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Punk-O-Rama Tour 2002

live in Ottawa, Ontario
2002
live show

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Review by: Angele Lalonde
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Published on November 15th 2002

The 02’ Punk-O-Rama tour just made it’s way in, reeking havoc and frenetic streaks, supported by second year headliners, Guttermouth, along side kicking firmly Authority Zero and 1208. There was a certain oblivious coalescing between each of these bands, poles apart, melodies and free-thought attitudes that made for this year’s tour, a harmony in perfect agreement.

First to go aboard, 1208 incited all proving he who shouts the loudest has the floor. Feeding their audience the best off ‘Feedback is Payback’, without warning expressing the exact explicit quality of sound amplified on the L.P, causing a contagion of resonance to sweep through the crowd. The back up vocal’s, for once were crystal clear intermingling well with perfected wailing guitar chugs. An extremely resilient force on stage or stereo, 1208’s bare-fisted firmness will probably never dissipate, only strengthen.

Authority Zero paraded out next. Let the word go forth, they do honour to any fucking stage bearing out an impeccably perfected catchy sound, quickly capable of enslaving an entire audience. Eccentric in both guitar work and echoing structured vocals, they’re somewhat comparable to Sublime’s enthused sweet melodies powered by fast structured punk rock roots, leaving each song to resonate with longing. This earnest four pieces, converged, laborious minds and patience are soon paying off, bustin’ ass for too long without the deserved recognition, Authority Zero have snugly established themselves as my favourite find of 02’.

The mighty mouth’s Guttermouth and all their ‘Gusto’ were the last to be unhitched that night, keeping up the groups legendary persona that anything too stupid to be spoken can be sung. Mark (singer) gangled about enthusiastically corrupting kids, in between beer grabs and accepting non-stop requests from their crowd. Ranging from lots off ‘Musical Monkey’ to newer tracks from ‘Gusto’ like Pee In the Shower and Footlong, they furiously danced worthy to their cause playing their wizardry orchestrated instruments. When all's said and done Guttermouth’s vigilant joy on stage is a constant sign that their unyielding creative emotions are still fulfilling their continuously needed purpose.






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    Posted by waste_elite on 2002-11-21 00:44:46
    My Score:

    "It fucking reads like Burroughs if he were an absolute moron with no grasp on the words that he's vomiting in to print."

    "fragment."

    that's not a fragment

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 7:04 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    "It fucking reads like Burroughs if he were an absolute moron with no grasp on the words that he's vomiting in to print."

    fragment.

    the last stanza has enough commas to make an english teacher gag. (i refer to it as a stanza because it has more of a poetic style than one commonly used in everyday language.)

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 6:50 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this fucking shit is making me fucking sick. you guys are worse than my fucking mother.

    Posted by evildeadalive on 2002-11-19 16:43:37
    My Score:

    Good one, haven't heard that one a million times. On this website no-less.

    Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 12:56 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Arguing on the internet is the same as competing in the Special olympics. Even if You win, you're still a Retard.

    Posted by waste_elite on 2002-11-19 10:37:48
    My Score:

    the reviewer fucking quotes Voltaire when describing Guttermouth in the last paragraph. can you see how this review could possibly be construed as pretentious?

    yuck.

    Posted by WussEmoRock on 2002-11-18 21:16:06
    My Score:

    holy shit, this is the first time in history of anything on this website that I have ever agreed with Waste-Elite. Nice going man.

    *****Wuss-Emo-Rock*****

    Posted by J-ME on 2002-11-18 08:13:30
    My Score:

    alright people a review is just a review of how one saw the show in their own eyes and if you don't like it don't read it and then go bashing it like your better than the person. I don't see you doing any f@$cking reviews so until you do and can be judged yourself...shut the f@#ck up.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 18, 2002 at 6:16 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    It's funny that I see my own grammar errors later and get mad at myself for not seeing them, and then mad at everyone that's trying to pick apart grammar errors for not seeing this:

    "there's two errors"

    ...nevermind...

    I think I'll make an account later just so nobody confuses me with the rest of the anonymous idiots.

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 18, 2002 at 6:12 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    Okay, round seven or so...

    ReeKo, you are dumb.

    1. "semblance isn't a word, but resemblance is..."

    All I have to say about that is get out your dictionary and look that one up before you post again.

    2. "change from the second person tense of have to the third person tense (has) in the same phrase/thought."

    Firstly, I don't believe "personage" of a word is described by tense, though I could be wrong on that one.

    Secondly, The change from said "personage" is because the verbs are describing different objects. Thus, it is warranted.

    There are some real errors, though, so keep looking and I'll keep my cookie ready.

    Posted by evildeadalive on 2002-11-18 05:18:29
    My Score:

    Are you serious? There are tons of french canadians living in Ottawa. More so than in a lot of cities in Quebec even. Also, have you ever heard of the Montreal Canadiens? Didn't think so. Notice the spelling. Oh yeah, and you spelled wrong wrogn. Thanks for coming out though.
    (please don't try picking apart my spelling or grammar, as I could give two shits, I'm just trying to make a point.)

    Posted by Anonymous on Monday, November 18, 2002 at 2:44 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    "this reveiw reads funny beacuse the reviewer is FRENCH CANADIEN. she doesnt have a great grasp on english.. but still did a good enough job to get posted. id like to see you fucks write a show review en francais. unilingual jerks"

    There are no French people in Ottawa. Also you spelled "Canadian" wrogn. The review was stupid. Seriously. There's such a thing as being too highbrow. It isn't the reviewer's grasp on the english language that people are critisizing. It's the constant overuse of big words. It's like literary masturbation. It's alright to write like that in your diary or something, but please, not in public.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 6:14 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    "An extremely resilient force on stage or stereo, 1208’s bare-fisted firmness will probably never dissipate, only strengthen. "
    who can spot the error there?
    All the word usage seems correct though.
    xenophobic=fear of foreigners.

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 1:46 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    "...The entire review lacks any semblance of proper grammar..."

    semblance isn't a word, but resemblance is...

    "...if you're going to pretend that you've got half a brain...or has even the mildest condescending tone..."

    change from the second person tense of have to the third person tense (has) in the same phrase/thought.

    i found them! now when's my cookie coming biatch?

    -REeKO

    Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 17, 2002 at 1:45 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    awwww don't let your head be hurt

    Posted by waste_elite on 2002-11-17 00:38:21
    My Score:

    "The british are'nt snotty you bloody twat, where did punk originate?"

    in the US

    some of these posts are hilarious.

    "eliterates"

    Posted by waste_elite on 2002-11-17 00:30:35
    My Score:

    "Well look how threatened and defensive all you vacuous individuals become to read punknews's first structured review. How can you call yourself a fan of this music and not know words like, enslaved. Read a dictionary and pls educate yourselves you should feel damn stupid if you can't interpret a review not written by a 15yrs old.
    I bet you lots of you call yourselves Good Riddance fans, can you tell me what xenophiboc means. If not, bow your head down in shame and give this girl a break, sorry to disappoint all you guys she's educated.
    I understood every syllable of it."

    it's not that the review was difficult to read or hard to understand, it's that it was just a wee over the top and a tad pretentious for a fucking Punk-o-Rama show review. it's like the reviewer was trying incredibly hard to sound like a good writer but it just backfired miserably. it's obnoxious. i mean, can you honestly read this review without smirking to yourself and thinking "Oh, please"? i know i can't.

    i need another drink

    oh yeah, and "xenophiboc" isn't even a fucking word.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 8:32 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    The guy beneath my said you were all "eliterate." Ow. My head hurts.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 7:35 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    Holy Shit,
    Look at all you eliterate fucking idiots! Did any of you dumb fucks go to school. I thought this was a fantastic review. It was attention grabbing and described the show perfectly. I don't understand how you could have trouble understanding it. How about you try writing your own lame review and then you'll see how fucking stupid you sound. Dumb fucking KIDS!

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 5:23 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    this reveiw reads funny beacuse the reviewer is FRENCH CANADIEN. she doesnt have a great grasp on english.. but still did a good enough job to get posted. id like to see you fucks write a show review en francais. unilingual jerks.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 3:57 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    i wish there were black kids at every show. someone should smack that kid with the tarheels hat and the 'motherfucker' shirt'. fucken canadian fool.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 11:47 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    Come on everyone, there's two errors in my post below, one with the technical definition of a word, and one with grammar. I'll personally mail a cookie to the first person to point them out.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 11:45 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    "Its pretty all much secondary school english (in Britain anyway)"

    Almost forgot...
    Dear Britain: If you're going to try to be witty and illustrate a difference between our respective educational systems, mainly that ours is worse, please do so using the correct grammar next time.

    it's pretty all much? what?

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 11:41 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    "I understood every syllable of it."
    and "structured"? It fucking reads like Burroughs if he were an absolute moron with no grasp on the words that he's vomiting in to print.

    If you understood the review, then you must not know English. The entire review lacks any semblance of proper grammar, and half of the words over 2 syllables aren't used correctly. Both of you (the reviewer and her adamant defender) please take out your dictionaries and check what those words mean. Also, if you're going to go through the trouble of either writing a review and trying to show off and failing, or trying to defend someone and trying to look intelligent in the process, at least spell things properly and punctuate your sentences.

    (waits for someone to sit and read this post over and over again looking for a spelling or grammar error...)

    Also, I don't give a shit about someone's grasp on the English language, it means nothing, but if you're going to pretend that you've got half a brain, and purposely write in a manner that either says "look at me! I'm smart!" or has even the mildest condescending tone, but you can't even speak the simplest of sentences right, then I'm going to give you a proverbial bitch slapping of words.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 8:08 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    The british are'nt snotty you bloody twat, where did punk originate?

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 1:19 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    If you're all smart enough you'll know I spelt the most important word in the previous message wrong.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 1:17 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    Well look how threatened and defensive all you vacuous individuals become to read punknews's first structured review. How can you call yourself a fan of this music and not know words like, enslaved. Read a dictionary and pls educate yourselves you should feel damn stupid if you can't interpret a review not written by a 15yrs old.
    I bet you lots of you call yourselves Good Riddance fans, can you tell me what xenophiboc means. If not, bow your head down in shame and give this girl a break, sorry to disappoint all you guys she's educated.
    I understood every syllable of it.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 12:38 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    haha. i gave this a 10 just because the reviewer used the words "wizardry" and "guttermouth" in the same sentence. listen to, well, any guttermouth song and tell me where the instrumental wizardry is.

    Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 16, 2002 at 12:06 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    I really liked your review!!!

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 9:40 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    You can use huge words, but can't use proper grammar?

    The back up vocal’s...

    Fuckin' idiot.

    Posted by tgarn on 2002-11-15 21:13:05
    My Score:

    "i re-read it and i dont know which big words that guy was talking about. Its pretty all much secondary school english (in Britain anyway)" Damn snotty British

    Posted by waste_elite on 2002-11-15 20:09:01
    My Score:

    this review was lame as is this tour. i have to agree with the first post down below.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 5:23 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    punk-o-rama is punk-o-lamo

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 3:19 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    At the DC show for this tour, there were like 35 people at the club. it was hilarious

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 3:08 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    how lame can this shit get?

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 2:30 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    i re-read it and i dont know which big words that guy was talking about. Its pretty all much secondary school english (in Britain anyway)

    Posted by GregSka on 2002-11-15 13:57:46
    My Score:

    Ahh the life of a music-snob.. you guys keep up the great work of putting people down, and I'll keep up my work of slipping your mothers the bone

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 1:09 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    whats a thesaurus? a dinosaur?

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 12:12 PM (EST)
    My Score:

    You are both assholes.. Dont like the review, dont read it, but dont insult people cuz you dont like their style. bunch of wankers.

    -ejaculine

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 8:07 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    Also, because I'm a glutton for pain, I re-read the review. Do you even know what half the words you used actually mean? It really doesn't seem that way.

    Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 15, 2002 at 8:03 AM (EST)
    My Score:

    To reviewer:
    1. Put the thesaurus away. Using anus-filling loads of lesser used, larger words does not make you seem intelligent, or even help express your point.

    2. If you're going to try to pass for intelligent, at least learn proper grammar and spelling first.

    3. The review was painful to read. It was boring and lifeless. Using big words repetitively does not compensate for lack of any style whatsoever or the fact that your content was sub-par.

    I normally leave shitty reviews alone, but you looked like you were desperately trying to show off your l33t revi3wing sk1llz instead of actually reviewing a show, so I decided to be a dick.