King's X and The Lizards were AWESOME!

[skonopa]

Well, last night, I went and saw yet another show at my favorite venue, Jaxx, just up the road in Springfield, VA.

This time, it was King's X. This trio plays some sweet straight

up rock and "old-school" type metal, with some progressive elements

thrown in for good measure.

I was standing right up against the railing of the stage, probably not

more than three feet in front of Doug Pinnick, the bassist and lead

vocalist. After watching him, I can clearly see how he was

putting his heart and soul into the music. Excellent voice and

some awesome talent on the bass guitar. The rest of the band,

Jerry Gaskill, and Ty Tabor (who also did some lead vocals) really

harmonized well with Doug as backing vocals. Also, Ty Tabor was

just awesome on that lead guitar with Jerry backing everbody else up

with some nice tight drum playing. I've never seen these guys

live before, and only heard part of there stuff. I was quite

impressed.

However, before King's X came on, The Lizards played. They were

just unreal! Holy cow, Bobby Rondinelli was just unbelievable on

those drums. The band as whole really put out an awesome

package. It was pretty wild standing there, right next to the

stage, not even three feet from Patrick Klein and his lead

guitar. There were four other, local, bands that played

before. Navel really put on a very powerful, excellent

show. I was personal friends with Don Wingo of Occam's Razor, who

also did an excellent job that night.

For only $20, it was one hell of a night of some awesome music with

some seriouslly talented bands. King's X was the highlight of the

show, of course, but to be honost, The Lizards was one very difficult

act to follow, though. Those guys have some serious talent, and

seeing them in action proved it.

[BobbyT]

sounds awesome, I'm jealous