Rio Grande Babies and Kung Foo Preacher- Club Optimo, 12/27
A Night at Club Optimo with the Rio Grande Babies and
Kung Foo Preacher
A little after ten o’clock, all of the bikers started
coming out of the strip clubs and walked over to Club Optimo, Arlington’s
foremost metal venue. The Rio Grande Babies went on at 10 and, though everyone
had fun heckling the drummer (who got drunk off his ass later on that night),
they got off to a bad start, with some boring punk-inspired rock. About half-way
through the show though, they started playing some really good songs and brought
the entire crowd back- had us headbanging hard too! From “The Incident” (a
tribute to the guy who shot up a church) on, they kicked ass. I don’t know
if it was their new shit or their old shit, but it definitely sounded better.
Kung Foo Preacher… wow! These guys kicked so much ass!
It’s no wonder they’re so popular in the D/FW scene. Rather than the traditional
fast-fast-fast or hard-hard-hard kind of speed/death/thrash/etc. metal, they
used unique sounds and voices to create a totally artistic musical experience.
They can’t be as easily identified because their sound is completely their
own, sounding nothing like speed or death metal, but what I like to call “Art
metal” because it is so creative and so artistic and just plain sounds so
damn good!
-Grady Smith
Club Optimo: www.cluboptimo.com
Rio Grande Babies: http://www.angelfire.com/indie/rgb/
Kung Foo Preacher: www.kungfoopreacher.com