The Rockland Eagles at The Continental Club - more photos photo by Jaime Butler - Staff Photographer |
Rockland Eagles
Hometown: Austin, Tx.
http://www.rocklandeagles.com
Rockland Eagles Concert Photos
Thursday, July 24rd, 2008
The Continental Club(Austin, Texas)
So yeah, it’s Thursday. Meh. While the weekend’s almost upon us, there’s still that one workday left before we can enjoy all the idleness and debauchery we can handle. But for those who couldn’t wait until Friday to let loose, the Continental Club in Austin, TX, provided the perfect remedy: cold beer and loud rock ‘n’ roll.
One of Austin’s oldest music venues played host Thursday to a bevy of rocked-out bands, including Grand Champeen, One Mississippi, and the Rockland Eagles, who I came excited to see.
The Rockland Eagles at The Continental Club - more photos photo by Jaime Butler - Staff Photographer |
Loud, brash, no-holds-barred rock, the Rockland Eagles sound like the love child of the Cult, Against Me, and the Hold Steady. They’re here to rock and nothing more. The result was an entertaining set thoroughly enjoyed by a varied crowd also feeling the near-weekend humdrums. I spied a couple old enough to be the band’s grandparents who wore a smile through much of the set, and I could have sworn R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe was there reveling in a night of loud guitars, crashing cymbals, and screaming vocals. But I could be wrong.
Regardless, the Rockland Eagles did not disappoint. Featuring tracks from their two albums, the five-man group came out guns blazing. Three guitarists (one of them wearing a fashionable white Elvis jumpsuit), a bassist, and a drummer spent the night striking poses, shedding clothing, and never let up violating the eardrums of everyone in the crowd. If that’s not rock ‘n’ roll, I don’t want to know what is.
Songs like “S.O.B. Tattoo� and “Kick Ass Boy� started the night off in a frenetic pace. This continued into “Steve Austin,� their tribute to the Six-Million-Dollar Man, which featured long guitar solos and the lead singer helping out on drums. “High on a Hog,� “Peg Leg Booty Lip,� and “Easy Rider� were more tracks that rounded out a set far too short for the amount of rock this band could produce. I left that night an instant fan, and I know I wasn’t alone in that feeling.