DENVER'S LOUNGE LIZARDS WERE ALL DRESSED UP WITH NO PLACE TO GO. ENTER THE KIT KAT CLUB.LET'S DO LOUNGE SINATRA SONGS, COCKTAIL PARTY CLOTHES AND CHAT GALORE--THEY'LL DRINK TO THAT.
So before its show last night with the Freeze and Pitch Invasion at 3 Kings Tavern, Nardcore legends Dr. Know played an especially sweaty, late afternoon, show gratis in the back room of Wax Trax. We stopped by and as you can see from the picture above of Brian Hagman from Black Lamb, we were among a cast of other faithful devotees who knocked off early yesterday to catch the set. See the show through the lens of Jon Solomon.
BLACK LAMBNOMINATED IN HARD ROCK2:00-2:45 P.M., BROADWAYSPersonnel: Mykel Martinez; Tim Vigil; Brian Hagman; Bill Stewart; Shane HartmanDiscography: Corridos Negros (2009); The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem (2008); Hang the Moon (2004); The Low Road (2002) Pillar of Salt (2002); High and Mighty (2001); Morning Star (2000); Lambs (2000)Download or stream "Life Long Ambition" after the jump.
Aaron ThackerayHavok led things off at Broadways.
See more photos from Broadways at westword.com/slideshow.
Havok, 12 p.m.
This four-piece band sounded like classic Bay Area thrash, stuff reminiscent of Testament and Exodus with a splash of Anthrax. The guitar work owed a clear debt to a death metal influence, and the vocalist's wail and singing was akin to that of Tom Araya circa Show No Mercy and Reign In Blood. Over halfway through the set, Havok performed a fairly faithful cover of "Number
