Supersuckers - North Star Bar - Philly - 4/27/06

Tickets to Supersuckers....$15
Yuengling Lager Drafts...$3
Supersuckers T-Shirt...$15
Latest Eddie Spaghetti CD...$10
A Supersuckers show...PRICELESS

Sometimes its fun just to go see a band that just wants to play....anywhere. Could be a small club to a theater to a arena/stadium but the 'Suckers just seem like they like to play anywhere that was a an electrical outlet and a large supply of beer.

The crowd was very...interesting. I think I saw more tattoos and piercings on the females than I saw on the males....not that there's anything wrong with that. But it was a fun crowd.

Opener was Rhino Bucket. 4 piece band from somewhere. Interesting band. All I can say is that they would be a perfect AC/DC (Bon Scott era) tribute band. They sounded just like the fabled Aussies in the era down to singer and the drummer. Overall I'm not heading out to buy any of their CDs.

The 'Suckers rocked! Eddie came out first and did about 5-6 tunes either acoustic solo or with Rontrose on backing guitar. The rest of the band then hopped in and the whole night started careening their your eardrums. Basic 'Suckers tunes throughout the set ending with the usual "encore" of "Pretty F&cked Up" and "Born With A Tail".

I had hoped for their legendary cover of Outkast's "Hey Ya" or Thin Lizzy's "The Cowboy Song" (they even have been known to cover Madonna's "Burning Up") but it wasn't to be. That's OK. I probably wou;d not have it heard it anyway.