The Mighty Regis and others – at The Dragonfly – Los Angeles, CA

This past Wednesday night was rainy, cold (for California) and generally awesome, because the Dragonfly Bar on Santa Monica Blvd was taking a brief pause from DJs and club nights and hosting an eclectic lineup of bands for the evening.

When we first arrived, there was plenty of room to grab a table and watch the first band set up. The house DJ was spinning lots of ska from the Selecter to The Specials. The first band to go on were The Question, who turned out to include a couple original members of the Untouchables, and did a wide range of covers including selections from Small Faces, The Monkees, and ending with the Untouchables' own "Wild Child". The bar wasn't packed, but those who were there were grooving along with the band, and one or two people seemed to be singing along with the more commonly known numbers.

The Question played for nearly an hour before yielding the stage to The Mighty Regis. If you've left the house at all in the last few months, you've probably heard something about them. If you haven't, you should really pay better attention. The Mighty Regis play fast Celtic Punk rock, like Neck with a mandolin, or Flogging Molly on speed. During their set singer Frankie McNorman quipped that they go so fast by the middle of the song he's just shouting gibberish. Gibberish or no, The Mighty Regis set the house on fire, and kept the dedicated crowd furiously dancing for almost another full hour. If you're in town this weekend, they'll be at the Auld Dubliner in Long Beach this Saturday. If you're not, they're on the Warped Tour this summer, or check: www.myspace.com/themightyregis for dates, or just to listen to some tunes.

Dead Girl's Corp, newly returned to the LA scene was up next, but unfortunately they seemed to be having some technical difficulties, we had work in the morning, and a longish bus ride waiting, so we couldn't hang around for their set, or the Fabulous Miss Wendy but the Mighty Regis alone were worth the effort of coming out on a rainy Wednesday night.

-Jo Problems-
Big Wheel Music Scene Reporter
 

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