The Psyatics, the Deaddolls, the Negative Nancys - Double Down Saloon, Saturday July 20, 2019

The Psyatics try to get back to the Double Down on a regular - usually monthly - basis and this time out we had a pretty darn solid lineup with two happening local punk rock combos.

Starting the night off right were the Negative Nancys, celebrating drummer Courtney's and lead singer Kate's birthdays and they definitely had plenty of friends'n'fans out to help them party it down! Although lead guitars Kelley had some amp issues (I loaned her mine and it sounded damn good), bassist Ivana told some bad Swank Bastard jokes to fill in the dead spots until they were up'n'runnin' again. Kate'n'Kelley both have good voices that blend together well and harmonize nicely (Kelley does sing lead on a couple of tunes, including one real standout whose title I missed, unfortunately), Courtney is always on point and solid and April is doing a great job of tying everything together while acting like she's having a blast! They are always a fun time and a great beginning to the night, even getting people up'n'dancin'!

 

Got no pix of the Psyatics this time out and it seemed like all of the NN's fans took off after their set and ours was fairly sparsely attended, as it happens at times at the DD. We did our best under the circumstances and powered through a set of old'n'new numbers while trying to put on our version of a r'n'r show. We will return to the DD on FridayAugust 16 for man-about-town John Armstrong's birthday, so mark your calendar!

The Deaddolls is Dirk Vermin's new combo, an unpretentious project of punk rock covers, with songs like "Sonic Reducer" (the punk rock "Louie Louie"), Fear's "I Love Livin' in the City" and "I Don't Care About You" and Manitoba's Wild Kingdom's "You Had It Coming". Stagnetti's Cock's Joe is on lead guitar with Eric'n'Tim on drums'n'bass respectively and they plowed through their set, bringing in more people back to the fold to dig on the punk rock sounds for a proper send off to the night.

Thanks again to the Double Down for being Vegas' punk rock home-away-from-home!