[ATTENDED: July 29, 2022] Big Handome
It had been five years since I’d seen King’s X and I was pretty excited to see them again. I didn’t care who was opening for them. I was a little happy that it wasn’t Kings of Spade again (nothing against Kings of Spade, they’re actually pretty awesome, but they had opened for King’s X the last two times, so it was nice to mix it up).
Instead was a band called Big Handsome.
This is a hilarious name for a band. And I was delighted that the guys didn’t take themselves seriously. But they also totally kicked ass.
Big Handsome is a “Hard rock power trio from Quakertown, PA.” The band has Steve Seachrist on bass and vocals, Ziggy Bang (or Zippy Who) on guitar and vocals, and Adam Beigler on drums and vocals. It’s possible that they are still in high school–I wasn’t very close to them but they have the intensity of a young high school band which I loved (realistically they are probably not in high school, although Ziggy does look very young).
Steve is a bit more of a screamer (Metallica-ish) vocals while Adam is a bit cleaner and smoother. I preferred Adam’s songs. Ziggy mostly sang backing vocals but did one lead, I think.
They made some jokes at their own expense and even at the audiences (if you liked that one, you’ll probably like this one).
They had some good riffs and Adam was a maniac on the kit. Ziggy proved to be a good guitarist with some really solid soloing skills too. When the songs were a little slower they pulled out some great harmonies, but when the songs were faster (Steve’s songs) they rocked really hard.
They played about eight or nine songs including a cover that I didn’t recognize. Some of their originals included:
Feel How I Do
Ladder Man
Power Slop
and the song “Now What?” (which is up on YouTube. I wonder why the rest of the show isn’t).
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