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July 9, 2007
Going Underground
I saw my first show at the Webster Underground in Hartford Friday night and I have to say I liked the place. It’s basically just three small rooms in the same building as the Webster Theater, but it was perfect for the poorly attended show like I went to with The Tossers and The Street Dogs.
I was surprised at the low turnout because The Street Dogs is the band fronted by original Dropkick Murphys singer Mike McColgan and plays similar music – punk with an Irish feel. And the drummer for the band is Joe Sirois, who used to pound the skins for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
The Tossers brings even more Celtic influences to its music, as the seven-piece group from Chicago uses, at times, a mandolin, tin whistle, accordion and fiddle.
Both bands were wildly entertaining and, if I still had the energy of my youth, I would have been up in front moshing the night away.
If there was one drawback to the Webster Underground, it’s that you can’t drink a beer in the room that houses the stage. Me and the two other beer-swillers I attended the show with were forced to watch from the adjacent barroom so the show would be available to an all-ages crowd.
A small sacrifice to make to see two great bands in an intimate setting.
One other thing that struck me as interesting was the different cultures on hand Friday night. At the Webster Underground, you had the punks with their spiked hair and piercings. At the much-larger Webster Theater, the place was swarming with aging metalheads waiting for the concert featuring Tesla to start.
Well, different strokes, eh?
Posted by Sean on July 9, 2007 12:16 AM
