THE PLANET SMASHERS + The Creepshow @ Club Soda

By Johnny Suck - Turn Down the Suck - 02/13/2009

The odd thing about The Planet Smashers is that I know they're a great band and I know I'll enjoy the show, but I never go see them. My guess is that it’s been at least 6 years since the last time I saw them. The thing that sticks out in my memory about that last time is that it seemed like I and my friend were the only two people in the audience who weren't dancing. Well this time I was flying solo, so take a guess how many people there were standing still…

Me not dancing isn't anything against The Planet Smashers, they're awesome, it's just dancing doesn't make sense. In fact, I have to give them credit for getting the-number-of-people-that-fit-into-a-sold-out-Club-Soda to do something so ridiculous. It really is impressive. Out of all the bands that I've seen live (which is a lot) The Planet Smashers have, by far, the best ability to get the crowd moving…

Anyway, The Planet Smashers delivered exactly what they were expected to: a nice, deep set of pure fun. What they do, they do well and the only surprise I can think of was the relative youth of the crowd. For a band that’s been around for so long, where were all of the old fans? I guess no one listens to ska after 20…

As for openers The Creepshow, they were, you know, alright. The only really negative thing about them was the singer's lame stage banter. The keyboardist and bassist were both pretty funny though, it's too bad that the singer didn't leave the talking up to them - but being the hot chick of course she's going to be the face/voice of the band. As for what actually counts - the music, I have no complaints. Not being familiar with them, I was expecting them to sound somewhat… creepy (come on, they're called The Creepshow!), but they didn't. That was pretty surprising. I would have preferred some creepiness/darkness over their pure upbeat poppiness, but that's just me. Despite not being their target audience, I still didn’t mind standing there for the duration of their set.

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