{"id":17559,"date":"2018-02-23T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17559"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:06:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T20:06:05","slug":"junkyard-and-enuff-znuff-bring-the-peaceful-sleaze-to-atlanta-burbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=17559","title":{"rendered":"Junkyard and Enuff Z’Nuff Take it Sleazy in the Atlanta ‘Burbs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Junkyard<\/strong>
\n w\/ Enuff Z’ Nuff<\/strong>
\n Saturday, February 17th, 2018<\/strong>
\n Buford, GA – 37 Main<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hard rock music in the late 80s\/early 90s was, well, a bit on the pretty side.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean that in any disrespect at all because I liked a lot of these bands but bands like Poison, Warrant, Winger, hell, even KISS seemed to be putting so much emphasis on their image that forced the music to play 2nd<\/sup> fiddle.\u00a0 With their perfect teeth, their flawless hair, and their thin, Christ like bodies, the girls just loved them and it left us ugly guys wondering, \u201cWhat about us?\u201d<\/p>\n

I knew I had no chance with the chicks.\u00a0 I had horrible hair, bad skin, fucked up teeth, and I was far from cool.\u00a0 All of the sudden a whole new breed of bands started to surface.\u00a0 Bands that were homely looking and the antithesis of what those pretty bands were all about.\u00a0 Little Caesar, Dangerous Toys, Circus of Power, and Junkyard are just a few of the bands that I suddenly felt like I could relate to.\u00a0 Hell, these guys were downright fucking ugly and I absolutely loved it.\u00a0 If bands like Poison and Ratt were talking about getting in fights and fucking chicks, bands like Junkyard and Little Caesar were the guys sitting at the back of the bar watching it all happen while they drank and were more than content to just take it in.<\/p>\n

As much as I loved these bands, to me, there were two bands that did it better than any of them and that was Dangerous Toys and Junkyard.\u00a0 I fucking loved these bands.\u00a0 I loved that the gritty, bluesy influence behind the music, I loved the lyrics that spoke of the seediness of living in the underbelly of rock n\u2019 roll, and most of all I just loved the fucking attitude.\u00a0 Like many of their peers, Junkyard was swept out to sea after the 90\u2019s grunge takeover so you can only imagine my excitement when it was announced that Junkyard was regrouping (3\/5 ain\u2019t bad) for a run of shows that was bringing them back to Atlanta for the first time since 1991.<\/p>\n

37 Main in Buford, I have to say, I say is a cool little place.\u00a0 The people watching is absolutely off the fucking hook.\u00a0 Soccer moms with their friends and\/or husbands who were pumped as fuck to have a night out without the rugrats.\u00a0 The sold out room was packed full of Junkyard fans and this made me super excited.\u00a0 I talked with many people who were at the famed Junkyard\/Dangerous Toys show in 1990 and we all shared our excitement about seeing Junkyard again after all of these years but like every great show, there has to be an opening act.\u00a0 Unfortunately for me, that act was Enuff Z Nuff.<\/p>\n

Now I will say this, I kind of dug those first two Enuff Z\u2019 Nuff albums back in day.\u00a0 Their kind of hippie hard rock was pretty different and I thought they had some pretty cool tunes.\u00a0 I dug songs like \u201cNew Thing\u201d, \u201cIn The Groove\u201d, and \u201cMother\u2019s Eyes\u201d among a few others.\u00a0 I never really raved about them but I was willing to give them a chance.\u00a0 The only original remaining member of the band is bassist Chip Z\u2019 Nuff who is now also the singer.\u00a0 The minute the dude opened his mouth I felt my eyes roll back into my head so fucking far that I\u2019m surprised someone didn\u2019t dial 911 thinking I was having a seizure.\u00a0 Boy this was going to be a long set.<\/p>\n

Musically, Enuff Z\u2019 Nuff\u2019s set was lackluster and just flat out bad.\u00a0 They were like a 5th<\/sup> rate Cheap Trick with no good songs.\u00a0 The stage antics that these guys were doing may have slid by back in 1990 but in 2018 they just looked contrived and downright silly.\u00a0 The guitarists even did the classic \u201clean back to back\u201d and \u201cwhisper in each other\u2019s ear and laugh\u201d move which was just lame.\u00a0 Then Chip started with his banter again.\u00a0 \u201cBuford, GA has the best marijuana in North America\u2026 and the best looking trim I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\u00a0 Wow.\u00a0 That\u2019s all it took to send me to the other room to meet up with a friend and to get away from this vulgar display of absurdity.\u00a0 It\u2019s no wonder that these guys never made it.\u00a0 Hell, it\u2019s not wonder that Chip is the only guy left in the band.\u00a0 They couldn\u2019t be done quickly enough.<\/p>\n

Finally it was time for what I had been waiting all night for.\u00a0 The promoter, Scoley (who does an amazing job at bringing these kinds of bands here to town) took the stage to proudly introduce Junkyard.\u00a0 Just as he starts talking, here comes Chip Z\u2019 Nuff taking over the microphone yelling all kinds of stupid shit like, \u201cThis next band took more cocaine than Pablo Escobar.\u201d\u00a0 Dude you had your fucking moment, get your Cheep Trick meets David Lee Roth wannabe lame ass off the stage and let the guy who made this all happen have his words.<\/p>\n

Anyway, once that annoying shit was done Junkyard hit the stage with \u201cLife Sentence\u201d from the debut album and immediately a jolt of energy just shot through my body.\u00a0 The band sounded absolutely amazing and lead vocalist David Roach seemed virtually untouched by time.\u00a0 Either this dude slowed down when he needed to or he\u2019s been pacing himself like a pro because on stage he sounded fantastic and the energy was just off the charts.<\/p>\n

It was so great to hear how amazingly well a new song like \u201cCut From the Same Cloth\u201d fit in with classics like, \u201cBack on the Streets\u201d, \u201cSimple Man\u201d, and \u201cShot in the Dark.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cBlooze\u201d, hands down, was the hit of the night and Roach had everyone singing along.\u00a0 \u201cAll the Time in the World\u201d sounded so fucking great.\u00a0 The last time I saw Junkyard was 1990 so I never got to hear songs from their 2nd<\/sup> album Sixes Sevens and Nines live.\u00a0 It was cool to hear those songs because while that album was a bit less gritty than the debut, the songs sounded every bit as gritty and nasty as the songs from the debut.<\/p>\n

With all of the ridiculous showboating and asinine banter that Enuff Z\u2019 Nuff had, they couldn\u2019t even barely impress me but here\u2019s Junkyard up there, barely any banter and no cheesy stage moves and they\u2019re ripping the faces off of every goddamn person in the room.\u00a0 Long time rhythm section of Pat Muzingo (drums) and Todd Muscat (bass) sounded as bad ass as they ever have and guitarists Jimmy James and Tim Mosher played like they\u2019ve been in the band since day one.\u00a0 The chemistry on stage was absolutely electrifying and the band literally let the music to the talking.<\/p>\n

All that stupid shit, Junkyard ain\u2019t got time for that.\u00a0 Roach\u2019s between song banter consisted of a few thank yous and even stated, \u201cI\u2019ve never been a bit talking between songs guy but lets try this.\u00a0 Make some fucking noise!\u201d\u00a0 The entire room erupted and he just laughed and said, \u201cWow, that shit really works\u201d and then the band went right into \u201cHollywood\u201d which had everyone going nuts.\u00a0 Now that is how you put on a fucking show.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re music is truly good enough, you don\u2019t need all those other ridiculous gimmicks to cover up the fact the lack of quality material or ability to put on an honest, sincere, and soulful rock n\u2019 roll concert.\u00a0 Enuff Z\u2019 Nuff came off as amateur, trying way too hard, and just kind of sad.\u00a0 Junkyard on the other hand proved that the songs they made over 26 years ago are absolutely timeless and forever young.\u00a0 Much like The Rolling Stones, Junkyard can play these songs all these years later and as opposed to sounding and looking ridiculous, it sounds like life.\u00a0 It\u2019s aged, it\u2019s rough around the edges, and it\u2019s ugly as sin.\u00a0 It\u2019s Junkyard and honestly I don\u2019t want them to change a fucking thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Junkyard w\/ Enuff Z’ Nuff Saturday, February 17th, 2018 Buford, GA – 37 Main Hard rock music in the late 80s\/early 90s was, well, a bit on the pretty side.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean that in any disrespect at all because I liked a lot of these bands but bands like Poison, Warrant, Winger, hell, even KISS seemed to be putting so much emphasis on their image that forced the music to play 2nd fiddle.\u00a0 With their perfect teeth, their flawless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[1581,1950,1949],"class_list":["post-17559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concert-reviews","tag-37-main","tag-enuff-z-nuff","tag-junkyard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}