care less about it. I'm not sure Poor Dumb Bastards qualify as purely punk, They may just be too talented to be punk. Not to mention they don't take themselves too serious, or at least not as serious as the bands I remember. All of which are good things in my book. All I know is I'm looking forward to the next show.

Photography wise I am semi pleased with the shots.. no flash and tons of crowd in the way made it hard to shoot. So many shots, more so than most shows I shoot had head and arms and whatever in frame. I just couldn't get a great vantage point and there was no photo pit. Throw that in with fast paced dynamic action on the stage and it was tough to get good shots. The 30mm lens of mine was sorely missed this night. I did ok with the 50mm and the 85mm but I couldn't catch as much of the action as I'd have liked. I hope to have my concert lens back soon.

satyr
1/21/2006
satyr@satyrgraphs.com