The Adicts, Reverend Horton Heat, and The Creepshow at Stage 48 9/17/15

            Last Thursday I saw two legendary bands of their own genre. One was the Adicts who are a heavy influential British punk band from the 70’s & 80’s. The other was Reverend Horton Heat is probably the biggest band from the Rockabilly revival era besides the Stray Cats. Also they had one opening which was The Creepshow. The show was taken place at Stage 48. Stage 48 is in New York City on West 48st. The venue was basically a night club that has concert from time to time. It was nothing special I believe the cap was over 500 maybe. It’s an okay venue but the sound system was very good.

            The Creepshow was the opening act of the night. The Creepshow are a Psychobilly/Rockabilly band from Canada. This is my first time ever seeing a Rockabilly band so I was pretty pump. I really didn’t know what to expect because I never seen this type of music before live. The Creepshow took the stage and actual had some of a fan base at this show. People were singing along and there was a little mosh pit for them. The band sounded really cool and I like the fact that they had a female vocalist. For my first ever Rockabilly they were pretty good.

            Up next was the legendary Reverend Horton Heat. Reverend Horton Heat are from Dallas, Texas they bring back that old style of 50’s Rock n Roll and fresh it up with some Punk rock aggression. These guys are probably in their 50’s or 60’s but they sure know how to bring the house down. A pit broke out but it’s wasn’t a mosh pit but a bunch of people dancing like it was the 1950’s. Watching this going was something else because people were having grand old time. The band even did a “Johnny Be Goode” cover. Reverend Horton Heat was amazing and they played for an hour which I didn’t expect but I like it a lot.

            The Adicts took the stage after their introduction was being played. Their intro is the main song from the movie A Clockwork Orange. The Adicts are a legendary Punk band from England and that take a lot of imagery from A Clockwork Orange. They dress like the gang members but also look like mimes. The lead singer is actually is the one who goes full on makeup. Band started to play and everyone went off. A lot of people were moshing and jumping on each other. People were crowding and all of the norms that you would see at a Punk show. The Adicts was something else by having the lead singer doing magic tricks doing their set. One song he was pulling out rope out of his mouth. It was crazy and he was very energetic. Last Thursday all three of these bands are worth checking out. You must see them before it’s too late.  

The Adicts: 9/10

Reverend Horton Heat: 9/10

The Creeopshow: 8.5/10

Stage 48: 8/10

Concert 8.5/10