Submitted by Rex (of Liquid Bandade fame):

Figured I'd drop a note on the two shows they played here in the 'Biggest small town in the US' (self coined). As of the last year or so Eric Lizer from Up Concerts has been bringing REAL bands into out fair city. A nice change from the usual. So far he's brought up bands like D.O.A., Agent Orange, Gas Huffer, and now 7 Year Bitch.

Just to make this quick, this show had the biggest turn out yet after all the other shows from Up Concerts. 7YB did a fine, fine show even considering that this was Lisa Fay Beatty's first two shows playing with them. I guess she did sound for them for quite some time, so when it came time to go from in front of the stage to ON the stage she was more than prepared.

Chilkoot Charlies is probably the biggest bar in the state. It's like a Habitrail for red-necks. There are actually 5 bars under one roof with wood chips on the floor and tree bark on the walls, but I understand they really cough up for bands with a draw (free hotel, rental car, food, beer, etc..) and don't charge Eric for the space. The atmosphere sucks, but when you get 300 people in there to see punk rock, it doesn't matter.

I've never really been too much into 7YB in the past (which now I am kicking myself for), but it would be apparent that alot of other people HAVE judging by the 500 kids that showed up at Gigs (max. cappacity 299!). Man! That place was packed! The shows are always better at Gigs (the only all-ages venue in town) so, of course, this one was also. I had a great time even though I got stuck holding one of the video cameras they were using to document the event. The girls pulled it off without a hitch and really seemed to dig the place. Some locals get so starved for this kind of music that when it makes it's way here they just kind of go nutz. You can assume when they were done playing all the set lists that were left on stage and posters quickly made thier way to the band members for the usual autographs (la-de-da-de-da).

The only thing that kind of sucked was that there just wasn't enough time for the local zine writers to do any interviews. I'm sure there's more to these people than what you can or can't hear from the singer. I wish the vocals were a bit clearer on this show just because I know they weren't singing about x-girlfriends! :)

But hey, they got to go to the zoo and pet the elephant! I haven't even done that!!!