Who I'd like to meet: The Chronicle, Durham College, Jan 23rd 2007
CHRIS BRACKEN, Chronicle Staff
We aren’t living in a police state, but IllScarlett made it seem like a riot was going to break out when they performed the set of a lifetime on Jan. 13. The Dungeon was host to one of the best ska-reggae shows that the city has ever seen. The night started off with the band Walk Off The Earth. It was early and there weren’t many people to enjoy the first few bands, but the crowd started to slowly grow as the band Sure Shot hit the stage. Sure Shot is a reggae band with soft, soothing vocals accompanied by funky bass lines and snapping drums beating. After Sure Shot played their set the crowd started to flow through the door and you couldn’t stop them. The next band that hit the stage made it apparent that they can’t spell, but that didn’t stop them from making the crowd sway to their tunes. The BasTiD SoNz were on their second date of the Straight Road-Trippin’ tour when they gave fans the excitement of melodic mellow ska music at The Dungeon. Stomp Records band The Expos took the crowd to the next level of rowdiness. Because they were one of only two bands on the bill to have some form of horns in their songs, they had the skankers out in full force for every song they played. Before Breakfast, Little Red Hook, and A Flower For Tara were only a few of the tunes The Expos treated the crowd to. After their set the crowd continued to grow, and the jaws of management got closer to the floor. Staylefish is a band with the truest of true reggae sounds, and according to the screaming fans they were incredible. Preaching about Jamaica and smoking ganja, Staylefish were comforting people with their smooth lyrics. “This is the biggest crowd we’ve played in Oshawa yet!” yelled Alex Norman, singer of IllScarlett, as he entered the stage. Since having their songs played constantly on 102.1 The Edge, IllScarlett is one of the biggest bands coming out of Ontario. Opening their set with the song First Shot, IllScarlett had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Other songs played were Nothing Special, Not A Prophecy, Rally, Mary Jane, and their hit songs One-A and Heaters. And although IllScarlett weren’t the headliners, they got the crowd to peak capacity and intensity. And because the majority of the fans were there to see IllScarlett, it was unfair to headliners The Next Best Thing when most of the crowd disappeared. Even though the crowd started to decrease, The Next Best Thing still played as if they were the next best thing. After what most people said was an amazing show and possibly the best show that has come to The Dungeon, we can only hope to see these bands again real soon.
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