"Blowing One's Dome" is a phrase that's tossed around quite lot these days. But make no mistakes-even in their brief four song set, Stockholm Syndrome did just that. It had been quite a while since I'd been this close to the stage for any show-much less the musical onslaught that we witnessed last Saturday night. I've never been an ardent WSP fan, but the thing I've always liked most about them are those driving bass-laden grooves, with the guitar to back it up. With Schools on bass, and Jerry Joseph on guitar, these guys most definitely had that. It only took a minute to realize that we were now into the meat of the show. It's truly hard to identify what these guys sound like, but the best bands are the hardest to classify. Suffice it to say that they seemed to have elements of WSP, Phish, and Little Feat. Really what they brought though, was pure dome-crushing energy. Granted-this was the first high-octane sampling of the evening. You could ride the same roller coaster a dozen times in a day, and that 1st hill will never be as intense as the morning's first ride. Still-these guys tore it up.
Honestly, one of our only complaints of the evening was that they made SS stop playing at all. We would have done well to see them on the stage for a few more hours. Their set closed with a triumphant rendition of Climax Blues Band's "Couldn't Get It Right." I had never heard this song before-nor did I know it to be a cover. Familiarity with the material was no requisite for appreciation though. In fact, it's sometimes nice to be totally ignorant of a band's repertior-it definitely lowers your 'dork index' and helps you stay in the moment. All kidding aside though-every act of the evening was very good, but Stockholm Syndrome truly brought the noise. I would seriously do yourself a favor and check these guys out.
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