The Objex with Lightin Woodcock and the Bad Motherfuckers – at The Redwood – Los Angeles, Ca

Lightnin’ Woodcock (and the Bad Mother Fuckers) are marketed as Punk rockers with the blues. I am sure there are those out there who are skeptical of how one can merge the raw and abrupt tones of Punk music with something as soulful as a blues ballad. In fact, I am one of those people.

   To me, the band is much more rock plays the blues with a punk minded and mannered front man. There were less power chords and more Jimi Hendrix-esque guitar solos. Although I’m much more of a fast paced punk music kind of lady, Woodcock grabbed and held my attention as he flawlessly played a guitar solo with his tongue during a song entitled “Ride My Face To Chicago”. You could literally watch the women in the crowded bar swoon. There is no denying Lightnin’ Woodcock’s musical talent and verbal wit. Even though they started their set with my skepticism, they won me over in the end.

If the headliners of the night, The Objex, are Punk Rock then what the fuck have we been doing with ourselves Los Angeles? We’re seriously lagging. It has been years since I have seen a front woman (or man for that matter) with the dynamism, the power, the ability to entrance that crowd that Felony Melony has.

Sporting a foot tall multi-colored mohawk and a pair of the best tits the greater LA area has seen, she spun and kicked her way across the small Redwood stage and into the audience. She got in the faces of everyone in the first three rows, smeared red lipstick all over her face, and made out with at least two crowd members.

Musically, The Objex evoke that death Punk sound patented by Turbo Negro. Mixed with Melony’s snarling yet feminine voice, they are undeniable. In fact, songs like “Lethal Lips”, “Social Disease”, and “RSVP” are downright catchy. And Big Wheel’s own Jessica Moncrief even got the song “Squeeze” dedicated to her. When the set ended, you could almost feel the energy of such an amazing show vanish as the lights came up. Once you’ve witnessed them live, it is no surprise that The Objex won the Vegas Rocks award for Best Punk Rock Band in 2010.

Catch the next Lightnin’ Woodcock show at Bloomfest LA on July 21st. The Objex are back in Vegas for now. But keep your eyes open for them. They are not a band to be missed.

             More photos of the show can be seen HERE

-Kendra Sheetz-
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