Maximum R'n'R and Sound One
Posted by Ken Cheesy on Monday, February 1, 2010
So one of the top ten performers to hit the Jimmy Jazz in my tenure there over the last four years, Maximum R'n'R came back to the Jimmy Jazz this past weekend with Sound One, a nine piece ska band from the GTA.
All I can say is that Jimbo Jak, former singer from Dayglo Abortions knows how to scream audibly over unfathomably loud collaborators. The show was absolutely blazing, with a room packed to the britches of ska-kids and punk rockers headbanging and arm-flailing over couches, tables, and a pool table to celebrate MRR's return.
Locals will appreciate the band's finale, particularly the good fortune of regular and local guitarist for Cobra Cobra, Nigel Williams. He was incredibly worried mid-point in the night that the band would start before he was finnished his cigarette outside. Nigel had missed Maximum R'n'R's debut Guelph performance with Jak due to a cross country trek that took him away from Guelph for several months. Ecstatic that his favorite band was finally playing his favorite bar whilst he was able to attend, Nigel rocked out properly from the front row for the entire set. That was, until the final song.
That's when lead guitarist Keith Carman decided to take off his guitar, and place the strap around the neck of young Mr. Williams, who then had the pleasure of letting Mr. Carman reach around from behind his back, crouched on the ground, and play his own guitar while it hovered perfectly around Nigel's pelvis. Finally, while the song slowed down to a group crescendo, Nigel was left to solo with the big boys, pickless and drunkenly, climaxing on stage with his favorite band.
Williams would later claim that Carman had licked the back of his neck whilst dopple-jamming, and that the experience was certainly in the top 20 of his young life. Way to sound too cool for school Nige.
All I can say is that Jimbo Jak, former singer from Dayglo Abortions knows how to scream audibly over unfathomably loud collaborators. The show was absolutely blazing, with a room packed to the britches of ska-kids and punk rockers headbanging and arm-flailing over couches, tables, and a pool table to celebrate MRR's return.
Locals will appreciate the band's finale, particularly the good fortune of regular and local guitarist for Cobra Cobra, Nigel Williams. He was incredibly worried mid-point in the night that the band would start before he was finnished his cigarette outside. Nigel had missed Maximum R'n'R's debut Guelph performance with Jak due to a cross country trek that took him away from Guelph for several months. Ecstatic that his favorite band was finally playing his favorite bar whilst he was able to attend, Nigel rocked out properly from the front row for the entire set. That was, until the final song.
That's when lead guitarist Keith Carman decided to take off his guitar, and place the strap around the neck of young Mr. Williams, who then had the pleasure of letting Mr. Carman reach around from behind his back, crouched on the ground, and play his own guitar while it hovered perfectly around Nigel's pelvis. Finally, while the song slowed down to a group crescendo, Nigel was left to solo with the big boys, pickless and drunkenly, climaxing on stage with his favorite band.
Williams would later claim that Carman had licked the back of his neck whilst dopple-jamming, and that the experience was certainly in the top 20 of his young life. Way to sound too cool for school Nige.