Vicky & the Vengents take St. Patty's Day on the Rox

(Baby Jeepers # 10 is almooost ready. Meanwhile, here is a guest blog review by Ramblin' Eddie Lopez. Photo by Ramblin' Eddie.)

It was 6 PM on a beautiful afternoon in Toluca Lake. I decided after four hours of abuse and three popped blisters later that my drummer Frank had had enough. I drove through downtown past two checkpoints(thank god for these bug eye glasses) picked up Jasmin and OFF! we went to see on of my favorite bands: Vicky and the Vengents. On our way to West Hollywood we made a pit stop at TOI on Sunset. Justin Myers from Gary 84 spun Nirvana, The Runaways, and introduced me to Chimay on this Saint Patrick’s Day... a match made in heaven. We get to the Roxy just in time to catch the Barb Wire Dolls, the crowd was not amused. Vicky takes the stage and blasts through " The Day He Went Away " the lead track off of their sensational debut album  A New Dawn . The crowd immediately hits the dance floor. Vicky and her male bookends - guitarist Matt Beld , bassist Vinn Malachi, & drummer Johnny Vile ripped through songs like " That’s Why I Cry " and " Nothing Left To Say " with abandon. While Vicky ordered the band to tune up I bump into the Woolly Bandits and Jasmin graces me with a Vicky & the Vengents button. Vicky orders me to hit the stage and I model my Vengents t-shirt for the crowd to see. Two songs that stood out are " Times It Takes " and " We Turned Into A Lie " which will hopefully be on the follow up to A New Dawn. Unfortunately just as Vicky was finishing the set I got a call from one of the many Electric Children who was in deep " trouble ". I popped in my Girls In the Garage CD and the rest is history......