Love Cinema Vol. 6/Animal Blood/Scareho
Irish American VFW
July 14, 2007

When the administration at the Irish American VFW hall handed over the keys to its lovely little bar/hall to Love Cinema, they made the rules very clear: No fights, tip the bartender, and do not fucking touch the portrait of John F. Kennedy. Somehow, New Jersey’s dirtiest band managed to not break a single rule, and still brought the house down.

First of all, Love Cinema aren’t the kind of band that attracts hot chicks and underage school girls. The Irish American was wall to wall with Mexican midget gangsters, transvestite sluts, and rollerskating chicks. Shit don’t make no sense. Love Cinema put in one of their nastiest performances, stirring the crowd into a androgynous frenzy while hammering out their greatest hits, including “Local 69″ and “Clit Like A Penis.” The band closed the set with a mindblowing performance of The Bee Gees classic “I Started A Joke,” and the crowd went home happy, albeit shitfaced and horny.

The best part of the evening was Animal Blood, a collective of stoner, hippie guys that sound like a cross between Dio-era Sabbath and Clutch. They also attract a large contingent of shirtless, barefoot, long haired dudes that smell really bad. Luckily, their music kicked all kinds of ass. They might be the heaviest band I’ve ever seen play in front of 15 people, and they sound way bigger than Metallica in their hey day. I don’t know much else about these guys, but be ready to hear a lot more from them. They closed with a homage/ironic joke version of “Firestorm” by Earth Crisis that was note for note perfect, until the singer laughed and walked off stage half way through it. Awesome. Check out their new e.p. on the band’s myspace.

Some band cursed with the awful name Scareho played after Animal Blood and pulled off a perfect set of generic punk songs that bored me to tears. Here’s a bit of advice: if you are going to play in front of three people and you know your songs are only kind of okay, then at least run around like a moron, smash shit, and get everyone ramped up. You’ll become rock stars in no time. Hey, it worked for Le Butterface.

Check out many more photos from this show on Flickr>>>