10/1/2005: Emergency Service@Crash Mansion

I finally got the oppurtunity to see my brother's band play. He had taken an ad out in craigslist to cure an itch to start drumming again and was contacted by a group called Emergency Service. Not necessarily the most unique sound (see: 2 skinnee J's, 311) but their lyrics and delivery certainly make up for that aspect. And let's face it - there are few bands out there today that are doing anything besides the 3 chord verse chorus verse anyway. The group consists of 2 lead singers, one of which doubles as a rhythym guitarist and also moonlights on keys for a song or 2, a lead guitarist, a bassist, and fro on drums.
The mc's are white so you have to take their music with a grain of salt. In fact one of them hails from Montana, which might be somewhat comical if their lyrics were in fact of the ganster rap persuasion. This is however not the case and they manage to pull of some pretty light and often times funny dual vocal assaults.
The first few bands that went on had a spattering of loyal groupies, but it was nothing compared to when these guys went on. The whole stage area was packed and surprisingly lips were moving in synch to the fast and furious vocals. There was a diverse crowd of half naked black guys, investment bankers, young hotties, and fat groupies.

The songs themselves were a mix of hip-hop/funk and alt rock and as far as I could tell were all originals, complete with drum solos, guitar solos and power chord goodness. The main MC was full of energy which seemed to jive pretty well with the rest of the band and the crowd. I was pretty impressed and realized even further that I need to get my ass into a band and fast!