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...concert at Avalon, the third show in a month long tour of the US, the three singers adopted different onstage roles: Ben Ottewell, center stage, was tall and aloof, eye-closed-crooning and occasionally howling into the microphone; Ball was a wiry dynamo, leaning into his mic and moshing at every opportunity. Gray often had little to do until the signature screwball breaks in the songs and consequently acted as a cheerleader for the crowd, exhorting them to greater feats of whooping and bouncing. As he came forward to sing “Sound of Sounds...
Though they certainly played with the energetic Avalon crowd, Gomez didn’t play to the crowd much. They did play “Get Myself Arrested,” but also produced several oddities and little-heard B-sides. The obtuse “Steve Mckroski” was turned into a heavy-metal headbanger which Ball attacked with obvious glee. Ottewell had his star turn with a melt-in-your-mouth solo take of “Wharf Me” and a stripped-down, “X-ray” version...
...star treatment and as such, behave like real people. The Kickovers, like other bands at the club, carried their instruments and equipment on and off the stage and, like other bands at the club, later found their way into the crowd for a beer and a chat. Axis and Avalon may host better-known artists, but for a good and intimate show that reminds you what fun music is really about, the Middle East is hard to beat. The Kickovers will no doubt be returning, and when they do, make sure you’re one of the 194 people...
...Look for flyers, check the Phoenix,” the Dropkick Murphys once sang about Lansdowne Street, “are there any decent shows?” Live on St. Patrick’s Day from Boston, MA, the fruit of three nights at Avalon, doesn’t just answer “yes”—it obliterates any doubt to the contrary. Taking the stage to chants of “let’s go, Murphys,” Boston’s reigning kings of blue-collar punk barrel through 74 blistering...
...summer of '57 was a blistering time for primal rock 'n roll. At a million places like South Jersey's Avalon Ballroom (admission: 25 cents), kids worked up a sweet sweat jitterbugging to Bobby Day's "Rockin' Robin," Elvis' "All Shook Up," Ray Charles's "Talkin' 'Bout You," the Crickets' "That'll Be the Day," Little Richard's "Good Golly Miss Molly," the Coasters' "Searchin'," Buddy Knox's "Party Doll," Ricky Nelson's "Be Bop Baby," Fats Domino's "I'm Walkin'," the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love," the Diamonds' "Little Darlin'," the Dell Vikings' "Come Go with...