The Gravetones / Black Cat Rebellion / Heeby Jeebies - Memories (June 11th, 2011)

This past Saturday, June 11th we went to Memories to wish Alex Cash off on his new adventure being all he can be in.....THE ARMY! He's going to risk his life and limb protecting our country, the least we could do was buy him a couple rounds of drinks.

This time we also brought along a Stand-up Comedian which made normally hilarious antics even funnier.

We were on the guest list to go see Orange Goblin at the Double Door courtesy of Do312, however we never made it there since we were having too much fun at Memories.

We actually got there amazingly early after stopping off at Paddy Mack's for some chicken fingers & Blue Moon's. The Blue Moon's were good, the service there sucked and the chicken fingers...not the best.

The Heeby Jeebies went on first and for an itty bitty little girl she can BELT out the tunes! Did some great covers and a couple of originals. Very good, rockabilly beat and you can dance to it!

Next up were Black Cat Rebellion who have some GREAT outfits & a great sound. A mixture of punk, Horror Rock & with some Rockabilly roots. Pounding drums, Echo-y guitars and melodic vocals make them exciting to listen to and even better seeing live. Don't miss them if you get a chance to see them as they are well worth it. Personally, I'm hoping they come back soon as I missed out on getting a CD and would like to see them again.

Headlining the night were The Gravetones. Their mixture of Gothabilly, Horror Rock and plain old Rock make them exciting to see live. Scary Larry certainly brought his A game to his performance (he was under the weather last time we saw them) and he's always entertaining to watch onstage! The Bass guitar was pumping & sadly we didn't get to see Brad take off his shirt. I'm getting disappointed as I've been talking up the "Gun Show & The Chest of Steel" to Nancy and both times..shirt on! The drums were pumping and the music was great!! They are a fun band to see live and have some great original tunes. Though the crowd was pretty light, they gave 110% anyways.

It was great celebrating with Alex before his new venture and we wish him the best of luck. Take care of yourself and come back safe.

After the bands we of course hit up our favorite hangout - THE EXIT!

As always, the Exit was a great time & Corporal got a giant purple kiss on the cheek. Towards the early morning, pictures were taken which only 2 are safe to post, the rest...way too racey! Nancy ended up driving to the breakfast of champions....The Golden Nugget!

Once again I was driving back out to the 'burbs while the sun was coming up!! Another great time was had by all!

This weekend (June 17-19) we are hitting up Elgin's Brewfest, The Rebel Knights MC Spring Fling & possibly Cobra Lounge, and finally Taste of Randolph to see Mr. Russia & Rev Horton Heat!! It's another looooonnngg weekend.