The Psyatics / Crazy Chief at the Motor City Cafe, Friday Feb 22

Life has gotten in the way of me posting about this show, but I didn't want to forget it altogether. The Motor City is another fave dive bar in town, booked by the super-cool bartendress, Christy, with a great atmosphere, cheap drinks and good r'n'r! The stage basically has no lights, so photos can be difficult (especially with my camera/phone), but a terrific place to play & see bands.

                                                                      (Jack Ball / Psyatics)
I have ranted and raved about the Psyatics many a-times already and don't know what else to say about them except see them! A hep mix of garage/punk/post-punk and whatever the hell else they feel like throwing in there. Rob Bell is a great songwriter/singer/bassist and drummer Jimmy Krah channels DJ Bonebrake while Jack Bell adds truly interesting guitar lines over it all. Hopefully, there will be recordings soon from these cats!


Crazy Chief is the latest amalgamation from couple-about-town Jesse and Roxie, now fleshed out by Nick Thompson on 2nd guitar (and ridiculously nice guy!), Drew Johnson on vocals and pounder Dan Conway on the skins. These cats and kitten look and sound like a great 70's rock'n'roll band, from the opening Stooges cover to the bashing ending. Loud guitar, tight rhythms and damn good vocals. They are getting lots of well-deserved publicity lately and are playing around regularly so go see them while ya can catch them in the clubs!