The Vermin – Self Abuse – Urchin – at The Bonanza Theater – Las Vegas, NV

The first thing I noticed about this venue was that is a almost vacant bakery. Very cool little club. As soon as it catches on it will be a hot spot. It only has a capacity of 120 people. Up Close and Personal - enter The Bonanza Theater.

The first band to play was a local band from East Las Vegas, Urchin. From the start of their set to the end, it was non stop energy!! The lead singer was all over the place jumping and moving, their music was a cross between skate, thrash and Metal/Punk. A bit of everything all in one. They played around 30 minutes and I enjoyed every bit of it. These kids have a bright future.

The Vermin hit the stage about 15 minutes later, and for anybody who has ever seen them should know they just kick ASS!!  with their hardcore drummer Turbo just hammering on his drum kit, to Rob Ruckus playing his bass like John Entwistle of The Who, And we can't forget the awesome vocals and hardcore guitar licks from Dirk Vermin. These guys not only know how to entertain the audience but to keep them totally into their music/ with their in between song banter. Then Rob had his nephew come up and he put his bass on him and that kid did a darn good job of playing bass for a bit. They kept playing because the lead singer of Self Abuse was in jail for the evening. If you ever get a chance to see these guys live I reccomend them highly.
 
Self Abuse came onto play, without their lead singer as stated before he was in jail. Rob Ruckus from The Vermin is also in Self Abuse, so they played as a trio and really played hard and fast. From the start of their set which opened with a song by The specials which totally ROCKED, they kept it going on throughout the entitre set. with Dirk Vermin lending his vocal talents on a few songs. Outstanding band,  another highly recommended group to see.
 
All in all  it was a very entertaining evening of Hard Ass Rock and Roll. All 3 bands kicked it HARD!!!!

 

 

Bob Mandoki
Big Wheel Music Scene Reporter

 

More photos of the show can be seen HERE

 
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