@ Nickelback at The Commodors, Saturday, March 4.
Saturday night started out av the Pic with The Backstabbers,
then over to the Commedore for DSK, (missed them), back to
Vhe Pic for The Orientals, (an all-star fine-up), then back to
aw Commodore, finishing with Nickelback... quite the night
out.
Atthe Conmmodore the
energy was high. the me
tight and steadfast, the venue
sold out. Nickelback have

been gigging gon-step for
over a year and have pro-

into a sound act
rly the

gressed nicely
with viabl
band has perse
volatile market of mainstream
rock and no doubt we will be
seeing lots more of them.

@ The Backstabbers and
Orientals at The Piccadilly,
Saturday March 4.

The Pie hosted another
awesome night. The
Backstabbers itom Seattle are
punk rock. High strung gui-
tars, decent breaks and hooks,
cutting vocals and lots of
muscle. The Orientals feature
local artists from a number of
bands. Fast guitars and
pounding tempos... punk rock
straight out.
Guitar/vox/voeals: Bernie:
guitar: Dave (from The
Spitfires); bass: Ham (Jungle
Slow/Tankhog); drums:
Terry (Stinkies, Leather
Uppers).

& Dido at Sonar, Friday,
March 3.

Currently on tour promot-
ing her Jatest CI) No Angel,
Dido and ber band mates
plaved a quasi-acousti¢ set.
For the most part the songs
are rhythm-rooted with an enticingly fat bass sound. The lyrics
are yielding and Dido's vocal range has the dynamics and
refrain necessary to deliver with genuine depth and feel.
Nettwerk recording artist Tara MacLean headlined.

UK singer Dido per-
formed at Sonar !ast
Friday night.

oe é :
OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, March 12/00 « 2:00-4:00 pm

NEWS photos Sprout www.eyeteascr.comvSprout

SEATTLE’S Backstabbers: high strung guitars and decent hooks at their Brickyard performance.

@ CD Review: The Spitfires: In Too Deep Again
kkk
Local punk rock band's new CD rips. In Too Derp Again
arts off with “Something
To Nothing”, a powerful
song with duelling guitars
anda punktilious back beat.
As established throughout
the The Spittires put out...
lentless scorching guitar
licks, aggressive vocals, a
pushy integral bass trequ
cy, and of course the meat —
ums, The CD was record-
ed and produced by Mark
Andrie. Overall a good pack-
age.

& Upcoming gigs of interest: Powerclown Wednesday,
March 15 at the Brickyard. The Saddlesores and The Cartels,
Wednesday, March 22 at the Brickyard. Methods of Mayhem
are playing next Thursday at the Commodore,

— Sprout

NICKELBACK bass player Mike Kroeger.

CommuNITY™