Saturday June 21st I went down state to my old stompin' grounds in St. Clair Shores, MI to see a couple of bands at Brandy's on 9 mile and Harper. I was late getting to the show of course because I was playing in my band "Bruno's Brawlers" for a block party with fire works at Roseville High school, and I got stuck in traffic till around 11:18 PM. So I completely missed the first band "Manics Rage". I ended up catching "Motorwhore" up on stage playing their last 4 songs when I walked in the bar and they were tearin' shit up as usual in the way that only Stevie T Ford can do!  I would of normally been pretty bummed out if I missed half of Motorwhore's show because they are such a cool band to watch, but fortunately earlier in the day I stopped over Stevie T Ford's house and caught the whole band there practicing for the show.

Then the 3rd band of the evening " The Ballistics 13" took the stage and I liked them from the get go! This band was fun as hell to watch and they sounded just as good. it was pretty cool seeing some Mohawks flying in the air (a rare site to see in northern Michigan where I'm from) and hearing the unmistakable sound of good original hardcore Punk played right for a change! Maybe I had to many beers by now, but I could swear I heard some talent in this band. I couldn't help notice the 2 guitar players were pretty good and played well together. The lead guitar player "Q", which I got a chance to talk to later after the show, was playing some good old school Metal style leads and I thought it added a unique quality to their sound. the bass player never stopped playing, running around, and talking to the crowd. The drummer was doing some pretty cool shit on the drums also.

If you get a chance, go and check these bands out!!!. If you like punk rock you will dig The ballistics 13. If you like glam punk/shock rock with a touch of Seduce style sleaze Metal you will like Motorwhore. Well it's back to the land of mullets and classic Rock for me for awhile until my next trip down state to Detroit on July 13th for a show I will be playing with my Irish band "Bruno's Brawlers" at the Gaelic League In Down town Detroit. Thanks for reading !!!

Jeff Lynn wiki@shutupdummy.com