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Youth Youth Youth
Antonelli's Radio Tavern - Windsor, Ontario
1983-09-30
Sue St. Denis
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*This is a slightly edited version of a review that originally appeared in the University of Windsor newspaper The Lance in 1983.
Crept up another meaningless Friday as the question of what to do was being discussed in every corner of my front room.
Having been excluded from the Sac's Pub regime (Windsor's only home of punk rock) my cohorts and I decided to hit the main drag in search of some worthwhile entertainment. So with the rhythm of Adam Ant's newest Top-40 slop propelling us, we travelled en masse to Antonelli's Radio Cafe. Why Antonelli's, better known as the home of jazz and Monday Night Football, you say? Well, where else would you get a night of hardcore punk for the price of $1?
The two bands on the bill this night were Youth Youth Youth and Young Lions - two Toronto-based bands that although attaining some local success have not secured any kind of a record deal (they do, however, have tapes of their material available, and both bands have material on the T.O. Hardcore '83 compilation cassette).
Well accepted, YYY and Young Lions dish out your basic brand of thrash. But interesting sounds also arise when they stray into other arms of the musical spectrum. But Friday night atmosphere and indifference dulled any spark that may have been there. Even at the hands of a lukewarm audience, however, the bands proceeded with as much energy as could be called for.
Don't get me wrong, the usual yobs and eccentrically coiffed hangers-on were ready with their willing support, but a lone and unsure skanker or two can prove a pathetic sight. Still, special thanks should go to Doug Breault (of the Flesh Columns) who joined YYY for a rousing couple of Black Sabbath covers - 'Paranoid' and 'Iron Man'. And it had the whole joint up and rockin', mama! How sweet the marriage of metal and punk can be...sometimes.
Though not for the subtle or whining types lurking in the booths, this hardchord riff stuff is tough enough to tide the spikeys and skins over for another 'anti-social' week.
(photo: Chris McNamara)
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