Brian Robertson displays the results of making bad choices. Not the smoking, but joining Motorhead after a stellar run in Thin Lizzy. How would you like to follow Fast Eddie Clarke? I can’t remember where this was taken; might be the Warfield or the Stone.
 

Gallows Rage, originally uploaded by wrachele.

England’s Gallows are either the future of punk rawk or the next casualty of a short fuse and an oversaturated sense of alienation. When this explodes one way or the other, thousands will say they were at this show but the reality was siginificantly lower. This is last truly scary band I’ve seen since … well, its been a long time.

David Meniketti of Y & T at the Old Waldorf shortly after the release of Earthshaker. When these guys were called Yesterday and Today they played a neighboring high school and thoroughly blew away another up and coming band called Journey ( in the pre-Steve-Perry-space-rock-jam-days).  

trippscottunseen, originally uploaded by wrachele.

Tripp and Scott from the Unseen. Notable quote, “How punk rock is this? 3:00 in the afternoon in front of a football stadium and a giant horse…”

The Unseen - Mark Unseen, originally uploaded by wrachele.

Not since the Ramones has there been such serendipity. Imagine being born with a name like Mark Unseen and becoming the lead singer of a band called…the Unseen! Coincidence? I don’t think so.

 Hip hop raconteur Jimmy Mar brings the word to his adoring crowd

Colin Buis of Revolution Mother does his best Jaco Pastorius impersonation. He and drummer Brendan Murphy were rock solid anchors to the intensity that is Mike Vallely and Jason Hampton’s fuzz-soaked guitar. Revolution Mother is no vanity project like Juliette and the Licks, Vallely has a mde a career of standing out on the fringes of all that he’s done and this new band is nothing different. Come to think of it, how far out do you have to stand in order to be on the fringes of the skater set? Approach with caution…

Pro skater Mike Vallely fronts a new band, Revolution Mother. Vallely is very much in the Henry Rollins mold; intense on stage and extraordinarily personable in person. Behind him are guitarist Jason Hampton (the Electric Hillbilly) and drummer Brendan Murphy (no nickname). Best question of the set: “Are there any outlaws left out there??!!” to the trucker hatted teens that surrounded the stage.

Minoru Niihara of Loudness phonetically belting out a song at the Stone in San Francisco. The presence of this wildly popular band far outstripped the small venues they played on their first tour of the U.S.

Krokus at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco. This band blossomed ever so briefly in the early 80s but they ended up sounding just like every other band and ended up fading into the woodwork.