Coliseum, Child Bite, Illegal Drugs — June 2015 at The EARL
June 2015
The EARL in Atlanta
Coliseum - This band is probably one of the most unique sounding bands from Louisville KY. They are a solid live act and never disappoint . Ryan Patterson (Guitar, Synthesizers), Kayan Vaziri (Bass), Carter Wilson (Drums). They were currently touring their latest album “Anxiety’s Kiss” on this go around. Ryan was quite chatty with us between songs and clearly enjoying himself not showing any signs of concern about the low attendance. We were slightly baffled as well that there was not much of a turn out. I suspect it was us, Illegal Drugs, Child Bite & some earl employees having our own little party all hangin out at the front of the stage. They were gracious and played like true professionals. Child Bite - It must be stated that we had no clue who or what this band was. They were on tour with Coliseum that’s about it and they were about to rip our own heads off. I had really had no idea that we were going to pummeled like this very sparsely attended Sunday Night show at the Earl. From the get go - This band proceeded to make a noise that mutated all things punk, hardcore, sludge, surf, noise rock, metal .. Dare we say slightly prog.. hmmm. Shawn Knight (lead vocals) was a complete berserker as a front man. We were so enthralled with his presence on the stage. His band was super tight with fellow founding member Sean Clancy (Bass), Shaun Kraus (Drums), Brandon Szomak (Guitar). My memory of this performance was one of pure joy. We had a great time hanging out with them post show. We bought several singles and ep’s. It’s these nights that when heading home that I feel so lucky to live in this town. Illegal Drugs - I believe this is one of the first times we saw Illegal Drugs. Things will probably get clearer as we dig more through our little archive of memorabilia. Solid Pop songs delivered by a noisy rock band.