[ATTENDED: October 27, 2022] Vixen77
Vixen was (I see is) a glam metal band from the late 80s. They broke up in 1992 and then reunited with crazy drama) and are still active.
Vixen77 are a Philadelphia punk band. They chose the name Vixen77 as a reference to the energy and the musical influence of late 70’s punk. The band consists of guitarists Caitlin and Liz (I’m not sure who was who, but one of them was wearing a Flyers sweater and lost her glasses twice during the set! I think it was LIz), bassist Jaz, drummer Sarah, and singer Samantha,
The band came out on stage and proceeded to rock their asses off. It was a solid set of simple, fast, angry rockers.
Samantha has a great stage presence (the day-glo hair was a nice touch) and even though she screamed and snarled, she had a really powerful voice and could hit some pretty high notes. Both guitarists sang backing vocals, although Liz sang most of them–and she had a powerful voice too.
I couldn’t really see Sarah on drums, but when I did she was smiling the whole time. Jaz on bass hung in the back (but that may have been due to the size of the stage) and while she didn’t do anything fancy, for a couple of songs she had a nice rumbling solo section that kept the song rollicking on.
They had a few retro stylings–the call and response “oh yeas” of “Some Days” which featured the rumbling bass solo as well as the fun lyrics “some days I try. some days I don’t.”
There was some fun sneering songs like “Cry Baby”
Yeah you’re cute I will admit
But looking good don’t mean shit
I know you like the things I do
But hunny I’m not into youYou’re a cry baby look at you
You’re a cry baby boohoo
The Boo hoo was pretty funny. But the song also featured a classic punk riff (going dark rather than poppy) as well as a ripping hardcore coda that they played for much longer than on the record.
At some point Liz thrashed her head and her glasses came flying off. After the song, she looked around for them and we helped–they were actually on the floor at the front of the stage. During the final song (the blistering “Own Me”) they flew off again and it took a solid five minutes of searching before they were finally recovered. Liz also played her guitar behind her head which was fun to see.
Their set was great and I really enjoyed rocking out with them. They also came out into the audience during the Starcrawler set and pogoed near the stage.
Yet another great Philly band.
And Markit Aneight has a full show video
- Evade €
- You Gotta Go €
- Stupid €
- Royalty €
- Some Days €
- Cry Baby €
- Your Love €
- Can’t Stand It €
- Record Store €
- Own Me €
€ Easy Access 2022 [did not play “What I Like About You” (which is actually the Romantics song which I rather don’t like anyway) or” Give It Up”]
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