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The Casualties - Warehouse Live, Houston TX - July 31, 2012
[New York City] Once this band hit the stage, it was very clear
that they were the band the kids had been waiting for. The crowd was set afire
- the best mosh pit I have probably ever seen. Neither of us were familiar with
their material. I loved them – Rockboy thought they were only all right,
largely because there was a tinge of screamo to them. They were tight, hard,
but crowd-oriented (ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhh, oh, oh) with a lot of punk pick-up. I
also really liked the looks of the band – they were Latino – the lead singer
with huge liberty cones. I always get this awkward sense of white supremacy
from punk, and they didn’t have that. Some of their songs were nearly
industrial (I swear I heard Ministry) or speed metal (Rockboy poo poohed that
it was just thrash). Although the meaning was unclear, the song with “invert
the virgin” as a line made me take notice. Rockboy was complaining that the
lead singer never talks but then he told a story about the boys from the Bronx
who wrote this song. The singer declared Texas cops the worst – probably so.
Then the band encouraged the crowd to chicken fight (kids on shoulders, trying
to knock each other off) – adorably, Rockboy was appalled by this activity and
its obvious dangers. “DrinkSmokeFightFuck” remained calm amid the fervor of the
crowd – her boy toys made it to the stage but never jumped – I think one of
their moms must have texted “no!”. The lead singer’s cones had melted by the
end of the set – damn Texas humidity. (Photo courtesy of https://www.wegow.com/en/artists/the-casualties/)
[New York City] Once this band hit the stage, it was very clear
that they were the band the kids had been waiting for. The crowd was set afire
- the best mosh pit I have probably ever seen. Neither of us were familiar with
their material. I loved them – Rockboy thought they were only all right,
largely because there was a tinge of screamo to them. They were tight, hard,
but crowd-oriented (ohhhh, ohhhh, ohhh, oh, oh) with a lot of punk pick-up. I
also really liked the looks of the band – they were Latino – the lead singer
with huge liberty cones. I always get this awkward sense of white supremacy
from punk, and they didn’t have that. Some of their songs were nearly
industrial (I swear I heard Ministry) or speed metal (Rockboy poo poohed that
it was just thrash). Although the meaning was unclear, the song with “invert
the virgin” as a line made me take notice. Rockboy was complaining that the
lead singer never talks but then he told a story about the boys from the Bronx
who wrote this song. The singer declared Texas cops the worst – probably so.
Then the band encouraged the crowd to chicken fight (kids on shoulders, trying
to knock each other off) – adorably, Rockboy was appalled by this activity and
its obvious dangers. “DrinkSmokeFightFuck” remained calm amid the fervor of the
crowd – her boy toys made it to the stage but never jumped – I think one of
their moms must have texted “no!”. The lead singer’s cones had melted by the
end of the set – damn Texas humidity. (Photo courtesy of
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