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| Lost Marbles, OCD & Assembly Required Two Weeks of Music |
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| Written by John Abbott | |||
| Wednesday, 07 December 2011 03:25 | |||
 Lucky for us music fans, Chad Kruger bartender at the Snout Saloon still has birthdays every year. I have given up the practice myself, but Chad has not yet. And when the guy that can hire any band he wants throws a birthday party, you are guaranteed a good time. Saturday night was no exception. The band Lost Marbles eventually took the stage, an hour and a quarter late. ...get this, their excuse was they were lost... It was a fun party and the bar was packed with people. I didn't shoot any video because you could barely see the band it was so packed with people. About half of the music was originals, the other half heavily modified covers. 
Lead singer Lyndon Cartman with the band, OCD at the Snout Saloon, December 2011
OCD was good. I would classify them as being like the local band Phoenix, only with a bit more teeth. Their music has more of an edge to it. I think their musical age range is maybe a little wider than Phoenix as well. They don't give a flawless performance but they weren't bad. For my part, I felt like the music was a few years too old for me. There was more grey hair than I was comfortable with in the audience. The other night I also happened to catch the final few songs of Assembly Required's set at Every Buddy's Bar the other night. Now I have to say they have changed quite a lot since I first started seeing this band. I also admit to expending a great deal of humor at their expense. I have called them a number of names, Practice Required, Tuning Required on a grumpy night I even called them Talent Required. But this joking aside, what I saw the other night continues to be an improvement. It was the first time I have seen them since Nick Foytik joined the band. 
Frank Leffelman with the band OCD at the Snout Saloon, December 2011
My musical highlights for the night was a great cover of Pearl Jam, Black. But there were also other highpoints. There were songs I would normally consider a sacrilege to perform, Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb but really Assembly Required did a pretty good job with it. They are still not the strongest vocally, but instrumentally I was fairly happy.
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| Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 December 2011 06:31 |
