Submitted by Dangerous Dan:

After the two previous night's performances, I had expected the EJ's show to not be as enjoyable. EJ's has probably the smallest stage of any club that I've been to. Bands can barely fit their equipment, let alone themselves, onto it. Further contributing to the dilema, the stage is only raised about a foot off the ground with absolutely no barrier seperating the bands from the crowd. Last year when 7 Year Bitch played here, the crowd got kind of crazy and people started jumping up on stage with one guy running right into Roisin and nearly knocking her over. Needless to say, this can be one of the coolest venues under the right circumstances, and fortunately, that's exactly the way it proved tonight.

Local Portland favorite Iommi Stubbs opened the show. These guys are beyond HEAVY! They have two bass players and all the guitars are downtuned quite a bit with a strong Black Sabbath meets The Melvins influence. There songs are quite long, with minimal vocals, and make a noise that's impossible to ignore. While they were soundchecking, Billy Anderson came up to check them out and kidded them a bit by shouting after they finished, "OK guys, now play something heavy!" It felt like you'd been bludgeoned by the time they finished.

Lost Goat once again took the middle slot and gave our ears yet another bleeding, albeit with a little more rhythym and less heaviosity than Iommi Stubbs. Erica commented that the crowd seemed pretty lame and must have partied too hard over the Memorial Day weekend, but I think instead everyone was still in a daze from the openers. The sound throughout their set was loud and clear, and they once again mixed up their set a bit to present us with some different material.

The crowd was still relatively calm, but the room was packed by the time 7 Year Bitch came on. People were pressed right up against the tiny stage, but amazingly, as they started playing 'The Scratch', everyone kept their distance and didn't invade the band's space. It was a refreshing change from last year and provided a unique opportunity to examine the performance up close in detail. Selene, Elizabeth and Lisa Fay were basically at eye level and you actually had to look down to see Valerie on the drums.

Of the three shows over theweekend, they definitely seemed at their most energetic and playful at this one. In between her trademark glares, Selene was laughing and smiling and clearly enjoying herself. She even toyed with the camera a bit as I shot pictures and would jokingly move in and out of my way as I was tring to shoot. Valerie was looking good in yet another of her Motorhead t-shirts and had a baseball cap with metal devil's horns ala Angus Young.

Elizabeth and Lisa Fay have a great chemistry between them and really locked into a groove throughout the show. Sound was on a par with, and maybe slightly better, than it had been at RCKNDY. The setlist was again similar to the previous two nights, but they also played yet another new song. All of the new songs have a great live feel to them and it will be interesting to hear how they sound on record.

This had to be one of the best shows I've seen them at, and it was quite an experience to be so close like that. The set was not one of their longest, but it was full of energy and intensity. I think Daniel and Becky were really glad to have made the long drive out to the northwest after seeing them three nights in a row like we did. Hopefully, the new album will be out shortly, because I know I can't wait to hear these songs again!

Submitted by Tony:

The 21 and over crowd became more and more rowdy as the show progressed as the girls played the most intimate of the three Northwest shows. The stage is not raised above the rest of the floor at all, making it quite close quarters indeed. The audience was again greeted by "The Scratch" and then "Blue Side." Basically the same set list was adhered to, with the unpleasant omission of "It's Too Late" and the pleasant inclusion once again of "Lorna." "Hip Like Junk" closed out the initial set tonight and the encore was shortened to two songs, a new one and "Miss Understood." This was the shortest of the three, lasting only fifty-six minutes. Despite the slightly shorter time, I enjoyed this one the most. Perhaps it was the close contact the band had with the crowd, being separated not at all from them, that contributed to this feeling. The smaller room also seemed to make everything seem louder whereas the sound at Moe, especially, seemed almost too quiet at times. Lisa is a little more antimated than Roisin was and at times she and Elizabeth moved close together while jamming and seemed to be having a great time. All in all it was a three nights I won't soon forget!